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Essentials - Admin and Player Commands
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- Minecraft
- 35,471 Monthly Downloads
- Supports: CB 1.2.5-R1.0
- 627,208 Total Downloads
- Updated 4/15/2012 1:47:18 PM
- Created 8/25/2011 2:32:38 AM
- 47 Favorites
- Project Site
- Release Type: Mature
- License: GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3)
- Newest File: Essentials-2.9.1
About Essentials - Admin and Player Commands
Essentials
- A collection of useful commands and features. -
Essentials offers about 100 commands useful on just about every server, from kits to mob spawning.

Infomation
Quote from Essentials:Essentials is currently developed and maintained by ementalo, snowleo, and KHobbits. Many thanks to the past developers and contributors: Zenexer, Aelux, Brettflan, KimKandor, ceulemans, necrodoom and Xeology.
We have rolling releases, the second number in our version number changes, if there is a new minecraft or major bukkit update. We only support the recommended versions of Bukkit.
If you have problems, check if you have the newest versions of Bukkit and Essentials first. In many cases the problem has already been fixed.
Over 1.000.000 downloads since May 2011!
- What does each jar do?
- How do I disable parts of essentials?
- How to get help?
- Update tracking
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- Help translate Essentials.
- Contribute code to Essentials..
Learn by example
@Samkio and xTorrent made a great YouTube video explaining what Essentials is, its different parts, and how to install it.
Change Log:
- New translation messages
- Update default permissions.
- Update to CB #2126 B #1425
Min CB version changed to 2122
- Try to reduce lag caused by join spam.
- Adding world permission checks to:
tpaall tpall tpahere tphere tpohere
User is required to have the permission for the world he is in, before he can teleport users outside this world, to it.
- Clarify how backup works.
Add option for auto save-all.
- Update tp to check if target player has tptoggle disabled.
Update tpo to allow player to player tp.
- Don't show 'backup started' on /backup if it hasn't been configured.
- Don't override other plugins which allow joining over capacity.
- Update [balance] sign to use currency formatting.
- Invsee now shows a live player inventory in a window, rather than cloning players inventory.
New Permission: essentials.invsee.modify - Player with this permission will be able to add/remove items from the other players inventory.
- New permission check: essentials.list.hidden is now required to /getpos hidden players.
- Extra itemcsv.
- Make sure items don't stack wrong in [free] signs.
- Help command refresh.
- Adding missing entities to Protect Spawn Blacklist
- Improve kit matching, and add enchantments.
Enchanted kit example in config.yml
- New command: /fly
New perm: essentials.fly.others
- Split formatting perms for signs as well.
- New Permission: essentials.chat.url
Without this perm, URLs will be modified not to be links.
- Split colour permissions into 3: color/magic/format
- Extra items in 1.2.4
- Add villager professions to /spawnmob
- Update missing 1.2.3 items in items.csv
- Extra Trees
- Add 'color' sign type to config file.
Enforce colour permission on signs when essentials signs are enabled.
- Missing kit time check from [kit] signs.
- Only show nickname update message in debug mode.
- Shorten help messages.
- New permission: essentials.tp.others - Allows players to /tp <p1> <p2> replaces old reused permission.
New permission usage: if world-teleport-permissions is true in the config, TP commands will now check for essentials.world.<worldname> when a tp would switch worlds.
- Adding Exp to /whois, shows total exp and ingame level.
Due to the way minecraft calculates levels (flawed formula), its possible to not match calculated level.
- Adding reference to &k in MOTD.
- Handle permission check failures better.
- Fix fake explosions.
- Make /nuke drop tnt from a more reasonable height.
- Make /spawner errors more descriptive.
- Add metric opt out toggle ingame.
- Add Griefcraft metrics to Essentials
Warns on first start, and first staff join, and 5 minute warning before logging starts.
- Fixing warp command costs.
- New permission: essentials.seen.banreason
With this permission players can see why a user was banned, in /seen.
- Adding jail time to /whois.
- Update offline user check.
Add ban reason to /seen
- Update setworth to allow /setworth <price> ingame
Allow /setworth to be used from console.
- New Permission: essentials.lightning.others
With this permission you can use /lightning <player>, without only strike based on direction.
- Add Enderman check to EntityChangeEvent (Should fix sheep eating grass).
- Use ignoreCancelled on event registration.
- Update info.txt to hint at /einfo.
- Fixing spawnmob count.
- Add listgroups as TL key
- Apply colors to group tags.
- Build custom mob list /spawnmob
- Adding starter/newbie kit to EssentialsSpawn
Optimization to EssentialsSpawn join event.
- Extra command alias.
- Allow more currency customization.
Added currency key to messages.
- Adding option to modify all users balances (including offline) /eco reset ** <amount>
- Force all kits to lowercase.
- Only update displayname on world change, not every teleport.
- Make the antioch message optional.
- Shouldn't really be canceling events at priority monitor, oops.
- Fix isAffordableFor in Trade class
This fixes buy signs giving out items, when the player has essentials.eco.loan permission, but min-money in config is set to 0.
- Adds pvp protection after teleport
- Fix utf-8 decoding problems.
- Fix UTF8 handling in Configuration class
- Better cats
- Fix world heights
- New eggs
- New Entities and Items for 1.2
- update default player-commands to support new and missed commands
- add little babbys
- Adding permissions for overwriting exisitng warps
essentials.warp.overwrite.[warpname] will allow overwrting of exsiting warps
essentials.warp.overwrite.* for all warps
Adding WarpNotFoundException class
| File Name | Release Type | Game Version | Downloads | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials-Pre2.9.2.2 | Beta | CB 1.2.5-R1.0 | 36,295 | 4/15/2012 1:47:18 PM |
| Essentials-extra-Pre2.9.2.2 | Beta | CB 1.2.5-R1.0 | 1,405 | 4/15/2012 1:46:56 PM |
| Essentials-2.9.1 | Release | CB 1.2.5-R1.0 | 84,013 | 3/29/2012 7:59:33 PM |
| Essentials-extra-2.9.1 | Release | CB 1.2.5-R1.0 | 1,877 | 3/29/2012 7:59:19 PM |
| Essentials-Pre2.9.1.3 (1.2.4-R0.1) | Beta | CB 1.2.3-R0.2 | 14,690 | 3/24/2012 4:24:11 PM |
| Essentials-extra-Pre2.9.1.3 (1.2.4-R0.1) | Beta | CB 1.2.3-R0.2 | 848 | 3/24/2012 4:23:58 PM |
| Essentials-Pre2.9.1.2 (R0.3) | Beta | CB 1.2.3-R0.2 | 12,057 | 3/20/2012 7:02:06 AM |
| Essentials-extra-Pre2.9.1.2 (R0.3) | Beta | CB 1.2.3-R0.2 | 513 | 3/20/2012 6:57:12 AM |
| Essentials-2.8.4 | Release | CB 1.1-R7 | 26,460 | 3/10/2012 2:43:33 PM |
| Essentials-extra-2.8.4 | Release | CB 1.1-R7 | 500 | 3/10/2012 2:43:20 PM |
| Essentials-2.8.3 | Release | CB 1.1-R6 | 21,235 | 3/1/2012 8:13:19 PM |
| Essentials-extra-2.8.3 | Release | CB 1.1-R6 | 456 | 3/1/2012 8:13:05 PM |
| Essentials-2.8.2 | Release | CB 1.1-R3 | 63,301 | 2/9/2012 7:13:11 AM |
| Essentials-extra-2.8.2 | Release | CB 1.1-R3 | 1,286 | 2/9/2012 7:12:15 AM |
| Essentials-2.8.1 | Release | CB 1.1-R1 | 18,438 | 1/29/2012 4:05:12 PM |
| Essentials-extra-2.8.1 | Release | CB 1.1-R1 | 504 | 1/29/2012 4:05:03 PM |
| Archive - Essentials-2.7.2 | Release | CB 1.0.1-R1 | 114,022 | 12/22/2011 11:06:25 AM |
| Archive - Essentials-extra-2.7.2 | Release | CB 1.0.1-R1 | 980 | 12/22/2011 11:06:13 AM |
| Archive - Essentials-2.7.1 | Release | CB 1.0.1-R1 | 27,574 | 12/14/2011 7:04:43 AM |
| Archive - Essentials-extra-2.7.1 | Release | CB 1.0.1-R1 | 628 | 12/14/2011 7:04:33 AM |
| Archive - Essentials-2.6.5 | Release | CB 1337 | 22,225 | 11/17/2011 3:39:06 PM |
| Archive - Essentials-extra-2.6.5 | Release | CB 1337 | 1,226 | 11/17/2011 3:26:33 PM |
| Archive - Essentials-2.6.4 | Release | CB 1337 | 24,421 | 10/23/2011 5:39:08 AM |
| Archive - Essentials-extra-2.6.4 | Release | CB 1337 | 250 | 10/23/2011 5:38:59 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsGeoIP-2.5.8 | Release | 1.7.3 | 28,880 | 10/13/2011 1:26:10 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsXMPP-2.5.8 | Release | 1.7.3 | 125 | 10/13/2011 1:26:05 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsProtect-2.5.8 | Release | 1.7.3 | 150 | 10/13/2011 1:25:59 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsSpawn-2.5.8 | Release | 1.7.3 | 321 | 10/13/2011 1:25:52 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsChat-2.5.8 | Release | 1.7.3 | 154 | 10/13/2011 1:25:47 AM |
| Archive - Essentials-2.5.8 | Release | 1.7.3 | 260 | 10/13/2011 1:25:42 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsGeoIP-2.6.2 | Release | CB 1185 | 237 | 10/13/2011 1:24:55 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsXMPP-2.6.2 | Release | CB 1185 | 95 | 10/13/2011 1:24:50 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsProtect-2.6.2 | Release | CB 1185 | 157 | 10/13/2011 1:24:43 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsSpawn-2.6.2 | Release | CB 1185 | 224 | 10/13/2011 1:24:36 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsChat-2.6.2 | Release | CB 1185 | 108 | 10/13/2011 1:24:31 AM |
| Archive - Essentials-2.6.2 | Release | CB 1185 | 170 | 10/13/2011 1:24:26 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsGeoIP-2.6.3 | Release | CB 1317 | 273 | 10/13/2011 1:23:03 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsXMPP-2.6.3 | Release | CB 1317 | 266 | 10/13/2011 1:22:57 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsProtect-2.6.3 | Release | CB 1317 | 104 | 10/13/2011 1:22:51 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsSpawn-2.6.3 | Release | CB 1317 | 209 | 10/13/2011 1:22:44 AM |
| Archive - EssentialsChat-2.6.3 | Release | CB 1317 | 194 | 10/13/2011 1:22:40 AM |
| Archive - Essentials-2.6.3 | Release | CB 1317 | 176 | 10/13/2011 12:59:18 AM |
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