Changes: Animation

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An animation is a change in appearence of something with respect to time, used in order to convey information or for aesthetic purposes.

Blocks

Only few blocks can exhibit true animations. While many blocks have states that can be changed via interactions or otherwise, these are usually instantaneous flips with no continuous transformation between them. Examples of blocks capable of animation include:

Chests, trapped chests and ender chests, whose lids are on a hinge and which open and close
Shulker boxes, when opened or closed
Pistons and sticky pistons, alongside any attached blocks, when expanding or contracting
Conduits, when active
Enchanting table books

Animated textures

The textures of blocks themselves can be animated. Examples of these include fire, soul fire, prismarine, sea lanterns, kelp, seagrass, magma blocks, crimson stems, and warped stems.

List of animated blocks

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Block	Animation	Notes
Bell
Campfire
Chain Command Block
Command Block
Conduit		‌^{[Java Edition only]}
Conduit		‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
Fire		‌^{[Java Edition only]}
Fire		‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
Funky Portal		^{[JE 20w14∞ only]} ^{[note 1]}
Heat Block		‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]} ^{[note 1]}
Lantern
Magma Block
Nether Portal		‌^{[Java Edition only]} ^{[note 1]}
Nether Portal		‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} ^{[note 1]}
Prismarine
Prismarine Slab
Prismarine Stairs
Prismarine Wall
Repeating Command Block
Sea Lantern
Soul Campfire
Soul Fire		‌^{[Java Edition only]}
Soul Fire		‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}
Soul Lantern
Stonecutter

Removed from Java edition

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Block	Animation	Animation added	Animation removed
Campfire		19w02a	19w03a
Conduit		18w15a	18w16a

Removed from Bedrock edition

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Block	Animation	Animation added	Animation removed
Campfire		beta 1.10.0.3	beta 1.11.0.1

Fluids

Both fluids in the game (water and lava) are animated in all forms and directions.

Entities

Almost all entities have animations of some sort, ranging from an idle animation which always plays to attacking animations and even dancing. Mobs also have walking or other fitting animations when moving.

Entity animations

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Entity	Type of Animation	Animation
Bat	Flying
Bee‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Flying
Bee‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Flying
Bee‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Flying
Bee‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Flying
Bee (Angry)‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Flying
Bee (Angry)‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Flying
Bee (Angry)‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Flying
Bee (Angry)‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Flying
Bee (Angry)	Stinging
Blaze‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Moving
Blaze‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Moving
Charged Creeper	Aura
Chicken	Floating
Cod‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Swimming
Cod‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Swimming
Dolphin	Swimming
Elder Guardian	Swimming when idle
Guardian	Swimming when idle
Husk	Converting into Zombie
End Crystal‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Idle
End Crystal‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Idle
Ender Dragon	Flying
Enderman	Screaming
Endermite	Moving
Ghast	Flying
Blue Parrot	Dancing
Cyan Parrot	Dancing
Gray Parrot	Dancing
Green Parrot	Dancing
Red Parrot	Dancing
Evoker	Celebrating
Hoglin	Converting into zoglin
Illusioner‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Celebrating
Magma Cube	Jumping
Minecart with Command Block‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Idle
Minecart with Command Block‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Idle
Panda (Playful)	Rolling
Phantom	Flying
Piglin‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Celebrating
Piglin‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Celebrating
Piglin	Charging Crossbow
Piglin	Converting into zombified piglin
Piglin Brute‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Converting into zombified piglin
Pillager‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Celebrating
Pillager‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Celebrating
Pillager	Charging Crossbow
Polar Bear	Attacking
Pufferfish (Not Puffed) ‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Moving
Pufferfish (Not Puffed)‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Moving
Pufferfish (Half Puffed)	Moving
Pufferfish (Fully Puffed)	Moving
Rabbit	Running
Salmon‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Swimming
Salmon‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Swimming
Sheep (Named_jeb)	Shifting through colors
Shulker	Shooting
Silverfish	Moving
Squid	Swimming
Strider‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Moving
Strider‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Moving
Strider‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Moving
Strider‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Moving
Strider‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Moving
Strider‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Moving
Strider‌^{[Java Edition only]}	Moving
Strider‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}	Moving
Strider	Walking
Strider	Walking
Vex	Flying
Villager (Unemployed)	Refusing
Villager (Nitwit)	Refusing
Vindicator	Celebrating
Witch	Celebrating
Wolf	Shaking
Zombie	Converting into Drowned

Removed from Java edition

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Mob	Type of Animation	Animation	Animation added	Animation removed
Bat	Flying		12w38a	18w43a
Bee	Flying		19w34a	19w36a
End Crystal	Idle	File:End Crystal JE1.gif	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6	18w43a
Ghast	Flying		Java Edition Alpha v1.2.0 preview	18w43a
Parrot	Dancing		17w14a	17w15a
Piglin	Celebrating		20w22a	1.16-pre3
Rana	Running ^[1]		0.31 20091223-1	0.31 20100205
Sheep (Named_jeb)	Shifting through colors		13w48b	18w43a

Removed from Bedrock Edition

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Mob	Type of Animation	Animation added	Animation removed
Bat	Flying	v0.11.0 alpha build 1	beta 1.10.0.3
Ghast	Flying	Pocket Edition v0.11.0 alpha build 2	beta 1.10.0.3
Sheep (Named_jeb)	Shifting through colors	0.15.0 build 1	beta 1.10.0.3

Inventory Icons

List of Animated Inventory Icons

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Item	Animation	Animation in inventory size
Bottle o' Enchanting
Bubble Column ‌^{[BE only]}
Chain Command Block
Clock
Command Block
Compass
Crimson Stem
Crimson Hyphae
Debug Stick ‌^{[JE only]}
Enchanted Book
Enchanted Golden Apple
End Crystal
Fire ‌^{[BE only]}
Heat Block ‌^{[BE & edu only]}
Lava ‌^{[BE only]}
Lingering Potion
Lodestone Compass ‌^{[JE only]}	File:Invicon Lodestone Compass JE1.gif	File:Invicon Lodestone Compass JE1.gif
Lodestone Compass ‌^{[BE only]}	File:Invicon Lodestone Compass BE1.gif	File:Invicon Lodestone Compass BE1.gif
Magma Block
Nether Portal ‌^{[BE only]}
Nether Star
Potion
Prismarine
Prismarine Stairs
Prismarine Slab
Prismarine Wall
Repeating Command Block
Sea Lantern
Soul Fire ‌^{[BE only]}
Potion
Stonecutter
Warped Hyphae
Warped Stem
Water ‌^{[BE only]}
Written Book

Particles

Particles commonly have animated textures, from flipping through different texture files, such as the Soul Speed particle.

Notes and References

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Due to technical limitations, thumbnails of this file are not animated.

↑ Not actually present in-game

[:0-1] Due to technical limitations, thumbnails of this file are not animated.

[2] Not actually present in-game

[note 1]

[1]

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