# Enhanced Survival<\/p>\n
**Enhanced Survival** is an open-source Paper plugin designed for small to medium-sized servers, especially those run by friends, families, or small communities. This plugin provides essential tools and commands to make survival gameplay more enjoyable, convenient, and accessible.<\/p>\n
## Key Features
\nYou can **turn off things** you don’t want to use **in the config** (see below).<\/p>\n
### Waypoints & Navigation (\/wp, \/nav)
\nPlayers can mark, save, and navigate to specific points (or players). Perfect for small servers where friends want to set up shared bases, mark cool discoveries, or easily find each other in the world.
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### Backpacks (\/bp)
\nTake your storage with you! Players can carry extra items with portable backpacks, ideal for long mining sessions or exploration trips.
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### Gravestones
\nOn death, players leave a gravestone that securely holds their items until they return. This ensures that valuable loot isn’t lost.
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### Farm Protection
\nProtects crops from accidental damage. This is perfect for shared community farms, so players can harvest without worrying about trampled crops or unintentional destruction.<\/p>\n
### Utility Commands
\n – **Ping**: The `\/ping` command helps players check their connection to the server, useful for diagnosing any lag or connection issues.
\n – **Trash**: Easily dispose of unwanted items with the `\/trash` command, opening a safe disposal menu instead of dropping items into the world.
\n – **Last Online**: Check when a player was last online with the `\/lastonline` command.<\/p>\n
### Crafting Recipes
\n – **Logs to Sticks**: Need sticks, a lot of sticks, for villager trading? You can place two logs above each other to get sticks, so you don’t have to craft planks first. Neat!
\n – **Rotten Flesh to Leather**: Burn rotten flesh in a furnace to get leather.
\n – **Quartz Block to Quartz**: Craft your quartz blocks back to quartz, reducing the needed storage space for it!<\/p>\n
### Playtime Tracker (\/playtime)
\nTracks and displays each player’s total playtime. Great for friendly competitions, knowing who’s been on the longest, or setting goals as a group.<\/p>\n
### Custom Chat Format
\nConfigure a custom chat format that you like for everyone on the server.<\/p>\n
### Message of the Day (MOTD)
\nCustomize the message of the day for players in the server list. It can include dynamic values like the server version, weather and time.<\/p>\n
### Custom Join\/Quit Messages
\nSet unique messages for when players join or leave the server.<\/p>\n
### Admin Commands
\n – **Gravestone Items**: Players with OP or the `enhancedsurvival.admin.gravestone` permission can recover items from any saved gravestone using the `\/gravestone` command – even if the gravestone has already been destroyed or removed. The command opens a temporary inventory containing all items stored in that gravestone. Viewing this inventory does not modify or delete the original gravestone.<\/p>\n
Feel free to **suggest new features** or **report bugs** on GitHub or Discord! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
## Installation
\n1. Download the latest release of Enhanced Survival for your Minecraft Version.
\n2. Place the `.jar` file into your server\u2019s `plugins` folder.
\n3. Restart your server to activate the plugin.<\/p>\n
## Support
\nDiscord: https:\/\/discord.gg\/8Ub4GJHTqJ<\/p>\n
## Config<\/p>\n “`yaml # Custom variables start with “v-” and only work in messages if they are used in the default messages. # If enabled, the plugin will check if there are updates and send one message to the console on startup # If enabled, farmland cannot be destroyed by walking or jumping on it # If enabled, the playtime of yourself can be viewed with \/playtime # If enabled, the \/trash command can be used to destroy items quickly. # If enabled, the \/lastonline command can be used to check when a player was online. # Specify custom join and quit messages for players # Specify a custom chat message format # Backpacks that can be crafted using the recipe specified below # The crafting recipe for the backpack. # If enabled, the name of the backpack item will also be the title of the backpack inventory. # If enabled, if a backpack is open, another backpack can be clicked to open it. recipes: # If enabled, a quartz block can be crafted back to 4 quartz (similar to iron blocks) # If enabled, sticks can be crafted by putting 2 logs above each other, so crafting planks first is no longer needed gravestones: # The time in minutes after a gravestone is destroyed automatically and all items are lost. # Waypoints to save coordinates easily. Teleportation is not possible with this. It’s to save important locations. # If enabled, a personal waypoint of the death location is set if a player dies (e.g. “Death_1”) # Waypoints shared across the whole server with all players # If enabled, players without the permission “enhancedsurvival.waypoints.global.admin” or OP # Navigation with \/navigate to waypoints, players or coordinates # If enabled, navigation to players with \/navigate player … is possible # If enabled, navigation to coordinates with \/navigate coordinates … is possible # Distance in blocks when the destination should be considered as reached and the navigation should be canceled automatically. # The message of the day (the message displayed in the server list) # The text of the motd – you can use # The name of the world of which the weather and time should be displayed (if the variables are used above) ## Contributing Project icon by juicy-fish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This plugin enhances survival gameplay by providing features like backpacks, gravestones, waypoints, disabling that entities will destroy farmland and much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":64579,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"enhancedsurvival","_minecraft_project_id":"wZPsPEHH","_minecraft_author":"TaskID","_minecraft_license":"Apache-2.0","_minecraft_downloads":1510,"_minecraft_follows":10,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"enhancedsurvival.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":386561,"_minecraft_version_count":4,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T07:14:18.032445Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2024-12-30T07:18:35.172536Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2025-11-14T09:54:04.512695Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/enhancedsurvival","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":64579,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-03T17:17:45+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"4dd67a1c9999f6e7e1e22ff415d75e57","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[88,127,91,869,92],"mod_loader":[132],"minecraft_version":[62,37,40,41,73,74,38,78,79,80,81,82,83,167,163],"class_list":["post-64578","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-equipment","mod_category-paper","mod_category-storage","mod_category-transportation","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-paper","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","minecraft_version-26-1","minecraft_version-26-1-1","minecraft_version-26-1-2"],"yoast_head":"\nSpoiler: config.yml<\/summary>\n
\n# Use MiniMessage for message formatting:
\n# – Documentation: https:\/\/docs.advntr.dev\/minimessage\/index.html
\n# – Web Editor: https:\/\/docs.papermc.io\/misc\/tools\/minimessage-web-editor<\/p>\n
\nconfig:
\n # do not change
\n version: 57<\/p>\n
\n check-for-updates: true<\/p>\n
\n farm-protection: true<\/p>\n
\n # The playtime is always saved, even if this is off
\n playtime: true<\/p>\n
\n # When a player enters \/trash, it opens a blank inventory. Any items placed
\n # in this inventory are permanently destroyed when the player closes it.
\n # This command is useful for removing items without dropping them in the world.
\n trash: true<\/p>\n
\n last-online: true<\/p>\n
\n custom-join-quit-messages:
\n enabled: false
\n join: “
\n quit: “
\n custom-chat-format:
\n enabled: true
\n # You can also use v-displayname instead of v-name here if needed.
\n # If you have PlaceholderAPI installed, you can use “
\n format: “
\n # The recipe can be viewed with the \/backpack (\/bp) command
\n # If a backpack is destroyed (for example in lava) or lost, the items in it are lost
\n backpacks:
\n # If the backpack system is disabled, backpacks can’t be crafted
\n # and already existing backpacks can’t be opened anymore
\n enabled: true<\/p>\n
\n # Define the item layout for each slot in the 3×3 crafting grid.
\n # Available item names are from the Enum Constant Summary:
\n # https:\/\/jd.papermc.io\/paper\/1.21.3\/org\/bukkit\/Material.html
\n # Use _ to leave a slot empty. Items must be separated by a single blank space (” “).
\n # Example: “STRING _ STRING” means STRING in the left and right slots, empty in the middle.
\n # Example: “_ DIAMOND _” means DIAMOND in the middle slot, empty in the left and right.
\n crafting-recipe:
\n top-row: “STRING _ STRING”
\n center-row: “STICK CHEST STICK”
\n bottom-row: “_ DIAMOND _”<\/p>\n
\n # If disabled, the title of the backpack inventory will always be “Backpack”.
\n backpack-item-name-as-inventory-title: true<\/p>\n
\n # This allows switching between multiple backpacks in the inventory easier.
\n allow-inventory-click-to-open: true<\/p>\n
\n # If enabled, rotten flesh can be put in a furnace to get leather
\n rotten-flesh-to-leather: true<\/p>\n
\n quartz-block-to-quartz: true<\/p>\n
\n logs-to-sticks: true<\/p>\n
\n # If enabled, a gravestone (campfire) will spawn if somebody dies that contains all items of the player.
\n # The items will drop if the gravestone is destroyed.
\n enabled: true<\/p>\n
\n # Set to 0 to keep the gravestones until they are manually destroyed by a player.
\n # When enabling this later, existing (too old) gravestones will also be removed.
\n remove-after-minutes: 20<\/p>\n
\n waypoints:
\n # If enabled, the \/waypoint (\/wp) command is usable
\n enabled: true<\/p>\n
\n set-waypoint-on-death: true<\/p>\n
\n global-waypoints:
\n # If enabled, global waypoints can be used
\n enabled: true<\/p>\n
\n # can only list and navigate to global waypoints, but not modify them
\n require-permission-to-modify: false<\/p>\n
\n navigation:
\n # If enabled, navigation to waypoints with \/navigate waypoint … is possible
\n # -> automatically disabled if waypoints are disabled
\n # -> if global waypoints are disabled, navigation to those is not possible
\n to-waypoints: true<\/p>\n
\n to-players: true<\/p>\n
\n to-coordinates: true<\/p>\n
\n # Set to 0 to turn off. Default is 4. Max is 20. Recommended is 4 or more.
\n destination-reached-blocks: 4<\/p>\n
\n motd:
\n # If enabled, the motd below will be displayed
\n # If disabled, the default motd of the server.properties (or of another plugin) will be displayed
\n enabled: true<\/p>\n
\n line-one: “
\n line-two: “
\n world-name: world
\n“`
\n<\/details>\n
\nContributions are welcome! To contribute, visit the GitHub Repository.<\/p>\n