SwordHitbox
by Zeffut
SwordHitbox shows entity hitboxes while a player holds a sword, as a client-side visual aid for PvP.
What it does
While a sword is in hand, the mod draws vanilla-style hitboxes around nearby entities, interpolated so the boxes follow their motion. Players are shown by default, and a toggle can extend the display to mobs. Each element can be adjusted in the in-game configuration menu: the bounding box, the eye-level box, the look-direction line and the target highlight can each be switched on or off. Colors are set with ARGB pickers, and the line width and display radius can be changed as well.
The optional target highlight turns the entity under the crosshair red, and it is off by default. The rendering is purely visual and changes no gameplay, so the mod works on a server without any server-side install. It is built for Fabric and NeoForge across 6 release versions, 1.21.9 – 26.2, and the files for 26.2 and 26.1.1 are the most recent. The code is published as source with an issue tracker, under a custom license that is not open source.
Key features
Hitboxes while holding a sword
The boxes appear only while a sword is held, and the mod targets any item in the minecraft:swords tag.
Eye-level box and look line
An eye-level box and a look-direction line show where a player is aiming relative to the other entity.
In-game configuration
Every element can be toggled and recolored from a menu inside the game, with ARGB color pickers.
Optional target highlight
The entity under the crosshair can be drawn in red, and this highlight is off by default.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
PvP practice
Players use the boxes to judge reach and timing against opponents during sword fights.
Who it’s for: Players who want a visual aid during sword combat on clients, and who may run the mod on a server that they do not need to change.
Questions
Does SwordHitbox need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does SwordHitbox support?
Can the hitbox display be limited to players?
In the catalog
SwordHitbox is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Show entity hitboxes while holding a sword — a lightweight, client-side PvP visual aid, fully customizable. When you hold any sword (vanilla, modded, or component-based — anything in the #minecraft:swords tag), SwordHitbox draws the vanilla-style hitboxes of nearby players: the interpolated bounding box, the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/swordhitbox
- Owner
- Zeffut
- Published
- 2026-06-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15