Compatibility
Minecraft: Java Edition
26.3
26.2
26.1.x
1.21.x
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ControlVanish
A vanish plugin with only a purpose. Free and open source, and have some premium-like features.
Features:
- Two types of modes. NPC and standard.
- Standard is full invisibility. Fake leave and join messages cover you. Listed as SILENT in the command.
- NPC puts a copy of you in your place. It uses your skin, your skin layers, your armor, and your rank prefix.
- The copy keeps your slot in the tab list. The player count does not move. No leave message is sent because you are still visible.
- The copy either follows you or stays where you vanished. You pick in the config.
- Ghost mode. Sneak at a wall to phase through it. Hold sneak in the open to come back.
- Protections while vanished. No block breaking or placing. No damage taken or dealt. No interactions. No item or XP pickup. No drops. No buckets. No mob targeting. No collisions.
- Hidden from the tab list and the player count for anyone without permission.
- Vanish state saves across restarts. SQLite, written off the main thread.
- Proxy sync for Velocity and BungeeCord. The same jar runs on the proxy too.
- Optional Simple Voice Chat support. Vanished players speak through the NPC.
- Settings GUI with live toggles. No restart needed.
- Folia supported.
- Anonymous bStats stats. Turn them off in
plugins/bStats/config.yml.
Requirements:
- PacketEvents 2.14.0 or newer. Required.
- Paper 1.21.1 through 26.3 and newer.
- Java 21 or newer.
PacketEvents is not bundled into the jar on purpose. When a new Minecraft version drops you can update PacketEvents yourself and keep going the same day.
Works fine with ViaVersion, ViaBackwards, and Geyser.
Commands:
/vanish [SILENT|NPC] [player]Toggle vanish. Aliases/vand/cv./vanishlistList who is vanished. Alias/vl./controlvanish reloadReload the config./controlvanish guiOpen the settings panel.
Permissions:
controlvanish.useUse /vanish on yourself. Default op.controlvanish.adminManage other players, reload, and open the settings panel. Default op.controlvanish.seeSee vanished players and the real tab list. Default op.
Optional:
- LuckPerms adds your rank prefix to the NPC nameplate and tab entry.
- Simple Voice Chat makes the NPC the source of the voice.


