VillainSMP

A Paper plugin for a custom Villain SMP game mode on Minecraft 1.21+.

Concept

At the start of the game one random player is chosen as the Villain. All other players are Survivors. The Villain must eliminate every Survivor; Survivors must hunt down and kill all Villains before they are converted.

• Villain kills Survivor → Survivor becomes a Villain
• Survivor kills Villain → Villain is eliminated from the game
• Survivors win when all Villains have been eliminated
• Villains win when only one Survivor remains

Features

Feature	Details
Spawn protection	15-minute grace period at game start — PvP is disabled until it expires
World border	Set to 5 000 blocks on game start, resets when the game ends
Villain glow	Active Villains permanently glow and have Strength I
Combat tag	Ender pearls are disabled for 11 minutes after taking/dealing damage
Cobweb limit	Max 64 cobwebs placeable while in combat
Mace limit	Only one Mace may exist in the world at a time
Knockback ban	Knockback enchantment is restricted to iron-tier weapons and below
Tab list	Live header/footer showing game status and remaining spawn-protection time

Custom Items

Amulet

A Totem of Undying variant held in the offhand that grants +10 hearts of max health.

Recipe (crafting table):

N D N
D T D
N D N

N = Netherite Ingot · D = Diamond · T = Totem of Undying

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Survivor Potion

Consumed by a Villain to revert themselves back to a Survivor.

Recipe (crafting table):

N B N
E E E
G G G

N = Netherite Ingot · B = Blaze Powder · E = XP Bottle · G = Glass

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Cobweb

Craftable tactical cobweb (limited to 64 placements per combat tag).

Recipe: 9× String in a 3×3 grid

Commands

Command	Permission	Description
/smp start	villain.admin	Picks a random Villain and starts the game
/smp stop	villain.admin	Ends the game immediately
/smp skiptimer	villain.admin	Skips the spawn-protection countdown

Resource Pack

The VillainPack/ folder contains a resource pack that provides custom textures for the Amulet and Survivor Potion. Serve it via your server's resource-pack setting in server.properties.

Requirements

• Paper 1.21.4+
• Java 21+

Building

./gradlew build

The plugin jar is output to build/libs/.