show items above players head
by theboos692
Show Items Above Players Head displays the armor a player wears above their name tag, along with durability as a percentage bar.
What it does
Each player's armor pieces appear as icons above the name tag, so other players can see what gear someone carries without opening a menu. Durability is shown as a percentage bar on the relevant items, and the display is meant to show how much life an item has left at a glance.
The mod also draws the flight path of an ender pearl after it is thrown, so the landing spot is visible before the throw. Its settings are changed through an in-game settings screen, which exposes more than 50 options for the armor display, durability bar and trajectory line. The mod is client-side only, so it changes nothing on a server and a player can install it alone. It targets Fabric for 1.21.4 only and is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Armor icons above the name tag
The armor a player wears is drawn above their name tag, letting others see the equipment at a glance.
Durability percentage bar
Items show their remaining durability as a percentage bar, so wear is readable without checking each item.
Ender pearl trajectory
The flight path of a thrown ender pearl is drawn before landing, showing where it will come down.
Configurable settings
More than 50 settings can be changed in an in-game settings screen, covering the armor display, bars and trajectory.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want to read armor and durability at a glance in multiplayer or single-player, and who are willing to set the display in the in-game settings screen.
How it compares
Projectile Preview is a client-side Fabric mod, open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.21.2 – 26.3, and it previews projectile paths in general rather than only pearls. TruePearls is also client-side only, but it is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 license, is not open source and targets 1.21.11 only. Monopearl is server-side only and open source under the MIT License, so only the server needs it, and it targets 1.21.11.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| show items above players head | Fabric | 1.21.4 | Client-side only | 2026-03-01 |
| Projectile Preview | Fabric | 1.21.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-01 |
| TruePearls | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-07-15 |
| Monopearl | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-03-06 |
Questions
Does the mod need Fabric API?
Does Show Items Above Players Head need to be on the server?
Which game version does it support?
Where are the mod's settings?
In the catalog
show items above players head is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 17,979 mods support Minecraft 1.21.4.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/show-items-above-players-head
- Owner
- theboos692
- Published
- 2026-03-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15