⭐ BossBarUltra
Modern floating health bars for mobs
Recommended: Paper / Purpur
Supported Minecraft Versions: 1.20 → 1.21+
BossBarUltra adds clean floating health bars above mobs using Minecraft's TextDisplay system.
It is lightweight, modern, and designed to work best on Paper and Purpur servers.
Perfect for PvE servers, RPG gameplay, custom mobs, and boss encounters.
✨ Features
🟩 Modern Floating Health Bars
- Uses TextDisplay (Minecraft 1.19.4+)
- Smooth real-time health updates
- Follows mobs accurately
- No vanilla boss bars
- No scoreboards
- No shadows or background boxes
❤️ Customizable Bar Styles
Change styles directly from the in-game GUI.
Available Styles
- Solid → ██████▒▒▒▒
- Hearts → ❤❤❤❤♡♡♡♡
- Glitch Mode → Unique glitch-style bar
Customization Options
- Adjustable bar width
- Multiple bar colors
- Optional glowing mode
👁 Display Modes
Control when health bars appear.
- Look Mode – Visible only when the player looks at the mob
- Combat Mode – Visible while the mob is in combat
- Always Mode – Always visible for nearby mobs
Configurable options include:
- Combat timeout
- Detection range
- Update interval
⚙️ In-Game Admin GUI
Use /bb to open the admin GUI.
From the GUI you can:
- Change display modes
- Switch bar styles
- Change bar colors
- Reload the configuration
- Send feedback directly from the plugin
All changes apply instantly — no server restart required.
🚀 Performance
BossBarUltra is designed to be lightweight and server-friendly.
- Very low performance impact
- No dependencies required
- Automatic cleanup when mobs die
- No leftover TextDisplay entities
- Safe for long-running servers
📥 Installation
- Download BossBarUltra.jar
- Place it in your /plugins/ folder
- Start the server
- (Optional) edit
config.yml
The default configuration is already optimized.
🕹 Commands & Permissions
Command
/bb— Opens the admin settings GUI
Permission
bossbarultra.admin(default: OP)
⚙️ Compatibility
- Minecraft: 1.20 – 1.21+
- Recommended: Paper / Purpur
- Spigot: Supported but some features may be limited
- Dependencies: None
❤️ Support
If you enjoy BossBarUltra, please consider leaving a ⭐.
Feedback helps improve the plugin and future updates.
