Armor Stand Studio is an editor for the armor statues on our server. Look at a stand, press N,
and change its pose, rotation, gear and position with a live 3D preview. It works without op. It uses
the same /trigger commands as the Armor Statues book, so you can use it anywhere you could use the book.
Only you need the mod. The server already runs Vanilla Tweaks Armor Statues, and other players see your edits the same way they see edits made with the book.
Run the Fabric installer, choose Minecraft 26.2 and install. Loader 0.19.5 or newer.
Download the 26.2 version of Fabric API and put it in your mods folder.
Put armorstudio-2.1.0.jar in the same mods folder. On Windows with the normal launcher that is %appdata%\.minecraft\mods.
Pick the fabric-loader-26.2 profile in the launcher, start the game and join the server.
The editor opens with the stand's current pose, settings and gear. Every change you make is sent to the real stand while you work.
| Rule | Why |
|---|---|
| Stand within 3 blocks | The Armor Statues book only reaches 3 blocks. Further away you get “Too far”. |
| It must be the nearest stand | The book always edits the closest stand. If another one is closer, move until yours is nearest. |
| Stuck in a block? Still fine | A stand pushed into a wall or floor can be opened. Look at where it is. |
| Locked stands can't be edited | Stands locked with the book, and marker stands, are ignored. The editor says so and sends nothing. |
| Other key than N | With Mod Menu: Mods → Armor Stand Studio → Configure, click the key and press a new one. Without it: Options → Controls → Key Binds → Miscellaneous → “Pick up armor stand (open editor)”. |
Settings and items are on the left, the preview is in the middle, and body-part angles are on the right. Drag in the preview to turn it, scroll to zoom and double-click to look from where you are standing again.
Pick Head, Body, an arm or a leg on the right, then set its angles.
The buttons on the left switch the stand's settings on and off.
Your hotbar is shown under the preview. Drag items between it and the six stand slots.
Click Position ▸ to hide the editor and see the real stand in the world.
The server applies one change per second for everyone using the book, and the editor sends as fast as that allows. A small tweak takes a second or two; a whole new pose can take 20–30 seconds. The line under the title tells you what is going on.
Closing early: while changes are still pending, the Close button shows how many are left, for example “Close (8 left)”. Closing then asks first, because anything not yet applied is dropped.
| Input | Does |
|---|---|
| N | Open the editor on the stand you are looking at |
| Drag in preview | Turn the view |
| Scroll in preview | Zoom |
| Double-click preview | Reset the view to the angle you see the stand from |
| ◂ ▸ next to a slider | −1° / +1° |
| Scroll over a slider or box | ±1° |
| ← → on a selected slider | ±1° |
| Shift+any of the three above | ±10° |
| Type in the number box | Exact angle, −180 to 180 |
| Drag an item | Move it between your hotbar and the stand |
| Shift+click an item | Quick move to the stand, or back to your hotbar |
| Esc or Close | Close the editor. Asks first if changes are still pending. |
The Armor Statues datapack handles one change per second. Ops could go faster with commands, but this mod is built to work for everyone, so it uses the same route as the book. Stay close to the stand until you see “Stand up to date ✓”.
That's the check at the start of a session. The editor asks the datapack to highlight the stand it is about to edit, so nothing goes to the wrong stand. If you see a stand glow briefly, someone has started editing it.
No. Each body part turns around its own joint and the stand itself always stays upright, so it can't lie flat. A tilted body turns around the neck and comes loose from the legs.
Those need op commands. The book has no trigger for them, so the editor leaves them out instead of offering buttons that wouldn't work for you.
Your game only sees the stand's direction in steps of about 1.4°, so the editor stops once it is within about 4°. For an exact angle on a single part, use the part's Yaw instead.
No. It runs only on your client. Other players see the stand change just as if you were using the book. The server owner has said the mod is fine to use here.
Move so the stand you want is within 3 blocks and nearer to you than any other stand. With stands close together, stand on the far side of the one you want.