Drop Animation

Drop Animation

Drop Animation controls how items are visually dropped into the world. It works with a list of items and plays effects, sounds, and movement behaviors while spawning them.

Example

"drop_animation": {
  "delay": 5,
  "effects": [
    "TELEPORT_TO_PLAYER"
  ],
  "drop_sound": {
    "sound_name": "ENTITY_ITEM_PICKUP",
    "pitch": 1,
    "volume": 1
  },
  "velocity": {
    "type": "FOUNTAIN",
    "power": 0.4
  }
}

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Parameters

delay

How many ticks to wait before dropping the next item. Example: delay: 5 → one item every 5 ticks.

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effects

A list of item-based effects applied during the drop animation:

• TELEPORT_TO_PLAYER – teleports each dropped item to the player’s location after 1 second.

• GLOW – makes the item glow while it exists in the world.

• PICK_UP_PROTECTED – protects the dropped items so only the event owner can pick them up. Other players will be unable to steal the loot.

drop_sound

Sound played each time a single item from the list is dropped.

"drop_sound": {
  "sound_name": "ENTITY_ITEM_PICKUP",
  "pitch": 1,
  "volume": 1
}

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velocity

Controls how dropped items move after spawning.

"velocity": {
  "type": "FOUNTAIN",
  "power": 0.4
}

Different velocity types define various item behaviors.

Type	Description
NORMAL	Standard item physics with no special movement.
FOUNTAIN	Items shoot upward in a fountain-like arc.
FLASH	Items burst outward quickly in random directions.
TO_PLAYER	Items instantly move toward the player’s position.