About Better Healthbar
From ModrinthA Minecraft datapack and mod that displays health bars and damage indicators for almost all mobs. Everything can be configured in the in-game chat menu.
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📖 Description
A fully customizable datapack for Minecraft 1.20.6+ that displays a health bar for nearly all mobs. This datapack also includes a damage display showing how much damage you did. The health bar and damage display can both be customized to suit your preferences and colorful imagination while maintaining the Minecraft aesthetic. It works seamlessly in both single-player and multiplayer modes.
⭐ Features
• Functional Healthbars that update instantly.
• Works with custom names from nametags.
• Exclude specific mobs from the healthbar.
• 100% Multiplayer supported.
• It's simple to adjust settings using the chat menu.
🎗️ Compatibility
⚙️ Installation
For version v3 and above, you only need to enter the world after installing it and it should automatically install everything for you.
Use /trigger HB.Settings to open the chat menu.
Uninstalling
Use /function healthbar:handler/settings/uninstall to uninstall everything and only then you can remove the datapack/mod. This makes sure that there is nothing left of the healthbars.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 21 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.
Loaders
Runs on Data pack, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Better Healthbar as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- Data packFabricForgeNeoForgeQuilt
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.3 and 20 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorVanderflys, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseLicenseRef-All-Rights-ReservedFree
