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Explosion Protector

Explosion Protector

CoreProtect addon that protects player-placed blocks from explosions, with an optional always-explode whitelist

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Minecraft: Java Edition

26.1.x
1.21.x
1.20.x
1.19.x

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Licensed MIT
Published last year
Updated yesterday

Protect player builds from unwanted explosions — while natural terrain still breaks normally.

ExplosionProtector is a lightweight Paper/Folia plugin that works with CoreProtect to stop TNT, creepers, end crystals, beds, respawn anchors, and similar blasts from destroying blocks placed by players.

Features

The plugin focuses on keeping builds safe without freezing the whole world from explosions.

  • Protects player-placed blocks using a local tracker + CoreProtect lookups
  • Lets natural / unknown blocks explode as usual (recommended default)
  • always-explode-blocks whitelist — listed materials always break, even if a player placed them (e.g. TNT, SAND, GRAVEL)
  • Optional TNT chain behavior so TNT can still break other TNT
  • Protect hanging entities (item frames / paintings) from explosion damage
  • Optional Enderman grief blocking
  • Async CoreProtect queue with caching for better performance on large blasts
  • Persistent local tracker (SQLite)
  • Multi-language messages (en, ru, es, zh, hi, ar, fr, de, ja, pt)
  • One universal JAR for Paper/Folia 1.19.x – 26.1.x

Ideal for PvE, Creative, minigames, and adventure maps where builds must survive accidental or grief explosions.

Installation

Setup takes only a few minutes.

  1. Download ExplosionProtector.jar
  2. Put it in your plugins/ folder
  3. Install CoreProtect 24.0+ (recommended)
  4. Start the server

You should see:

[ExplosionProtector] Plugin enabled: protecting player-placed blocks from explosions.

Configuration

All options live in plugins/ExplosionProtector/config.yml.

Key options:

protect-first-unknown: false
require-coreprotect: true
protect-player-placed-blocks: true

always-explode-blocks:
  - TNT
  # - SAND
  # - GRAVEL
  # - REDSTONE_WIRE

tnt-chain-breaks-only-tnt: true
protect-hanging-from-explosions: true

Reload with /ep reload after changes.

Commands

Use /ep (alias /explosionprot) for admin controls. Default permissions are OP-only.

Command Description
/ep status / /ep info Plugin status and protection stats
/ep language <code> Switch language
/ep reload Reload config
/ep toggle Enable/disable protection at runtime
/ep save Force-save tracked blocks
/ep cacheclear Clear placement cache

Permissions: explosionprotector.info, explosionprotector.reload, explosionprotector.toggle

Dependencies

Required and recommended software for this project:

  • Paper / Folia / Spigot — Minecraft 1.19+ (up to 26.1.x)
  • CoreProtect — 24.0+ recommended (softdepend; required if require-coreprotect: true)