Custom Player Animations and Stats in Minecraft Bedrock Add-ons

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Bedrock add-ons can change the player, not just items and mobs. The player is defined by two files: player.json for behaviour and player.entity.json for looks and animations. Changing them lets you give everyone more hearts, faster walking, underwater breathing or brand-new animations.

The Player editor in Addon's Studio has simple settings for the common changes, and still lets experts open the raw JSON for anything else.

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Step by step

1. Add Player

   Add Player to your project. The app downloads Minecraft's own player files, so nothing normal is lost.

2. Change the stats

   Set health, walk speed, punch damage, size and knockback resistance. Normal players have 20 health and a walk speed of 0.1.

3. Turn on abilities

   Choose No fall damage, Immune to fire and lava, or Breathe underwater.

4. Make custom animations

   Under Animations, tap a slot like Idle, Walk or Creative flying, then Create to animate it in Blockbench. Your animation replaces the normal one for that moment, in third person.

5. Edit the JSON for anything else

   Open Edit player JSON to change player.json and player.entity.json directly. Tap Check to find mistakes, or Reset to start over.

Tips

• Only one add-on can change the player at a time. If two do, the one higher in the pack list wins.
• Custom animations show in third person and to other players. First person stays normal.
• Your settings are added on top of the JSON when you export, so only edit the JSON for things without a setting.
• Want players to look like something else? Make a Morph instead.

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