Modifying Guild Wars 2 through any third party software is not supported by ArenaNet nor by any of its partners.
Public repository for releases of the boss health addon. The actual source code is kept private in compliance with directives by ArenaNet for implementations based on reverse engineering.
Install via the Nexus Addon Library or download the latest bosshealth.dll from the Releases and place in <Guild Wars 2>/addons.
This addon reads out the currently targeted character and renders an overlay with additional information about it.
- Instanced PvE only
- Enemies only
- NPCs only (e.g. players that become hostile due to a game mechanic such as during slothasor, will not have the overlay)
- Target health & barrier up to one decimal of the current notation (e.g. 17.1K, 15.6M)
- Breakbar percentage
- Tooltip on hover with the exact health & barrier
Historically ArenaNet had requested to not show the health of targets, because it would reveal that dead players upscale open world bosses and possibly cause friction. Furthermore it breaks immersion to see the boss health upscale in real time. Since this addon is limited to instanced PvE only, both of these concerns do not apply.
Refer to the official Third Party Program Policy and decide for yourself whether this addon goes too far.
If you believe this addon should be removed, we'd be happy to hear your reasons as the perception of the community arguably matters most.
We are constantly re-evaluating any implementation as the consensus of the community shifts and new statements or requests are made by ArenaNet officials.