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Minecraft: Java Edition
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Feature Systems
- Independent per-world grace timers, each with its own boss bar.
- Optional automatic startup grace.
- Optional per-player grace timers.
- Optional join-based personal grace start.
- Personal grace management commands to grant, check, and reset player timers.
- Region claiming and region-specific protection rules.
- Global protection rules.
- World-specific default rule values.
- Rule priority: a region rule overrides its world's rule, which overrides the global rule.
- Boss bar countdown during active grace, with customizable color and style per world.
- Optional action bar countdown showing each player's remaining personal grace time.
- Warning broadcast system at configurable time checkpoints.
- Configurable sounds for start, end, warnings, and blocked actions.
- Optional extra-life system with configurable lives per player, optional daily reset, and per-permission amounts.
- Optional hunger freeze during grace (eating still restores hunger).
- Deathban system with a master switch, per-world settings, delay, duration, reason, spectator transition, and optional IP ban. The deathban applies when a player dies while protected by an active grace.
- Start/end automation: console commands and broadcasts on grace start or end, plus scheduled start/stop times of day.
- Region management panel for viewing, editing, teleporting to, and deleting regions.
- Particle outlines for region selections and claimed regions.
- Protection bypass permission exempting players from all restrictions.
- Dedicated runtime storage so grace state, personal grace, and extra lives survive reloads and restarts.
- Placeholder support for scoreboards, chat formats, and HUD plugins.
- Admin GUI panels for fast timer, flag, and region management.
Commands
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/grace help
Show the help menu. -
/grace start [world] [seconds]
Start grace. Without a world, starts all grace-enabled worlds. With a custom duration, that duration is used for the started timer only and never changes the configured defaults. -
/grace stop [world]
End grace immediately. Without a world, stops all active worlds. -
/grace pause [world]
Pause the active grace timer. Without a world, pauses all active worlds. -
/grace resume [world]
Resume a paused grace timer. Without a world, resumes all active worlds that are paused. -
/grace extend <seconds> [world]
Add time to active grace. Without a world, extends all active worlds. Works correctly while paused. -
/grace reduce <seconds> [world]
Remove time from active grace. If the remaining time drops to zero or below, grace ends. -
/grace status
Show grace status, remaining time per world, and current global rule values. -
/grace reload
Reload plugin settings, messages, and region data. Runtime state is never lost. -
/grace tools
Get the region selection tools: a wooden pickaxe for corner 1 and a wooden shovel for corner 2. Right-click a block with each tool to set its corner, then use/grace claim. -
/grace gui
Open the admin control panel. -
/grace regions
Open the region management panel. Left-click a region to edit its flags, right-click to teleport to it, shift-click to delete it. -
/grace claim <name>
Create a region from the two selected corners. Names may only contain letters, numbers, dashes, and underscores. All rules start enabled; use/grace setflagor the region panel to change them. -
/grace delete <name>
Delete a region. -
/grace list
List all regions. -
/grace info <name>
Show region details and rule values. -
/grace setflag <region> <flag> <true/false>
Set a region rule value. -
/grace flag <flag> <true/false>
Set a global rule value. -
/grace grant <player> [seconds]
Grant (or refresh) personal grace to a player. Without seconds, the personal grace duration from the config is used. -
/grace check <player>
Show a player's personal grace status and remaining time. -
/grace reset <player>
Clear a player's personal grace data so their grace can start again. -
/grace visualize <region>
Toggle the particle outline for a claimed region. -
/grace <region> <flag> <true/false>
Legacy shorthand for setting region rule values. Only works when the first argument matches an existing region.
Permissions
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grace.start
Start grace. -
grace.stop
Stop grace. -
grace.pause
Pause grace. -
grace.resume
Resume grace. -
grace.extend
Extend grace. -
grace.reduce
Reduce grace. -
grace.status
View grace status. -
grace.reload
Reload settings. -
grace.tools
Receive region tools. -
grace.gui
Open admin GUI panels. -
grace.regions
Open the region management panel. -
grace.claim
Create regions. -
grace.delete
Delete regions. -
grace.list
List regions. -
grace.info
View region details. -
grace.flags
Edit region rule values. -
grace.globalflag
Edit global rule values. -
grace.grant
Grant personal grace to players. -
grace.check
Check a player's personal grace. -
grace.reset
Reset a player's personal grace. -
grace.visualize
Toggle region outlines. -
grace.bypass
Exempts the player from all protection restrictions (damage, block rules, item rules, commands, and flight rules). -
grace.deathban.ignore
Bypass deathban when the ignore-permission option is enabled. -
grace.extralives.<n>
Grants<n>extra lives during grace (2 through 10). The highest matching permission wins; otherwise theextra-livesconfig value is used.
Rules and Flags
All rules use:
true= allowedfalse= blocked
Rules are permanent protection rules — they apply at all times, not only during grace. When a player acts, the plugin checks the region they are in first, then the world defaults, then the global value.
Available flags:
allow-pvp— Controls PvP between players.allow-block-breaking— Controls breaking blocks.allow-block-placing— Controls placing blocks.allow-mob-damage— Controls damaging mobs.allow-mob-spawning— Controls mob spawning.allow-player-damage— Controls players taking damage.allow-commands— Controls command usage.allow-flight— Controls flight ability.allow-item-drop— Controls dropping items.allow-item-pickup— Controls picking up items.
Configuration Guide
Runtime state (active grace timers, personal grace, extra lives) is stored in a separate data.yml file in the plugin folder and is managed automatically. Settings live in config.yml.
Core Timing
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grace-duration-seconds
Default grace length in seconds for manual starts. Changing this affects future/grace startcommands that have no world duration and no custom duration. A custom duration on a start never overwrites this value. -
auto-start-duration-seconds
Fallback duration used for auto-start and scheduled starts when a world duration is not set. -
auto-start
If enabled, grace starts automatically at server startup in all grace-enabled worlds. Set totrueto enable,falseto disable.
Personal Grace
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per-player-grace-enabled
Enables individual grace timers per player. While enabled, players are protected by their own personal grace instead of world timers. A player's personal grace starts on their first join and ends after the personal duration; once it ends it is not granted again unless an admin grants or resets it. -
per-player-grace-duration
Length of personal grace in seconds. Also used as the default for/grace grant. -
grace-starts-from-join
Starts personal grace when a player first joins the server. Works with or without per-player grace enabled.
Protection Toggles
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no-damage-everything
Blocks all damage to players during grace, overriding rules. Set totrueto enable. -
extra-life-enabled
Gives players extra lives during grace — each time they die while protected with a life remaining, one life is used and they respawn with their items instead of being deathbanned. Set totrueto enable. -
extra-lives
Number of extra lives each player gets.0disables the safety net entirely. -
extra-lives-daily-reset
If enabled, extra lives are restored to the full amount once per day. -
no-hunger-loss
Prevents hunger from decreasing during grace. Eating still restores hunger. Set totrueto enable. -
action-bar-countdown
If enabled, players with active personal grace see their remaining time in the action bar.
Boss Bar Settings
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bossbar.color
Color of the per-world boss bars (PINK, BLUE, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, PURPLE, WHITE). -
bossbar.style
Style of the per-world boss bars (SOLID, SEGMENTED_6, SEGMENTED_10, SEGMENTED_12, SEGMENTED_20). -
worlds.<world>.bossbar-color/worlds.<world>.bossbar-style
Optional per-world overrides for the boss bar color and style.
Sound Settings
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sounds.grace-start
Sound played to players in the world when grace starts. -
sounds.grace-end
Sound played to players in the world when grace ends. -
sounds.warning
Sound played when a warning broadcast fires. -
sounds.action-blocked
Sound played when a player's action is blocked. -
sounds.volume
Volume of all plugin sounds (0.0 to 1.0). -
sounds.pitch
Pitch of all plugin sounds.
Warning Intervals
warning-intervals
Map of seconds-to-end and message text. When the remaining time crosses one of these values, the message is broadcast to the world's players. Use%time%in messages for formatted remaining time.
Global Defaults
default-flags.*
Server-wide default values for all flags. Used for the global rules and as the fallback for worlds without their own value.
Blocked Commands
blocked-commands
List of commands blocked whenallow-commandsisfalse. Each entry is a command name without the slash. Only the listed commands are blocked; all other commands still work.
World Settings
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worlds.<world>.grace-enabled
Enables grace handling for that world. Only worlds with this set totrueare protected during an active grace and are included in automatic starts. -
worlds.<world>.duration
Per-world grace duration used by start logic when no custom duration is provided. A value of0falls back to the default duration. -
worlds.<world>.flags.*
Per-world default flag values, used when no region rule applies. -
worlds.<world>.bossbar-color/worlds.<world>.bossbar-style
Optional per-world boss bar appearance overrides. -
worlds.<world>.deathban.*
Optional per-world deathban overrides (see Deathban Settings below).
Deathban Settings
The deathban applies when a player dies during an active grace they are protected by. Every value below can be overridden per world under worlds.<world>.deathban.
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deathban.enabled
Master switch for the entire deathban system. Set tofalseto disable all deathbans. -
deathban.banreason
The reason shown when a player is banned and kicked. -
deathban.ban-delay
Seconds after death before the ban is applied. -
deathban.spectator-after-death
If enabled, the player watches as a spectator for a few seconds before being kicked. If disabled, they are kicked immediately. -
deathban.ban-time
Length of the ban in seconds. A value of0makes the ban permanent. Applies to name and IP bans alike. -
deathban.ban-ip
If enabled, the player's IP address is banned as well, with the same expiry. -
deathban.ignore-permission
If enabled, players with the bypass permission are not banned.
Automation
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automation.on-start-commands
Console commands run when a grace period starts in any world. Use%world%for the world name. -
automation.on-end-commands
Console commands run when a grace period ends in any world. -
automation.on-start-broadcast/automation.on-end-broadcast
Messages broadcast to the whole server when grace starts or ends in any world. Use%world%for the world name. Leave empty to broadcast nothing. -
automation.schedule.enabled
If enabled, grace is started and stopped automatically at the configured times each day. -
automation.schedule.start-time/automation.schedule.end-time
Times of day (server local time,HH:mmformat) at which grace starts and stops in all grace-enabled worlds.
Region Visualization
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region-visualization.enabled
Master switch for particle outlines. Set tofalseto disable. -
region-visualization.particle
The particle used for outlines (e.g.FLAME). -
region-visualization.show-selection
If enabled, an outline is shown around your two selected corners.
Message Settings
All messages support & color codes. Every event and blocked action has a configurable message under messages.*. Placeholders like %time%, %player%, %region%, %world%, %flag%, %value%, %lives%, %reason%, and %location% are available where relevant. The main ones:
messages.grace-started— Broadcast in the world when grace starts.messages.grace-end-title/messages.grace-end-subtitle/messages.grace-end-message— Title, subtitle, and message when grace ends naturally.messages.grace-stopped-title/messages.grace-stopped-subtitle/messages.grace-stopped— Shown when grace is stopped.messages.pvp-disabled/messages.pvp-disabled-grace— Shown when PvP is blocked by rules or by grace.messages.block-break-disabled,messages.block-place-disabled,messages.mob-damage-disabled,messages.item-drop-disabled,messages.item-pickup-disabled,messages.command-blocked— Shown when an action is blocked.messages.personal-grace-start,messages.personal-grace-end,messages.personal-grace-end-title,messages.personal-grace-end-subtitle,messages.personal-grace-actionbar— Personal grace messages.messages.grace-paused-broadcast,messages.grace-resumed-broadcast,messages.grace-extended-broadcast,messages.grace-reduced-broadcast— Timer control broadcasts.messages.deathban-broadcast— Broadcast when a player is deathbanned.messages.extra-life-used,messages.extra-life-used-broadcast,messages.extra-life-lives-left— Extra life messages.messages.region-*— All region creation, deletion, selection, and visualization messages.messages.no-permission,messages.config-reloaded,messages.unknown-command— General messages.
Placeholder Support
Requires the PlaceholderAPI plugin. All placeholders use the grace identifier.
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%grace_active%
Whether any world grace is active. -
%grace_paused%
Whether any grace is paused. -
%grace_remaining%
Remaining grace time in seconds (the longest active world). -
%grace_remaining_formatted%
Remaining grace time, formatted (e.g. "5 minute(s) and 30 second(s)"). -
%grace_remaining_short%
Remaining grace time in short format (e.g. "05:30"). -
%grace_player_active%
Whether the player is currently protected by grace. -
%grace_player_remaining%
Player's remaining personal grace time in seconds. -
%grace_player_remaining_formatted%
Player's remaining personal grace time, formatted. -
%grace_player_remaining_short%
Player's remaining personal grace time in short format. -
%grace_region%
Name of the region the player is currently in, ornone. -
%grace_world_grace_enabled%
Whether grace is enabled in the player's world. -
%grace_flag_<flagname>%
Current value of a global flag (e.g.%grace_flag_allow-pvp%). Unknown flags return nothing.


