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Classic Bar Unofficial

Classic Bar Unofficial โ€” A community-maintained fork of the original Classic Bar. Adds extended mod support including thirst overlay (Thirst Was Taken), Vampirism blood bar, Forbidden Curse hunger bar, and full Chinese localization.

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Minecraft: Java Edition

1.21.1

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Client-side

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Licensed GPL v3
Published 3 weeks ago

Classic Bar Unofficial

A NeoForge 1.21.1 community port of Tfarcenim's Classic Bar. Clean, readable progress bars replace Minecraft's default icon HUD โ€” hearts, armor, food, air, and more.

What It Does

Classic Bar replaces the traditional icon rows on your HUD โ€” hearts, armor pieces, food drumsticks, air bubbles, and other status symbols โ€” with continuous progress bars. The health bar scales dynamically with your maximum health instead of locking at 20 points, giving you a cleaner, more information-dense HUD at a single glance.

Originally created by Tfarcenim for Minecraft Forge, this community fork updates the mod to NeoForge 1.21.1, adds new mod integrations, and provides ongoing maintenance.

Why Download

  • Dynamic health scaling โ€” the health bar adjusts to your actual max HP, not a fixed 20
  • Deep customization โ€” every bar can be positioned left, right, or hidden; colors, number display modes, icon toggles, and overlay effects are all configurable through an in-game GUI
  • Extended mod support โ€” five additional mods now have dedicated bar integrations (see below)
  • Better readability โ€” continuous bars are easier to parse at a glance than scattered icon rows
  • Cleaner look โ€” reduces visual clutter while keeping all information accessible

Features

Native Status Bars (8)

  • Health โ€” Scales dynamically with max health; poison/wither/frozen overlay effects
  • Armor โ€” Configurable number of armor layers
  • Food โ€” Hunger icon variant; food preview when holding edible items
  • Saturation โ€” Sub-bar below the food bar
  • Air โ€” Underwater breath indicator with flashing warning
  • Armor Toughness โ€” Secondary damage reduction stat
  • Mount Health โ€” Health of horses, striders, llamas, and other mounts
  • Absorption โ€” Absorption hearts shown as a progress bar

Mod Compatibility

  • Thirst Was Taken โ€” thirst bar + hydration sub-bar + drink preview
  • Vampirism โ€” blood level bar (replaces the food bar when in vampire form)
  • Farmer's Delight โ€” golden nourishment overlay on the food bar
  • Kaleidoscope Cookery โ€” red satiation-compensation overlay on the food bar
  • Enigmatic Legacy+ โ€” Forbidden Curse hunger overlay (mutually exclusive with blood/food)

Multi-Effect Icon Stacking

Poison, Wither, and Freezing icons automatically stack side-by-side on the health bar. Similarly, Hunger, Nourishment, and Satiation-Compensation icons arrange themselves on the food bar โ€” no overlapping mess.

Food & Drink Preview

Hold a food item in your hand to see exactly how much hunger and saturation it will restore, shown as a preview overlay on the bars (similar to AppleSkin).

Custom Pixel Number Fonts

Choose between 3x5 and 3x5_tiny bitmap fonts for a compact, retro-looking numeric display on the HUD.

Full Chinese Translation

Complete zh_CN localization of the entire UI and configuration menu.

Debug Toggles (8)

Developer-only switches for testing bar behavior and HUD rendering โ€” available only in a development environment.

Code Quality Improvements

Compared to the original Forge version, this fork brings:

  • Centralized registration system (ModOverlays, ModIcons, ModConfigs)
  • Spotless automated code formatting
  • Gradle version catalog for unified dependency management
  • Access Transformer infrastructure
  • Data generation framework

Configuration Highlights

  • Every status bar: LEFT / RIGHT / HIDDEN
  • Custom color picker for each bar
  • Number display modes: Current value only / Current + Max / Percentage
  • Per-bar icon toggle
  • Per-bar overlay effect toggle
  • Full configuration GUI โ€” no manual file editing required

Requirements

  • Minecraft: 1.21.1
  • NeoForge: 21.1.228+
  • Side: Client-side only (no server installation needed)

Credits

License

GPL-3.0-only โ€” This fork is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0. Includes 3x5 bitmap fonts from Reliable-Recount by catboybinary, also GPL-3.0.