Functional Spyglass
by Alphy
Functional Spyglass turns the vanilla spyglass into a client-side inspection HUD, showing live stats for the creature or player under the crosshair.
What it does
Holding the spyglass in the off-hand and then holding right-click opens a scope that reaches targets up to 64 blocks away. Zoom can be stepped with the mouse scroll wheel through 0.5x, 1.0x and 2.0x levels. Inspected entities show a live 3D face portrait, exact health, Effective Health from armor reduction, and mount speed and jump stats where those apply.
Targets are sorted by disposition, so tamed pets and mounts, aggressive mobs and monsters, neutral creatures, and passive animals and villagers each get their own threat-colored outline. Active potion effects on a mob, animal, creature or other player are listed in the same panel. Because the mod runs on the client alone, it can be used on any server that does not block it.
Builds exist for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 31 release versions, 1.17 – 26.2. The mod is released under the MIT License and is not open source.
Key features
Live spyglass scanner
The spyglass becomes a scanner that reads stats from the entity it points at, without needing a command.
3D face portraits
Each inspected target shows a live 3D portrait alongside its health and armor numbers.
Effective Health math
Armor reduction is combined with health to show an Effective Health value for each target.
Threat-colored outlines
Entities are outlined by disposition, separating tamed pets, hostile mobs, neutral creatures and passive animals.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Spyglass:OneClickZoom is client-side only, licensed under the MIT License, and published for 1.20.1 – 26.1.2, so it covers zoom without the stat panel. Useful Spyglass is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and needs both the server and every player, with files for 1.18.2 – 1.21.1. Spyglass Improvements is client-side only and open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, covering 1.18.1 – 26.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functional Spyglass | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.17 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-16 |
| Spyglass:OneClickZoom | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-06-06 |
| Useful Spyglass | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-06 |
| Spyglass Improvements | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-18 |
Questions
Does Functional Spyglass need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Functional Spyglass support?
Can the zoom level be changed?
In the catalog
Functional Spyglass is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Functional Spyglass turns your standard Minecraft Spyglass into a tactical client-side inspection HUD! Inspect live 3D face portraits, exact health & Effective Health (EHP) math, armor reduction, mount speed/jump stats, and active potion effects for any mob, animal, creature, or player across any server.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/functional-spyglass
- Owner
- Alphy
- Published
- 2026-08-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15