Godot Health, HitBoxes, HurtBoxes, and HitScans

Composable 2D/3D components for health, damage, and healing in Godot 4.5+.

Caution

v5 renamed the simple nodes to Basic* and added advanced variants with typed actions and modifiers. Upgrade to v4.4.0 first if migrating from older versions, then to v5.

Documentation

See the Wiki for tutorials and deeper detail.

Overview

flowchart LR
  Hit["HitBox / HitScan"] -->|"HealthAction[]"| Hurt[HurtBox]
  Hurt -->|"HealthModifiedAction[]"| Health
  Health --> Apply["damage / heal"]

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Role	Basic (simple)	Advanced
Attack (area)	BasicHitBox2D / 3D — affect + amount	HitBox2D / 3D — actions: Array[HealthAction]
Attack (ray)	BasicHitScan2D / 3D — affect + amount	HitScan2D / 3D — actions; call fire()
Defense	BasicHurtBox2D / 3D — damage/heal multipliers	HurtBox2D / 3D — modifiers by action type
State	Health — current/max, conditions, optional modifiers	same

Pipeline: HitBox/HitScan send HealthAction values → HurtBox wraps them with its modifiers → Health merges its own modifiers and applies damage or heal.

Core resources: HealthAction (affect, type, amount), HealthModifier (incrementer, multiplier, convert fields), HealthActionType (KINETIC, MEDICINE, …).

Health

Tracks an entity’s health and emits signals for damage, healing, death, revival, and related edge cases (damageable, healable, killable, revivable).

HurtBox

HurtBox2D / HurtBox3D need a collision shape and a linked Health. Prefer BasicHurtBox* when you only need damage/heal multipliers (or invert damage↔heal). Use the base HurtBox when you need per-type modifiers.

HitBox

HitBox2D / HitBox3D detect HurtBoxes on collision. Prefer BasicHitBox* for a single damage/heal amount. Use the base HitBox to send multiple typed HealthActions. Set ignore_collisions to stop further hits (e.g. before queue_free()).

HitScan

HitScan2D / HitScan3D extend RayCast2D / RayCast3D. Prefer BasicHitScan* for a single affect/amount. Call fire() to apply the hit. Enable colliding with areas (forced in the editor).

Live example

itch.io — godot-health-hitbox-hurtbox-hitscan

Installation

1. Open the AssetLib tab in the Godot Editor.
2. Search for Health, HitBox, or HurtBox.
3. Download Health, HitBoxes, HurtBoxes, and HitScans.
4. Enable it under Project → Project Settings → Plugins.

Usage

1. Add a Health node to the entity (CharacterBody2D, CharacterBody3D, etc.).
2. Add a BasicHurtBox2D (or 3D) with a collision shape; assign Health and set its collision layer.
3. For melee/projectiles: add BasicHitBox2D (or 3D), set affect / amount, and match the HurtBox mask to that layer. Collisions apply automatically.
4. For hitscan weapons: add BasicHitScan2D (or 3D), set the mask the same way, and call fire() when shooting.

For multiple damage types or custom resists, use the non-Basic HitBox/HitScan/HurtBox nodes and configure actions / modifiers.

Issues

Submit issues on the GitHub Issues page.