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Better Health Indicator

by WJZ-P

Better Health Indicator replaces flat health bars with vanilla-style heart icons drawn above entities during combat.

FabricForgeNeoForgeClient-side onlyGNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or laterOpen source1.14.4 – 26.2

What it does

The mod draws live, animated heart icons as 3D billboards above mobs and players, so health reads at a glance during a fight. A dynamic multiplier shows several bars with a color-coded amount when a mob's health is stacked. Damage feedback comes from hearts that scatter and tilt, with intensity matched to the hit, a white blink highlight that can be turned off, and a tremor when health falls below a configurable threshold. Hearts also burst in a chain when an entity dies.

Name display can be enabled with custom scale and bold text, and the health value appears beside the bar after the name. The vanilla name tag can be hidden to avoid overlap. A configurable corner panel shows the entity the player has looked at or recently attacked, with a live 3D model, a square round frame, the name, the health bar, hearts and potion effects. The mod runs on the client only, so servers need nothing. Kotlin for Forge is required on Forge. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 14 release versions, 1.14.4 – 26.2, and the code is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later.

Key features

  1. Vanilla-style hearts

    Heart icons are rendered crisp above each entity, following the look of the default health display.

  2. Damage and low-health effects

    Hit feedback scales hearts by damage, and hearts shake when health drops below a set threshold.

  3. Death shatter

    When an entity dies, its hearts burst in a chain rather than vanishing at once.

  4. Corner entity panel

    A configurable panel shows a live 3D model, name, health bar, hearts and potion effects for the entity in focus.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
26.21.0.0+mc26.2Not availableNot available
26.1.21.0.0+mc26.1.xNot available1.0.0+mc26.1.2
26.1.11.0.0+mc26.1.xNot availableNot available
26.11.0.0+mc26.1.xNot availableNot available
1.21.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.21.111.0.0+mc1.21.11Not available1.0.0+mc1.21.11
1.21.1Not available1.0.0+mc1.21.11.0.0+mc1.21.1
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.20.61.0.0+mc1.20.1Not availableNot available
1.20.51.0.0+mc1.20.1Not availableNot available
1.20.41.0.0+mc1.20.1Not availableNot available
1.20.31.0.0+mc1.20.1Not availableNot available
1.20.21.0.0+mc1.20.1Not availableNot available
1.20.11.0.0+mc1.20.11.0.0+mc1.20.1Not available
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.14.x1 of 1 version with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Kotlin for ForgeAdds a Kotlin language loader and provides some optional utilities.
Required

Use cases

Who it’s for: Players who want clearer combat feedback on the client. Only the client needs the mod, so it can be added to a server without changes there.

How it compares

Full comparison

PartialHearts is open source under the MIT License, covers 1.20 – 26.2 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, and is also client-side only. Simple Hp Bar is client-side only, not open source, and published for 1.21.6 – 1.21.8 on the same three loaders. EaseGUI is client-side only, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, and covers 1.20.1 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Better Health IndicatorFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.14.4 – 26.2Client-side only2026-08-16
PartialHeartsFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20 – 26.2Client-side only2026-09-17
Simple Hp BarFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.21.6 – 1.21.8Client-side only2025-07-21
EaseGUIFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 26.3Client-side only2026-09-18

Questions

Does Better Health Indicator need Kotlin for Forge?

Yes. Kotlin for Forge is a required dependency and must be installed on Forge alongside the mod.

Can the vanilla name tag be kept?

Yes. The mod can hide the vanilla name tag in its settings to avoid overlap with its own name display.

In the catalog

Better Health Indicator is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,575 Optimization mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.

Optimization mods3,545Fabric modsMods for 26.213,894

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Official listing

Owner
WJZ-P
Published
2026-06-13
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-16
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

DecorationOptimizationUtility
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