{"id":16167,"date":"2026-05-31T21:54:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/antilavacast\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T21:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:54:31","slug":"antilavacast","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/antilavacast\/","title":{"rendered":"AntiLavaCast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p># AntiLavaCast<\/p>\n<p>![Anti](https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/p9mElIQ.png)<\/p>\n<p>Prevents high altitude lava placement to stop lava casting on Paper 1.21.x.<\/p>\n<p>## Features<br \/>\n&#8211; Cancels lava bucket placement, flow or both if it is more than the configured height above natural ground.<br \/>\n&#8211; Uses CoreProtect history (when available) to identify player-placed blocks for accurate ground detection.<br \/>\n&#8211; Logs a server alert when a placement is blocked.<br \/>\n&#8211; Supports live config reload and runtime toggling.<br \/>\n&#8211; Lava casting attribution, optional logs will tell you who tried to place lava and where.<br \/>\n&#8211; Maintains natural world lava flow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;`[AntiLavaCast] Blocked lava placement by CevAPI at -85,164,-29 (heightAboveGround=96, groundY=68)&#8220;`<\/p>\n<p>## Requirements<br \/>\n&#8211; Paper 1.21.x<br \/>\n&#8211; Java 21+<\/p>\n<p>## Install<br \/>\n1. Download the jar.<br \/>\n2. Drop the jar into your server `plugins` folder.<br \/>\n3. Start the server to generate the config.<\/p>\n<p>## Commands<br \/>\n&#8211; `\/lavacast reload`<br \/>\n&#8211; `\/lavacast enable`<br \/>\n&#8211; `\/lavacast disable`<br \/>\n&#8211; `\/lavacast setheight <blocks>`<br \/>\n&#8211; `\/lavacast drop <on|off>` on allows dropping<br \/>\n&#8211; `\/lavacast flow <on|off>` on allows flowing<br \/>\n&#8211; `\/lavacast logs <on|off>` on logs blocked placements<br \/>\n&#8211; `\/lavacast coreprotect <on|off>` toggles CoreProtect integration<br \/>\n&#8211; `\/lavacast coreprotectlookback <seconds|1m|2h|7d|4w>` sets how far back CoreProtect history is searched<br \/>\n&#8211; `\/lavacast mark <radius>` marks nearby blocks as player-placed for height checks (max radius 100)<\/p>\n<p>## Permissions<br \/>\n`lavacast.admin` (default: op)<\/p>\n<p>## Config<br \/>\n`plugins\/AntiLavaCast\/config.yml`<br \/>\n&#8220;`yaml<br \/>\nmax-height-above-ground: 20<br \/>\nenabled: true<br \/>\nallow-lava-drop: false<br \/>\nallow-lava-flow: false<br \/>\nlog-blocked-placements: true<br \/>\ncoreprotect-enabled: true<br \/>\ncoreprotect-lookback-seconds: 31536000<br \/>\n&#8220;`<\/p>\n<p>## Notes<br \/>\n&#8211; The ground scan ignores player-placed blocks; when CoreProtect is available it will also treat historical placements as player-placed.<br \/>\n&#8211; Use `\/lavacast mark <radius>` around old builds to mark them as player-placed if CoreProtect is not available.<br \/>\n&#8211; Marked blocks are stored on disk in `plugins\/AntiLavaCast\/marks` and persist across restarts.<br \/>\n&#8211; When CoreProtect is enabled and detected, mark storage is disabled and lookups rely on CoreProtect instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prevents high altitude lava placement to stop lava casting on Paper 1.21.x. 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