Damage Tester

A training dummy that shows you exactly how much damage you deal.
Place it, hit it, and watch it wobble while the number pops up above its head.

Features

• Real damage. Damage is measured after armor, enchantments and effects, exactly as a normal mob would take it. The dummy never dies, so even a 500-damage hit shows up in full.
• Floating damage numbers, colored by damage type: fire, magic, explosions, freezing, lightning, wither, thorns, trident and more.
• Critical hits stand out: bigger, golden and marked with ✦.
• Action bar stats: last hit, DPS, total damage and number of hits in the current series.
• Wobble animation. The harder you hit, the further it leans back before springing upright again.
• Armor. Right-click to put armor, a pumpkin or a head on the dummy and test how much damage it absorbs. Right-click with an empty hand to take it off.
• Redstone. A dummy standing on a target block powers it when hit, with a signal strength equal to the damage (up to 15).
• Pick it up with Sneak + punch with an empty hand. In survival it drops as an item.
• Dispensers can place dummies.

Skins

Right-click the dummy with an item (shears restore the default look):

Item · Skin
Hay bale · Straw dummy
Any planks, including modded ones · Wooden dummy made of those planks
Any dye · Burlap in that color
Jack o'Lantern · Pumpkin head with a glowing face
Name tag jeb_ · Cycles through all colors, just like the sheep

Variants

Item · What it does
Damage Tester · The classic dummy on a stand
Small Damage Tester · Child-sized, for testing damage against small mobs
Hanging Damage Tester · Hangs under a block (right-click the bottom face) and swings like a punching bag
Moving Damage Tester · Rides on a little cart, great for archery practice. Sneak + right-click with an empty hand to switch modes: circle → back and forth → stopped
Damage Counter (block) · Its screen shows the stats of the nearest dummy within 8 blocks: last hit, DPS, total, hits and best hit

Recipes

• Damage Tester: stick, hay bale, stick in the top row, armor stand below the hay bale.
• Small Damage Tester: hay bale, stick and wooden slab in a column.
• Hanging Damage Tester: Damage Tester + lead.
• Moving Damage Tester: Damage Tester + minecart.
• Damage Counter: planks on the sides, a glass pane on top, a target block in the middle, redstone at the bottom.

All items are in their own "Damage Tester" creative tab.

Config

File config/damage_tester.json:

• damage numbers on/off;
• damage shown in hearts;
• wobble strength;
• action bar stats;
• seconds before a hit series resets;
• straw particles.

Requirements

• Minecraft 26.3
• Fabric (+ Fabric API) or NeoForge
• Required on both the server and the client.