Hit Damage Display

Quickstart

1. Install the mod on your Fabric 1.20.1 client (a server installation is optional but supported).
2. Launch the game and join a world or server — no setup or commands needed.
3. Hit any mob or player. Your action bar will immediately show "Damage dealt: X" reflecting the true damage after armor and resistance are applied.
4. To bind the toggle key, open Options → Controls and look for the Hit Damage Display category. Find Toggle Damage Counter and assign any key you like. Press it in-game to turn the display on or off.

Overview

Hit Damage Display shows you the exact amount of health each of your attacks removes, displayed as a brief action-bar message every time you land a successful hit. The number reflects real health loss — after the target's armor, damage resistance, and other reductions — so what you see is always the true impact of your strike.

This makes it easy to compare weapons, enchantments, potions, and gear in live play without relying on estimates or external calculators.

What It Adds

• Live damage readout — every successful hit you land shows Damage dealt: X on your action bar. Values are rounded to one decimal place when needed (e.g., Damage dealt: 7.5).
• Toggle keybind — a configurable key under Options → Controls → Hit Damage Display turns the display on or off at any time.
• Persistent preference — your on/off setting is saved locally and automatically synced to the server each time you join, so it survives restarts and session changes.

How To Use

Viewing Damage

Simply attack any living entity. As long as the display is enabled, the action bar shows the damage dealt after every successful hit. If an attack deals no damage (fully blocked or immune), no message appears.

Toggling the Display

Open Options → Controls and scroll to the Hit Damage Display section. Bind Toggle Damage Counter to a key of your choice. Press that key in-game to switch the readout on or off — the action bar will confirm with "Damage counter enabled" or "Damage counter disabled". The keybind has no default assignment so it never conflicts with your existing controls.

On Servers

The mod works on servers that have it installed. When you connect, your saved preference is automatically sent to the server. If the server does not have the mod, the client-side keybind still works silently without causing errors.

Abilities And Mechanics

• Post-mitigation calculation — damage is measured as the difference between the target's health immediately before and after the hit, so armor, Protection enchantments, Resistance effects, and any other reduction are already factored in. You always see what actually happened, not the raw weapon damage.
• Player-attacker only — the readout appears only for damage you deal directly. Damage from other players, mobs, environmental sources, or your own non-attack actions does not trigger a message for you.
• Action-bar display — messages appear in the action bar (above the hotbar) so they fade naturally and never clutter chat.

Progression And Strategy

• Weapon tuning — hit the same mob type with different swords, axes, or bows back-to-back to see exactly how much each one deals after the target's armor, making gear comparisons fast and accurate.
• Enchantment testing — equip an unenchanted weapon, note the damage, then add Sharpness or other enchantments and compare live numbers on the same enemy.
• Potion and buff evaluation — drink Strength potions or apply other buffs, then attack to see the precise numerical gain reflected in the readout.
• Build optimisation — use the display while adjusting your armor setup to understand how changes to the target's defenses (in PvP) or your own offense interact, helping you dial in the most effective loadout for any situation.