EssentialGUI
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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About EssentialGUI
EssentialGUI is a small mod that adds visual elements to make the player's life much easier. Whether you are an experienced or novice player, you will find EssentialGUI an ally for your adventures! I have not studied programming, this mod is a personal project that I have been developing in my free time.
Main Features
- While in-game, press F12 Key to open EssentialGUI Main Menu.
- Change Block Outline color and transparency.
- Client, Player Position and World Information.
- Funny Slime Chunk Indicator (only in Singleplayer mode). You can find it at Chunk Information.
- On-screen Warnings that covers low health, low hunger, low oxygen and Time Since Last Rest (3 or more days = Phantoms).
- Pointed Block Information: get info and advanced properties of any pointed block.
- Pointed Entity Information: get info and advanced properties of any pointed entity. Also see entities and other players equipment!
- On-screen Player Equipment that shows armor and hands equipment.
- Advanced Player Stats with XP, Health, Attack and Enchantment Protection Factor values!
- Multiplayer Equipment Hud that shows other players equipment and enchantments!
- On-screen Shulker Box and Bundle contents.
- Get information about time of day, biome, weather effects and Moon Phases!
- Extended Item Tooltip Information: food stats, advanced item durability, item penalty level and many more!
- Disable Pumpkin and Vignette Overlay textures. Disable rain and snow particles.
- Controls Status Effects HUD position and duration.
- Advanced Furnace/Smoker/Blast Furnace status and fuel stats.
- Bucket of Axolotl item variants!
- 22 common Bucket of Tropical Fish item variants!
- Zoom In by pressing Z Key.
- Increase/Decrease gamma level by pressing +/- Keys.
- Toggle Smooth Lighting by pressing F9 Key.
- Night Vision Hack by pressing F8 Key (use with caution :p).
- Customize the Inventory Slot Highlight!
- For a extended list and full explanation of every feature, please head to EssentialGUI Manual.
Requirements
Modpack Permissions
You are free to distribute EssentialGUI with your modpack. If you do, providing a link to this page is a welcome courtesy.
Forge
I'm neither interested in porting EssentialGUI to Forge nor older version of Minecraft. Please, don't ask for it. Thanks! :)
Additional Languages (may be outdated)
- es_es (by lord_rius) [download]
- ru_ru (by fatty2021) [download]
- ru_ru (by TheFaceJD) [download]
- zh_cn (by jackgxm) [download]
Donations
If you find EssentialGUI useful and appreciate my work, any donation is welcome. You can give me some support at Paypal
Other Resources
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9
- 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 CurseForge — 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 essgui-2.4.0+26.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.0 MB
- Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

