Random BACAP Challenges

Turn BlazeandCave’s Advancement Pack into a rotating challenge system for you or your server.
Players (or everyone globally) get a random BACAP advancement to complete.

Requires: BlazeandCave’s Advancements Pack installed in your world’s datapacks/ folder.
Recommended: a texture pack that hides the bossbar, e.g. Invisible Boss Bars
Tested on: Paper (1.21.8).

Features

Solo – pick a random BACAP advancement for yourself.
Global challenges – pick a random BACAP advancement for the whole server
(enable the BACAP Coop Mode to sync advancements between players).
Bossbar UI – colored title & description based on the BACAP category.
Components sidebar & GUI – see the advancement’s individual criteria:
- Sidebar scoreboard with ✓/✗ markers.
- Paginated chest GUI.
Timer command – simple in-game timer in the action bar: start / stop / status / reset.
Skip vote (global) – players can vote to skip the current global challenge.
Filtering – include/exclude categories and IDs via config.
Localization – English and German included; easy to extend.

Commands

/challenge start        # start or resume your personal challenge
/challenge next         # pick a new personal challenge
/challenge stop         # hide your personal challenge
/challenge status

/challenge global start # start a global challenge for all online players
/challenge global next
/challenge global stop
/challenge global skip  # vote to skip the current global challenge
/challenge global status

/challenge components true|false  # toggle the sidebar
/challenge components gui         # open the chest GUI for the current challenge

/timer start | stop | status | reset

All commands are usable by players by default.

Configuration (excerpt)

config.yml keys you’ll actually care about:

language: en            # en or de

filter:
  only_categories: []   # e.g. [redstone, technical]
  exclude_categories: []
  exclude_ids: []       # exact advancement IDs to exclude
  exclude_prefixes: []  # ID prefixes to exclude
  exclude_regex: []     # advanced filtering with regex

Tip: If you filter too aggressively, you might end up with very few available challenges.

Installation

Install BlazeandCave’s Advancement Pack in your world (world/datapacks/).
Drop this plugin JAR into plugins/ and restart.
(Optional) Tweak config.yml and restart/reload.
Use /challenge start (solo) or /challenge global start (for all).

Compatibility

Built against the Bukkit/Adventure API and tested on Paper.
Works alongside most gameplay plugins; it only reads BACAP advancements and shows UI.

Localization

Ships with English and German messages.

FAQ

Q: Do players need to download anything?
A: No. Only the server needs the plugin and the BACAP datapack.

Q: Can I restrict commands to specific groups?
A: By default everyone can use them. Use your permissions plugin to gate or alias commands.

Q: Which Minecraft versions are supported?
A: Tested on 1.21.x. If your BACAP pack is very old, the plugin will warn about possible incompatibilities.

This is my first plugin, please report bugs or request features on GitHub.
Enjoy the challenge grind!

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