All The Items Challenge

All the Items 🎯

A progression-first Paper plugin built for SMP servers that want a clear shared goal. Collect every obtainable item once and celebrate every milestone together. ✨

👑 Core Feature: Open the in-game gamemode/admin menu with /alltheitems (alias /ati) to manage challenge flow, progression controls, and celebration tools.

Works standalone, but it is best combined with BetterVanilla SMP for extra QoL features: BetterVanilla on Modrinth

Tested on Paper 1.21.11

Table of Contents

• Why All the Items?
• Highlights
• Installation
• Commands
• Settings
• Permissions

Why All the Items?

Vanilla survival can lose direction after the early game. All the Items gives your server a clear, always-active objective with visible progress, shared momentum, and satisfying completion effects.

Highlights

Core Challenge Flow

• 🎯 Live Current Target - One server-wide target item at a time.
• 🔄 Queue Preview - See upcoming targets before they become active.
• 🧠 Automatic Progression Checks - Progress updates on pickup, inventory click, inventory drag, crafting, and player join.
• ⚖️ Queue Normalization & Refill - Stable target flow even over long-running worlds.
• 🎲 Smart Skip Handling - Automatically skips invalid/blocked targets and announces updates.

GUIs & Controls

• 🖥️ Current Items GUI - Current target, queue preview, and progress panel.
• 📚 Remaining Items GUI - Searchable list of everything still missing.
• ✅ Collected Items GUI - Searchable completed list with timestamps (newest first).
• ⚙️ Gamemode / Admin Menu - Open with /alltheitems or /ati to:
  • Toggle gamemode
  • Reset challenge progress
  • Trigger manual fireworks
  • Set queue amount through the in-game dialog

Immersion & Feedback

• 📣 Server Broadcasts - Collected item, skipped item, new current item, and full completion announcements.
• 🎆 Celebration System - Progress particles/sounds plus enhanced completion firework show.
• 📊 Bossbar Progress Indicator - Live visual completion progress.

Data & Performance

• 💾 Persistent State - Saved in state.yml (remaining, queue, current, collected, complete).
• 🔧 Simple Config - Tune behavior in settings.yml.
• 📈 bStats Integration - Anonymous usage metrics support ongoing improvements.

Installation

1. Download the latest release jar.
2. Drop it into your server's plugins/ folder.
3. Restart the server.
4. Run /alltheitems (alias /ati) to open the gamemode menu.

Commands

Core Command

• /alltheitems - Opens the All the Items gamemode/admin menu.
• /ati - Alias of /alltheitems.

Settings

Main config file: settings.yml

• gamemode.enabled - Enable or disable challenge mode.
• queue.itemsAmount - Number of items shown in the upcoming queue.
• items.excluded - Materials excluded from the challenge pool.

Permissions

• alltheitems.admin - Access the command and gamemode/admin menu.