Tooltip Overhaul

Tooltip Overhaul

Every tooltip, clearer and cleaner

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About this Mod

Tooltip Overhaul

A complete visual refresh for Minecraft tooltips, completely replacing the vanilla tooltip system with a clearer and polished layout.

This mod is client-side only, no dependencies required. Just drop it in your mods folder and start playing! (Fabric users need ModMenu to open the config screen)

Tooltip Overhaul is highly customizable. You can easily replicate the look of the vanilla tooltips or customize them to be as extravagant as possible, you have the complete creative freedom. As always, every tooltip, more modern, sharper, clearer.

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Features

Readability

  • Scrollable tooltips: scroll through tooltips taller than the screen instead of losing legible text.
  • Text wrapping: prevents tooltips from being too wide by automatically inserting line breaks where needed.
  • Equipment comparison: compare armor and weapons against what you're wearing and holding (rebindable keybind).
  • Pinned tooltips: don't miss out on important content by having to switch between tooltips, you can pin them and move them freely around the screen (rebindable keybind).

Appearance

  • Decorative frames: 30+ default frame overlays that enhance the appearance of tooltip borders.
  • Tooltip layouts: 4+ different types of layouts that change the visual appearance of tooltips, for greater customization and diversity.
  • Tooltip effects: 37+ fully customizable decorative effects such as flashes, explosions, particles, patterns... to take the design of the tooltips to the next level.
  • Animations: 11+ tooltip transitions (appearance and disappearance) and 16+ item icon animations.
  • 3D item icon & preview panel: items render in 3D inside the tooltip, even through an additional panel with extra perspectives.
  • Vignettes: 5+ different gradient styles that add extra lightning and style to the tooltips.
  • Rating element: a customizable rarity label along the item name.
  • Divider line: the separator line between the tooltip title and the content is customizable in color and design.
  • Custom corners: 11+ different options for the tooltip corners so you can choose the best possible look, whether you prefer a more polished style, more rustic, etc.
  • Vast amount of config: you can modify anything! Paddings, colors and gradient types, effects, speeds, animations, and much more.

All of it is shown in the Showcase below.

Configuration

  • In-game config screen: no file editing is longer required.
  • Custom frames config screen: no file editing is longer required to configure specific items, tags, rarities, effects, vignettes, etc.
  • Live preview: per-item changes render in real time as you edit through the in-game config screen.
  • Hot reload: /tooltipoverhaul reload or by pressing down F3 + T, to automatically detect new imported textures.

Compatibility

Works alongside JEI, EMI, ModernFix, Flerovium, FTB Quests and Apotheosis, among others.

For mod and pack authors, any mod or resource pack can register its own frames. See the wiki and read the category below. If there's a mod you'd like supported natively, ask in the Discord.

 


For Developers, Artists, Modpack & Resource Pack Authors

The information provided on this page is intended for direct use by the user and to concisely specify the mod's content in a legible way, so no technical information is stated at all.

We highly recommend visiting the wiki page, which explains how to create custom textures for tooltip frames and how to configure custom frames for your mod or texture pack to easily add compatibility with Tooltip Overhaul.

 


Configuration

The easiest way is through the in-game config screen, which can be accessed through the mods menu or through a keybind (unbinded by default) for faster access. It covers every configuration option and allows you to edit custom frames from Tooltip Overhaul or external mods.

There are two ways to configure tooltips. Through global configuration, or through custom frames. The global config affects all tooltips equally, while a custom frame allows you to specify conditions for which items a frame is applied or not (specific items, tags, namespaces, rarities, specific durabilities, nbt/component tags, enchantments, etc.), whose configuration takes priority over the global one.

Fabric users need ModMenu to open the config screen.

If you want to edit the files directly anyway

  • Global: config/tooltipoverhaul/tooltipoverhaul.toml
  • Specific: config/tooltipoverhaul/custom_frames.json or config/tooltipoverhaul/overrides/<external_modid>/custom_frames.json to access custom frames created by external mods (if a copy is present)

 


Showcase

Everything below is included in the mod. Click a section to expand it.

 

Effects

Bubbles

 

Cinder

 

 

Crystals

 

Fireflies

 

Fireflies II

 

Echo

 

 

Galaxy

 

 

Magic Orbs

 

Speed Lines

 

Nebula

 

Spiral

 

White Dust

 

Metal Shining

 

Steel Shining

 

Rim Light

 

Ripples

 

Sonar

 

Stars

 

Floating Stars

 

Prism

 

Snowfall

 

Opal

 

Aurora

 

Fluorite

 

Astral

 

Comets

 

Storm

 

Sunbeams

 

Fireworks

 

Eruption

 

Searchlights

 

Blasts

 

Firebreath

 

Shield

 

Lasers

 

Missiles

 

Wisps

 

Tooltip Animations

Fade

 

Pop

 

Rise

 

Unfold

 

Zoom

 

Slide

 

Swing

 

Emerge

 

Squash

 

Card

 

Shake

 

Icon Animations

Zoom

 

Rotate

 

Rotate Fast

 

Rotate Zoom

 

Zoom Snap

 

Skew

 

Vibration

 

Tilt Wave

 

Flip

 

Pendulum

 

Bounce

 

Go Down

 

Pulse

 

Fan In

 

Hover Pop

 

Barrel Roll

 

Corner Styles

Default (square)

 

Rounded

 

Bevel

 

Inner

 

Cut

 

Thick

 

Bracket

 

Block

 

Notch

 

Weld

 

Gem

 

Vignettes

Circular

 

Hole

 

Ellipse

 

Diamond

 

Ring

 

Linear

 

Frame Overlays

The following frames are included by default in Tooltip Overhaul.

Amethyst

 

 

 

Angelical

 

Battle

 

Cataclysm

 

Amber

 

Cavemen

 

Construction Punk

 

Demonic

 

Diamond

 

Draconic Fire (based off Ice & Fire II)

 

Emerald

 

Fire

 

Flower

 

Frost

 

Futuristic

 

Garden

 

Gear

 

Greek Temple

 

Gummy Bear

 

Guns and Wires

 

King

 

Medieval Crossroads

 

Neon Fire

 

Nuclear Alarm

 

Plasma Lamp

 

Pure Alchemy

 

Silver

 

Skyland

 

Steampunk

 

Zombie Brain

 

Tooltip Layouts

Tooltips can have different types of fully configurable layouts.

Default (Classic)

 

 

Badge

 

Floating

 

Compact

 

 

 

Divider Lines

Gradient

 

Static

 

Linear

 

Dashed

 

Dotted

 

Ornament

 

Gradient Ornament

 

Infinite Posibilities!

 

 


From Other Authors

Resource packs can also add their own frames and configurations. These ones are worth a look!

 Rarity Tooltips logo enlarged

 


Support

Bug reports, feature requests, compatibility suggestions and general questions all go to the Discord or to the Issues tab.

Feel free to include this mod in any modpack, public or private!

 


Credits

Xylonity - Programmer & mod designer

TheModderG - Tooltip overlays & mod icon designer

Yomai - Additional tooltip overlay designer

Available Versions

[FORGE] Tooltip Overhaul 2.0.5-1.20.1release
MC 1.20, 1.20.1forge
September 26, 2026
[NEOFORGE] Tooltip Overhaul 2.0.6-1.21.1release
MC 1.21, 1.21.1neoforge
September 26, 2026
[FABRIC] Tooltip Overhaul 2.0.5-1.20.1release
MC 1.20, 1.20.1fabric
September 26, 2026
[FORGE] Tooltip Overhaul 2.0.6-1.21.1release
MC 1.21, 1.21.1forge
September 26, 2026
[FABRIC] Tooltip Overhaul 2.0.6-1.21.1release
MC 1.21, 1.21.1fabric
September 26, 2026

How to Install Tooltip Overhaul on Your Client

1

Install the Mod Loader Locally

Install fabric for your local Minecraft version.

2

Download the Matching File

Choose the Tooltip Overhaul file for fabric and Minecraft 1.21.5.

3

Install Mod

Place the .jar file in your local .minecraft/mods folder and restart Minecraft. No server-side installation is required.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

fabricforgeneoforge

Minecraft Versions

1.21.5, 1.21.1, 1.21 (+2 more)

Server-side

βœ— Unsupported

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Tooltip Overhaul need to be installed on the Minecraft server?

No. Modrinth marks Tooltip Overhaul as unsupported on the server side. Install it only in your local Minecraft mods folder. Your server can remain unchanged unless the mod page lists an additional dependency.

Which version and loader does Tooltip Overhaul require?

Use a file for fabric, forge, neoforge and your exact Minecraft version. Supported versions include 1.21.5, 1.21.1, 1.21. Files for different loaders are not interchangeable.

Tooltip Overhaul is not working – what should I check?

First check the Minecraft version, loader version and required dependencies. Put the .jar file in your local .minecraft/mods folder and remove older duplicates. Because this mod is client-side, adding server RAM will not fix it.

Minecraft Server for Your Group

Tooltip Overhaul stays on your client. Host a compatible world for your group.

Recommended RAM
4 GBfrom €5.2/mo
Minimum 3 GB | per 8 players
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Client Compatibility Guide
NVMe SSD Storage
DDoS Protection included

Details

License
GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Server-side
Unsupported

Supported Versions

1.21.51.21.11.211.20.11.20