# \ud83d\udee0 Aries SMPStart Plugin
\nAries SMPStart is a Paper plugin that helps you manage the **beginning of an SMP** with two distinct phases and useful controls.
\n## \ud83c\udf0d Phases
\n### Starting Phase
\n– Border is small (configurable)
\n– PvP is disabled
\n– Players cannot break blocks
\n– Peaceful environment to let everyone get ready
\n### Started Phase
\n– Border expands to a larger configurable size
\n– PvP gets enabled after an optional timer
\n– The SMP officially begins
\n# \u2328\ufe0f Commands
\n**\/smpstart center** Set the world spawn and border center to your location<\/p>\n
**\/smpstart starting** Switch back to the starting phase (PvP off, small border)<\/p>\n
**\/smpstart starting border **\/smpstart start Start the SMP** (expands the border and enables PvP after timer or instantly)<\/p>\n **\/smpstart start border Aries SMPStart Is A Simple Plugin Used To Manage The Start Of SMP!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18745,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"aries-smpstart","_minecraft_project_id":"mXRkjxXu","_minecraft_author":"realariesxd","_minecraft_license":"LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved","_minecraft_downloads":94,"_minecraft_follows":1,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"aries-smpstart.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":28670,"_minecraft_version_count":2,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T19:52:40.333154Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2025-09-22T05:29:48.539949Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2025-09-21T09:54:43.707162Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/aries-smpstart","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":18745,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-05-31T20:09:56+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"9dadffd71e70a697d0739e880ba0f596","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[124,89,126,90,127,129,92],"mod_loader":[130,132,134],"minecraft_version":[62,37,73,74,38,78,79,80,81],"class_list":["post-18744","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-bukkit","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_category-management","mod_category-optimization","mod_category-paper","mod_category-spigot","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-bukkit","mod_loader-paper","mod_loader-spigot","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","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"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n# \u2699\ufe0f Configurable Options
\n**smp-name** \u2192 Name of your SMP **pvp-delay.enabled** \u2192 Enable or disable PvP countdown **pvp-delay.seconds** \u2192 Time in seconds before PvP turns on **borders.starting-size** \u2192 Starting phase border size **borders.start-size** \u2192 Started phase border size **borders.transition-seconds** \u2192 Time it takes for border to expand **starting-phase.difficulty** \u2192 World difficulty in starting phase **starting-phase.gamemode** \u2192 Player gamemode in starting phase starting-phase.disable-mob-spawning \u2192 Toggle mob spawning in starting phase **started-phase.difficulty** \u2192 World difficulty in started phase **started-phase.gamemode** \u2192 Player gamemode in started phase **start-countdown.enabled** \u2192 Enable or disable the 3-2-1 countdown before SMP start
\n# \ud83c\udfae Features
\n– Easy phase switching between starting and started
\n– Fully configurable borders, PvP rules, gamemodes, and difficulties
\n– Option for PvP delay with a visible countdown
\n– Simple and clean commands (OP\/console only)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"