# Dynamic Bones **Dynamic Bone** is a bone or a Game Object that allows animating bones in a different space. To make a Dynamic Bone, add the Dynamic Bone component:

* **Target**: This bone will be the animation source. * **Update Mode**: Whether to affect this bone by animations. * **Apply Blending**: Whether to include this bone in blending. ## How to use it Dynamic Bones are quite useful when we want to take one bone's animated transform and move it to a different space. For example, let's say we have a weapon bone, which is not parented to the right hand. To fix this, we can create a Dynamic Bone that will be parented to the right hand, targeting the gun bone:

This Dynamic Bone will be animated just as ik\_hand\_gun, but as if it were parented to the right hand. As a result, our weapon will be positioned correctly at all times. Another example is left-hand IK. Instead of using a transform to attach the left hand, we can create a Dynamic Bone and parent it to the right hand:

This will make the Dynamic Bone take the left-hand transform, but still be parented to the right hand, just as if it were attached to it! ## How update modes work This property defines when the Dynamic Bone will be updated: * **Default**: after the "Overlay Animation Slot" in the [Playable Graph](https://kinemation.gitbook.io/character-animation-system-docs/character-animation-system/architecture). * **Preserve Overlay**: after the "Overlay Pose" and before the "Overlay Animation Slot". In most cases, the update mode should be set to "Default", unless there is a need always to keep the original pose. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://kinemation.gitbook.io/character-animation-system-docs/character-animation-system/dynamic-bones.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.