
Immersive Combat
Adds animations to attacking & much more! (Extensive config included)
About this Mod

An updated version of 1.12 Better Combat Rebirth
- 1st-person attack animations (Sweeping, Chopping, and Stabbing)
- Idle breathing animation to weapons and items in hand
- Entity-aware & wall-aware positioning for items in hand
- Swinging a weapon slightly tilts the camera to make for a more immersive attack (configurable)
- New attack crosshair cooldown UI
- New Critical Chance and Critical Damage system
- Extensive config for adding and editing attributes on weapons, such as Sound Type, Animation, Hand Property, Sweep, Reach, Knockback, Critical Chance, Critical Damage, and Potion Effects on hit
- Configuration for adding a Shield Bash ability to shields. Adjustable Shield Bash Damage, Knockback, and Cooldown
- Configuration for bows. Adjustable Damage, Velocity, and Draw Speed
- Weapons can be dual-weilded and attacking has been added to the offhand
- Attacks now have a cooldown period where attacking is disabled, and has a delay before the attack registers on the target
- Added the ability to adjust the attack cooldown on swords (this was not possible with Material Changer)
- Configurable Knockback XZ and Y options
- Configurable option for specific weapons to disable shields for a specific duration, and the option to have critical strikes disable shields
- Configurable attack width & height and the option to reduce the Damage & Reach of unarmed attacks
- Added several enchantments, such as Curse of Gluttony, Webbing, Revitalize, Sorcery, and Lightning
- Added several potions, such as Aetherealized, Precision, Brutality, and a Bleeding effect
- Shields now block fire from projectiles
- Healing arrows deal no physical damage if they healed the target
- Ranged silver weapons from other mods now deal additional damage to undead
- Minecraft's Healing and Harming arrows now properly calculate damage See https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Arrow#Tipped_arrows
- Mobs are affected by Blindness and Nausea status effects
- Fast equip hotkey that allows players to quickly equip their weapons (default key: X)
- Added many combat sounds, such as when equipping, sheathing, swinging, or hitting with a weapon
- Configurable sounds for weapons depending on their material and animation
- Added informative tooltips to weapons that displays their Reach, Knockback, Critical Chance, Critical Damage, and Potion Effect
- Added animations and particles for shoveling grass paths, tilling farmland, and stripping bark off logs
- Added fixes to bugs in the original mod that incorrectly calculated properties from Spartan Weaponry & Quality Tools
Compatible with Spartan Weaponry & Quality Tools
To change the 3rd-person animation of your character, download: Mo' Bends
To change the Attack Speed & Attack Damage on weapons, download: Material Changer
A special thanks to Ski_ for helping fund & test this mod!
Available Versions
How to Install Immersive Combat on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set forge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.12.2).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Immersive Combat". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.12.2
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Immersive Combat server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong forge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.12.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Immersive Combat compatible with forge?
Immersive Combat officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.12.2. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Immersive Combat – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Immersive Combat consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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