Faster Hoppers

A lightweight Paper/Spigot plugin that makes hoppers transfer items faster. Works on Minecraft 1.21.x+

How It Works

Vanilla hoppers transfer 1 item every 8 ticks (2.5 items/second). This plugin:

1. Cancels vanilla hopper transfers (via InventoryMoveItemEvent)
2. Runs its own transfer system at your configured speed
3. Handles both PUSH and PULL operations

Installation

1. Download FasterHoppers-1.0.0.jar
2. Put it in your plugins/ folder
3. Restart the server
4. Done! Hoppers are now 8x faster by default

Commands

Command	Description
/fh reload	Reload config and restart hopper task
/fh speed <ticks>	Set transfer speed (1-100)
/fh debug	Toggle debug mode
/fh info	Show current settings

Permissions

Permission	Description
fasterhoppers.admin	Access to all commands

Troubleshooting

Hoppers aren't faster after changing config

1. Make sure disable-vanilla-transfer: true is set
2. Run /fh reload (this restarts the task with new settings)
3. Enable debug mode: /fh debug - you should see transfer messages

Hoppers stopped working entirely

1. Check if hoppers are powered (redstone disables them)
2. Check enabled-worlds in config - empty list means all worlds
3. Check server console for errors

Server lag with many hoppers

Set max-hoppers-per-tick to limit processing:

performance:
  max-hoppers-per-tick: 500

Debug mode

Run /fh debug to enable. You'll see messages like:

[DEBUG] Pulled 1 items from above
[DEBUG] Pushed 1 items to DOWN
[DEBUG] Processed 24 hoppers this tick

Speed Reference

transfer-speed	Transfers/sec	Multiplier
1 tick	20/sec	8x faster
2 ticks	10/sec	4x faster
4 ticks	5/sec	2x faster
8 ticks	2.5/sec	Vanilla
20 ticks	1/sec	Slower

Requirements

• Paper/Spigot 1.21.x or newer
• Java 21+