Health Indicator Next

Health Indicator Next is a client mod that shows configurable health and armor indicators above living entities. Health and armor can be enabled independently.

Modes:

• Icons: Vanilla Heart & Armor icon rows
• Numeric: HUD style icon + value or Numbers (20/20)
• Bar: HP / Armor bars with optional labels, segmentation, and background

Colors & Effects

• Custom colors for health text, armor text, bar fills, bar backgrounds, and numeric backgrounds
• Separate colors for poison, wither, freezing, absorption, and low HP flash
• Low HP flash threshold, critical shake threshold, blink speed, glow padding, and shake intensity
• Optional low HP effects on heart icons (bar and numeric support their own low HP feedback)
• And much more!

Visual Customization

• Shared indicator size, vertical offset, and row spacing between health and armor
• Per mode tuning for icon scale/spacing, bar width/height/scale, and numeric scale/background scale
• Optional empty icons, HP/armor labels, segmented bars, and numeric backgrounds
• Cap visible hearts on high HP entities, with a +N label for hidden hearts
• Choose numeric style: HUD style icons with a value, or current/max values
• Optional float values for more precise HP readouts

Features

• Health and armor indicators with a shared mode, size, and vertical layout
• Absorption support, including an optional separate absorption row
• Status aware visuals: poison, wither, freezing, regeneration bounce, and hardcore heart icons
• Low HP flash and shake when targets gets VERY low in hp
• Invisible entities stay hidden unless they are wearing armor
• Display filters: only when damaged, recently damaged, attacked by you, or when looking at an entity
• Toggles for yourself, other players, hostile mobs, and passive mobs
• Max render distance, nametag hiding
• Entity type and player name blacklists

When Indicators Appear

• Show or hide health/armor for yourself, other players, hostile mobs, and passive mobs
• Only when damaged, recently damaged, attacked by you, or when looking at a target
• Invisible entities are skipped unless they have armor equipped
• Adjustable looking at grace and combat memory timers
• Max render distance, plus entity type and player name blacklists

Keybinds

• Toggle Health Indicator: H
• Toggle Armor Indicator: J
• Toggle Nametags: Unbound
• Move Indicators Up: Page Up
• Move Indicators Down: Page Down
• Cycle Indicator Mode: Unbound
• Open Mod Settings: I

Note: These are all just the default keybinds. They can be modified by going into Options > Controls > Keybinds or by going to the Mod settings Key binds page.

Dependencies

• Architectury API
• Cloth Config