Entity Hover Information
by Luc1fer1o
Entity Hover Information shows a panel of details about the living entity under the crosshair, placed in the top-left corner of the screen.
What it does
While the player looks at a living entity, the top-left HUD lists its name, its current maximum health with the vanilla heart icon, and its armor value when that value is above zero. Health and armor values that are zero are hidden. Icons follow the vanilla style, and the panel uses a clean layout with a background.
The last hovered entity stays on screen for three seconds after the player looks away. Entities behind blocks are not reported, because the mod respects walls. The default range is 64 blocks and can be changed in the client configuration file.
The mod is client-side only, so only the client needs it and servers run without it. It is published for Forge and NeoForge across 17 release versions, 1.20.1 – 1.21.11. Its license is All rights reserved, so the mod is not open source.
Key features
Entity name and max health
The panel shows the mob name and its maximum health using the vanilla heart icon.
Armor shown only when present
Armor appears only for entities with an armor value greater than zero, and zero values are not displayed.
Three-second memory
The last hovered entity stays visible for three seconds after the player looks away from it.
Configurable range
The detection distance defaults to 64 blocks and can be set in the client config file.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Checking a fight from a distance
A player can read a mob's health before engaging, without moving closer to inspect it.
Following a moving target
The three-second memory keeps the panel readable after a mob moves out of the crosshair.
Who it’s for: Players who want to read the health and armor of mobs on screen while exploring or fighting, in single-player or on a server, since only the client needs the mod.
How it compares
Mob Health Indicators is client-side only, runs on Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt, is published for 1.20.4 – 1.21.10 and is not open source. Health Tag is client and server, runs on NeoForge for 1.20.4 – 1.21.4 and is open source under the Apache License 2.0. Entity Hover Information is client-side only, runs on Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entity Hover Information | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-06-28 |
| Mob Health Indicators | Fabric, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.4 – 1.21.10 | Client-side only | 2025-12-07 |
| Health Tag | NeoForge | 1.20.4 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-03-18 |
Questions
Does Entity Hover Information need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Entity Hover Information support?
How is the detection range changed?
In the catalog
Entity Hover Information is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Entity Hover Information is a lightweight client-side NeoForge mod for Minecraft 1.21.1 that shows useful details about the living entity.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/entity-hover-information
- Owner
- Luc1fer1o
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15