Note that all showcase GIFs are using a max speed of 0.1, the default max speed will not affect regular thrown pearls
Why use this plugin
You may just want to make ender pearls slower to reduce their range and make them less overpowered. Though the main focus of this plugin is to try prevent players from abusing the chunkloading capabilities of pearls to lag the server.
What this plugin does
This plugin limits ender pearls to always be under a certain speed. Both the cap and how often the check runs can be configured in the config.yml file, you can even choose to remove speeding pearls too. The default of 3 should only affect pearls shot by a cannon or fast-moving player. If you wish to tweak the speed limit then you should enable dev-mode as this logs every pearl's speed, making it easier for you to determine the right value for your application.
Showcase GIF with 0.1 max speed
Config
max-speed - The (roughly) maximum speed a pearl can travel with this pluginkill-pearl - Destroys any speeding pearls if enabledrun-every - How many ticks between speed checks, 20 means one check a seconddev-mode - Logs every pearl's speed, only enable when tweaking the max speed
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- 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 cap-pearl-speed-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 3 KB
- Download link checked 24 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.