Advanced Armor Bar
by Sygikal
Advanced Armor Bar replaces the default armor bar on the Fabric loader with a new rendering that shows armor toughness and colors leather armor.
What it does
Armor Bar draws the armor row in the hotbar area with a layout of its own, and it can show the armor toughness value for each equipped piece. Leather armor takes a color of its own in the bar, and the mod marks whether an armor piece carries enchantments. Armor types other than the vanilla set can be supported through data driven entries.
The mod is a client-side addition. A player who installs it on a single-player or multiplayer client sees the new bar, and the server does not need any installation. Heavily modded environments are a case where the author recommends pairing it with AttributeFix, which lifts the caps on attribute values so that high toughness numbers display correctly. UltraLib must be installed alongside, because the mod depends on it.
Files are published for Fabric only, across six release versions, with 1.20.1 and the range 1.21.6 – 1.21.10 covered. The latest Fabric file is 1.3.0+1.21.9 for 1.21.10, released 2025-10-01, and the author reports that the bar has problems on newer releases of the game. The mod is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source, although the source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Armor toughness display
The bar can show the toughness value of each equipped armor piece, not only the defense points.
Leather armor coloring
Leather armor is drawn in the color the player has dyed it, so the bar matches the worn gear.
Enchantment marker
The bar indicates whether an armor piece is enchanted, which helps when comparing gear at a glance.
Data driven armor types
Other armor types can be added through data driven support, so modded armor can appear in the new bar.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Armor Toughness Bar is also client-side only and runs on Fabric for 1.20 – 1.21.1, but it is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 and is not open source. Fresh Armor Bar is client-side only on Fabric for 1.20 – 26.3 and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, which covers more versions than this mod. See Invisibles With Armor Hitbox is client-side only on Fabric for 1.16.5 – 1.21.4 under the MIT License and concerns hitboxes rather than the bar.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Armor Bar | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.10 | Client-side only | 2025-10-01 |
| Armor Toughness Bar | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2024-10-06 |
| Fresh Armor Bar | Fabric | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-23 |
| See Invisibles With Armor Hitbox | Fabric | 1.16.5 – 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2026-06-22 |
Questions
Does Advanced Armor Bar need UltraLib?
Does the server need Advanced Armor Bar?
Which Minecraft versions does Advanced Armor Bar support?
In the catalog
Advanced Armor Bar is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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What the author says
This is a mod for HotbarAPI thats replaces the default armor bar with a far more advanced one. The new armor bar will render: - Each type of armor you have equipped (with data driven support for other armor types). - Whether the armor is enchanted or not. (Broken on 1.21.5 and onward. Blame mojang) - Armor toughness…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/advanced-armor-bar
- Owner
- Sygikal
- Published
- 2025-06-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-10-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15