SpawnChestPlugin 4.4

What's new

Multi-chest spawning

Spawn multiple chests per interval simultaneously. Each chest finds its own random location with a configurable delay between spawns to keep the server load even.

settings:
  chest-count-per-interval: 3   # spawn 3 chests at once
  chest-spawn-delay-seconds: 5  # 5 seconds between each

Four summoner apples

The old generic Summoner Apple is now four distinct items — each forces a specific chest tier or picks one at random. All four can be given via command, configured to drop inside chests independently, and obtained through /getlegendaryitems.

Command	Result
`/giveapple random <player>`	Spawns a random-tier chest
`/giveapple common <player>`	Always spawns a Common chest
`/giveapple rare <player>`	Always spawns a Rare chest
`/giveapple legendary <player>`	Always spawns a Legendary chest

World apple drop

When enabled, a Summoner Apple spawns as a physical item in the world each time a chest appears. Players see the coordinates in chat and race to pick it up. The item never despawns until collected.

world-apple-drop:
  enabled: false
  spawn-method: near-chest   # near-chest | near-player | with-chest
  radius: 15

Pre-open timer

Chests start locked. The first player to right-click starts a countdown visible to everyone nearby. Only after the countdown ends can anyone open the chest — giving distant players a chance to run. The chest-disappear timer begins only after the chest unlocks.

pre-open-timer:
  enabled: true
  duration-seconds: 30
  notify-radius: 20.0   # countdown messages visible within this range

Chest protection zone

Blocks around an active chest are protected from breaking and placing. Removed automatically when the chest disappears or is opened. Uses real WorldGuard regions when WorldGuard is installed; falls back to built-in event blocking otherwise.

chest-protection-zone:
  enabled: true
  radius: 5   # 11×11 area

Protection plugin integration

Chests no longer spawn inside claimed territories. Detected automatically — no extra setup needed beyond having the plugin installed.

Supported: WorldGuard · GriefPrevention · GriefDefender · Lands

Permission-based broadcasts

All announcements now respect individual permission nodes. On servers where all permissions are denied by default, grant the spawnchest.notify.* nodes to the default group.

Permission	Controls
`spawnchest.notify.spawn`	Spawn announcement + title
`spawnchest.notify.coordinates`	Coordinates in announcement
`spawnchest.notify.disappear`	Disappear announcement
`spawnchest.notify.countdown`	Countdown warnings
`spawnchest.notify.bossbar`	BossBar visibility

Chest lifetime overhaul

Unopened chest — disappears after chest-disappear-minutes from spawn time
Opened chest — disappears after another full chest-disappear-minutes from the moment it was opened

The two timers are independent. Opening a chest gives players the full window to loot it.

BossBar improvements

Pre-open countdown shown in BossBar with configurable color
After chest is opened: bar switches to a dimmed "opened · disappears in Xs" state
show-countdown and show-active-chest flags now correctly hide the bar when both are off
BossBar re-initialises on /reloadchestconfig without a server restart

Minecraft 26.1 / 26.1.1 support

Mojang introduced a new versioning scheme in 2026 (year.drop instead of 1.X). The version adapter now handles both formats transparently. No plugin changes needed on the server side — drop in the new jar and go.

Bug fixes

Batch spawning — second and third chests in a batch were blocked by the spawnInProgress flag from the previous chest. Replaced fixed delays with a queue that waits for each spawn to finish before starting the next.
Particle errors — END_ROD and BLOCK_CRACK particles require explicit Float data in 1.21.10+. Fixed with correct types and a try-catch fallback for unsupported versions.
Paper 26.1 detection — the old PaperConfig class was removed in the Paper hard-fork. Added ServerBuildInfo and server-name fallback checks.
BossBar visible when disabled — the bar stayed visible after setting show-countdown: false. Bar now hides explicitly when there is nothing to show.

Config changes

New sections added — existing configs are fully backward-compatible. Add the new sections manually or delete config.yml to regenerate it.

# New in 4.4
settings:
  chest-count-per-interval: 1
  chest-spawn-delay-seconds: 5
  spawn-zone:
    exclude-surfaces:
      water: true
      lava: true
      leaves: true
      ice: true
      magma: true
      cactus: true
      sand: false
      gravel: false
      netherrack: false

pre-open-timer:
  enabled: true
  duration-seconds: 30
  announce-at-seconds: [30, 20, 10, 5, 3, 2, 1]
  show-in-bossbar: true
  bossbar-color: PINK
  notify-radius: 20.0

chest-protection-zone:
  enabled: true
  radius: 5
  use-worldguard: true
  worldguard-region-prefix: "spawnchest"
  notify-players: true

protection:
  enabled: true
  check-worldguard: true
  check-grief-prevention: true
  check-grief-defender: true
  check-lands: true
  max-protection-retries: 20

world-apple-drop:
  enabled: false
  apple-type: random
  spawn-method: near-chest
  radius: 15
  announce-coordinates: true
  persist-until-pickup: true

summoner-apple:
  random:
    enabled: true
    drop-in-legendary: true
    drop-chance: 0.05
  common:
    enabled: true
    drop-in-legendary: false
  rare:
    enabled: true
    drop-in-legendary: false
  legendary:
    enabled: true
    drop-in-legendary: false

Compatibility


Minecraft	1.18 – 1.21.x · 26.1 · 26.1.1
Server software	Spigot · Paper · Purpur · Pufferfish
Protection plugins	WorldGuard · GriefPrevention · GriefDefender · Lands
Java	17+

Chest Spawn