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NewBedwars

A modern, fully configurable Bedwars plugin built from the ground up for Paper 1.17+. You get the classic Bedwars experience (teams, beds, generators, shops) plus a proper in-game setup system, YAML-driven GUIs, multi-arena support, and deep gamerule control. No extra plugins needed.

Whether you're running a small survival server and just want to add a Bedwars minigame, or building a full-blown Bedwars network, NewBedwars gives you the tools to build polished arenas without a headache.

This is a beta release. Core gameplay is stable and feature-complete. Please report any issues via the GitHub issue tracker.

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Why this exists

A lot of free Bedwars plugins make you pick one: simple but bare-bones, or powerful but bloated with dependencies and a config file the size of a novel. NewBedwars tries to skip that trade-off. You set up an arena entirely in-game through a guided setup flow, so there's no hand-editing YAML just to place a bed or a generator. Everything from the shop GUI to the scoreboard is defined in YAML you can reshape without touching a single line of Java. PlaceholderAPI and WorldEdit are supported if you have them, but you don't need either one. Install the jar, start the server, and you've got a fully working Bedwars setup.

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Highlights

Gameplay

• Multi-arena support, so you can run as many arenas as you want at once, each in its own world
• Configurable team count, colors, and player limits per arena
• Quick Void: instant death below a configurable Y level
• Per-team build protection zones so the opposing side can't place blocks where they shouldn't
• Rejoin system, so players can reconnect to a game if they get disconnected
• Party system: group up with /party, invite friends with clickable chat buttons, and let the party admin lead everyone into an arena together

Chat & visibility

• Arena chat isolation, so each arena has its own chat completely separate from the lobby and other arenas
• Team chat via !message, toggleable per arena
• Optional arena-wide global chat channel
• Tab list isolation, so lobby and arena players never see each other

Display & HUD

• YAML-templated bossbars for waiting, playing, and ending states
• Per-player scoreboards with full placeholder support
• Spectator mode with flight and a compass that teleports you to live players
• Six languages out of the box: English, Polish, German, Spanish, French, and Russian. Missing keys just fall back to English automatically
• Per-arena resource packs, sent automatically on join and cleared on leave

Integrations

• PlaceholderAPI: 14 placeholders under %newbedwars_*% for scoreboards, chat formatters, and other plugins. Totally optional, the plugin loads fine without it
• WorldEdit / FastAsyncWorldEdit: build an arena straight from a .schem file instead of placing blocks by hand. Also optional, manual setup works fine without it

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Requirements

• Server: Paper 1.17 – 26.2 (Spigot will probably work too, but it's untested, so Paper is recommended)
• Java: 16 or higher

Optional: PlaceholderAPI, if you want %newbedwars_*% placeholders elsewhere on your server, and WorldEdit or FastAsyncWorldEdit, if you'd rather build arenas from a schematic than by hand. Neither is required, NewBedwars runs fine standalone.

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Getting started

1. Grab the jar from the latest Modrinth release and drop it into your server's /plugins/ folder.
2. Start the server. Config files generate automatically.
3. Set your lobby spawn: /bw setLobby
4. Create your first arena: /bw arena create myArena
5. Follow the setup checklist shown by /bw arena.
6. Save the arena: /bw save
7. Enable it when ready: /bw arena enable myArena

Building an arena from a schematic

If you'd rather paste in a finished map than build one from scratch in-game:

1. Save your map as a .schem file in WorldEdit's schematics folder (plugins/WorldEdit/schematics/ or plugins/FastAsyncWorldEdit/schematics/).
2. Run /bw arena create myArena -sche myMap.
3. The map gets pasted automatically at world origin. Continue with the normal setup checklist from there.

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Commands

Player

Command	Description
/bw join [arena]	Open the arena selector or join a specific arena
/bw rejoin	Rejoin your previous arena
/bw lobby	Leave the arena and return to the main lobby
/bw spectate [arena]	Join a running arena as a spectator
/bw lang <en|pl|de|es|fr|ru>	Change your display language
/bw help	Show all available commands
/bw stats [player]	Show a player's stats
/bw profile [player]	Show a player's stats via GUI
/bw leaderboard [wins|kills|beds|fk]	Show the top 10 players by a stat
/lobby	Shortcut for /bw lobby
/lang <en|pl|de|es|fr|ru>	Shortcut for /bw lang

Party

Command	Description
/party invite <player>	Invite a player to your party
/party accept	Accept a pending invite (clickable in chat)
/party deny	Deny a pending invite (clickable in chat)
/party leave	Leave your current party
/party list	List all party members
/party kick <player>	Kick a member from your party (admin only)
/party admin <player>	Transfer the admin role (admin only)
/p	Alias for /party

Admin

Command	Description
/bw arena create <name> [-sche <schematic>] [-n]	Create a new arena, optionally from a WorldEdit schematic
/bw arena list	List all arenas and their current status
/bw arena delete <name>	Permanently delete an arena
/bw arena enable <name>	Enable a fully configured arena
/bw arena disable <name>	Disable a running arena
/bw arena setup <name>	Enter setup mode for an arena
/bw setLobby	Set the global lobby spawn point
/bw manageGame	In-game admin management panel (phase skip, force-start, stop)
/bw reload	Save arenas, kick all players, and reload the configuration

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Permissions

Admin

Permission	Default	Description
newbedwars.bw.admin	op	Full admin access, grants all sub-permissions below
newbedwars.bw.arena	op	Manage arenas (grants the 5 sub-permissions below)
newbedwars.bw.arena.create	op	Create arenas
newbedwars.bw.arena.delete	op	Delete arenas
newbedwars.bw.arena.enable	op	Enable arenas
newbedwars.bw.arena.disable	op	Disable arenas
newbedwars.bw.arena.setup	op	Enter arena setup mode
newbedwars.bw.setlobby	op	Set the lobby location
newbedwars.bw.managegame	op	Manage running games
newbedwars.bw.bypass	op	Bypass setup-mode restrictions

Player

Permission	Default	Description
newbedwars.bw.player	true	Bundle, grants all player permissions below
newbedwars.bw.join	true	Join arenas
newbedwars.bw.lobby	true	Teleport to the lobby
newbedwars.bw.rejoin	true	Rejoin after disconnect
newbedwars.bw.spectate	true	Spectate arenas
newbedwars.bw.lang	true	Change language
newbedwars.bw.help	true	View help menu
newbedwars.party	true	Use all /party commands

Set RequireJoinPermission: true or RequireLobbyPermission: true in config.yml if you want /bw join and /bw lobby restricted to players with the explicit permission. Both default to false (open to everyone).

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PlaceholderAPI

If PlaceholderAPI is installed, all of the placeholders below become available under the prefix %newbedwars_<placeholder>%.

In-game (per-player)

Placeholder	Description
%newbedwars_arena%	Arena name the player is in, or ""
%newbedwars_status%	Game status: waiting / starting / playing / ending / restarting, or lobby
%newbedwars_team%	Team name, or ""
%newbedwars_team_color%	Team ChatColor code, or ""
%newbedwars_kills%	Kills in the current game
%newbedwars_deaths%	Deaths in the current game
%newbedwars_final_kills%	Final kills in the current game
%newbedwars_beds_broken%	Beds broken in the current game
%newbedwars_players%	Current player count in the arena
%newbedwars_max_players%	Max players in the arena
%newbedwars_is_spectator%	true / false
%newbedwars_phase%	Current phase name, or ""
%newbedwars_game_time%	Seconds elapsed since game start, or 0

Lifetime stats (per-player)

Placeholder	Description
%newbedwars_stat_wins%	Total wins
%newbedwars_stat_losses%	Total losses
%newbedwars_stat_kills%	Total kills
%newbedwars_stat_deaths%	Total deaths
%newbedwars_stat_final_kills%	Total final kills
%newbedwars_stat_beds%	Total beds broken
%newbedwars_stat_games%	Total games played
%newbedwars_stat_kd%	Kill/death ratio (1 decimal, e.g. 2.3)
%newbedwars_stat_wl%	Win/loss ratio (1 decimal)

Per-arena

Placeholder	Description
%newbedwars_arena_<name>_status%	Game status of the named arena
%newbedwars_arena_<name>_players%	Current player count
%newbedwars_arena_<name>_max_players%	Max players
%newbedwars_arena_<name>_phase%	Current phase name

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Roadmap

NewBedwars will leave beta once stable operation is verified across all supported server versions (Paper 1.17 – 26.1.2).

• [x] Party support
• [x] PlaceholderAPI support
• [x] WorldEdit / FAWE schematic-based arena creation
• [x] Per-arena resource pack forcing
• [x] More languages (DE, ES, FR, RU) (partial support)
• [x] More custom items (Iron Golem, Silverfish, etc.)
• [x] Arena statistics and leaderboards
• [x] Player profile GUI with stats history
• [ ] In-game map voting system
• [ ] Network / BungeeCord / Velocity mode

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Screenshots

Joining & Waiting

Arena selector GUI

Waiting lobby with bossbar & scoreboard

In-Game HUD & Events

In-game HUD — scoreboard, phase info, NPC labels	Respawn countdown
Bed destroyed announcement	Trap alarm
End game — spectator view with bossbar

Shop & Upgrades

Shop GUI	Bridge Egg — shop tooltip (cost: 4 Gold)
Team Upgrades shop

Resource Generators

Emerald Generator — hologram

Diamond Generator — hologram

Arena Setup

Help command output	Arena setup checklist (NORMAL_SETUP)
Team configuration checklist — missing fields highlighted

Map & Environment

Arena map — aerial overview	Live gameplay — combat near a bed 1
Live gameplay — bed protection	Live gameplay — building bridge
Live gameplay — combat near a bed 2

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Support & Bug Reports

Found a bug or have a suggestion? Please open an issue on GitHub or use the platform's discussion section. Most problems can be resolved quickly with a good bug report.

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License

See LICENSE.txt.

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