HP Bar Plus
by LendSpele
HP Bar Plus is a Fabric client mod that draws each entity's health above its name, using Unicode symbols and colors that shift with the health percentage.
What it does
Health appears above players and mobs as a row of symbols. A full symbol stands for 2 HP and a hollow symbol for 1 HP, so a bar up to 19 HP wide fits a readable line above the entity. The symbol style can be chosen from the settings, and the colors change as health drops, from full to critical.
Each entity can be given its own bar, and the visibility range can be set between 8 and 64 blocks. Settings are managed in a GUI reached through Mod Menu, and most changes apply at once without a restart. Because it is client-side only, the mod works in singleplayer, on LAN and on servers, with nothing installed on the server side.
Files are published for Fabric 1.21.10 and 1.21.11, released under All rights reserved, so the code is not open source. The latest file is 1.0.1 for 1.21.11, dated 2026-03-24, and the project has been public since 2026-02-16.
Key features
Symbol-based health bars
Health is shown with Unicode symbols above entity names, where a full symbol counts 2 HP and a hollow one counts 1 HP.
Built-in color presets
Presets include Default Classic red tones, Ice Snow white and deep blue, Poison light and dark green, Vampire blood red and near-black, Gold bright and dark bronze, and Void light and deep purple.
Custom gradients
A custom preset takes a 4-stop gradient set at 100%, 50%, 25% and 0% of health, and custom presets can be saved and loaded again.
Per-entity control and range
Each entity can be set to show or hide its health bar, and the visibility range runs from 8 to 64 blocks.
Settings GUI through Mod Menu
A full settings screen is reached through Mod Menu, so symbols, colors and range can be adjusted in one place.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Name Tag Entity Health Indicator is a Fabric mod for 1.21.3 that runs client-side only and is not open source under the MIT License. Damage Tracker is client-side only, published under the MIT License for 1.21.3 – 1.21.11, and is not open source. Vampire standlone targets 1.21.11 only, is client-side only and is released under All rights reserved. Durability Bar Entity Health Indicator is client-side only under the MIT License for 1.19.3 – 1.21.3, and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP Bar Plus | Fabric | 1.21.10 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-03-24 |
| Name Tag Entity Health Indicator | Fabric | 1.21.3 | Client-side only | 2024-11-16 |
| Damage Tracker | Fabric | 1.21.3 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2025-12-19 |
| Vampire standlone | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-05-24 |
| Durability Bar Entity Health Indicator | Fabric | 1.19.3 – 1.21.3 | Client-side only | 2024-12-23 |
Questions
Does HP Bar Plus need to be installed on the server?
Which game versions does HP Bar Plus support?
Can the colors of the health bars be changed?
In the catalog
HP Bar Plus is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
A lightweight, fully client-side health display mod. See HP bars above every entity — with customizable symbols, dynamic gradient colors, and per-entity filtering. Health is shown using Unicode symbols above entity names.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hpbar-plus
- Owner
- LendSpele
- Published
- 2026-02-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15