HUD Colours
This lightweight mod refines the vanilla DayZ HUD for a cleaner, more intuitive experience.
It improves visibility by replacing the default color scheme with brighter, high-contrast, color-coded elements — making vital information like health, hydration, and stamina easier to read at a glance.
There are no added items, no gameplay alterations, and no unnecessary clutter. It’s the same DayZ you know — just with a sharper, more accessible HUD that helps you stay focused and informed in the heat of survival.
- ✙ Tendency icons (hunger, thirst, health, etc.) are now:
- 🟢 Green – Safe
- 🟠 Orange – Warning
- 🔴 Red – Critical
- 㐃 Tendency arrows now match direction:
- 🟢 Green – Value increasing
- 🔴 Red – Value decreasing
- 🌡️ Temperature icons are color-coded by condition:
- 🟢 Green – Normal body temp
- 🟠 Orange – Getting hot
- 🔴 Red – Overheating or burning
- 🌐 Light Blue – Cold
- 🔵 Blue – Very cold or freezing
- ⚠️ Blinking red/blue – Critical temperature danger
- 🏃♂️ Stamina bar uses dynamic color based on stamina:
- 🟢 Green – High stamina (66%+)
- 🟠 Orange – Medium stamina (33–66%)
- 🔴 Red – Low stamina (under 33%)
Vanilla HUD icons are all white, hard to read and easy to miss in some situations eg winter maps. This mod fixes that with high-contrast visuals, while keeping the layout 100% vanilla.
- 🧩 Client-side only
- ☠️ No gameplay changes
- 🔧 Compatible with most HUD/QoL mods (unless they also override IngameHud)
If you’re using DayZ Expansion, you don’t need this mod.
Expansion already includes HUD color customization in its settings.
This mod was developed using a custom-trained version of ChatGPT. It has been thoroughly tested, but if you encounter any issues, please don’t hesitate to report them—I’d really appreciate your feedback!
You’re free to repack this mod as long as you give proper credit, like, and favorite it on the Workshop.
That said, the mod is only 3KB in size and I’m still actively updating it — so repacking it now means you’ll likely miss future updates and improvements. For such a small mod, it’s easier (and better) to just use the original and stay up to date. For anything else please join my Discord [www.dsc.gg]
