Neat Mod [2025 Update] – HUD Status Bar Above Entities in Minecraft

Ever felt lost during combat because you can’t tell how much health that skeleton has left? Neat Mod by Vazkii solves that cleanly with unobtrusive HUD unit frames above all entities visible only when the mob is not blocked.

What It Does (Feature Highlights)

• Fully client-side no server installation needed.
• Dynamic health bars that appear only when the entity is visible, avoiding UI clutter.
• Color-coded health status: green when healthy, yellow when injured, red when near death.
• Displays special attributes (e.g., Smite or Bane of Arthropods) and armor value.
• Grouped rendering for stacked mobs like spider jockeys.
• Compatible with Minecraft’s scoreboard teams, naming entities with team colors.
• Offers in-game and config-file customization.

Credibility Signals

• Expertise & Authoritativeness: Vazkii is a well-known modder; the project is open source and maintained on GitHub.
• Experience: Users describe it as a “minimalistic functional unit frame” that provides essential visual cues without distractions.
• Trustworthiness: The mod surpasses 4 million downloads on Modrinth, updated recently.

Community Voice

On Reddit, players appreciate its impact:

“That’s pretty neat.” TheDoctorSoda
“Very lightweight looking.” keyboardwhore

That is a spin on Tidy Plates.

Neat Mod delivers exactly what it promises simple, effective, and elegant health feedback during gameplay. For PvP servers, boss fights, or speedruns, it bridges the gap between user interface clarity and gameplay immersion, all while remaining safe and client-side.