HappyGhast Speed Adjuster

Happy Ghast Speed Plugin

A Minecraft Paper plugin for version 26.1.2 that allows server administrators to dynamically control the movement speed of the "Happy Ghast" mob across the entire server.

Features

• Global Speed Control: Instantly updates the movement/flying speed of all existing Happy Ghasts in all worlds.
• Automatic Enforcement: Automatically applies the configured speed to any newly spawned Happy Ghasts.
• In-Game Commands: Easy-to-use commands to set, increase, or decrease the speed multiplier dynamically.
• Persistent Configuration: Saves the chosen speed to config.yml so it persists across server restarts.

Commands

[!WARNING] Minecraft attribute speeds are very sensitive! The default base speed for most flying mobs is around 0.3.

• Do NOT increase the speed by large whole numbers (e.g., adding 4.0 will cause them to fly uncontrollably fast like idiots!).
• Use small decimal increments to adjust the speed safely (e.g., increase by 0.05 or 0.1).

• /happyghastspeed <number> - Sets a specific speed for all Happy Ghasts (e.g., /happyghastspeed 0.4).
• /happyghastspeed increase <number> - Increases the current speed (e.g., /happyghastspeed increase 0.1).
• /happyghastspeed decrease <number> - Decreases the current speed (e.g., /happyghastspeed decrease 0.05).

Aliases: /hgspeed

Permissions

• happyghast.speed - Required to use the /happyghastspeed command.

External Data Collection

This plugin uses bStats (plugin ID 32235) to collect anonymous usage statistics such as server version, Java version, OS, and player count. This data is sent to https://bStats.org/ and is used to track plugin adoption. No personal or player-identifying data is collected. Server owners can disable bStats in the plugins/bStats/config.yml file.

Setup & Compilation

This plugin uses Gradle. To build the plugin locally:

1. Clone or download the repository.
2. Run ./gradlew build in the project root. (Ensure you are using Java 21+ and have the Paper 26.1.2 API available in your Maven local/remote repositories).
3. The compiled .jar file will be generated in build/libs/.
4. Place the .jar file into your server's plugins/ directory and restart the server.