The goal of this plugin is to conserve server resources when players are not playing on the server. The plugin does this by stopping the server tick when all players leave or all players on the server have the "noplayerfreeze.ignore" permission. These players are "ignored" when deciding if the server tick should be stopped.
The "Essentials" version of this plugin uses the "AFK" feature from the EssentialsX plugin to decide whether to freeze the server or not. Essentially, if the player is "AFK" according to Essentials, then the server has a chance to freeze. This functionality can be disabled in the config.
This plugin uses the new tick debugging feature introduced in 1.20.3 to stop the server tick. Because of this, the plugin will not work on versions <1.20.3.
There are two commands:
- /noplayerfreeze toggle - toggles if the plugin should start or stop the server tick
- /noplayerfreeze reload - reloads the config
There are no commands to freeze or unfreeze the server. Use the vanilla commands to do that.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.3, 1.20.4, 1.20.5
- 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 NoPlayerFreeze - Essentials.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 23 KB
- Download link checked 7 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.