Amber (Jade): The Compatibility-Focused Tooltip Mod for Minecraft
If you have ever stared at a block in Minecraft and wondered what it actually is, how much energy it stores, or what it will turn into, you have probably used a tooltip mod. The lineage of these mods is long and tangled: WAILA gave way to HWYLA, HWYLA inspired Jade, and Jade eventually spawned forks like Amber (Jade). That rabbit hole goes deep, and this particular fork exists for one very practical reason: making tooltips play nicely with the mods that appear in real modpacks.
Amber (Jade) is a fork of Jade, not an add-on. That distinction matters. If you install it alongside Jade, the two will conflict and neither will behave correctly, so pick one and stick with it. The fork is maintained by Hellish Mods, who modified the original Java code and JSON data files to broaden compatibility with the mods they use in their own packs. The original Jade was created by Snownee, and both the original and this fork are licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0.
What Amber (Jade) Adds to Your Game
At its core, the mod does what Jade always did: hover over a block or entity and get a clean, readable overlay with useful information. The difference is in the details. Amber (Jade) ships with targeted compatibility patches that make that overlay genuinely informative when you are deep into a tech or farming playthrough.
- FE Compatibility: Forge Energy values display correctly, so you can read stored and consumed energy at a glance.
- AE2 Channels: Applied Energistics 2 cables show channel information, which saves a lot of guesswork in large networks.
- Farmer's Delight: Crop and block data from this farming mod appear in the tooltip instead of a generic name.
- Mushroom Colony Age: Track growth stages without breaking blocks to check.
- Create Speed and Stress: Rotational speed and stress impact values show up directly on Create components.
These additions are exactly the kind of quality-of-life touches that separate a modpack that feels polished from one that feels cobbled together. The team behind the fork has said they plan to keep expanding compatibility with the mods they rely on, and they welcome suggestions from players who run into gaps.
Supported Versions and Loaders
Amber (Jade) is built around the 1.16.5 version of Jade, which means it targets Minecraft 1.16.5 and the Forge loader. If you are running a 1.16.5 Forge modpack, this fork slots into the same role Jade would, just with broader mod support. Players on newer Minecraft versions should check whether an updated build exists before assuming compatibility, since the codebase descends from a specific point in Jade's development history.
Installation Notes
Learning how to install Amber (Jade) is straightforward, but the order of operations matters. Remove Jade first, then drop the Amber (Jade) jar into your mods folder. If you are using a launcher with a built-in catalog, the foxygame.net launcher lists Amber (Jade) alongside its other add-ons, so you can add it to a 1.16.5 Forge instance in a single click without hunting for the right file. That kind of convenience is easy to underestimate until you have spent an evening matching mod versions by hand.
Once installed, the mod works immediately. There is no configuration required to see the baseline tooltips, though Jade's original config options remain available if you want to tweak what information appears and where.
Why Use a Fork Instead of the Original?
The honest answer is that it depends on your modpack. If you play vanilla-adjacent Minecraft, the original Jade is perfectly fine. But if your pack includes AE2, Create, Farmer's Delight, or any mod that stores energy, the fork earns its place. Tooltips that say "Cable" when you need to know channel usage are not helpful, and that is precisely the problem Amber (Jade) was built to solve.
There is also a community angle. Because the fork is maintained by people who actively build modpacks, compatibility requests tend to get attention. If you find a mod that shows unhelpful tooltip data, reporting it is a realistic path to seeing it fixed in a future update.
Final Thoughts
Amber (Jade) is a focused, practical fork that does one job well: it makes tooltips accurate in modded Minecraft 1.16.5. It will not replace Jade for everyone, and it is not meant to. But for players running tech-heavy or farming-heavy packs on Forge, it removes a steady stream of small frustrations. Download Amber (Jade), confirm you have removed the original Jade, and let the overlay tell you what you are actually looking at.