Simple Health Indicators
A lightweight Minecraft client-side mod that shows entity health in a clean and customizable way.
You can choose between:
- A custom textured health bar
- Vanilla-style hearts (fully compatible with texture packs)
- A numeric health indicator
All modes render above entities and scale nicely with distance.
Features
- Multiple health display modes
- Bar
- Hearts
- Numbers
- Custom health bar textures
- Heart mode supports:
- Hardcore hearts
- Poison / Wither
- Absorption hearts
- Resource packs
- Client-side only
- Smooth rendering using Minecraft’s render pipeline
- Lightweight and performance friendly
Health Display Modes
Bar
- Uses a custom texture
- Clean and minimal
- Supports partial filling and absorption
Hearts
- Uses vanilla heart sprites
- Fully compatible with texture packs
- Correctly displays:
- Half hearts
- Absorption hearts
- Poisoned / Withered variants
- Hardcore mode textures
Numeric
- Displays exact values (e.g.
18.50/20.00 ♥) - Color adapts to status effects
- Includes absorption health
Configuration
You can change the health indicator mode in multiple ways:
- Mod Menu integration
- In-game command
/healthbar <type>
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- 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 simplehealthindicators-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 41 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.