
SurvivalTweaks
This plugin is created to add some useful mechanics for useless items in Minecraft.
📖About SurvivalTweaks
SurvivalTweaks is a lightweight plugin designed to add meaningful mechanics to items that are usually forgotten or underused in Minecraft.
Every mechanic included in the plugin can be individually enabled or disabled in the configuration file, allowing you to tailor the experience exactly the way you want.
This plugin introduces quality-of-life improvements, new item interactions, balance tweaks, and fun utility mechanics, all while staying simple, optimized, and compatible with Paper 1.21.8+.
Below you will find a complete overview of all available mechanics, grouped and explained for easy configuration.
🧭 Compass
Displays your coordinates when holding a compass.
Optional: blocks F3 coordinates.
🕒 Clock
Shows the current in-game time while holding a clock.
🧭💀 Recovery Compass
Displays your last death location when holding a recovery compass.
🔭 Spyglass Info
Shows entity health and distance when using a spyglass.
Includes cooldown.
🍇➡️🧍 Size Changer
Eating specific items modifies your size:
- Glow Berries → small
- Golden Carrot → normal size
🐢🌊 Turtle Helmet Water Boost
Grants Dolphin’s Grace when wearing a turtle helmet in water.
Helmet may lose durability randomly.
🔥💣 Fire Charge Fireball
Right-click with a fire charge to launch a ghost-like fireball.
- Custom explosion yield
- Custom cooldown
💀🧑 Player Head Drops
Adds a chance for players to drop their head on death.
🌌🪬 Void Totem
Totem of Undying activates in the void, applying levitation.
🐎✨ Horse Teleport
Teleport with your horse when riding and throwing an ender pearl.
🧱✨ Mine Spawners
Allows Silk Touch to mine mob spawners.
🔮🟣 Mine Budding Amethyst
Allows Silk Touch to mine budding amethyst.
❤️🔢 Entity HP Display
Shows mob health above the target.
🔥💧 Blaze Water Drop
Blaze dying in water can drop Blaze Rods:
- 50% → 1 rod
- 10% → 2 rods
👨🌾⏳ Villager Profession Cooldown
Adds a cooldown for villagers switching professions.
🪶🛑 Armadillo Brush Cooldown
Adds a cooldown for using the Armadillo Brush.
🧊⛔ Ender Pearl Despawn
Ender pearls despawn after 20 seconds to prevent freeze-pearl teleporting.
🌱🚫 Block Bone Meal
Disables bone meal usage (player & dispenser options).
🪽🚫 Elytra Restrictions
- Blocks natural Elytra generation in End Cities
- Prevents Mending on Elytras
📦⛔ Loot Blocker
Prevents selected items from generating in loot chests.
🖼️ Invisible Item Frames
Shift + Right-Click to hide/unhide item frames.
🎒⚖️ Keep 50% Items on Death
Players keep half of their items when they die.
Includes world-based exclusions.
🔨📉 Mace Nerf
Reduces Mace damage by a percentage value.
👻⚡ Happy Ghost Boost
Increases speed and health of Happy Ghost mobs.
🔧💎 Anvil “Too Expensive” Fix
Removes the Too Expensive limit.
Maximum cost becomes 39 levels.
💬⚰️ Custom Death Messages
Adds custom death messages to the game.
💥🛡️ Explosion Grief Protection
Prevents block destruction from:
- TNT
- End Crystals
- Respawn Anchors