ZEN's Better Health Bar

❤️ Zen's Better Health Bars

Vanilla-friendly health bars for the entities you target.

Zen's Better Health Bars is a NeoForge mod for Minecraft that adds clean, configurable health bars to combat and exploration without changing vanilla gameplay.

Track the health of mobs and players more clearly with smooth animated bars shown in the HUD, above entities, or both.

🔥 At a Glance

Configurable health bars for targeted entities 
HUD, overhead, or combined rendering 
HP, percent, or bar-only display 
Optional entity names 
Preset colors and animated RGB mode 
Outline, opacity, scale, range, and offset settings 
Free-position editor with live preview 
Optional vanilla boss bar hiding 
Client-side config saved automatically 
Designed to stay clean, readable, and vanilla-friendly  

🧠 How It Works

When you look at a living entity, the mod tracks your current target and displays its health in a cleaner and more readable way.

You can choose whether the bar appears in the HUD, above the entity, or both, then customize the style to match your preferred vanilla+ interface.

Everything is visual only: the mod does not change health values, combat rules, or entity behavior.

⚔️ Core Features

📌 Targeted Health Bars

Shows the health of the entity you are currently looking at, keeping information focused and unobtrusive.

🖥️ Flexible Display Modes

Choose between:

HUD only 
Above-head only 
Both at the same time  

📊 Multiple Text Styles

Display health as:

None 
HP values 
Percent  

🎨 Visual Customization

Fine-tune the look with:

Color presets 
Animated RGB mode 
Outline toggle 
Opacity control 
Global scale 
Distance limit 
Head offset  

🧍 Optional Names

Show or hide the entity name depending on the style you want.

📍 Free Position Editor

Move the HUD bar wherever you want with a live preview and save your preferred layout.

🐉 Boss Bar Option

Optionally hide the vanilla boss bar for a cleaner screen.

💾 Persistent Configuration

Player settings are saved automatically, so your configuration stays ready even after restarting the game.

⚙️ Configuration

The mod is built to be easy to customize without losing its vanilla feel.

You can adjust:

Render mode 
HUD position 
Display text mode 
Bar color 
RGB speed 
Opacity 
Scale 
Distance 
Head offset 
Outline 
Player visibility 
Boss bar behavior  

🎯 Why Use It

Perfect if you want:

Cleaner combat readability 
A lightweight vanilla+ UI improvement 
Better mob tracking without changing gameplay 
A customizable health bar mod for NeoForge
A client-side solution that stays simple and polished  

🧠 Keywords

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