Damage Vignette
by ZenXArch
Damage Vignette draws a red screen-edge vignette that tracks the player's health, so the screen shows danger without a text readout.
What it does
The vignette grows stronger as health falls and fades back as it recovers, and it scales continuously with the health value rather than jumping between fixed steps. When health is low, the edge pulses to draw attention. A directional pulse can also flash on the side a hit came from, in the style of zombie games.
Vignette changes apply instantly when alpha shifts, and the look can be tuned through a configurable texture. Server owners can control the player's vignette through a server-side API, so a server can decide how the effect behaves. Other danger sources such as low air can also trigger the vignette, not only health.
Damage Vignette needs Fabric API and runs on Fabric and Quilt. Players add it to their own game, and a server needs no copy. It targets 1.21.1 – 26.1 with snapshot builds published, and the code is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, which makes it open source. Public source code and an issue tracker are linked from the project.
Key features
Health-based red vignette
A red edge overlay appears on the screen and strengthens as the player's health drops.
Low-health pulse
At low health the vignette pulses, giving a steady warning that repeats until the player recovers.
Directional hit pulse
A brief pulse can appear on the side a hit came from, similar to zombie-game damage indicators.
Configurable texture and alpha
The vignette texture can be changed, and its alpha updates instantly as danger changes.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Survival play
A player in survival can read health from the screen edge without looking at the hearts bar.
Server-controlled effects
A server owner can use the server-side API to control how the vignette appears for players.
Who it’s for: Players who want a visual danger cue in survival worlds, and server owners who want to set vignette behavior through the server-side API.
How it compares
Directional Hit Vignette is a Fabric-only client mod for 1.21 – 26.2, under All rights reserved, so its source is not open. Health Vignette runs on Fabric, Forge and Ornithe for 1.8.9 – 26.3 and is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. Vignette Status is a Fabric-only client mod for 1.21.5 under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damage Vignette | Fabric and Quilt | 1.21.1 – 26.1 | Client-side only | 2026-03-25 |
| Directional Hit Vignette | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-29 |
| Health Vignette | Fabric, Forge and Ornithe | 1.8.9 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-01 |
| Vignette Status | Fabric | 1.21.5 | Client-side only | 2025-05-19 |
Questions
Does Damage Vignette need Fabric API?
Do servers need to install Damage Vignette?
Which game versions have files for Damage Vignette?
In the catalog
Damage Vignette is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 11,959 mods support Minecraft 26.1.
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What the author says
This mod adds a vignette (similiar to world border) when on low health. Feel free to request / give ideas on discord or codeberg. I am very likely to implement them (if I can).
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/zenxarch-damage-vignette
- Owner
- ZenXArch
- Published
- 2025-09-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15