Identifying Armor Enchantment Protection and Thorns on the HUD

Reading Enchantment Color Effects

Detail Armor Bar Reconstructed enhances the vanilla armor icons to display the specific types of protection enchantments applied to your gear. Rather than pausing to hover over each piece in your inventory, you can verify your defensive coverage at a glance.

1. Open your inventory and equip pieces enchanted with different protection types (such as standard Protection, Fire Protection, Blast Protection, or Projectile Protection).

2. Close the inventory screen and observe the armor bar on your main interface.

3. Notice the distinct color effects applied across the armor icons, which visually correspond to your active enchantment protection types.

Checking for Active Thorns Effects

If your armor pieces carry the Thorns enchantment, the mod adds a dedicated visual overlay on top of the affected armor icons.

1. Equip an armor piece bearing the Thorns enchantment.

2. Look at the armor bar to locate the Thorns visual overlay directly over the corresponding armor point.

3. Use this indicator in multiplayer or mob battles to confirm which armor pieces will return retaliatory damage to attackers without having to re-check your equipment menu.