How to Enable and Prioritize Boss Bars Reforged in Your Load Order

Because Boss Bars Reforged relies on custom core shaders and font textures to render oversized boss sprites, placing it in the wrong load order can cause other resource packs to overwrite its files. Setting it up at the top of your active list ensures the themed meters display properly.

Activating the Resource Pack

1. Open the game menu and select Options, then click Resource Packs.

2. Locate Boss Bars Reforged in the left-hand column under Available packs.

3. Hover over the pack icon and click the arrow to move it into the right-hand Selected column.

4. Use the up arrow on the pack icon to move it to the very top of your active list, especially above general UI packs or custom font packs.

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Adjusting Screen Space

The pack makes health bars noticeably larger than standard vanilla meters so it can show off the encounter artwork across the top of your screen. If the enlarged frames overlap with your inventory menus or status effects, you can adjust your interface scaling:

1. Go to Options and open Video Settings.

2. Click the GUI Scale button to cycle down by one step.

3. Enter a world and open your inventory to confirm the top of your menus no longer collides with the boss meter area.