Damage Overlay is a small mod that renders a red screen overlay based on the player's current health, making low health and incoming damage much more noticable to the player.
Features
- Renders a red vignette when health is low, becoming stronger as the health decreases further
- Displays a short flash when taking damage, with higher damage resulting in a stronger flash
- Highly configurable: Customize overall opacity, brightness, effect start health, and fade speeds
- Overlays are hidden alongside the GUI when using the F1 key
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- 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 damageoverlay-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 41 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.