{"id":30123,"date":"2026-06-01T15:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/betterhp\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:43:09","slug":"betterhp","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/betterhp\/","title":{"rendered":"BetterHP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>![BetterHP logo](https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/wWNUyWR.png)<\/p>\n<p>Overview<\/p>\n<p>Better HP is a Minecraft client-only mod designed to enhance your gameplay experience by offering a more intuitive and informative way to view and manage your health, armor, and hunger stats in-game. By replacing traditional heart and armor icons with a sleek, customizable numerical system, Better HP allows you to track your health status at a glance.<\/p>\n<p>NO NEED FOR OVERFLOW MODS! Better HP will display over 20 HP and over 20 armor, syncing seamlessly with the player!<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Community! Check out Pixel Dream Studios &#8211; an official partner!<br \/>\nJoin my Personal Discord here -> Bandit Discord<\/p>\n<p>Features<\/p>\n<p>Numerical Health Display: Experience precision with your health shown as numbers instead of vague hearts. Know exactly how much damage you&#8217;ve taken and how much health you have left!<\/p>\n<p>Armor Value Display: Better HP shows your armor value right on the HUD, eliminating the need to guess your protection level and providing clear insight into your defenses.<\/p>\n<p>Absorption Hearts: Quickly assess the extra protection provided by absorption effects like Golden Apples with a clear display next to your health.<\/p>\n<p>Numerical Hunger Display: Track your hunger with precise numbers, making it easy to manage your food needs efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>Effect-Driven Colors: Visualize the impact of status effects with dynamically changing colors:<\/p>\n<p>Wither Effect: Health text turns a sinister dark purple.<br \/>\nFreezing Effect: Experience an icy aqua color. &#8211;\u00a0<br \/>\nPoison Effect: Watch as your health turns a sickly green.<\/p>\n<p>Customizable Positioning: Optimize the placement of health, armor, and hunger numbers so they&#8217;re perfectly aligned with other HUD elements, keeping your interface clean and informative.<\/p>\n<p>Configuration File: Easily enable, disable, or customize features to suit your personal preferences.<\/p>\n<p>How It Works<\/p>\n<p>Better HP integrates seamlessly into the Minecraft GUI, replacing default health, armor, and hunger bars. By intercepting the rendering process, the mod provides a numerical display of health, armor, and hunger values. It also adapts to different status effects by changing text color to match the effect currently applied to your character.<\/p>\n<p>Compatibility<br \/>\nMinecraft Version: 1.20.1<br \/>\nForge Version: 47.0.0 and above<br \/>\nFabric Version: Compatible with Fabric Loader 0.14.21 and above<br \/>\nClient Only: Designed to run on the client side only, ensuring it doesn&#8217;t affect server performance and is safe to use on any server that allows client mods.<br \/>\nInstallation<br \/>\nDownload: Get the latest version of Better HP from the CurseForge page.<br \/>\nInstall Forge\/Fabric: Ensure you have Forge or Fabric installed and running on your Minecraft client.<br \/>\nAdd to Mods Folder: Place the downloaded mod file into your Minecraft mods folder.<br \/>\nLaunch Minecraft: Start Minecraft with the Forge or Fabric profile and enjoy the enhanced health, armor, and hunger display!<br \/>\nFrequently Asked Questions (FAQ)<\/p>\n<p>Q: Will Better HP work with other mods?<br \/>\nA: Yes, Better HP is compatible with most other mods. It only changes the client-side HUD, so it doesn&#8217;t interfere with gameplay mechanics.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Can I change the positioning of the health, armor, Oxygen, and hunger numbers?<br \/>\nA: Yes, you can! The config file allows you to enable or disable armor, health, hunger displays, and customize their locations.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Does this mod affect server performance?<br \/>\nA: No, Better HP is a client-only mod and doesn&#8217;t interact with server operations. You can use it on any server that permits client-side mods.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Features<br \/>\nCustomizable Colors: Set your preferred colors for health, armor, and hunger displays.<br \/>\nAdvanced Configuration: Fine-tune the positioning of health, armor, and hunger displays to suit your personal preferences.<br \/>\nHUD Integration: Additional HUD elements for other stats like stamina (future updates).<br \/>\nSummary<\/p>\n<p>This updated description emphasizes the key features of Better HP, including the newly added numerical hunger display, compatibility with Fabric, and client-side-only functionality. The improved configuration options and planned features highlight the mod&#8217;s flexibility and future growth potential.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any more specific requirements or additional features you&#8217;d like to highlight, feel free to let me know!<\/p>\n<p>![](https:\/\/bisecthosting.com\/PixelDream)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A better visual system for your vanilla HUD !<br \/>\nFully customizable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30124,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"betterhp","_minecraft_project_id":"xfGXfoxY","_minecraft_author":"Bandit-bytes","_minecraft_license":"LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved","_minecraft_downloads":78626,"_minecraft_follows":112,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"betterhp.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":1639910,"_minecraft_version_count":29,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T23:58:45.036571Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2024-08-19T00:36:58.911042Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-05-12T23:16:28.156685Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/betterhp","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":30124,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-01T12:43:11+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"5f778e8ca296c0789994c077ae6268b7","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[87,97,104,126,158,92],"mod_loader":[99,106,160],"minecraft_version":[36,60,93,94,101,102,62,37,40,41,73,74,83,167,163],"class_list":["post-30123","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-adventure","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-forge","mod_category-management","mod_category-neoforge","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-fabric","mod_loader-forge","mod_loader-neoforge","minecraft_version-1-20-1","minecraft_version-1-20-2","minecraft_version-1-20-3","minecraft_version-1-20-4","minecraft_version-1-20-5","minecraft_version-1-20-6","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-26-1","minecraft_version-26-1-1","minecraft_version-26-1-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BetterHP - Minecraft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/betterhp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BetterHP - Minecraft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A better visual system for your vanilla HUD ! 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