Damage display and health bar module

A mod that displays enemy health and damage when attacking enemies in the game. All features can be configured to your liking.

ShowDamage HealthBar

✨ **A powerful health bar and damage display module that allows you to clearly grasp combat information in "Hollow Knight: Silk Song"! **

🎯 Core Functions

**Enemy health bar display** 🩸

• After attacking an enemy, a health bar based on health percentage is displayed.
• The health bar always maintains a fixed direction (from left to right) and is not affected by enemy flipping

**Damage text display** 💥

• When dealing damage to an enemy, the damage number is briefly displayed
• Clear visual feedback to let you know the effect of each attack

**HP value display** 🔢

• The numerical text of "Current HP/Maximum HP" is displayed above the health bar.
• Support custom font size and color

**BOSS health bar system** 👑

• Special health bar design for enemies with high blood volume
• Customizable threshold, color and position
• The BOSS health bar is only displayed after receiving damage for the first time to avoid spoilers.

🎨 Custom functions

**Custom material support** 🖼️

• Support custom health bar material
• Automatically load from DLL/Texture/ folder
• The normal health bar uses HpBar.png, and the BOSS blood bar uses HpBar_Boss.png.
• Configurable scaling mode and automatic fallback to default material

**In-game GUI configuration** ⚙️

• Press the HOME key to open the configuration panel (hotkeys can be modified in the configuration file)
• Adjust settings in real time, effective immediately
• Chinese and English bilingual support
• Fully configurable with all features

📸 Effect preview

🛠️ Installation method

• If it is not installed yet, please install BepInEx first
• Download the latest version from
• Extract the module file to the `BepInEx/plugins` folder
• Launch the game and enjoy!

📁 Configuration file location

Path: `BepInEx/config/Xiaohai.Silksong_HealthBar.cfg`

The configuration file will be automatically generated after the first run. You can modify the settings and restart the game to apply the changes.

💡 **Tip**: Now you can press the HOME button to bring up the menu at any time to set these configuration items! Support dynamic loading in the game!

👨‍💻 Author information

• **Name**: Xiaohai 小海
• **Email**: 515250418@qq.com
• **Bilibili**: Xiaohai’s Bilibili space

📝 Update log

Version 2.0.4

• Automatically hide the health bar when the BOSS's health drops to 0 or below
• Note: For BOSS that changes in certain stages, you may need to attack again to reactivate the health bar display.

Version 2.0.3

• **Pale Mother Boss Repair**: Completely repaired the abnormal blood volume display of "Pale Mother"
• **Performance Optimization**: Create a health bar component for the BOSS when loading the scene to avoid lagging during the first attack.

Version 2.0.2

• **Pale Mother Boss Adaptation**: Added a special adaptation to the HP mechanism of "Pale Mother" Boss
• **Performance Optimization**: Fixed the issue of abnormal lagging in some areas
• **Interface Improvement**: The selection of rounded corner style under the original material is temporarily disabled

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🎮 **Usage Suggestions**: This mod greatly improves the combat experience, allowing you to grasp the enemy's status more accurately. Especially in BOSS battles, the display of the health bar allows you to plan your tactics better!

🔧 **Performance Tip**: If you encounter performance problems, you can press the HOME key to switch to rectangular mode for the best performance.