# NoEndermanGrief<\/p>\n
**NoEndermanGrief** is a lightweight Paper\/Spigot plugin that completely disables enderman block griefing while keeping all other mob behavior vanilla.<\/p>\n
Endermen can no longer pick up or place blocks, but creepers still explode, villagers still farm, and the `mobGriefing` gamerule remains under your control.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
## Features<\/p>\n
– Prevents **only endermen** from changing blocks (both pickup and placement).
\n– Does **not** modify the global `mobGriefing` gamerule.
\n– Per-world enable\/disable via `config.yml`.
\n– Optional console logging with timestamps and coordinates whenever an enderman block change is cancelled.
\n– Minimal surface area: one admin-only reload command, no changes for regular players.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
## Requirements<\/p>\n
– **Server:** Paper or Spigot (Paper recommended)
\n– **Minecraft:** 1.21+
\n– **Java:** 21<\/p>\n
This plugin is developed against the Paper 1.21 API with Mojang mappings.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
## Configuration<\/p>\n
`plugins\/NoEndermanGrief\/config.yml`:<\/p>\n
“`yaml
\n# If a world is not listed under “worlds”, this value decides
\n# whether the plugin is enabled there by default.
\ndefault-enabled: true<\/p>\n
# Per-world overrides.
\n# Add world names and set them to true\/false as needed.
\n# Example:
\n# worlds:
\n# world: true
\n# world_nether: false
\n# world_the_end: true
\nworlds: {}<\/p>\n
logging:
\n # If true, log whenever the plugin cancels an enderman block change.
\n enabled: false<\/p>\n
# If true, include a timestamp inside the message itself
\n # (on top of the normal server log timestamp).
\n include-timestamp: true
\n“`<\/p>\n
## Per-world control<\/p>\n
– If a world is not listed under `worlds`, `default-enabled` determines whether the plugin is active there.
\n – If a world is listed under `worlds`, that value overrides `default-enabled`:<\/p>\n
“`yaml
\nworlds:
\n world: true
\n world_nether: false
\n world_the_end: true
\n“`<\/p>\n
In this example, the plugin is:<\/p>\n
– Enabled in `world` and `world_the_end`.
\n – Disabled in `world_nether`.<\/p>\n
## Logging<\/p>\n
– `logging.enabled: true` \u2013 log a line each time an enderman block change is cancelled.
\n – `logging.include-timestamp: true` \u2013 include an ISO-8601 timestamp in the log message.<\/p>\n
Example log entry:<\/p>\n
“`text
\n[NoEndermanGrief] [EndermanBlocked] 2025-01-01T12:34:56 – Cancelled enderman block change in world ‘world’ at (10, 64, -30)
\n“`<\/p>\n
## Commands<\/p>\n
Reloads `config.yml` from disk (without restarting the world \/ server).<\/p>\n
– `\/negreload`<\/p>\n
## Permission
\nAllows use of `\/negreload`.<\/p>\n
– `noendermangrief.reload`
\n – Default: `op`<\/p>\n
## Building from source<\/p>\n
This project uses Maven. The compiled plugin JAR will be located in the target\/ directory: Copy this JAR into your server\u2019s plugins\/ folder.<\/p>\n ## How it works (technical overview)<\/p>\n – The plugin registers a listener for EntityChangeBlockEvent. This makes the plugin safe to drop into existing survival worlds where you want to preserve terrain from enderman griefing without affecting any other mechanics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Completely disables enderman block griefing while keeping all other mob behavior vanilla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":111678,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"no-enderman-grief-2025","_minecraft_project_id":"6jCDxmNc","_minecraft_author":"Jack-Underhill","_minecraft_license":"Apache-2.0","_minecraft_downloads":375,"_minecraft_follows":1,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"no-enderman-grief-2025.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":5566,"_minecraft_version_count":1,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T11:03:58.886538Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2025-12-14T01:31:06.730585Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2025-12-10T01:00:16.203803Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/no-enderman-grief-2025","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":111678,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-06T13:40:30+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"e3271cc6a8372453ce08cdbabcb83fc9","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[124,89,137,127,128,129],"mod_loader":[130,132,133,134],"minecraft_version":[62,37,40,41,73,74,38,78,79,80,81,82],"class_list":["post-111677","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-bukkit","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_category-mobs","mod_category-paper","mod_category-purpur","mod_category-spigot","mod_loader-bukkit","mod_loader-paper","mod_loader-purpur","mod_loader-spigot","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8","minecraft_version-1-21-9"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n“`bash
\ngit clone https:\/\/github.com\/
\ncd NoEndermanGrief
\nmvn package
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n“`text
\ntarget\/no-enderman-grief-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n – If the event\u2019s entity type is ENDERMAN and the plugin is enabled in that world:
\n – The event is cancelled so the block change does not occur.
\n – If logging is enabled, a timestamped message with world and coordinates is written to the console.
\n – No other entity types are modified, so creepers, villagers, and other mobs behave as in vanilla.<\/p>\n