Lifesteal Plugin
A fully customizable, production-grade Minecraft plugin that implements a complete lifesteal system with hearts, bans, revives, MySQL support, advanced crafting recipes, and full admin control — designed for scalable SMP servers.
LifestealSMP 🔪❤️
LifestealSMP is a highly configurable and fully featured Lifesteal plugin designed for modern Minecraft SMP servers.
It offers a complete hearts-based survival system, revive mechanics, advanced crafting, multi-language support, and full administrative control.
🔧 Core Features
- ✅ Heart System: Fully configurable heart loss and gain based on deaths, PvP, or environment.
- ✅ Heart Items: Withdraw hearts into physical items that can be traded or consumed.
- ✅ Heart Tiers: 5 tiers of heart items allow restoring from +1 up to +5 hearts.
- ✅ Custom Crafting Recipes: Create your own crafting recipes for heart items and revive beacon.
- ✅ Revive System: Revive banned players using special Revive Beacons via a chat-based confirmation system.
- ✅ Rare Revive Beacon Recipe: Uses expensive materials like Netherite Blocks, Nether Stars, Wither Skulls, Enchanted Golden Apples & Totems.
- ✅ Ban System: Players get automatically banned upon reaching 0 hearts.
- ✅ Admin Control: Powerful
/lifestealadminsystem with full server control. - ✅ Command Hiding: Commands are hidden dynamically for players without permission.
- ✅ Database Support: MySQL and SQLite database options for scalable player data.
- ✅ Multi-Language Support: Fully translatable through external language files.
- ✅ Configuration Reloading: Reload configuration and language files live using
/reloadlifesteal. - ✅ Safe Bukkit API Design: Compatible with Bukkit, Spigot, Paper & Purpur.
🎯 Commands
Main Commands:
| Command | Usage | Permission |
|---|---|---|
/withdrawheart | Withdraw hearts into item | lifesteal.withdraw |
/reloadlifesteal | Reload configuration | lifesteal.reload |
/lifestealadmin | Admin main command | lifesteal.admin |
Admin Subcommands (/lifestealadmin)
| Subcommand | Description |
|---|---|
set <player> <amount> | Set hearts |
add <player> <amount> | Add hearts |
remove <player> <amount> | Remove hearts |
giveheart <player> [tier] [amount] | Give heart items (Tier 1-5) |
revivebeacon <player> | Give Revive Beacon |
unban <player> | Unban player |
purgebans | Unban everyone |
setmax <amount> | Set maximum hearts |
resetall | Reset hearts for all players |
banlist | List all banned players |
reload | Reload config & language |
🎯 Permissions
| Permission | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
lifesteal.admin | Full admin access | OP |
lifesteal.reload | Reload configurations | OP |
lifesteal.withdraw | Withdraw hearts into items | true |
lifesteal.revive | Use revive beacons | true |
lifesteal.bypasslimit | Bypass max hearts limit | OP |
🔁 PlaceholderAPI Support
LifestealSMP includes built-in PlaceholderAPI expansion for dynamic integration with scoreboards, tab lists, nametags, holograms, and other placeholder-compatible systems. You can display player-specific data across your server in real-time.
| Placeholder | Description |
|---|---|
%lifesteal_hearts% | Shows the player’s current number of hearts (if online) |
%lifesteal_maxhearts% | Returns the configured max hearts a player can reach |
%lifesteal_is_banned% | Displays "true" or "false" based on whether the player is banned |
%lifesteal_database_type% | Shows the active database type, either "mysql" or "sqlite" |
%lifesteal_lang% | Displays the active language config file name |
%lifesteal_startinghearts% | Returns the configured default hearts for new players |
%lifesteal_prefix% | Inserts the plugin’s configured prefix string |
%lifesteal_online% | Displays "true" or "false" depending on player online status |
%lifesteal_ban_reason% | Displays a hardcoded reason ("Out of hearts") if the player is banned |
%lifesteal_playername% | Displays the player’s current username |
%lifesteal_uuid% | Returns the player’s UUID |
%lifesteal_health% | Shows the player’s current health points (HP) |
%lifesteal_maxhealth% | Shows the player’s current max health (HP) |
%lifesteal_hearts_left% | Shows how many hearts are left before hitting max hearts |
%lifesteal_online_count% | Displays the number of online players |
%lifesteal_database_connected% | Returns "true" or "false" depending on DB connection status |
These placeholders allow server owners and developers to deeply customize their user experience, creating rich, dynamic interfaces that reflect each player's lifesteal status in real-time.
🚀 Supported Platforms
- ✅ Bukkit 1.21+
- ✅ Spigot 1.21+
- ✅ Paper 1.21+
- ✅ Purpur 1.21+
- ✅ MySQL & SQLite Databases
🔒 No NMS - No Version Lock
- 100% version-independent.
- No use of NMS, reflections, or unsafe internal APIs.
- Fully safe for future Minecraft versions.
⚙ Planned Expansions
- ✅ Economy integration
- ✅ Custom revive options
- ✅ More heart tier recipes
- ✅ Crafting recipe GUI configuration
- ✅ Expanded admin control panels
🔥 Perfect For:
- ✅ Survival servers
- ✅ Hardcore SMP
- ✅ Lifesteal communities
- ✅ Private or public SMP servers
- ✅ Large network environments
LifestealSMP delivers a full Lifesteal SMP experience while remaining fully scalable, safe, and professional for any Minecraft server.
Made with ❤️ by MidnightZone
