Custom Health HUD
A highly customizable health and experience HUD mod for Minecraft Forge 1.20.1 with advanced positioning, dynamic animations, and real-time JSON configuration.
✨ Key Features
🎯 Advanced Positioning System
- 9 anchor points: Position health/XP anywhere on screen (top_left, center, bottom_right, etc.)
- Independent positioning: Health and XP can be placed separately
- Pixel-perfect offsets: Fine-tune with X/Y coordinates
💖 Dynamic Heart Animations
- Low health pulsing: Hearts animate when health drops below threshold
- Damage effects: Screen shake and flash when taking damage
- Customizable wave system: Adjust intensity, speed, and spacing
🎨 Full Visual Customization
- RGB color control for health and experience
- Hardcore hearts automatically in hardcore worlds
- Absorption support (golden hearts from potions/golden apples)
- Adjustable heart spacing
⚙️ Real-Time Configuration
- Hot reload: Changes apply without restarting (5-second check interval)
- Auto-validation: Fixes corrupted configs automatically
- Preset configurations included
- Automatic backups
📋 Quick Setup
Config location: config/customhealthhud.json
Popular positions:
- Bottom center (vanilla-like):
"healthAnchor": "bottom_center", "healthY": -10
- Top left corner:
"healthAnchor": "top_left", "healthX": 10, "healthY": 10
- Center right:
"healthAnchor": "center_right", "healthX": -100
Animation settings:
- Subtle:
"waveIntensity": 0.2
- Normal:
"waveIntensity": 0.5
- Intense:
"waveIntensity": 0.8
🎮 Compatibility
- Minecraft: 1.20.1
- Forge: Latest stable versions
- Game modes: Survival, Adventure, Hardcore (disabled in Creative/Spectator)
- Client-side and Server-side
🔧 Perfect For
- Events: Custom positioning for overlays
- Resource pack users: Match your aesthetic
- Accessibility: Better visibility options
Edit the JSON config while in-game - changes apply automatically!
This mod disables all Vanilla bars, except the Hotbar and the life bar, and the numbers experience bar. The life bar is centered and slightly separated to give a nice aesthetic, when receiving damage it will make a slight animation.
- To change the texture of the hearts use the minecraft vanilla path:
“minecraft/textures/gui/icons.png”
This mod disables all Vanilla bars, except the Hotbar and the life bar. The life bar is centered and slightly separated to give a nice aesthetic, when receiving damage it will make a slight animation.
- To change the texture of the hearts use the minecraft vanilla path:
“minecraft/textures/gui/icons.png”