# Downs **Timed area-mining tools with their own AFK-earned currency.** Nine tools across three tiers. Buy them with **Downs**, a coin your players earn by standing still. Every tool breaks a rectangle of blocks in one swing, then destroys itself when its timer runs out — so nobody keeps a 36-block pickaxe forever. Everything is driven from one commented `config.yml`. Sizes, prices, timers, colours, messages, the shop layout and the scoreboard are all editable without touching code, and `/downs reload` applies changes live. ## The tools Three sections, three tiers each. Every tool is Netherite with **Mending**, **Unbreaking V** and **Efficiency V**. | | Area | Blocks / swing | Pickaxe | Axe | Shovel | Lifetime | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | **Down** | 3 × 3 | 9 | 90 | 150 | 150 | 3 h | | **Stripe** | 7 × 3 | 21 | 250 | 400 | 400 | 3 h | | **Owen** | 9 × 4 | 36 | 600 | 900 | 900 | 8 h | **The rectangle follows your aim.** It is drawn on the face you are looking at, so mining downward carves a flat floor and mining into a wall carves a flat tunnel. Set `depth` above 1 to cut into the wall as well. **Self-destruct** starts the moment the tool is bought — real time, not playtime. A live countdown sits on the item lore, the player is warned at 60 seconds, and the tool is deleted at zero. Set `self-destruct-seconds: 0` for a permanent tool. ## Your builds are safe Each section only breaks what it should: - **Pickaxes** — stone, deepslate, dirt, gravel, sand, netherrack, every ore (57 blocks) - **Axes** — logs, stripped logs, planks, leaves, mushroom blocks (56 blocks) - **Shovels** — dirt, sand, gravel, clay, mud, snow, soul sand (25 blocks) A 9-wide tool cannot chew through houses, chests or farms. The block you actually click always breaks as normal, so single blocks of anything still mine fine — only the extra area is filtered. Every list is editable, and emptying one removes the restriction. Containers break the vanilla way so their contents spill out instead of vanishing, and liquids are skipped so nobody drains an ocean. ## Downs currency Players type `/downs afk` and earn **1 Down every 30 seconds** while standing still, shown above the hotbar. Walking more than 1.5 blocks ends it and they retype to restart. Rate, radius and movement cancelling are all configurable. Balances save on quit, on shutdown, and every 5 minutes. ## Paged shop `/downshop` opens one page per section with next / previous arrows. Each page shows your balance, which section you are on, and its three tiers with live prices — including how many more Downs you need if you can't afford one. ## Scoreboard A sidebar showing the player's balance, on by default. **Any player** can hide or show their own with `/downs sb`, and the choice is remembered across restarts. The red score number Minecraft normally prints beside each line is hidden. ## Commands | Command | Permission | | |---|---|---| | `/downshop` | `downs.shop` *(everyone)* | Open the shop | | `/downs` | `downs.use` *(everyone)* | Your balance | | `/downs afk` | `downs.use` *(everyone)* | Toggle AFK earning | | `/downs sb` | `downs.use` *(everyone)* | Scoreboard on / off | | `/downs help` | `downs.use` *(everyone)* | Command list | | `/downs reload` | `downs.admin` *(op)* | Reload config live | | `/downs give ` | `downs.admin` *(op)* | Add Downs | | `/downs take ` | `downs.admin` *(op)* | Remove Downs | | `/downs set ` | `downs.admin` *(op)* | Set a balance | | `/downs tool ` | `downs.admin` *(op)* | Give a tool free | | `/downs ` | `downs.admin` *(op)* | Another player's balance | Aliases: `/dshop` `/pshop` · `/down` `/coins` · `/dp` `/downsadmin` Tool ids: `down_pickaxe` `stripe_pickaxe` `owen_pickaxe` `down_axe` `stripe_axe` `owen_axe` `down_shovel` `stripe_shovel` `owen_shovel` All commands have tab completion, and it adapts — players only see `afk`, `sb` and `help`. ### Permissions | Node | Default | | |---|---|---| | `downs.use` | everyone | `/downs`, `afk`, `sb`, `help` | | `downs.shop` | everyone | `/downshop` | | `downs.tool.use` | everyone | Lets the area effect trigger | | `downs.tool.

.` | everyone | Buying one specific tool | | `downs.admin` | op | All admin subcommands | ## Theme Every string is Unicode **sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘs** with **hex** colours and gradients — no `&` codes anywhere: "ᴏᴡᴇɴ ᴘɪᴄᴋᴀxᴇ" Type new messages in normal letters and `small-caps-auto` converts them for you, leaving colour tags and `%placeholders%` untouched. ## Adding your own Copy a section in `tools:` and you have a new category — the shop picks it up as another page automatically, no code required. ## Requirements - **Paper 1.21+** - **Java 21** - No dependencies Drop the jar in `plugins/` and restart. `config.yml` generates itself on first run, and carries a version stamp so an outdated config is backed up and regenerated rather than half-breaking. ## Known limits - Blocks removed by the area effect do **not** fire `BlockBreakEvent`, so land-protection plugins (WorldGuard, GriefPrevention, Towny) will not see them. Restrict the tools to a mine world, or lean on the breakable lists.

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