
LsSpyGlass
A lightweight spyglass info plugin for Paper 1.21.x servers.
LsSpyGlass displays useful information about the player you're looking at through a spyglass directly in the action bar. It uses ray tracing to accurately detect targets and supports multiple configurable placeholders such as health, ping, distance, armor, food, effects, held item, and coordinates.
Designed to be simple, lightweight, and fully configurable.
Features
- Shows player info in the action bar while using a spyglass
- Uses ray tracing for accurate player detection
- Configurable range, update interval, and ray size
- Optional requirement for active spyglass zoom
- Fully customizable action bar format
- Supports multiple placeholders
- Ignores players in spectator mode
- Respects player visibility (
canSee()) - Lightweight and dependency-free

Commands
/spyglass reload
Reloads the plugin configuration.
Permissions
| Permission | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
spyglass.use |
Allows using the spyglass info feature | OP |
spyglass.reload |
Allows reloading the plugin configuration | OP |
Configuration
The plugin can be customized through config.yml.
range: 48.0
update-interval-ticks: 2
ray-size: 0.35
require-active-use: true
messages:
format: "&6Player: &e%player% &7| &cHealth: &f%health% ❤ &7| &bPing: &f%ping%ms"
Placeholders
| Placeholder | Description |
|---|---|
%player% |
Target player name |
%health% |
Player health |
%ping% |
Player ping |
%distance% |
Distance to target |
%food% |
Food level |
%xp% |
XP level |
%armor% |
Armor percentage |
%item% |
Held item |
%yaw% |
Facing direction |
%effects% |
Active potion effects |
%healthbar% |
Visual health bar |
%coords% |
Player coordinates |
Compatibility
- Paper
- Minecraft 1.21.x
- Java 21
Installation
- Download the plugin
- Place it in your server's
pluginsfolder - Restart the server
- Configure
config.ymlif needed
Quick facts
- 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as LsSpyGlass-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 11 KB
- Download link checked 23 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.