BowCharge

**BowCharge** answers a question vanilla never quite does: *"is my bow ready yet?"* When you start drawing a bow — or charging a crossbow — a thin progress bar fades in above your hotbar showing the exact charge percentage. A red->yellow->green gradient tracks the pull, and the moment you hit full draw the bar locks green and the label flips to **DRAWN!** (or **LOADED!** for crossbows). Release; bar disappears. No fluff, no config screens, just the one number you actually want to see while aiming. ### What it shows While drawing a bow the bar shows `Draw: 73%`; at full draw it locks green and reads **DRAWN!**. For a crossbow being cranked it shows `Load: 60%`, flipping to **LOADED!** when it locks in. ### How it works - Bow draw progress uses vanilla's own pull curve `(t^2 + 2t) / 3`, so the bar lines up *exactly* with when your shot becomes a power-3 arrow. - Crossbow progress is a straight 25-tick charge (the vanilla unenchanted load time). - The HUD is drawn through Fabric's `HudRenderCallback`, so it respects **F1** (hide HUD) automatically and never overlaps the hotbar. - Everything is read-only — no mixins, no input interception, no movement changes. Drop it on any server. ### Controls - **B** — toggle the bar on / off (default: on) The key is read via raw GLFW polling so it works identically on every supported Minecraft version without a separate rebind screen. ### Compatibility Works on **Minecraft 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, and 1.21.11** (Fabric Loader 0.16+). One JAR for all four versions — install with Fabric API and drop into your `mods/` folder. - Pure client-side — install on the client only, works on any server, no anti-cheat impact. - Hides automatically when you press **F1** to hide the rest of the HUD. - Zero config files; nothing to set up. ### Why Vanilla gives you a hand-animation hint that the bow is drawn, but no precise feedback — and crossbows give you almost nothing until the click. BowCharge turns "feel" into a number you can read at a glance, which matters in PvP, long-shot archery, and anywhere you want to time a max-power release.