diff --git a/src/main/java/com/tiedup/remake/client/gltf/GltfAnimationApplier.java b/src/main/java/com/tiedup/remake/client/gltf/GltfAnimationApplier.java
index b095ba6..79850a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/tiedup/remake/client/gltf/GltfAnimationApplier.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/tiedup/remake/client/gltf/GltfAnimationApplier.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.tiedup.remake.client.animation.context.GlbAnimationResolver;
 import com.tiedup.remake.client.animation.context.RegionBoneMapper;
 import dev.kosmx.playerAnim.core.data.KeyframeAnimation;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -251,7 +252,40 @@ public final class GltfAnimationApplier {
         }
 
         // === Layer 2: Composite item animation ===
-        String compositeCacheKey = "multi#" + stateKey;
+        // Pre-resolve animation data and variant names for all items BEFORE cache lookup.
+        // This ensures random variant selection happens fresh on each context change,
+        // and each variant combination gets its own cache entry.
+        record ResolvedItem(
+            GltfData animData,
+            String glbAnimName,
+            RegionBoneMapper.V2ItemAnimInfo info
+        ) {}
+
+        List<ResolvedItem> resolvedItems = new ArrayList<>();
+        StringBuilder variantKeyBuilder = new StringBuilder("multi#").append(stateKey);
+
+        for (RegionBoneMapper.V2ItemAnimInfo item : items) {
+            ResourceLocation animSource =
+                item.animSource() != null ? item.animSource() : item.modelLoc();
+
+            GltfData animData = GlbAnimationResolver.resolveAnimationData(
+                item.modelLoc(), item.animSource()
+            );
+            if (animData == null) {
+                LOGGER.warn(
+                    "[GltfPipeline] Failed to load GLB for multi-item: {}",
+                    animSource
+                );
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            String glbAnimName = GlbAnimationResolver.resolve(animData, context);
+            resolvedItems.add(new ResolvedItem(animData, glbAnimName, item));
+            variantKeyBuilder.append('#')
+                .append(glbAnimName != null ? glbAnimName : "default");
+        }
+
+        String compositeCacheKey = variantKeyBuilder.toString();
 
         if (failedLoadKeys.contains(compositeCacheKey)) {
             activeStateKeys.put(entity.getUUID(), stateKey);
@@ -273,29 +307,13 @@ public final class GltfAnimationApplier {
 
             boolean anyLoaded = false;
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < items.size(); i++) {
-                RegionBoneMapper.V2ItemAnimInfo item = items.get(i);
+            for (ResolvedItem resolved : resolvedItems) {
+                RegionBoneMapper.V2ItemAnimInfo item = resolved.info();
+                GltfData animData = resolved.animData();
+                String glbAnimName = resolved.glbAnimName();
                 ResourceLocation animSource =
-                    item.animSource() != null
-                        ? item.animSource()
-                        : item.modelLoc();
+                    item.animSource() != null ? item.animSource() : item.modelLoc();
 
-                GltfData animData = GlbAnimationResolver.resolveAnimationData(
-                    item.modelLoc(),
-                    item.animSource()
-                );
-                if (animData == null) {
-                    LOGGER.warn(
-                        "[GltfPipeline] Failed to load GLB for multi-item: {}",
-                        animSource
-                    );
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                String glbAnimName = GlbAnimationResolver.resolve(
-                    animData,
-                    context
-                );
                 GltfData.AnimationClip rawClip;
                 if (glbAnimName != null) {
                     rawClip = animData.getRawAnimation(glbAnimName);
@@ -310,9 +328,7 @@ public final class GltfAnimationApplier {
                 // if the item declares per-animation bone filtering.
                 Set<String> effectiveParts = item.ownedParts();
                 if (glbAnimName != null && !item.animationBones().isEmpty()) {
-                    Set<String> override = item
-                        .animationBones()
-                        .get(glbAnimName);
+                    Set<String> override = item.animationBones().get(glbAnimName);
                     if (override != null) {
                         Set<String> filtered = new HashSet<>(override);
                         filtered.retainAll(item.ownedParts());
@@ -323,19 +339,13 @@ public final class GltfAnimationApplier {
                 }
 
                 GltfPoseConverter.addBonesToBuilder(
-                    builder,
-                    animData,
-                    rawClip,
-                    effectiveParts
+                    builder, animData, rawClip, effectiveParts
                 );
                 anyLoaded = true;
 
                 LOGGER.debug(
                     "[GltfPipeline] Multi-item: {} -> owned={}, effective={}, anim={}",
-                    animSource,
-                    item.ownedParts(),
-                    effectiveParts,
-                    glbAnimName
+                    animSource, item.ownedParts(), effectiveParts, glbAnimName
                 );
             }