
Head Above Xp
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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Head Above XP
Head Above XP is a lightweight client-side Minecraft mod that displays your own player head directly above the XP level in the vanilla HUD.
Designed to be clean, minimal, and unobtrusive, it adds a small representation of your current Minecraft skin while keeping the original HUD layout intact.
Features
- Displays your current Minecraft skin as a player head
- Keeps the head centered above the XP level
- Clean, vanilla-style pixel rendering
- Does not modify the locator bar
- Does not move the vanilla held-item name
- Lightweight and client-side
- Works with custom Minecraft skins
- Designed to work alongside resource packs and visual mods
Client-Side
Head Above XP is a client-side-only mod.
It does not need to be installed on a server. Other players do not need the mod installed to play with you.
Compatibility
Designed for:
- Minecraft 1.21.11
- Fabric
- Fabric API
It can be used alongside other client-side mods, resource packs, and shader packs.
Performance
Head Above XP is designed to have a minimal performance impact.
It simply renders a small player-head texture as part of the HUD and does not add entities, world calculations, or background processes.
Configuration
The HUD position is carefully aligned with the vanilla XP display.
The player head is positioned so it does not interfere with the XP level or the vanilla held-item name.
Credits
Author: Gamers Vault
Version
1.0.1
Changelog
1.0.1
- Added player head above the XP level
- Added clean vanilla-style HUD positioning
- Preserved the vanilla item-name position
- Added support for the player's current skin
- Optimized the HUD rendering
- 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 Head-Above-XP-v1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 209 KB
- Download link checked 9 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.


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