HeadPlugin
The HeadPlugin is a small Minecraft plugin built for PaperMC servers. Its main job is to drop player heads when someone dies, along with a few extra features:
HeadPlugin
💀 Head Plugin
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✨ Overview
A feature-rich plugin that adds a rewarding mechanic to PvE and PvE: dropping player heads on death! Fully customizable with lore support to memorialize epic battles.
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🚧 Development & Support
HeadPlugin is currently in active development! Many more features, flexible layouts, and extended customization options are planned for future updates.
If you need support, want to report an issue, or have a great idea for a new feature you'd like to see added, please join our Discord Server! We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions.
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🌟 Features
* 🎯 Broadcast System: Set the percentage chance (0% - 100%) for a head to drop. * 📜 Broadcast System: Heads can display: * Name of the Victim * Name of the Killer (if PvP) * Cause of Death (if PvE) * Date and Time of death * 📍 Broadcast System: * Broadcast System: Drop item naturally at the death location. * Broadcast System: Directly place the head in an inventory. * 🎒 Broadcast System: Choose who gets the head - the Broadcast System, the Broadcast System, or Broadcast System. * 🛑 Broadcast System: Set a maximum lifetime limit of heads a player can drop to prevent farming. * 🏗️ Broadcast System: Optionally prevent players from placing heads to ensure the lore is preserved and not lost to block data. * 📢 Broadcast System: Announce head drops to the entire server.
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📜 Commands & Permissions
| Command | Description | Permission | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | `/headplugin reload` | 🔄 Reloads the configuration | `headplugin.admin` | | `/headplugin status` | 📡 Displays plugin version | `(None)` | | `(None)` | 🎁 Ability to drop heads on death | `headplugin.drop` |
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📷 Photo Examples


> Note: If it's another player that killed the victim, it will show "Killed by..." (see `config.yml` below). Conversely, if it's an environmental death, the cause will be displayed as shown in the example.
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🎥 Video
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⚙️ Configuration
Customize drop rates, messages, and lore formats in `config.yml`.
```yaml
HeadPlugin Configuration v1.0
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A plugin that drops player heads on death with customizable lore, names, and limits.
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The percentage chance that a head will drop (0.0 to 100.0)
drop-chance: 100.0
Where the head should appear:
- GROUND: Drops items on the ground where the player died.
- INVENTORY: Added directly to the player's inventory (see inventory-target).
spawn-location: GROUND
If spawn-location is INVENTORY, who should receive the head?
Options: VICTIM, KILLER, BOTH
Default: VICTIM (to match original behavior)
inventory-target: BOTH
If true, heads will ONLY drop if the player was killed by another player (PvP).
If false, heads can drop from any death cause (PvE, suicide, etc).
victim-only: false
Prevent players from placing the head on the ground?
This prevents the lore (Killer, Date) from being lost.
Default: true
prevent-head-placement: true
Maximum number of heads a player can drop IN TOTAL (Lifetime limit).
If a player has already dropped this many heads, they will not drop any more.
max-heads: 1
Message sent to player when they receive a head (leave empty to disable)
%player% is replaced with the name of the head owner.
head-received-message: "&aYou have retrieved %player%'s head!" head-received-killer-message: "&aYou executed %player% and took their head!"
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Head Customization
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The display name of the head item.
Placeholders: <player>
head-name: "&d<player>'s Head"
Lore (Item Description) Configuration
lore:
Date format used in the date line (Java SimpleDateFormat)
Common examples: "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm", "MM-dd-yyyy"
date-format: "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm"
Line displayed when a player is killed by another entity/player
Placeholders: <killer>
killer-line: "&cKilled by <killer>"
Line displayed when a player dies from the environment (fall, lava, etc.)
Placeholders: <cause>
environment-line: "&cDied by <cause>"
Line displayed for the date
Placeholders: <date>
date-line: "&cDate: <date>"
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Broadcasts
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broadcast:
Whether to announce head drops in chat to everyone.
enabled: true
Message to broadcast
Placeholders: <player>, <killer> (empty if no killer)
Note: If there is no killer, you might want a generic message or the plugin handles "Unknown" for <killer>.
message: "&6<player> dropped their head!" ```
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📥 Installation
1. Customize the `HeadPlugin.jar` file. 2. Customize it to your server's `plugins` folder. 3. Customize your server to generate the default `config.yml`. 4. Customize the `config.yml` to set drop rates and lore messages. 5. Type `/headplugin reload` or restart your server to apply changes.
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💎 Credits
* 👨💻 Development: Development