How to Read the HUD, Experience Bar, and Better Crops

Beyond inventory menus, the Survival Overhaul Texture Pack updates your main heads-up display (HUD) and changes how growing crops look in the world.

Using the Numbered Hotbar and RGB XP Bar

When playing in your world, you will notice two immediate changes at the bottom of the screen:

1. Hotbar Slot Numbers: Each slot on your hotbar displays a clear number from 1 to 9. If you play with a keyboard, you can glance at these numbers to press the exact corresponding key without misclicking adjacent tools.

2. Animated Rainbow Experience Bar: Just above the hotbar, the standard green experience bar is replaced with a colorful, animated RGB bar. It fills up normally as you collect experience orbs while cycling through rainbow colors.

Identifying Mature Plants with Better Crops

The pack includes a Better Crops visual feature to make farming easier:

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2. Observe the visual models of your crops as they pass through their growth stages.

3. The pack alters the appearance of crops so that fully mature plants stand out clearly from partially grown ones, preventing you from accidentally harvesting crops before they yield their maximum drops.