Armor Insight
Armor Insight shows the hidden parts of Minecraft's armor system on the HUD, including effective protection, toughness and durability, for Fabric on 26.1.2 and 1.21.11.
What it does
A protection percentage next to the armor bar gives the real damage reduction, colored by its size. A golden shimmer on the armor icon grows stronger as enchantments add to the effect, and a thin bar under the armor bar shows the average durability across the worn pieces. A small diamond beside the armor bar marks the armor toughness that vanilla does not display.
An incoming damage preview shows how much damage a hostile mob would deal through the current armor, so players can compare pieces without equipping them one by one. The mod is built around armor points, armor toughness, enchantment protection factors and damage type specificity, and it changes only what the HUD shows.
Installation needs Fabric; no other mod is required. The environment is client-side only: the client needs the mod, and it works on vanilla servers, Realms and multiplayer without server installation. The code is under the MIT License, and Armor Insight is not open source. Builds cover 1.21.11 and 26.1.2, with 1.0.1 for 26.1.2 as the latest file.
Key features
Protection percentage
The real effective damage reduction is displayed as a color-coded percentage beside the armor bar.
Enchantment shimmer
A golden glow on the vanilla armor icon intensifies as enchantments raise the armor's effectiveness.
Combined durability bar
A thin bar under the armor bar shows the average durability across all worn pieces.
Toughness indicator
A small diamond icon beside the armor bar displays the hidden armor toughness value.
Incoming damage preview
Hostile mobs' expected damage against the current armor is shown, without replacing vanilla HUD elements.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want to read armor statistics on the HUD while playing single-player or on a server. It pairs with AppleSkin, Sodium, Iris and Jade armor HUD mods.
How it compares
Toughness Enchantment is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later, runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and is server required with the client optional, for 1.21 – 26.3. Simple Armor HUD is client-side only, uses All rights reserved, and covers only 1.21.11. Armor Toughness Bar is also client-side only under Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0, for 1.20 – 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armor Insight | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-04-25 |
| Toughness Enchantment | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-07 |
| Simple Armor HUD | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-04-07 |
| Armor Toughness Bar | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2024-10-06 |
Questions
Does Armor Insight need Fabric API?
Does Armor Insight have to be installed on the server?
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In the catalog
Armor Insight is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
The Armor Insight mod. See what your armor actually does — protection percentage, enchantment effectiveness, toughness, damage reduction, and more — directly on your HUD. Minecraft's armor system has five hidden layers that players never see: armor points, armor toughness, enchantment protection factors (EPFs)…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/armor-insight
- Owner
- ModTestFactory
- Published
- 2026-03-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15