Heads Up
When a tool is close to breaking or hunger runs low, Heads Up sends a short toast notification so the warning is not missed in the middle of a fight.
What it does
Heads Up watches for conditions that a player tends to forget, such as tool durability, hunger, low health, a full inventory, a potion that is about to expire, armor condition, oxygen, light level and the respawn status. It only speaks up when something needs attention and stays quiet the rest of the time. Each alert is a toast that disappears on its own, so the screen is not filled with status text.
The same effect can carry different urgency depending on where the player is, for example a Fire Resistance potion running out while standing over lava gets a stronger warning than the same potion expiring in a flower forest. Thresholds can be adjusted in the configuration, and the mod is one client-side package that covers the alerts of several separate utility mods. It works on vanilla servers, Realms and Hypixel without any server setup. The code is under the MIT License, and Heads Up is not open source in the strict sense of publishing its full source for public use; it is listed here as MIT licensed and suited to modpacks.
Key features
Durability warnings
Alerts appear before a tool or piece of armor breaks, including a Netherite pickaxe, so the loss is not a surprise.
Hunger and health alerts
Toasts warn when food or health drops to a level that needs action, without any text left on screen afterward.
Context-aware thresholds
Alert timing and urgency change with the player's surroundings, so a warning over lava is stronger than one in a quiet forest.
Inventory and potion alerts
Warnings cover a full inventory and potion effects that are about to expire, with timers the player can configure.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Elytra Alert is a Fabric client-side mod for 1.21 – 26.3 that is open source under the MIT License and focuses on the gliding elytra. LowDurabilityWarning is client-side on Fabric for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, under the MIT License, and covers only low durability. Heads Up covers several conditions in one client-side package for 1.21.11 – 26.1.2.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heads Up | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-04-25 |
| Elytra Alert | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-07-07 |
| LowDurabilityWarning | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-06-08 |
Questions
Does Heads Up need to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does Heads Up support?
Can the alert thresholds be changed?
In the catalog
Heads Up is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Proactive survival alerts that watch your back while you play. Heads Up gives you smart toast notifications for the things you forget to check — tool durability, hunger, health, inventory space, armor condition, potion timers, respawn status, oxygen, light level, and dangerous weather. It only speaks up when…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/heads-up
- Owner
- ModTestFactory
- Published
- 2026-03-28
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15