{"id":121421,"date":"2026-06-07T06:22:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/pillarperil\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T06:22:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:22:03","slug":"pillarperil","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/pillarperil\/","title":{"rendered":"Pillar Peril"},"content":{"rendered":"<p># Pillar Peril<\/p>\n<p>**Pillar Peril** in an **open-source Minecraft minigame** where players **spawn on bedrock pillars**, get **random items** every few seconds, and fight to be the last one standing.<\/p>\n<p>**Highly configurable** modes and **lightweight performance** make it perfect for small and medium servers.<\/p>\n<p>## Special about this Version<\/p>\n<p>The special part about this plugin is the high *customizability* and *a bunch of different modes*!<br \/>\nHere are the different modes that are available, with each of them being fully customizable:<\/p>\n<p>| Name           | Cooldown | Time | Pillars  | Description                                         |<br \/>\n|&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-|&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-|&#8212;&#8212;|&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-|&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;|<br \/>\n| Blocky         | 10s      | 4m   | Circular | Starts with a weapon; only blocks are given.        |<br \/>\n| Chaos          | 3s       | 8m   | Random   | No filters, randomized pillars, fast item cooldown. |<br \/>\n| Classic        | 5s       | 5m   | Circular | Classic rules, inspired by CubeCraft.               |<br \/>\n| Item-Only      | 10s      | 10m  | Circular | Only items (no blocks): long &#038; tough.               |<br \/>\n| Item-Shuffle   | 10s      | 5m   | Circular | Items replaced every 10s (9 new items).             |<br \/>\n| Original       | 5s       | 5m   | Circular | Original gameplay as seen in early videos.          |<br \/>\n| Player-Shuffle | 10s      | 5m   | Circular | All players randomly swapped every 10s.             |<\/p>\n<p>## Inspiration<\/p>\n<p>This plugin is inspired by pillar-style minigames featured by creators like CheapPickle and large servers such as CubeCraft. This plugin is independent, open-source, and not affiliated with those projects.<\/p>\n<p>## Commands<\/p>\n<p>### Game Management<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **Start** using `\/game start <mode> <center> <world> <players>`<br \/>\n&#8211; **Stop** using `\/game stop <id>`<br \/>\n&#8211; Get **info** using `\/game info <id>`<br \/>\n&#8211; **List** games using `\/game list`<\/p>\n<p>> Use `\/game list raw` to get a **raw list** which uses `2yiKLf2h1X6CenH1;h1enf2H12yiX6CKL;I8jos1lsvkh57wjs` format or, just `empty`.<\/p>\n<p>### Queue<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **Join\/leave** using `\/queue join\/leave`<br \/>\n&#8211; **Do admin stuff** using `\/queue admin <operation>`<\/p>\n<p>### Configuration<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **Get** a value using `\/pp-config modify <path> get`<br \/>\n&#8211; **Set** a value using `\/pp-config modify <path> set <value>`<br \/>\n&#8211; **Modify** a list using `\/pp-config modify <path> add\/remove <value>`<br \/>\n&#8211; **Reload** the config using `\/pp-config reload`<\/p>\n<p>## Configuration<\/p>\n<p>See **Commands** section above for the `\/pp-config` command to modify the configuration in-game.<\/p>\n<p>The configuration is designed to be simple and ships with comments, which explain themselves.<\/p>\n<p>By default, the queue is disabled, so it needs to manually be enabled.<br \/>\nThere are two queue modes: `command` (players use \/queue) and `auto` (players are automatically queued).<\/p>\n<p>## Translations<\/p>\n<p>Translations are auto-downloaded from our translation server; if the server is not reachable, the plugin falls back to English. (No sensitive data is sent.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Info about Metrics collected<\/summary>\n<p>PillarPeril by default collects some data about how people use the plugin, so game modes can better be adjusted and the game can further be balanced.<\/p>\n<p>This is a complete list of all data collected, besides FastStats defaults:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Amount of games running\/started<br \/>\n&#8211; Game modifiers most frequently used<br \/>\n&#8211; Average amount of players per game<\/p>\n<p>If you do not want to send any of these metrics, you can set `disable-faststats` in the configuration to true, or follow the instructions given on first startup with FastStats.<br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p>## Releases &#038; Contact<\/p>\n<p>You can find our official releases on these platforms:<\/p>\n<p>**Recommended:** Modrinth \u2014 GitHub<br \/>\n**Other:** SpigotMC \u2014 Hangar<\/p>\n<p>**Contact:** Join our community on Discord, message me on Discord (`@marcpg1905`) or email me at [marcpg@proton.me](mailto:marcpg@proton.me).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open-Source &#038; customizable &#8220;Pillars of Fortune&#8221;-like game. 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