Better Player Locator Bar

Mod

A Minecraft Fabric mod that adds an enhanced player locator bar. An improvement over Mojang's existing player indicator system.

Type

Mod

Modrinth Downloads

12,140

Modrinth ID

SwzINh6N

Last Updated

Jul 29, 2026

Description

Better Player Locator Bar is a Fabric mod. It shows players in a HUD bar above the XP bar. You can customize icons, borders, fades, and more.

🎯 Features

HUD bar with icons representing nearby players and death markers
Customizable icon style: default, minimal, mojang, bowtie (shift + click)
Icon border styles: rounded or squared
Option to show player names and heads
Vertical arrows when height difference is significant by player camera or position
Distance-based fading (configurable start, end, alpha min/max)
Smooth interpolation using easing
Asset detection: scans included textures in sprites/hud/
Client/server sync via handshake and position payloads; fallback to local mode
Config UI (F8 in game or use ModMenu), preview, per-player overrides (color, icon, border...)
Death markers persistence and cleanup

📸 Gallery

Dependencies

Fabric API
ModMenu (recommended but opcional)

Installation

Install Fabric Loader and Fabric API
Place the .jar mod file into your mods/ folder
Run Minecraft

Known Issues & Limitations

Only works in Fabric, no Forge/NeoForge/... support (yet? 🥀)
It can become inaccurate
There may be rendering issues in other parts of the HUD
You will most likely encounter problems with the order of the icons and the experience bar
It is not possible to change the color of your dot/head (yet...)

License

The contents of this repository and mod, are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. (Canonical URL)