ModsJava
Attack indicator
Customizable floating damage indicators for Paper servers. Clearly display damage dealt to mobs with stylish placeholders!
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A modern, lightweight damage indicator plugin for Paper/Spigot servers. Display beautiful animated floating damage numbers when entities take damage.
Version Support
The plugin automatically detects your server version and uses the best available method:
| Version | Method | Features |
|---|---|---|
| 1.19.4+ | Display Entities | Smooth animations, scalable, best performance |
| 1.16.5-1.19.3 | Armor Stands | MiniMessage support (hex colors, gradients) |
| 1.8-1.16.4 | Armor Stands | Legacy ChatColor (basic colors: &c, &6, &a, etc.) |
Key Features
- Smooth Animations - Floating damage indicators with configurable speed and duration
- Rich Text Formatting - MiniMessage support on 1.16.5+ (hex colors, gradients, styles)
- Highly Customizable - Control appearance, size, position, speed, and behavior
- Smart Filtering - Show indicators based on damage source (all/player-only/no-self)
- Player Damage Support - Optional indicators on players
- Entity Filtering - Whitelist/blacklist specific entity types
- Random Positioning - Natural look with random offsets to prevent stacking
- Auto-Update Checker - Get notified when new versions are available
- World Management - Disable indicators in specific worlds
- Performance Optimized - Minimal server impact on all versions
Commands
/ai reload- Reload plugin configuration- Aliases:
/attackindicator
Configuration
All settings are in config.yml with detailed comments explaining version compatibility.
Quick Examples
# Works on all versions
indicator-format: "<#ffffff>-{damage}<#ff5555>♥" # Hex colors on 1.16.5+
indicator-format: "&f-{damage}&c♥" # Legacy format for 1.8-1.16.4
# Scale (1.19.4+ only)
indicator-scale: 1.5
# Display mode (all versions)
display-mode: PLAYER_ONLY
Attack indicator >2.0 stats
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.8, 1.8.1, 1.8.2
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as AttackIndicator-2.4.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 354 KB
- Download link checked 29 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.