# DontSpawn (Paper Plugin)<\/p>\n
**DontSpawn** is a lightweight yet powerful Paper plugin that provides advanced, fine-grained control over entity spawning.
\nCreate flexible rules to block spawns globally or based on specific contexts such as world, biome, region, or spawn reason \u2014 all managed through a clean and intuitive `\/dt` command system.<\/p>\n
Built for modern Paper servers with performance and scalability in mind.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
## Features<\/p>\n
– Block entity spawns by scope:
\n – Global
\n – World
\n – Biome
\n – Region
\n – SpawnReason
\n– Region selection system with a wand (no manual coordinate typing).
\n– Per-player region border preview using particles (only visible to the viewing player).
\n– Persistent JSON storage (`regions.json`, `rules.json`).
\n– Optimized spawn listener designed for high-performance servers.
\n– Clean, structured command architecture.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
## Requirements<\/p>\n
– **Server:** Paper (Minecraft 1.21.x, tested on 1.21.1)
\n– **Java:** Java 21 recommended for 1.21.x servers <\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
## Installation<\/p>\n
1. Download the plugin `.jar` file.
\n2. Place it inside your server\u2019s `plugins\/` folder.
\n3. Restart the server.
\n4. Use `\/dt` to manage rules and regions. <\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
## Commands<\/p>\n
**Main command:**
\n`\/dontspawn` <\/p>\n
**Aliases:**
\n`\/dt`, `\/ds` <\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
### Spawn Rules<\/p>\n
“` #### Examples<\/p>\n “` Use `enable` with the same arguments to revert a rule.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n ## Regions (Wand + Preview)<\/p>\n “` – Left-click a block \u2192 Position 1 After selecting both corners, the plugin will guide you to finalize and save the region.<\/p>\n “` Toggle region border visualization for yourself using particle outlines.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n ## Permissions<\/p>\n Permissions use the `dontspawn.*` namespace, including:<\/p>\n – `dontspawn.disable` —<\/p>\n ## Data Files<\/p>\n DontSpawn stores persistent data inside its plugin folder:<\/p>\n – `regions.json` \u2014 Saved regions —<\/p>\n ## Support & Issues<\/p>\n **Source Code:** **Bug Reports:** When reporting an issue, please include:<\/p>\n – Paper build\/version plugin to block entity spawning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":58205,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"dontspawn!","_minecraft_project_id":"IEcgSoeB","_minecraft_author":"zHolyWhite","_minecraft_license":"CC-BY-NC-4.0","_minecraft_downloads":42,"_minecraft_follows":1,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"dontspawn!.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":60790,"_minecraft_version_count":1,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T21:30:09.297365Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2026-02-07T07:02:21.496288Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-02-06T16:28:32.098961Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/dontspawn!","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":58205,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-03T04:46:51+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"b7833cc7546e1562903ad9b4dee43d67","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[126,137,127,159],"mod_loader":[132],"minecraft_version":[37],"class_list":["post-58204","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-management","mod_category-mobs","mod_category-paper","mod_category-worldgen","mod_loader-paper","minecraft_version-1-21-1"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n\/dt disable
\n\/dt enable
\n\/dt list
\n\/dt info
\n\/dt reload
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n\/dt disable global ZOMBIE
\n\/dt disable world SKELETON world
\n\/dt disable biome SPIDER PLAINS
\n\/dt disable reason ZOMBIE SPAWNER
\n\/dt disable region CREEPER spawn
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n\/dt wand
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n– Right-click a block \u2192 Position 2 <\/p>\n
\n\/dt view
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n– `dontspawn.enable`
\n– `dontspawn.wand`
\n– `dontspawn.view`
\n– `dontspawn.reload`
\n– and others as needed<\/p>\n
\n– `rules.json` \u2014 Saved spawn rules <\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/github.com\/zHolyWhite\/DontSpawn <\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/github.com\/zHolyWhite\/DontSpawn\/issues <\/p>\n
\n– Plugin version
\n– Full console stacktrace
\n– Steps to reproduce <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"