# Animated tilemap

**URL:** <https://phaser.discourse.group/t/animated-tilemap/1285>\
**Category:** Phaser 3\
**Created:** [February 18, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/animated-tilemap/1285 "2019-02-18T16:50:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Tico1711](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/phaser.discourse.group/tico1711/32/722_2.png) [@Tico1711](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/Tico1711)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/animated-tilemap/1285/1 "2019-02-18T16:50:40Z")

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Hi guys

Is it possible to have an animated tilemap in Phaser 3? I have been reading the doc for Tilemap and Tileset but did not see anything about animations.  
I have created a tilemap on TILED, with animation on the tiles (water animation, so it’s not just static there with a boat traversing it).  
Is it better to import the map already animated, or maybe better to import the tiles and create the animation inside the game itself?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![LordLaharlsVassal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/phaser.discourse.group/lordlaharlsvassal/32/589_2.png) [@LordLaharlsVassal](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/LordLaharlsVassal)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/animated-tilemap/1285/2 "2019-02-18T16:54:53Z")

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There is a plugin for it 🙂 : [https://github.com/nkholski/phaser-animated-tiles](https://github.com/nkholski/phaser-animated-tiles)