ProNewbie | New-Player Protection [1.20–1.21]

The first few minutes decide whether a new player stays. ProNewbie protects them from the
moment they first join for a duration you control so an early death to a mob, a bad fall, or a
player camping spawn never turns a first impression into a lost player.

Built for busy servers
Performance was the starting point, not an afterthought. ProNewbie runs a single shared task instead
of one timer per player, keeps its protection state lock-free, and writes to disk off the main thread
only when something actually changes, never on a tick. You get the full feature set with a
negligible footprint, even with hundreds of players online.

Features

• Automatic protection on a player's first join, for a configurable duration.
• Full PvP protection both ways — protected players can't be hit by, or hit, other players.
• Optional PvE protection against mobs and the environment.
• Optional action-bar countdown showing the time remaining.
• Two-step /newbie disable for players who want to opt out early.
• Admin controls to grant, reset, or remove protection on demand.
• Live reload — change any setting without restarting the server.

Make it yours
Every message the plugin sends lives in messages.yml and is yours to rewrite, with full
MiniMessage support alongside classic & codes and &#RRGGBB hex
colors. Durations, sounds, the action bar, and the disable flow are all configured in
config.yml.

Integrations

• PlaceholderAPI — expose a player's protection status anywhere placeholders are read.
• WorldGuard — keep protected players out of the regions you choose, with push-back and a title.

Both are optional soft-depends: install them to unlock the feature, or run without them.

Commands

• /newbie — view your protection status
• /newbie disable — remove your own protection (run twice to confirm)
• /newbie admin give <player> — grant or reset a player's protection
• /newbie admin remove <player> — remove a player's protection
• /newbie reload — reload configuration and messages

Alias: /pnewbie. All subcommands include permission-aware tab completion.

Permissions

• pronewbie.bypass — protection is skipped for this player (default: off)
• pronewbie.admin — access the admin subcommands (default: operators)
• pronewbie.reload — access the reload subcommand (default: operators)

PlaceholderAPI

• %pronewbie_active% — true / false
• %pronewbie_time_left% — formatted, e.g. 1h 59m
• %pronewbie_seconds_left% — raw seconds remaining