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Jade Mod: Download and Install Guide (26.3)

Jade: see what you're looking at in Minecraft 26.3

Point your crosshair at any block or mob and Jade shows its name, the mod it comes from and useful details like health, crop growth or the next egg. What it shows and how to install version 26.3.5.

October 6, 20261 min readby The Mod Hunter

A voxel-style scene with an info panel at the top showing Iron Ore and the mod name, next to the title Jade — Still from The Mod Hunter's Jade video, rebuilt in a voxel renderer. The info panel is our own illustration, not an in-game screenshot.

Jade for Minecraft 26.3 title card

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The short version

Jade for Minecraft 26.3

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What is that block, and which mod added it? With Jade you just look at it: a small panel shows its name, the mod it comes from and, depending on what you’re looking at, a lot more. Version 26.3.5 is out for Minecraft 26.3.

What Jade shows

Point your crosshair at any block or entity and Jade shows its name and the mod it comes from. Its built-in Minecraft addon adds details for many vanilla things:

Mobs: health and armor, horse stats like speed and jump height.
Farms: crop growth, the growing time of baby animals, breeding cooldowns, and when a chicken lays its next egg or an armadillo drops its next scute.
Mining: the tool a block needs before you start breaking it.
Blocks: note blocks show their note and instrument, redstone parts their power, plus furnaces, brewing stands, jukeboxes, mob spawners and more.

Client or server

Jade works on your own game alone. Some details need Jade on the server side too, for example the contents of storage blocks, the fuel of a brewing stand and the bees in a beehive.

Jade for Minecraft 26.3

The current release is Jade 26.3.5 for Minecraft 26.3, for Fabric and Quilt and for NeoForge since October 2, 2026. On Fabric it requires Fabric API. Jade has almost 70 million downloads on Modrinth.

How to install Jade

Install your mod loader for Minecraft 26.3: Fabric, Quilt or NeoForge.
On Fabric, add Fabric API. NeoForge needs nothing else.
Download Jade for 26.3 from Modrinth, filtered by your loader, and put it into your mods folder. Add it to the server as well if you want the server-side details.

One tip

The number pad controls Jade: Keypad 0 opens the settings (overlay position, display scale, theme and every single detail), Keypad 1 hides or shows the panel, and Keypad 5 reads out what you’re looking at.

An oak log and a fox on two pedestals, a crosshair on the fox and an info panel reading Fox, Minecraft — Point your crosshair at a block or mob and Jade shows its name and the mod it comes from.

Minecraft screenshot of a zombie with the Jade panel showing ten hearts and armor icons — In-game screenshot (Minecraft 26.3, Jade 26.3.5): a zombie's health and armor.

Minecraft screenshot of a horse named Scout in a paddock with the Jade panel showing Jump height 3.12 and Speed 9.71 — In-game screenshot: Jade shows a horse's health, jump height and speed.

Minecraft screenshot of a wheat farm with the Jade panel showing Wheat Crops, Growth 43% — In-game screenshot: crop growth in percent.

Minecraft screenshot of a chicken in a paddock with the Jade panel showing Next egg 8m 15s — In-game screenshot: when this chicken lays its next egg.

The Mod Hunter next to an iron ore block with an info panel showing a pickaxe icon and a check mark — Before you start mining, Jade shows which tool the block needs.

A note block and glowing redstone wire with an info panel reading Note Block, Harp F sharp — Note blocks show their note and instrument, redstone parts their power. Example values.

A server rack next to a chest, a beehive and a brewing stand, with an info panel showing Bees 2 and Honey 3 — Chest contents, bees in a hive or brewing stand fuel need Jade on the server too.

A number pad with the key 1 highlighted next to The Mod Hunter looking at an iron ore block — Keypad 0 opens the settings, Keypad 1 hides the panel, Keypad 5 reads out what you're looking at.

Real in-game screenshots (Minecraft 26.3 with Jade 26.3.5) mixed with stills from my video's voxel illustrations. Each caption says which; values in the illustrations are examples.

FAQ

Is Jade available for Minecraft 26.3?

Yes. Version 26.3.5 is a release for Minecraft 26.3 on Fabric and Quilt and on NeoForge (October 2, 2026).

What does Jade show?

The name of the block or entity you’re looking at and the mod it comes from. On top of that, Jade’s built-in Minecraft addon shows details such as entity health and armor, horse stats, crop growth, the growing time of baby animals, breeding cooldowns, the next egg from a chicken or scute from an armadillo, the harvest tool, note block notes and instruments, redstone power, furnace and brewing stand contents, beehives and more.

Do I need Jade on the server?

No, Jade can be installed on the client only. But many features need Jade on the server side too, for example the contents of storage blocks, the fuel amount of a brewing stand and the bees in a beehive.

Does Jade need Fabric API?

On Fabric, yes: the Fabric version lists Fabric API as a required dependency on Modrinth. On NeoForge you only need Jade itself.

What are the Jade keys?

By default: Keypad 0 opens the configuration screen, Keypad 1 toggles the overlay, Keypad 2 toggles the liquid display and Keypad 5 narrates the target. Keypad 3 and 4 show recipes and uses, but only together with JEI. You can change all keys in Controls.

Can I move the panel?

Yes. In Jade’s settings you can change the overlay position, the display scale and the theme, and switch off single details you don’t need.

Is Jade the same as Waila or Hwyla?

Jade is a fork of Hwyla, which itself continued the classic Waila idea, made for modern Minecraft versions with a redesigned API, more vanilla addons, more settings and better accessibility.