Vital
by RhysR6S
Vital is a client-side health bar mod that shows a small, clean HP bar above each mob, with tier colours for tougher enemies and optional colour-coded boss bars.
What it does
Each mob shows a tidy bar above its head with its current and maximum HP. Tougher mobs get a wider bar in a different colour, with four tiers in total, while ordinary creatures such as chickens keep a plain bar. The bars fade out with distance and hide when a mob is not being hit, so the screen stays readable during a fight. The mod is built to be shader compatible and works in dim, dark caves where glowing outlines would be harder to see.
Two trails show recent health changes: a white ghost trail marks health the mob has lost after a hit, and a green trail marks health it has gained back by healing. Floating damage numbers turn white for ordinary hits and red for harder ones, and players can choose between two modes, Float up and Fling. Vital also offers optional colour-coded boss bars, one per active boss, to replace the vanilla boss bar. That option is off by default. Nearly every setting can be changed in-game, and the mod depends on Architectury API, with Cloth Config API optional for its settings screen. It is client-side only, so servers run without it.
Key features
Minimal mob health bars
Small bars above mobs show current and maximum HP without the clutter found in many health bar mods.
Tier colours by toughness
Tougher mobs get a wider bar in a distinct colour, across four tiers, so scary enemies stand out.
Lost and healed trails
A white trail shows health lost from a hit and a green trail shows health regained, making the result of each attack visible.
Floating damage numbers
Damage numbers turn red for harder hits, and players can pick between the Float up and Fling display modes.
Optional boss bars
Vanilla boss bars can be replaced with colour-coded bars, one per active boss, and the option is off by default.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 1
How it compares
Configurable Boss Bars is a client-side only mod for Fabric and NeoForge, released under GPL-3.0 or later, and it covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.1. Boss Ultimatum is server-side only, runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, and is not open source. Vital is client-side only and releases cover 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vital | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-06-12 |
| Configurable Boss Bars | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2024-09-25 |
| Boss Ultimatum | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-05-04 |
Questions
Does Vital need Architectury API?
Does the server need Vital installed?
Are boss bars replaced by default?
In the catalog
Vital is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Small, clean health bars above every mob, and unlike most health bar mods, they don't break the moment you turn on a shaderpack. Vital stays minimal and readable while still telling you what matters in a fight: how much HP something has, how hard you're hitting it, and which enemies are the scary ones. It's…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/vitalbar
- Owner
- RhysR6S
- Published
- 2026-06-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15