Free animations for Blender – 460 character animations as FBX, GLB or BVH
Free animations for Blender: 460 character animations – walks, runs, idles, jumps, dances, punches, kicks, sword moves and deaths, including 285 real motion capture clips. Preview them on a 3D character in your browser and download them as FBX, GLB or BVH – all three import into Blender without add-ons. CC0 and CC BY – free for commercial use.
What you get
- Locomotion – walks, runs, sprints, crouches and 34 mocap walking styles: free walk and run cycles.
- Action – punches and kicks, sword moves, jumps and parkour, hit reactions and deaths.
- Everyday and dance – idles, sitting and talking, dances and sports.
Before you download, trim a clip, change its speed or direction, mirror it or join several clips into one take.
Into Blender
- In the Studio pick the clip and press Export. Choose the format: GLB or FBX (the character and the animation in one file, or the skeleton only) or BVH (the skeleton and the motion only).
- In Blender: File > Import and pick glTF 2.0, FBX or Motion Capture (.bvh).
- The clip becomes an Action on the armature. Play it with the spacebar, or put several actions after each other in the NLA editor.
Want it on your own character? Upload your rigged character (FBX, GLB or VRM) in the Studio, and the animation is exported on its own skeleton – no retargeting in Blender. More in putting an animation on any character.
Licences – free for commercial use
- Game animations: CC0 (Quaternius Universal Animation Library) – no conditions, no credit needed.
- Motion capture: CC BY (100STYLE, ACCAD) – free for commercial use with a credit, which every exported file already carries.
All sources are listed on Sources & credits.
Missing a move?
Film it with a phone and turn the video into an animation with AI motion capture, or type it and get it from text to animation. Step by step for your own video: mocap to Blender. Which format to pick: BVH vs FBX.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I get free animations for Blender?
KinemIQ has 460 free character animations - walks, runs, idles, dances, jumps, punches, kicks, sword moves and deaths, 285 of them real motion capture - to preview in the browser and download as FBX, GLB or BVH.
How do I import them into Blender?
File > Import > glTF 2.0, FBX or Motion Capture (.bvh) - all built into Blender. The clip becomes an Action on the armature; join several in the NLA editor.
Can I put them on my own character?
Yes. Upload your rigged character (FBX, GLB or VRM) in KinemIQ and the animation is exported on its own skeleton, so there is no retargeting to do in Blender.
Are they free for commercial use?
Yes. The game animations are CC0; the motion capture is CC BY - free for commercial use with a credit, which every exported file already carries.
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