Gaia
Gaia is a lightweight arena management plugin for Minecraft servers.
It allows you to create snapshots of areas that you can later restore.
Main Features
- Define arena regions
- Restore arena regions to their original state
- Teleport to defined arena points
- Extremely efficient and lightweight
- Extensible API
- Support for custom translations and Localization
Getting started
Creating an Arena:
- Select a region with a wooden axe or WorldEdit
- Type and execute
/gaia create <name> - Wait for confirmation and you are done!
Reverting an Arena:
Use /gaia revert to revert the arena you are currently standing in.
You can also specify the arena to revert by providing its name /gaia revert [name]
Check the wiki for the full list of available commands.
Technical details
A more in-depth explanation of Gaia's inner workings and benchmarks can be found here.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as gaia-paper-2.0.11.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.3 MB
- Download link checked 29 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.