diff --git a/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/animdata.go b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/animdata.go
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+++ b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/animdata.go
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+package d2animdata
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/OpenDiablo2/OpenDiablo2/d2common"
+)
+
+const (
+	numBlocks             = 256
+	maxRecordsPerBlock    = 67
+	byteCountName         = 8
+	byteCountSpeedPadding = 2
+	numEvents             = 144
+	speedDivisor          = 256
+	speedBaseFPS          = 25
+	milliseconds          = 1000
+)
+
+// AnimationData is a representation of the binary data from `data/global/AnimData.d2`
+type AnimationData struct {
+	hashTable
+	blocks  [numBlocks]*block
+	entries map[string][]*AnimationDataRecord
+}
+
+// GetRecordNames returns a slice of all record name strings
+func (ad *AnimationData) GetRecordNames() []string {
+	result := make([]string, 0)
+
+	for name := range ad.entries {
+		result = append(result, name)
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// GetRecord returns a single AnimationDataRecord with the given name string. If there is more
+// than one record with the given name string, the last record entry will be returned.
+func (ad *AnimationData) GetRecord(name string) *AnimationDataRecord {
+	records := ad.GetRecords(name)
+	numRecords := len(records)
+
+	if numRecords < 1 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return records[numRecords-1]
+}
+
+// GetRecords returns all records that have the given name string. The AnimData.d2 files have
+// multiple records with the same name, but other values in the record are different.
+func (ad *AnimationData) GetRecords(name string) []*AnimationDataRecord {
+	return ad.entries[name]
+}
+
+// Load loads the data into an AnimationData struct
+func Load(data []byte) (*AnimationData, error) {
+	reader := d2common.CreateStreamReader(data)
+	animdata := &AnimationData{}
+	hashIdx := 0
+
+	animdata.entries = make(map[string][]*AnimationDataRecord)
+
+	for blockIdx := range animdata.blocks {
+		recordCount := reader.GetUInt32()
+		if recordCount > maxRecordsPerBlock {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("more than %d records in block", maxRecordsPerBlock)
+		}
+
+		records := make([]*AnimationDataRecord, recordCount)
+
+		for recordIdx := uint32(0); recordIdx < recordCount; recordIdx++ {
+			nameBytes := reader.ReadBytes(byteCountName)
+
+			if nameBytes[byteCountName-1] != byte(0) {
+				return nil, errors.New("animdata AnimationDataRecord name missing null terminator byte")
+			}
+
+			name := string(nameBytes)
+			name = strings.ReplaceAll(name, string(byte(0)), "")
+
+			animdata.hashTable[hashIdx] = hashName(name)
+
+			frames := reader.GetUInt32()
+			speed := reader.GetUInt16()
+
+			reader.SkipBytes(byteCountSpeedPadding)
+
+			events := make(map[int]AnimationEvent)
+
+			for eventIdx := 0; eventIdx < numEvents; eventIdx++ {
+				event := AnimationEvent(reader.GetByte())
+				if event != AnimationEventNone {
+					events[eventIdx] = event
+				}
+			}
+
+			r := &AnimationDataRecord{
+				name,
+				frames,
+				speed,
+				events,
+			}
+
+			records[recordIdx] = r
+
+			if _, found := animdata.entries[r.name]; !found {
+				animdata.entries[r.name] = make([]*AnimationDataRecord, 0)
+			}
+
+			animdata.entries[r.name] = append(animdata.entries[r.name], r)
+		}
+
+		b := &block{
+			recordCount,
+			records,
+		}
+
+		animdata.blocks[blockIdx] = b
+	}
+
+	if reader.GetPosition() != uint64(len(data)) {
+		return nil, errors.New("unable to parse animation data")
+	}
+
+	return animdata, nil
+}
diff --git a/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/animdata_test.go b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/animdata_test.go
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+++ b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/animdata_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package d2animdata
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
+	testFile, fileErr := os.Open("testdata/AnimData.d2")
+	if fileErr != nil {
+		t.Error("cannot open test data file")
+		return
+	}
+
+	data := make([]byte, 0)
+	buf := make([]byte, 16)
+
+	for {
+		numRead, err := testFile.Read(buf)
+
+		data = append(data, buf[:numRead]...)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, loadErr := Load(data)
+	if loadErr != nil {
+		t.Error(loadErr)
+	}
+
+	_ = testFile.Close()
+}
+
+func TestLoad_BadData(t *testing.T) {
+	testFile, fileErr := os.Open("testdata/BadData.d2")
+	if fileErr != nil {
+		t.Error("cannot open test data file")
+		return
+	}
+
+	data := make([]byte, 0)
+	buf := make([]byte, 16)
+
+	for {
+		numRead, err := testFile.Read(buf)
+
+		data = append(data, buf[:numRead]...)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, loadErr := Load(data)
+	if loadErr == nil {
+		t.Error("bad data file should not be parsed")
+	}
+
+	_ = testFile.Close()
+}
+
+func TestAnimationData_GetRecordNames(t *testing.T) {
+	animdata := &AnimationData{
+		hashTable: hashTable{},
+		blocks:    [256]*block{},
+		entries: map[string][]*AnimationDataRecord{
+			"a": {{}},
+			"b": {{}},
+			"c": {{}},
+		},
+	}
+
+	names := animdata.GetRecordNames()
+	if len(names) != 3 {
+		t.Error("record name count mismatch")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAnimationData_GetRecords(t *testing.T) {
+	animdata := &AnimationData{
+		hashTable: hashTable{},
+		blocks:    [256]*block{},
+		entries: map[string][]*AnimationDataRecord{
+			"a": {
+				{name: "a", speed: 1, framesPerDirection: 1},
+				{name: "a", speed: 2, framesPerDirection: 2},
+				{name: "a", speed: 3, framesPerDirection: 3},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	if len(animdata.GetRecords("a")) != 3 {
+		t.Error("record count is incorrect")
+	}
+
+	if len(animdata.GetRecords("b")) > 0 {
+		t.Error("retrieved records for unknown record name")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAnimationData_GetRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	animdata := &AnimationData{
+		hashTable: hashTable{},
+		blocks:    [256]*block{},
+		entries: map[string][]*AnimationDataRecord{
+			"a": {
+				{name: "a", speed: 1, framesPerDirection: 1},
+				{name: "a", speed: 2, framesPerDirection: 2},
+				{name: "a", speed: 3, framesPerDirection: 3},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	record := animdata.GetRecord("a")
+	if record.speed != 3 {
+		t.Error("record returned is incorrect")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAnimationDataRecord_FPS(t *testing.T) {
+	record := &AnimationDataRecord{}
+
+	var fps float64
+
+	record.speed = 256
+	fps = record.FPS()
+
+	if fps != float64(speedBaseFPS) {
+		t.Error("incorrect fps")
+	}
+
+	record.speed = 512
+	fps = record.FPS()
+
+	if fps != float64(speedBaseFPS)*2 {
+		t.Error("incorrect fps")
+	}
+
+	record.speed = 128
+	fps = record.FPS()
+
+	if fps != float64(speedBaseFPS)/2 {
+		t.Error("incorrect fps")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/block.go b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/block.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/block.go
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+package d2animdata
+
+type block struct {
+	recordCount uint32
+	records     []*AnimationDataRecord
+}
diff --git a/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/doc.go b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef13a8f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Package d2animdata provides a file parser for AnimData files. AnimData files have the '.d2'
+// file extension, but we do not call this package `d2d2` because multiple file types share this
+// extension, and because the project namespace prefix makes it sound terrible.
+package d2animdata
+
+/*
+The AnimData.d2 file is a binary file that contains speed and event data for animations.
+
+The data is encoded as little-endian binary data
+
+The file contents look like this:
+
+type animData struct {
+	blocks [256]struct{
+		recordCount uint8
+		records []struct{ // *see note below
+			name               [8]byte    // last byte is always \0
+			framesPerDirection uint32
+			speed              uint16     // **see note below
+			_                  uint16     // just padded 0's
+			events             [144]uint8 // ***see not below
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+*NOTE: can contain 0 to 67 records
+
+**NOTE: game fps is assumed to be 25, the speed is calculated as (25 * record.speed / 256)
+
+**NOTE: Animation events can be one of `None`, `Attack`, `Missile`, `Sound`, or `Skill`
+
+*/
diff --git a/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/events.go b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/events.go
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+++ b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/events.go
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+package d2animdata
+
+// AnimationEvent represents an event that can happen on a frame of animation
+type AnimationEvent byte
+
+// Animation events
+const (
+	AnimationEventNone AnimationEvent = iota
+	AnimationEventAttack
+	AnimationEventMissile
+	AnimationEventSound
+	AnimationEventSkill
+)
diff --git a/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/hash.go b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/hash.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/hash.go
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+package d2animdata
+
+import "strings"
+
+type hashTable [numBlocks]byte
+
+func hashName(name string) byte {
+	hashBytes := []byte(strings.ToUpper(name))
+
+	var hash uint32
+	for hashByteIdx := range hashBytes {
+		hash += uint32(hashBytes[hashByteIdx])
+	}
+
+	hash %= numBlocks
+
+	return byte(hash)
+}
diff --git a/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/record.go b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/record.go
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+++ b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/record.go
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+package d2animdata
+
+// AnimationDataRecord represents a single record from the AnimData.d2 file
+type AnimationDataRecord struct {
+	name               string
+	framesPerDirection uint32
+	speed              uint16
+	events             map[int]AnimationEvent
+}
+
+// FPS returns the frames per second for this animation record
+func (r *AnimationDataRecord) FPS() float64 {
+	speedf := float64(r.speed)
+	divisorf := float64(speedDivisor)
+	basef := float64(speedBaseFPS)
+
+	return basef * speedf / divisorf
+}
+
+// FrameDurationMS returns the duration in milliseconds that a frame is displayed
+func (r *AnimationDataRecord) FrameDurationMS() float64 {
+	return milliseconds / r.FPS()
+}
diff --git a/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/testdata/AnimData.d2 b/d2common/d2fileformats/d2animdata/testdata/AnimData.d2
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