Vanilla animations for entities

[bright lynx]

How can i use vanilla animations for my custom humanoid entities? I want my entity to walk like a zombie, for example

[slim elbow]

Youd just need to give its identifier a shortname in your client entity file, and then use that shortname in the animate block or in an animation controller. The geometry would need to have the same bone structure for it to work properly as well.

[distant quiver]

Oh hey. I'm trying to figure this out too. Would you be able to give me an example, @slim elbow? I'm super new to this.

[slim elbow]

It would just need to he pretty much the same as the vanilla file for animations and the animated block

[flat jungle]

Vanilla Packs

Downloadable from: https://github.com/Mojang/bedrock-samples/releases

bedrock.dev archive: https://bedrock.dev/packs
GitHub (RP & BP) : https://github.com/bedrock-dot-dev/packs

Example particles: https://aka.ms/MCParticlesPack

Java Edition's Vanilla Packs: https://mcasset.cloud/

Jul 13, 2025, 12:02 AM

[bright lynx]

I got it

I can now apply vanilla animations to custom entities

It was easier to do than i expected

[distant quiver]

What about the animation controllers? Do I need to do anything with them? I'm mostly exporting stuff from blockbench. What I'm currently trying to do is add the idle/"bob" animation and the weapon holding player animation. This is currently what my file looks like:

[bright lynx]

What animations do you want to use?

Bob/holding?

[bright lynx]

I can help you with this

And

The max format version of client entity is 1.10.0

Not 1.12.0

[distant quiver]

Dunno. This is the file that blockbench/entity wizard generated for me.

[bright lynx]

If you want to learn working with vanilla components, check bedrock samples https://github.com/Mojang/bedrock-samples

[distant quiver]

Already have that downloaded.

[bright lynx]

So what's your goal? What do you want to do?

[distant quiver]

Just trying to make NPCs that look like players with all their animations and stuff.

I found an addon that adds NPCs, but they have no animations or anything, so I figured I'd just make my own, and it's proving to be super confusing. I'm in way over my head with this stuff.

I got to the point where the NPCs show up correctly, but I can't figure out how to give them animations. All they're really going to do is stand around shops in the spawn area. At most, I'll have one dancing and one walking around the street. Nothing too crazy.

[bright lynx]

Regarding vanilla animations: it is important to consider the version of the client entity format. For example, the wither skeleton on the bedrock templates site uses version 1.8.0, and the drowned man 1.10.0. This affects the way the animation is played. You can check these files and see how the animations are applied in one case or another. Also, the method that is applied in 1.8.0 will not work in 1.10.0, and vice versa. This is important to consider, as it causes errors. I also recommend you to create drowned and wither skeleton with entity wizard plagin for blockbench to understand this faster

[distant quiver]

So do I just change the numbers at the top to 1.10.0, or do I need to start all over again?

[bright lynx]

Start all over again