MythicSkywars

MythicSkyWars

A modern, high-performance SkyWars plugin built for Spigot and Paper servers, supporting Minecraft versions from 1.8 up to 26.1.2.

This project started as a hard fork of MythicSkywars but has evolved into a fully independent and heavily extended solution focused on performance, scalability, and modern features.

✨ Overview

MythicSkyWars is designed for both standalone servers and large proxy networks. It focuses on:

• Low resource usage
• Fast setup
• High configurability
• Seamless player experience

🚀 Core Features

• Multi-arena support with solo and team modes
• Full proxy compatibility (BungeeCord and Velocity)
• Advanced cage system with customizable spawn cages (including schematic cages via WorldEdit)
• Configurable chest loot system (basic, normal, overpowered + center variants)
• Voting system (time, weather, chest type, modifiers, health)
• Spectator mode with full controls
• Scoreboards with PlaceholderAPI support (5 different states)
• Kit system with in-game creation and voting
• Game events (EnderDragon, Wither, MobSpawn, CrateDrop, ChestRefill, DeathMatch, ArrowRain, AnvilRain, ShrinkingBorder, and more)
• Party system
• MySQL support
• Holographic leaderboards (DecentHolograms)
• Particle effects, projectile trails, taunts, kill/win sounds, glass colors
• Player statistics (wins, kills, losses, deaths, games played, XP, level, K/D, W/L)
• 100% configurable messages

🔥 MythicSkyWars Enhancements

Gameplay & Systems

• Rejoin System — reconnect to active matches after disconnect (/rejoin)
• Lucky Block Integration — optional Lucky Block mode with NTD-LuckyBlock, custom drops, hand items, and dedicated menus
• Prestige System — multiple prestige tiers with requirements (level, kills, permissions), custom prefixes, and database tracking
• Level & XP System — full progression with configurable XP rewards per action, progress bars, level-up reward commands
• Soul Well — Hypixel-style soul well with animated spinning, rarity tiers (legendary/rare/common), soul currency
• Team Balancing — automatic distribution of unselected players across teams
• Summoned Mob System — mobs spawned via spawn eggs are friendly to the owner and their team, auto-target enemies
• Water Portal Joining — configurable water portal regions in lobby that auto-join players to games
• Default Kit Files — bundled starter kit configurations
• Easy Arena Setup — streamlined arena creation workflow

Visual & UX Improvements

• Chest Refill Visuals — visual indicators with timers for chest refills
• Lobby Enhancements — hide join/quit/death messages, water portal system
• Glass Color Options — legacy-compatible cosmetics
• Cosmetics Reorganization — clean directory structure

Backend & Developer Features

• Config Auto-Merge — safely syncs bundled config updates without overwriting existing values
• MongoDB Migration — import full player data from UltraSkyWars (kills, wins, XP, souls, levels, cosmetics, prestige)
• Developer API Events — SkyWarsDeathEvent, SkyWarsJoinEvent, SkyWarsKillEvent, SkyWarsLeaveEvent, SkyWarsWinEvent, SkyWarsMatchStateChangeEvent, SkyWarsVoteEvent, SkyWarsSelectKitEvent, SkyWarsSelectTeamEvent, SkyWarsReloadEvent, SkyWarsReloadPreLoadEvent, SkywarsGameEventTriggerEvent, SkywarsGameEventAnnounceEvent

New Commands

New Permissions

New Placeholders (PlaceholderAPI)

New Config Files

• levels.yml — XP rewards, level definitions, progress bar settings, prestige tiers, level-up rewards
• luckyblocks.yml — Lucky Block mode settings, custom drops, hand items, chest loot integration

📦 Supported Versions

⚙️ Requirements

Required

• WorldEdit

Optional

• Vault (economy support)
• DecentHolograms (hologram leaderboards)
• PlaceholderAPI (placeholder support)
• Multiverse-Core (world management)
• PartyAndFriends (BungeeCord party support)
• LuckyBlocksNTD (Lucky Block mode)

🛠 Installation

1. Build or download the plugin jar
2. Place the jar into your plugins folder
3. Start the server to generate configs
4. Set lobby spawn with /sw setspawn
5. Create arenas and configure settings
6. Restart and enjoy

📋 Commands

Registered Base Commands

Player Commands (/sw ...)

Admin Commands (/sw ...)

Map Commands (/swmap ...)

Kit Commands (/swkit ...)

Party Commands (/swparty ...)

🔑 Permissions

Group Permissions

Player Permissions

Admin Permissions

Map Permissions

Kit Permissions

Party Permissions

📊 Placeholders

For PlaceholderAPI (use between % %):

Scoreboard Placeholders

Lobby: {wins} {losses} {kills} {deaths} {xp} {level} {killdeath} {winloss} {balance} In-game: {players_needed} {waitingtimer} {nextevent_time} {nextevent_name} {kills} {mapname} {time} {aliveplayers} {players} {maxplayers} {winner} {winner1..8} {restarttime} {chestvote} {timevote} {healthvote} {weathervote} {modifiervote}

🧑💻 Building

For developers (with Nexus access)

git clone <repo-url>
cd MythicSkyWars
mvn clean package -DskipTests

Output: target/MythicSkywars-<version>.jar

📁 Project Structure

MythicSkywarsCore/    Main plugin logic
v1_8_R3/                NMS 1.8.8
v1_9_R1/                NMS 1.9.2
v1_9_R2/                NMS 1.9.4
v1_10_R1/               NMS 1.10.2
v1_11_R1/               NMS 1.11.2
v1_12_R1/               NMS 1.12.2
v1_13_R2/               NMS 1.13.2
v1_14_R1/               NMS 1.14.4
v1_15_R1/               NMS 1.15.1
v1_16_R1/               NMS 1.16.1
v1_16_R2/               NMS 1.16.2
v1_16_R3/               NMS 1.16.4
v1_17_R1/               NMS 1.17
v1_18_R2/               NMS 1.18.2
v1_19_R1/               NMS 1.19
v1_20_R1/               NMS 1.20.6
v1_21_R1/               NMS 1.21.1
v26_1_R1/               NMS 26.1.2
mythicskywars-assembly/       Shaded build module
build.bat               Build + deploy to server
deploy-to-nexus.ps1     Upload BuildTools artifacts to Nexus

📜 License

This project originates from MythicSkywars. All original code remains under its respective license. New modifications and additions are maintained independently by the Mythical team.