Tool durability
No more guessing when your favourite pickaxe will break. Whenever you hold a tool, weapon or piece of gear in your main hand, a line appears above your hotbar with the item's name, how many uses you have left (in green) and how many you've already spent (in yellow) — and the numbers change in real time as you work, so you instantly know when it's time to go repair. It applies to ordinary vanilla gear: every pickaxe, axe, shovel, hoe and sword from wood to netherite, plus the bow, crossbow, trident, mace, shears, fishing rod, flint and steel, shield and elytra. It's a server-side datapack, so there's nothing to install and it works exactly the same for everyone. And if you'd like the exact durability in the item's tooltip too, just press F3 + H in vanilla to turn on advanced tooltips.
How to use
- 1Nothing to install — the datapack runs on the server and works for everyone automatically.
- 2Hold a tool, weapon or piece of gear in your main hand → its name and remaining uses pop up above your hotbar.
- 3Watch the green number (remaining) drop and the yellow one (used) climb, and go repair the item in time.
- 4Want the exact figure in the item tooltip too? Press F3 + H to turn on advanced tooltips.
It only ever shows the item in your main hand — a worn chestplate, an equipped elytra or a shield in your off-hand won't show a number until you actually hold it. And it only counts ordinary vanilla gear; custom items show nothing. Above all, don't wait for the number to hit zero — repair in time on an anvil, or run Mending, which tops the item up as you gain XP.