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ZEN's Better Health Bar

by Zendry

With ZEN's Better Health Bar, the entity a player looks at shows a clean health bar that can sit on the HUD, above the entity, or both.

NeoForgeClient-side onlyMIT License1.21.1 – 26.2

What it does

The NeoForge mod adds configurable health bars for the entity under the crosshair. Bars use smooth animation and can show the entity name, a percentage, or only the bar itself. Colors come from presets or an animated RGB mode, and an outline, opacity and global scale can be adjusted. The vanilla boss bar can be hidden when a player wants a cleaner screen.

It is a client-side mod, so only the player's client needs it and servers run without it. The mod changes only how health is shown: it does not alter health values, combat rules or entity behavior. Settings include a distance limit, a head offset and a free-position editor with live preview for placing the HUD bar. Player settings are saved automatically and stay in place after a restart.

The mod is published for NeoForge only, under the MIT License, which is not an open source license. Files exist for 1.21.1, 1.21.8, 26.1.2 and 26.2, with 1.1.0 for 26.2 as the latest build, and builds cover 1.21.1 – 26.2.

Key features

  1. HUD, overhead or both

    The bar can appear on the HUD, above the entity's head, or in both places at once.

  2. Color and animation

    Preset colors and an animated RGB mode control the bar, with a toggle for an outline and an opacity setting.

  3. Display modes

    Players choose between a percentage, the entity name, or a bar-only view, and can set the global scale and distance.

  4. Free-position editor

    A layout editor with live preview lets the player place the HUD bar anywhere and save the chosen position.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.21.1.0
26.1.21.1.0
1.21.81.0.0
1.21.11.1.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

Use cases

Who it’s for: Players who want to follow the health of the mob they target, with a bar style that fits their preferences, on a client that runs NeoForge 1.21.1 or later.

Questions

Does ZEN's Better Health Bar need a server install?

No. It is installed on the player's side alone, so servers need nothing.

Which loader does ZEN's Better Health Bar support?

It is published for NeoForge only. Fabric and Quilt builds are not part of this listing.

Does the mod change health values or combat?

No. Everything it does is visual, and health values, combat rules and entity behavior stay as they are.

In the catalog

ZEN's Better Health Bar is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,974 Mobs mods for NeoForge. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.

Mobs mods11,058NeoForge modsMods for 26.213,894

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What the author says

Vanilla-friendly health bars for the entities you target. Zen's Better Health Bars is a NeoForge mod for Minecraft that adds clean, configurable health bars to combat and exploration without changing vanilla gameplay.
Zendry, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Zendry
Published
2026-06-28
Updated on Modrinth
2026-07-22
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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