Blacktuna13 Hotbar mod
by Blacktuna13
Blacktuna13 Hotbar replaces the vanilla hotbar on the Forge client with a set of gauges for health, armor, food, saturation and experience.
What it does
Players who want the vanilla hotbar redrawn with status bars will find that the overhaul covers the health, armor, food, saturation and experience displays, and each gauge changes its look as the player's condition changes. The mod is client-side only, so a server that runs it is not required and players can join without installing anything.
Installation needs Forge and works on 1.20.1 – 1.20.6; files are published for six release versions in that range, with 0.2.5 for 1.20.6 as the latest. AppleSkin is an optional dependency that some food and saturation displays can make use of. The project is under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Health gauge
The health gauge redraws the heart display and changes its appearance as the player's health falls.
Armor and food gauges
Separate gauges show armor points and hunger, each updating with the player's status.
Saturation and experience gauges
Saturation and experience have their own gauges, placed around the hotbar in the overhauled design.
Overhauled hotbar design
The vanilla hotbar is redesigned with new pixel art assets, drawn by the author.
Gallery
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.
Optional 1
Use cases
Survival status at a glance
Players who track health, food and armor during fights or long trips can read all of them from the hotbar area.
Who it’s for: Players on Forge who want a different status display in the hotbar and who do not need the vanilla layout. Because it runs only on the client, it can be used in single-player and on multiplayer servers alike.
How it compares
Better Hotbars is a Forge client mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License and is open source, which is a narrower version range than this mod's. Tinkers' Analyzer is open source under the MIT License, runs on Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1, and needs both client and server, so it is not a hotbar overhaul. Unscrollify Hotbar is client-side only and open source under The Unlicense, but it targets 1.8.9 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacktuna13 Hotbar mod | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client-side only | 2026-06-13 |
| Better Hotbars | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client-side only | 2026-07-27 |
| Tinkers' Analyzer | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-01 |
| Unscrollify Hotbar | Forge | 1.8.9 | Client-side only | 2023-07-20 |
Questions
Does Blacktuna13 Hotbar need to be installed on the server?
Is AppleSkin required?
Which game versions does Blacktuna13 Hotbar support?
In the catalog
Blacktuna13 Hotbar mod is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 14,575 Utility mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
■概要 / Overview バニラのホットバーのデザインをオーバーホールします。 Overhauls the design of the vanilla hotbar. The copyright for all pixel art assets belongs to Blacktuna13. Please do not redistribute them or claim them as your own. If you wish to include this mod in a modpack, please leave a comment and I will add a note that it is included…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/blacktuna13-hotbar-mod
- Owner
- Blacktuna13
- Published
- 2026-06-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15