Visual Entity Health Indicator
Visual Entity Health Indicator shows a targeted entity's health as a HUD element, drawn next to the vanilla hearts and not in place of them.
What it does
When a player looks at an entity, a new HUD element reports its health numerically along with the entity's name, using a text line above the hearts. Vanilla hearts are left unchanged. Absorption hearts are included in the displayed total, and for targets above 100 HP the figure is shown as hearts counted in fifties.
The indicator is shown through the action bar, so the text appears in a fixed spot without covering the crosshair. Health is read only from entities the client can track, and the readout disappears when the player looks away.
Installation needs Fabric API on Fabric Loader. The mod is client-side only, so servers run without it and players join without installing anything. Its files target 1.19.3 only, with version 1.0.0 as the single release, published under the MIT License and not open source.
Key features
Numeric health readout
A targeted entity's health appears as a number beside its name, instead of only as a row of hearts.
Separate HUD element
The readout is a new HUD element, so the vanilla heart display stays as it was.
Absorption handling
Absorption points are counted in the displayed value, and totals over 100 HP switch to a heart count of 50 hearts.
Toggle command
A command switches the whole mod on or off, so the readout can be hidden without removing the file.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Nametag Health Indicators is a Fabric client mod for 1.21.11 – 26.2, released under the MIT License and not open source. Heartistica also runs on the client only, with Fabric files for 1.19.2 – 26.3 under All rights reserved. Absorption Fix is a server-side Fabric mod for 1.18 – 1.20.1 under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and it is open source, so a server owner may use it instead of a client readout.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Entity Health Indicator | Fabric | 1.19.3 | Client-side only | 2024-10-27 |
| Nametag Health Indicators | Fabric | 1.21.11 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-21 |
| Heartistica | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-05 |
| Absorption Fix | Fabric | 1.18 – 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2025-08-27 |
Questions
Does Visual Entity Health Indicator need Fabric API?
Does the server need this mod?
Can the readout be turned off?
In the catalog
Visual Entity Health Indicator is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 7,205 mods support Minecraft 1.19.3.
More from ExiledLizard635
Similar mods
What the author says
Visual Entity Health Indicator is a client-sided only Minecraft mod for the Fabric Loader, that displays the health of the entity that you are targeting (looking at), as actual player hearts (Absorption hearts are only supported for players). The hearts are a NEW hud element, meaning your vanilla hearts aren't…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/visual-entity-health-indicator
- Owner
- ExiledLizard635
- Published
- 2024-10-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-10-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15