Hover Hints is a lightweight utility mod that shows small contextual hints for hidden vanilla Minecraft mechanics.<\/p>\n
It gives useful information exactly when you need it, while you are holding a relevant item, looking at a matching block or entity, and intentionally asking for a hint.<\/p>\n
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Hover Hints does not add new gameplay mechanics or change vanilla balance. It only reveals information that already exists in Minecraft.<\/p>\n
## How it works<\/p>\n
By default, hints are shown while holding `Left Alt`.<\/p>\n
For example, if you hold a compostable item and look at a composter, Hover Hints shows the chance that the item will raise the compost level. If you hold fuel and look at a furnace, it shows how long that fuel will burn. If you hold bone meal and look at a plant, it shows what effect bone meal can have there.<\/p>\n
## Examples<\/p>\n
### Composting
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### Fuel burn time
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### Bone meal behavior
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### Entity hints
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## Available hints<\/p>\n
Hover Hints works fully client-side for mechanics that are already known to the client. Some hints use server-only data, such as loot tables or villager POI ownership, and require Hover Hints to be installed on the server to show accurate results.<\/p>\n
| Hint | What it shows | Server installation required |
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\n| Composting | Compost chance for the held item when looking at a composter | No |
\n| Fuel Burn Time | Burn time for the held item when looking at a furnace, smoker, or blast furnace | No |
\n| Grindstone XP | Estimated XP from removing enchantments with a grindstone | No |
\n| Bone Meal | Growth effect, chance, stage increase, spreading, or item drop behavior | No |
\n| Taming Chance | Taming or trust chance for tameable animals | No |
\n| Redstone Power | Current redstone power level of the targeted block | No |
\n| Silk Touch Requirement | Whether the targeted block needs Silk Touch to drop itself | No |
\n| Animal Feeding | Breeding state, baby growth time, love mode timer, and breeding cooldown | Yes, for exact timers |
\n| Mob Loot | Possible drops from the targeted mob | Yes |
\n| Archaeology Loot | Possible loot from suspicious sand or suspicious gravel | Yes |
\n| Villager POI | Whether a villager workstation, bed, or bell is occupied | Yes |<\/p>\n
## Configuration<\/p>\n
The config screen is available through ModMenu or the `\/hoverhints config` command. Cloth Config is required.<\/p>\n
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