
YardWatch (for server owners)
Implementation of YardWatchAPI for common protection plugins. If any of supported plugins implements the API itself, then this plugin will stop providing its implementation to allow the plugin to take over.
If you're a developer looking for information how to implement YardWatchAPI in your plugin, see YardWatchAPI
Requirements
- Java 17
- Minecraft 1.16+
Implementations for:
- GriefPrevention (v16+)
- WorldGuard (7.0.0+)
- LWCX
- FactionsUUID
- SuperiorSkyBlock
- Towny
- PlotSquared (6.0.0+)
Plugin you're using is not implementing YardWatchAPI?
Contact the plugin developer and send them here!
You can also request a temporary implementation within this plugin here.
YardWatchAPI (for developers)
API to unify protection plugins for minecraft bukkit servers to allow easy protection queries without having to import 10 different plugin apis with separate implementations.
If you're looking for a plugin implementing YardWatchAPI for common protection plugins, see YardWatch plugin.
Usage
Import the api using dependency manager
In any case of usage you will need to import the API. Replace VERSION with current version tag. You should also adjust your <scope> to provided if you're not implementing the api and just querying it.
Maven
<repository>
<id>jitpack.io</id>
<url>https://jitpack.io</url>
</repository>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.YouHaveTrouble</groupId>
<artifactId>YardWatchAPI</artifactId>
<version>VERSION</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
Gradle
dependencyResolutionManagement {
repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
repositories {
mavenCentral()
maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}
}
dependencies {
compileOnly 'com.github.YouHaveTrouble:YardWatchAPI:VERSION'
}
For plugins wanting to see if something is protected
Check if player can break a block
Example handling of block breaking check. There's no need to depend on any plugins for this.
public boolean canBreakBlock(Player player, Block block) {
ServicesManager servicesManager = getServer().getServicesManager();
Collection<RegisteredServiceProvider<Protection>> protections = servicesManager.getRegistrations(Protection.class);
for (RegisteredServiceProvider<Protection> protection : protections) {
if (protection.getProvider().canBreakBlock(player, block.getState(true))) continue;
return false; // if any protection plugin disallowed breaking the block, return false
}
// If all protection plugins allowed breaking the block, return true
return true;
}
For protection plugins
Depend on YardWatch plugin
You can optionally softdepend and check if YardWatch is present to add an optional integration.
depend:
- "YardWatch"
Implement Protection interface
Implement all the methods required by the interface
public class YourPluginProtection implements Protection {}
Register your implementation as a service
@Override
public void onEnable() {
getServer().getServicesManager().register(
Protection.class,
new YourPluginProtection(),
this,
ServicePriority.Normal
);
}
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16, 1.16.1, 1.16.2
- 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.
- Ships as YardWatch-1.4.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 22 KB
- Download link checked 1 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.