Health Indicator Simple
by nomad_dev
Health Indicator Simple shows configurable heart and armor icons above entities, so health can be read at a glance during a fight.
What it does
Health Indicator Simple draws health and armor icons over mobs and players, and is installed only on the client. Each indicator uses heart and armor icons, and the colors, icon text and icon backgrounds can all be customized. Status effects such as poison, wither, freezing and regeneration are shown with visuals that change to match the effect, and health and armor can be enabled independently of each other.
One set of options sets the size of the indicators, how far they sit above each entity, and the gap between the health row and the armor row, which lets the layout suit any screen. Entities with high health are capped at a set number of visible hearts with a +N label, and hidden hearts can be shown or left out. Only the client needs the mod, and servers run without it. The mod depends on Architectury API, Cloth Config API and Fabric API, and the code is not open source; the files are released under All rights reserved. Builds cover 1.21 – 26.3, with 1.0.1 as the latest file for 26.3 on both Fabric and NeoForge.
Key features
Heart and armor indicators
Health and armor are drawn as icons above each entity, with the health and armor rows set up independently.
Custom colors and icons
Colors, icon text and icon backgrounds can be changed, and empty icons can be turned on or off.
Status-aware colors
Poison, wither, freezing and absorption each get their own color, and the icons update when a status applies.
High-health capping
Entities with many hearts show a capped number of hearts followed by a +N label, keeping the row readable.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
How it compares
Simple Health Indicators is a Fabric client mod for 1.21.9 – 26.3, open source under the MIT License. AllPlayerHpIndicator is server-side only, so players join without installing anything, and it covers 1.21 – 26.2 on Fabric and NeoForge. Player Health Indicators Unofficial is a Fabric client mod for 1.21 – 26.3, open source under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Indicator Simple | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-30 |
| Simple Health Indicators | Fabric | 1.21.9 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-01 |
| AllPlayerHpIndicator | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-09-01 |
| Player Health Indicators Unofficial | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-04 |
Questions
Does Health Indicator Simple need Fabric API?
Does the server need Health Indicator Simple installed?
Can the number of visible hearts be limited?
In the catalog
Health Indicator Simple is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Health Indicator Simple is a client mod that shows configurable health and armor heart/armor icons above entities. Health and armor can be enabled independently.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/health-indicator-simple
- Owner
- nomad_dev
- Published
- 2026-08-10
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15