Hollow Knight: Silksong ShowDamage HealthBar Mod v1.0.5

                    
The ShowDamage HealthBar by xiaohai mod for Hollow Knight: Silksong adds clean enemy health bars and floating damage numbers, so every swing, needle art, and tick of damage tells a clear story.
It’s a perfect fit for practice-minded players, trainer users, and anyone who wants transparent feedback during boss labs, routing, or build testing without touching enemy behavior.
Hollow Knight: Silksong Mod Key Features

Enemy health bars: appears on hit, tracks percent remaining, and keeps a fixed left-to-right fill so orientation never flips mid-fight.
Damage text: brief, readable numbers for each instance of damage; great for verifying combos, DOTs, and silk spend value.
HP numbers: optional “Current HP / Max HP” above the bar with adjustable font size and color for precise checks.
Boss health bar: separate style with its own threshold, palette, and position toggle (top or bottom of the screen).
In-game GUI: press HOME to open a bilingual (EN/中文) panel and tweak settings live without restarting.
Fully configurable: tune colors (hex), scale, text placement, durations, and more through the GUI or a config file.
Smart updates: recent versions fix overlapping boss bars and clean up remnants, keeping the overlay stable during hectic encounters.

In-Game Impact and Use Cases
This Hollow Knight: Silksong Mod elevates combat visibility without nerfing the game. It’s pure information: better reads on stagger thresholds, phases, and whether a risky silk spend is actually worth it.
Use it to lab boss windows, verify optimal routes, or sanity-check damage breakpoints on specific moves. It also helps during exploration runs when testing new areas and enemy variants.

Boss practice: set the boss threshold so the special bar only appears on high-HP targets; dial colors for quick “phase glance” reads.
Build validation: toggle damage text to confirm real DPS gains from charms, silks, or route changes.
Clutter control: hide HP numbers inside the bar or above it; scale the whole UI up/down to match a preferred HUD density.
Training-friendly: pairs naturally with personal trainer rulesets by giving immediate feedback while keeping the core combat intact.

Installation & Prerequisites

Requirements: BepInEx 5 (do not use 6.x for this plugin).
Config file path (auto-generated after first run): BepInEx/config/Xiaohai.Silksong_HealthBar.cfg


Install BepInEx 5 into the Hollow Knight: Silksong folder.
Launch the game once, then close it to generate the BepInEx structure (confirm the BepInEx\plugins folder exists).
Download the mod file from the Downloads section and place it into BepInEx\plugins.
Start the game. Press HOME to open the in-game configuration panel and tailor the overlay to taste.
Optional: edit Xiaohai.Silksong_HealthBar.cfg for precise hex colors, font sizes, positions, and thresholds.

Troubleshooting & Tips

Nothing shows? Verify BepInEx 5 is active, the DLL sits in BepInEx\plugins, and the GUI opens with HOME.
Too busy mid-fight? Lower HealthBarScale, shorten damage text duration, or move numbers inside the bar to reduce eye clutter.
Color not right on a specific background? Swap to higher-contrast hex values for both the bar fill and text colors.