
HideAndSeek is a custom mini-game plugin designed for Paper servers (Minecraft 1.21.5+), where one player is manually chosen as the seeker and the others hide. The game includes a countdown timer, player tracking, and automatic resets when the game ends.
🎮 Key Features:
- Requires 2+ players to start a game
- Manual seeker assignment via
/setseeker <name> - Configurable zones:
/setstartzone <x> <y> <z>/setseekerzone <x> <y> <z>/setlobbyzone <x> <y> <z>
- Set game duration in minutes using
/setgametime <minutes> - Starts with
/startgameand ends with/stopgame - Players are automatically teleported and given:
- 64 golden carrots
- 64 fireworks
- Unbreaking III elytra (in inventory)
- The seeker also receives a Netherite sword with Sharpness V and glowing effect
- PvP is enabled during the game (including between hiders)
- Experience bar displays time left
- ActionBar kill messages: Player A killed Player B
- Language switching:
/lang <en|ru>(global setting for all players) - Supports clean restart-safe game session handling
- Items and effects cleared on game end
- Compatible with Minecraft 1.21.5 and 1.21.6
- Only OPs can run commands
🗂 Commands:
/startgame/stopgame/setstartzone <x> <y> <z>/setseekerzone <x> <y> <z>/setlobbyzone <x> <y> <z>/setgametime <minutes>/setseeker <player>/lang <en|ru>
📝 Configurable via config.yml
- All zones and game parameters are stored in
plugins/HideAndSeek/config.yml
🌐 Languages:
- English (default)
- Russian
📌 Permission:
- Commands are only available to server operators (OP)
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.6
- 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 HideAndSeek-Alpha-2.1-1.21.6.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 32 KB
- Download link checked 10 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.