ShardHud
ShardHUD is a lightweight client-side Fabric mod for Minecraft shard networks that automatically watches the shard-local player list and shows smooth HUD…
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ShardHUD
ShardHUD is a lightweight client-side Fabric HUD mod for Minecraft networks with shards, subservers, or world instances.
It automatically detects when players join or leave your current shard using Minecraft’s shard-local player reporting/social list, then displays smooth MMO-style HUD notifications.
Features
- Animated join and leave notifications
- Clean messages:
Player joined your shardPlayer left your shard
- Auto-detect only, no proxy plugin required
- Movable and scalable HUD editor
- Default editor keybind:
K - Smooth slide, fade, glow, and shrink animations
- Queue stacking for multiple player events
- Configurable colors, timing, glow, shadow, sound, and HUD position
- Lightweight client-side only design
Commands
/shardhud toggle
/shardhud on
/shardhud off
/shardhud autodetect toggle
/shardhud test Player
/shardhud position 0.78 0.34
/shardhud reload
/shardhud clear
HUD Editor
Open the HUD editor with K.
From there, you can:
- Drag the preview to move the HUD
- Use the mouse wheel to resize it
- Use the
+and-buttons to adjust scale - Press
Kagain or clickDoneto close
Built For Networks
ShardHUD is designed for servers using Velocity, BungeeCord, or similar multi-server setups where players move between shards and you want a clean visual notification when your current shard population changes.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as shardhud.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 39 KB
- Download link checked 22 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.