BetterTimer

A timer on your HUD for challenges, speedruns and long survival worlds. Every world and every server gets its own timer, it's saved automatically, and it looks good enough that you'll want to leave it on.

• ⏱ One timer per world and server: leaving pauses it, coming back continues it
• 🎨 3 styles, 3 formats, any colour: Minimal, Panel or Glass, with an HSV colour picker
• ✨ 7 animated effects and animations for start, pause, reset and every full hour
• 🛠 Settings with a live preview and a drag-and-drop position editor
• 💻 Client-side only: works on every server, nobody else needs the mod

⏱ Commands & keys

Optional keys for start/pause, reset and settings under Controls → BetterTimer (unbound by default). Reset has to be pressed twice, so a stray key press can't throw away hours of progress.

🎨 Looks

✨ Effects & animations

Pick one effect for while the timer runs and another for while it's paused:

Plus, all optional and with adjustable speed:

• Start: the timer pops up with a short flash
• Pause: the colour fades smoothly to the paused colour
• Reset: fades out and drifts away
• Ticking digits: every digit that changes hops and lights up briefly
• Hourly celebration: at every full hour the timer lights up gold, with a level-up sound if you like

🛠 Settings

Open them with Mod Menu, /timer settings or a key. Four tabs (Display, Effects, Colours, Behaviour) and a live preview with its own demo timer. It starts at 59:52, so you can see the hourly celebration within seconds.

Position editor: drag the timer wherever you want. It snaps to the corners, edges and centre (with guide lines), arrow keys nudge it pixel by pixel, and it stays anchored to its edge when you resize the window.

Behaviour:

• Pause menu: the timer stays sharp on top of the pause menu instead of blurred behind it
• Pause with game: in singleplayer, the timer stops while the game is paused
• Resume on join: a timer that was running when you left continues when you come back
• Sounds on or off

📦 Requirements

• Minecraft 26.2 or 26.3 with Fabric Loader 0.20.1 or newer (pick the matching file)
• Fabric API
• Optional: Mod Menu for the settings button. Without it, use /timer settings or a key.
• Also works in Lunar Client's Fabric profiles

❓ FAQ

Do other players or the server need the mod? No. Everything happens on your client, so it works on any server.

Does the timer keep running when I leave the world? No. It pauses when you leave and continues when you come back. You can turn that off with Resume on join.

Are timers shared between worlds? No. Every singleplayer world and every server has its own timer.

Can I use it for speedruns? Yes. Use the Precise format for hundredths. Turn on Pause with game if you want pauses not to count.

I'm coming from 1.0.x. Do I lose my time? No. Settings and timers are carried over automatically. Versions 1.0.x for Minecraft 1.21.4–1.21.10 stay available in the version list.

Where are the files? config/mctimer.json (settings) and config/mctimer_timers.json (timers).