
Goat horn instrument detector
Goat-Horn-Instrument-Detector is a Minecraft Paper server plugin (version 1.21.3+) written entirely in Java that detects when players use specific goat…
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GoatHornDetector is a Paper Minecraft plugin (1.21.3+) that detects when players use specific goat horn instruments and automatically executes configurable commands in response.
Key Features
- Instrument Detection — Monitors the use of goat horns by their NBT instrument identifier (supports all 8 vanilla goat horn types: Ponder, Sing, Seek, Feel, Admire, Call, Yearn, Dream)
- Command Execution — Runs multiple custom commands when the target horn is played
- Delayed Execution — Commands execute 6.9 seconds after the horn is used
- Player Integration — Use
%player%placeholder to reference the player who used the horn - Live Configuration — Reload settings with
/goathorn reloadwithout restarting the server - Full Customization — Configure via
config.yml
Technical Details
- Language: Java (100%)
- Requirements: Paper 1.21.3+, Java 21+
- License: MIT
- Build System: Gradle
Use Cases
This plugin is ideal for custom Minecraft server experiences where you want to trigger special events, rewards, or effects when players use specific goat horns. For example:
- Give players rewards when they use a special horn
- Display particle effects or titles
- Execute complex command sequences
- Implement horn-based server events or mechanics
You can download the plugin from the releases page or build it from source using Gradle.
- 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 GoatHornDetector-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 7 KB
- Download link checked 24 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.