Prioritizing Wither Hearts Over Other Resource Packs

When combining multiple visual packs, load order determines which HUD icons actually appear on your screen. Setting up Dev’s Better Wither Hearts Resource Pack properly ensures your health bar stays readable even when you use broader texture overhauls.

Setting the Correct Load Order

1. Pause the game or start from the main menu, then open Options and select Resource Packs.

2. Find Dev’s Better Wither Hearts Resource Pack in the Available column on the left and click the arrow on its icon to move it to the Selected column.

3. Hover over the pack in the Selected list and click the up arrow until it sits above any full-game texture packs, UI tweaks, or dark-mode HUD packs.

4. Click Done and let the game reload its assets.

Minecraft loads resource packs from bottom to top, meaning higher packs overwrite the textures of lower ones. Keeping this pack near the top guarantees its updated full, half, and empty wither heart icons take priority over standard HUD files.

Blending With Your Current Visuals

Because the pack keeps the normal vanilla pixel art style, placing it above vanilla-faithful packs will not create a jarring mismatch on your hotbar, armor bar, or hunger icons. Only the heart states affected by the wither status effect are replaced, leaving your standard red hearts and other HUD elements untouched until you actually take wither damage.