
Stop using psychic powers. Start using your hands.
In vanilla Minecraft, have you ever looked closely at how you hold a sword? Or a torch? You aren’t actually holding it. The item just floats awkwardly in the bottom right corner of your screen like you possess low-level telekinesis.
For players who care about immersion, this has always been a small, nagging detail. But we have the solution.
Enter Hold My Items.
This is a Fabric mod that overhauls your first-person perspective. It adds actual hands, realistic gripping animations, and fluid movement to everything you carry. It’s not just a mod —it’s a complete animation overhaul for your Steve or Alex.
Here is your complete guide to the Hold My Items mod—the visual upgrade you didn’t know you needed until now.

Hold My Items is a client-side visual mod (specifically for the Fabric Loader) that renders your character’s actual hands holding items in first-person view.
Unlike the stiff, static standard of vanilla Minecraft, this mod introduces procedural and custom animations. When you swing a sword, your hand moves with it. When you hold a lantern, it sways with physics. It bridges the gap between your character model and what you see on screen, making the game feel significantly more grounded and modern.
This mod is strictly Cosmetic/Quality of Life. It doesn’t change your inventory space, but it drastically changes how you experience holding items.
Why is this mod trending? Here is the breakdown:
True First-Person Hands: No more floating items. You see your skin’s fingers gripping the handle of your pickaxe, sword, or food.
Dynamic Animations: The mod includes smooth animations for distinct actions. Mining and attacking feel weighted, while eating actually looks like you are lifting the item to your face.
Lantern Physics: One of the coolest features—lanterns sway and dangle as you walk, reacting to your movement speed.
Resource Pack Support: The animations aren’t hard-coded permanently; they can be tweaked or completely changed via Resource Packs.
Client-Side Only: You can use this on almost any server without the server admin needing to install it. It’s purely for your own visual pleasure.
No “Floating Items”: Items are physically gripped by fingers, fixing the unrealistic vanilla look.
Multiplayer Compatible: Works on servers (client-side only).
Watch our YouTube Video about this Pack.
Hold My Items is fully compatible with Java Edition versions from 1.16 up to the latest 1.21.11
Hold My Items is one of those mods you install once and then can’t live without. Going back to vanilla “floating items” feels wrong after experiencing the fluid, rhythmic animations of this mod.
If you are a Fabric player looking to modernize your Minecraft visuals without changing the core gameplay, this is a must-download.
Install the Mod Loader (Fabric) required by the mod.
Download the Mod file (.jar) — by clicking the button below.
Press Win + R on your keyboard and type %appdata%.
Open the .minecraft folder and locate the mods folder (create it if missing).
Move or drag the downloaded file into the mods folder.
Launch Minecraft making sure the correct Profile is selected.
Done! The mod is now loaded, enjoy your new content!
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I think this mod is game changer for gameplay, cant imagine playing Minecraft without Hold My Items anymore.
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