Minecraft AFK CameraStep away, your game keeps filming.
Leave Minecraft alone for a moment and the camera takes over: dolly zooms, fly-bys and close-ups of your character, with cinema bars and soft fades. Touch any key and you play on. Built into the Laby Client, free.
- Free
- Minecraft 1.8.9 to the latest release
- Windows, macOS and Linux
Stand still, and the camera takes over
After 30 seconds without a key, a click, a scroll or a mouse movement, the view switches to the third person, the HUD and the chat hide and black bars slide in at the top and bottom. The first shot glides out of the spot behind you into its move, so the film starts right where you left off.
- Delay from 10 to 300 seconds
- Hides the HUD and the chat like F1, if you want
- The same cinema bars as the zoom
- Only in a world, never on a menu or in your inventory
Thirteen slow moves, cut like a film
The camera circles you, pulls back to reveal the land around you, rises like a crane, looks up from the ground or pushes in from far away. Every shot fades to black, and the next one fades in from a clearly different angle. The same move never comes twice in a row.
- 13 moves, shuffled in every round
- Shot Duration from 5 to 60 seconds, 12 by default
- Every cut turns the camera by at least 60°
- Slow and steady: a circle turns 3° per second
Never stuck behind a tree
Before every cut the camera checks its whole move: does it see you all the way, or would a tree or a hill get in between? If anything blocks the view, it tries other directions and other moves. Leaves and blocks count, grass and flowers do not.
- Checks the whole move before it starts
- Up to five directions per move
- Leaves and blocks block the view, grass and flowers do not
- Walled in? It waits a few seconds and tries again
Touch anything, you are back in the game
Any key, click, scroll or mouse movement hands back your view in the same frame, and so does taking damage. Your HUD and your camera are exactly as you left them. Pressed F1 or F5 while it was filming? That stays.
- Back in the same frame
- Damage counts as input
- Restores only what it changed
- Nothing is written to your options file
Want the game to look like this while you play? Set your field of view and turn off view bobbing with the camera mods.
Questions and answers
Is there an AFK camera for Minecraft?
Yes, the AFK Camera in the Laby Client. Turn it on once, and every time you leave the game alone for a while it films your character from changing angles until you press a key.
How do I turn on the AFK Camera?
Open the mods menu with Right Shift, search for AFK Camera and switch it on. It is off by default. Delay, shot duration, cinema bars and hiding the HUD are set right there.
Do other players see the camera moves?
No. Only your own view changes. Your character stays where it is, other players see you standing still, and a server can turn the AFK Camera off.
Can I use it for my stream or my videos?
Yes. Leave the game running and the AFK Camera fills your break with calm shots of your character, or films b-roll for a video while you get a drink.
Does the AFK Camera cost FPS?
Turned off, it does nothing at all. While it waits, it checks for input once per tick. While it films, the game renders as usual, and the view is only checked at each cut.
Which Minecraft versions are supported?
The Laby Client runs on Minecraft 1.8.9 up to the latest release, on Windows, macOS and Linux. The AFK Camera works on all of them.
More Minecraft mods in the Laby Client
Zoom
Hold C to zoom like a spyglass, scroll to zoom further and choose how it glides in. Cinematic camera included.
Camera & FOV
FOV Changer without the sprint zoom, no view bobbing, a calmer hurt camera, smaller mobs and a Fullbright toggle for caves.
Inventory Mod
Search every chest, peek into shulker boxes, lock slots and get warned before your gear breaks. 23 upgrades in one mod.
PvP & Combat
Hit markers, kill sounds, a low health warning, TNT timers, team markers, shield colors and a HUD that keeps score.
Visuals
Move and resize your held items, recolor the glint, lower the fire, tune every particle and leave vapor trails with your elytra.
Chat Tools
Search the chat with Ctrl+F, sort it into tabs and filters, send AutoText with one key and look up any player's old names.
Let your game film you
Download the Laby Client, turn on the AFK Camera and step away for a moment. Free, on every version from 1.8.9.
Free, no account beyond your Minecraft one. Every mod is already inside.