Armor Insight

The Armor Insight mod. See what your armor actually does — protection percentage, enchantment effectiveness, toughness, damage reduction, and more — directly on your HUD.

Minecraft's armor system has five hidden layers that players never see: armor points, armor toughness, enchantment protection factors (EPFs), damage type specificity, and durability across pieces. Armor Insight makes all of it visible at a glance, without replacing any vanilla HUD elements.

Features

• Protection Percentage — Shows your real effective damage reduction as a color-coded percentage next to the armor bar, calculated using Minecraft's actual armor formula including toughness and enchantments
• Enchantment Shimmer Overlay — Golden glow on each vanilla armor bar icon that intensifies with enchantment protection level — instantly see "enchanted" vs "unenchanted" at a glance
• Combined Durability Bar — Thin bar below the armor bar showing average durability across all pieces, with a flashing warning when any piece is critically low
• Toughness Indicator — Small diamond icon to the left of the armor bar showing your hidden armor toughness value (diamond/netherite only)
• Damage Type Breakdown — Hover over any armor piece to see protection against each damage type: Melee, Projectile, Fire, Blast, and Fall
• Incoming Damage Preview — Look at a hostile mob to see how much damage they'd deal through your current armor
• Armor Comparison — Hover over an unequipped armor piece to see how swapping it would change your total protection, toughness, and durability

Controls

Key	Action
V	Toggle all overlays on/off

Configuration

All features are individually toggleable via config/armorinsight.json. Customize overlay colors, positions, display styles, critical thresholds, and more.

Compatibility

• Client-side only — works on vanilla servers, Realms, and multiplayer
• Compatible with AppleSkin, Sodium, Iris, Jade, and armor HUD mods
• Minecraft 1.21.11 with Fabric

Installation

1. Install Fabric Loader for Minecraft 1.21.11
2. Install Fabric API
3. Drop the JAR into your mods/ folder