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ugly status bars

by nojustyes.

Ugly Status Bars replaces the vanilla health, hunger and armor display with deliberately crude status bars that the player sees on the HUD.

FabricClient-side onlyMIT License1.21.11

What it does

The mod swaps the original status bar for lower-fidelity replacements. Hearts change colour as health drops, the hunger icons show apple counts that float off the face of the bar, and a vignette appears at the screen edges when health gets low enough. Players can configure the display, though the defaults are intentionally rough. Fabric API is required. Only the player's game needs it, and servers run without it. It is released under the MIT License and is not open source. Files exist for 1.21.11 only, with 1.0.6 as the latest, published 2026-08-13.

Key features

  1. Replacement status bar

    The vanilla status bar is replaced by cruder bars that keep the same job of showing health and hunger.

  2. Low health vignette

    A vignette darkens the screen edges when health drops low, signalling danger without a separate HUD element.

  3. Colour-shifting hearts

    Hearts change colour as health changes, and hunger apple numbers float off the bar.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.111.0.6
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

Vignette Status is a client-side Fabric mod under the MIT License, released for 1.21.5 and not open source, and it adds only a screen-edge vignette. SkyRiver is also client-side for Fabric, but it is open source and published for 1.21.11 only.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
ugly status barsFabric1.21.11Client-side only2026-08-13
Vignette StatusFabric1.21.5Client-side only2025-05-19
SkyRiverFabric1.21.11Client-side only2026-02-13

Questions

Does Ugly Status Bars need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is listed as a required dependency, so it must be installed next to the mod on a Fabric 1.21.11 client.

In the catalog

ugly status bars is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.

Decoration mods12,078Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1119,862

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What the author says

Replaces the original status bar with more low quality ones, also adds vignette if you get low enough health. The hearts change colour, the hunger is an apple now, and numbers float off your face when something hits you. You can configure all of it, which is somehow worse. This mod has no purpose.
nojustyes., on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
nojustyes.
Published
2026-08-07
Updated on Modrinth
2026-08-13
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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