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Hwyala

by Yzjdriel

Hwyala is a Forge tooltip library for Minecraft 1.12.2 that shows the block or entity a player is looking at, with information from registered handlers.

ForgeClient or server, optionalCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.01.12.2

What it does

Hwyala is a fork of Hwyla, which in turn descends from Waila by ProfMobius, and it fixes a comparison error present in the original. Players who look at a block or entity see its name and related details, and JEI or HEI lookups can be triggered from the world with the Numpad 3 and Numpad 4 keys. Plugins, addons and compatibilities written for the original mod are stated to work unchanged with this fork.

The config screen can be reached in game and covers text colors, the formatting of tooltip content and the option to disable tooltips for items. A narrator setting reads the displayed text through the system's text-to-speech library. Server owners and modpack makers can run a dump of the registered tooltip handlers to a text file, which lists the mods that have added handlers and the types they cover.

Hwyala is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license and is not open source, though its source code is public. The fork is permitted under that license, and modpacks may include it. Files exist for 1.12.2 only, and the latest Forge build was published on 2026-05-29.

Key features

  1. Looked-at object info

    Shows the block or entity under the crosshair along with details supplied by registered handlers.

  2. Handler dump

    Writes the registered tooltip handlers to a text file, listing which mods added them and what types they cover.

  3. Text-to-speech narrator

    Reads tooltip text aloud through the system's text-to-speech library when the narrator is toggled on.

  4. JEI and HEI lookups

    With JEI or HEI installed, Numpad 3 and Numpad 4 open recipe lookups for the block in the world.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.12.21.12.2
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Questions

Does Hwyala need any other mod to run?

No required dependency is listed for Forge. Hwyala installs as a single Forge mod for 1.12.2, and JEI or HEI is needed only for the recipe lookup keys.

Do players need to install Hwyala on the server?

No. Either side can run it, and neither the server nor the players need it.

Are plugins made for Hwyla compatible with Hwyala?

The author states that plugins, addons and compatibilities created with the original mod are fully compatible with this fork.

Which versions of Minecraft does Hwyala support?

Only Minecraft 1.12.2. Hwyala has Forge files for that version only, with the latest published on 2026-05-29.

In the catalog

Hwyala is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,576 Library mods for Forge. 2,920 mods support Minecraft 1.12.2.

Library mods3,514Forge modsMods for 1.12.22,920

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What the author says

I only made this because I was tired of rolling bad RNG for the random chance for HWYLA to crash your pack on startup while testing my modpack. HWYALA (pronounced "Hwhy-a-la", a la "Coo-Hwhip") - a fork of HWYLA by TehNut, which is itself a fork of WAILA by ProfMobius.
Yzjdriel, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Yzjdriel
Published
2026-04-09
Updated on Modrinth
2026-05-29
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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