Overloaded Armor Bar
The vanilla armor bar doesn't accurately show "better than diamond" level armor, as it simply maxes out when its full.
This mod allows armor values over 20 to be displayed as different colored (configurable) icons depending on how many times you fill the bar.

However, without AttributeFix, the armor display will cap out at 30 Armor, or 1.5x diamond armor due to the vanilla armor attribute cap.
Other optional features
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Show the armor bar when the player is not wearing any armor
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Hide empty armor icons
Notes
- The bar may need to be adjusted
- This mod is compatible with mods that add additional health bars or recolors them. Recommended for usage with Colorful Health Bar, a lightweight mod that recolors the health bars instead of stacking them.
How to Install Overloaded Armor Bar (Mod)
Overloaded Armor Bar by Tfarcenim is verified for Neoforge across Minecraft versions 1.21 (latest release: neoforge-1.21-3, file size: 21 KB). Follow the steps below to install it safely from ModCraft.tv:
- Click the Download button above and select your Minecraft version (1.21) and platform (Neoforge).
- Make sure you have the compatible loader or environment installed for Neoforge.
- Move the downloaded Overloaded Armor Bar file into your Minecraft
.minecraft/modsfolder and launch the game.