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Minecraft HUD Customizer

Design a custom crosshair, hearts, hunger icons and XP bar, then download a ready-to-install Java Edition resource pack.

1. Crosshair designer

Paint a 15 by 15 pixel crosshair

Presets

Color

17 painted pixels. Drag across the grid to draw quickly.

2. Health hearts

Choose a heart style

Heart color

3. Hunger bar

Choose a food icon

Food color

4. Experience bar

Set the XP gradient

What this Minecraft HUD customizer changes

This tool creates a Java Edition resource pack that replaces the real HUD sprite files used by Minecraft. The crosshair is a 15 by 15 transparent PNG. Hearts include full, half, empty, blinking and Hardcore states. Hunger and experience bars use their individual modern sprite paths.

The pack changes appearance only. It does not change health, hunger, experience values or combat mechanics, and it does not add a health indicator above players or mobs.

Design the crosshair against both bright sky and dark caves, and keep health and hunger states visually distinct at the game UI scale. Decorative detail that looks clear in the editor may disappear after Minecraft scales a small sprite on a high-resolution display.

Version support and installation

Minecraft 1.20.2 split the old icons.png atlas into individual HUD sprites. This builder targets that modern layout and supports 1.20.2 through the current 26.x releases with the matching resource pack format.

  1. Download the ZIP and do not extract it.
  2. Move it into your .minecraft/resourcepacks folder.
  3. Open Options, Resource Packs, enable the pack and place it above other HUD packs.

If another enabled pack contains the same HUD sprite path, the pack higher in the Resource Packs list wins. Keep this HUD pack above broad texture packs when you want its icons to remain visible, or merge the files deliberately when both packs customize the interface.

Minecraft HUD Customizer FAQ

Does this add a heart indicator above mobs?

No. A resource pack can replace HUD artwork but cannot read entity health or render new information above a mob. Use a compatible client mod if you need that feature.

Does the pack work on Bedrock Edition?

No. This download uses Java Edition resource pack paths. Bedrock HUD packs require UI JSON files and a different package structure.

Can I combine this with another resource pack?

Yes. Put this HUD pack above the other pack in the Resource Packs screen. Its included HUD sprites will override matching files while the rest comes from the pack below.

Why does the game say the pack is for another version?

Choose the exact version family before downloading. Minecraft uses a different pack format number for many releases, even when the same HUD texture paths still work.

Is my design uploaded?

No. The PNG files and ZIP archive are created in your browser with local canvas and ZIP processing.

Can I edit the PNG files later?

Yes. Open a copy of the ZIP, edit the files under assets/minecraft/textures/gui/sprites/hud, then compress the pack contents again.