About Mini-boss Boss Bars
From ModrinthAdds boss bars to different mini-bosses (or bosses that lack their own) from numerous different Minecraft mods, including vanilla's Elder Guardian and Warden.
NOTE (1.20.1): While the mod specifically runs on the (Neo)Forge modloader(s), it also includes added support for Fabric mods with the help of the Sinytra Connector mod. The lists provided below will indicate when a mod this mod supports necessitates it.
This mod serves as an addon to any mod featuring conspicuously resilient foes that don't quite qualify as true bosses and thus lack boss bars of their own, and does basically what the title of the mod says, by granting them their very own boss bars that track their health (like any other boss should)! This also includes vanilla's Elder Guardian and Warden. Additionally, true bosses that for whatever reason also lack a boss bar of their own have also been granted one to finally bequeath them that more appropriate and clear facade to their boss status that they so deserve.
_It is also worth noting that the boss bars added by this mod do not necessarily work the same way as regular boss bars do, as they won't actually appear right off the bat as when any of these mini-bosses spawn. Rather, the mini-bosses have to receive at least a single strike of damage from a player in order for the bars to show up. Should the player stray off into the distance at a minimum of 60 blocks away from a mini-boss, their health bar will then vanish and require another blow of damage in order for them to reappear once more. These measures serve to prevent the redundancy of boss bars on a player's screen from enemies they aren't anywhere near inclined to provoking, thus rendering the bars obsolete by default._
For mob battles or other testing purposes, you may also run the command /mbbbforceshowbossbars (in 1.20.1) or /trigger mbbbforceshowbossbars (in 1.21.1) to toggle the bars on by demand.
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You can disable boss bars from showing up for certain bosses through:
- _(1.20.1)_ The mod's config file (YOUR INSTANCE\config\mini-boss boss bars; common.toml)
- _(1.21.1)_ Using the configuration datapack for the mod with its own set of instructions on how to utilize it: https://modrinth.com/datapack/mini-boss-boss-bars-configuration-datapack
The mod doesn't mandate the installation of every listed mod within each version simultaneously; rather, it adjusts to accommodate the ones that are currently installed.
Featured modpacks with this mod
The lists shown below detail what mods and their respective bosses are supported by this mod.
1.20.1 (Forge/NeoForge only)
Abominations Infection • Parasite Mother • Flugzeug • Teufelskerl • Versuken • Keeper
Ad Astra: More Structures • Super Golem • Super Raptor • Super Mogler • Super Lunarian • Super Evoker
Alex's Caves • Forsaken • Gum Worm • Hullbreaker • Tremorzilla (onIy avaiIabIe and triggered with the _/mbbbforceshowbossbars_ command)
Alex's Mobs • Warped Mosco
Apotheosis • All Apothic Bosses (with boss bar designs that vary by tier)
Aquamirae • Eel • Mother of the Maze
Arcanmira • Glarecadaver
Arthropod Phobia Expansions • Termite Tunneler Queen • Spider Snatcher • Spider Prowler • Spider Reaper • Solifuge Skulker • Centipede Evictor • Crab Constrictor • Arthropleura Abomination (if wild/untamed, boss bar disappears and will no longer appear again once tamed) • Wasp Nemesis • Spider Infestor • Spider Matriarch • Spider Moth • Scorpioid Bloodluster • Draconic Voidlasher • Arachnoid Trisector • Diabolos Decimator
Astral Dimension • Dissolved • Fatal Menace • Pyrathis
Battle Towers • Battle Tower Guardian
Battle Towers - Thexian • Battle Tower Guardian
Blades of the Fallen • Bandit Leader
Bones And Swords • Lost Captain • Skeleton Captain
Born in Chaos • Spiders Mother • Glutton Fish • Dire Hound Leader • Nightmare Stalker • Krampus • Missionary • Supreme Bonescaller • Sir Pumpkinhead • Lifestealer
BossCraft Respawn: Unofficial Port • Fire Lord • Rogue Master • Spider Queen • Pharaoh • Grim Reaper • Megablock
BossCraft Respawn: Overlord • King Scorpion • Ice Devil • Overlord
Brainrot Protocol • Cyborg Tralalero Tralala • Cyborg Tung Tung Sahur
Brazil Legends • Capelobo • Mapinguari • Mapinguary
Cannibal Conundrum • Cannibal Butcher
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 3 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.
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 Mini-boss Boss Bars 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
- 1.21.1 and 2 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorTheExiIedFeIIow, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree
