How do I install [1.21.4] NBContest - Competitive Event?

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. Opens on Spigot — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does [1.21.4] NBContest - Competitive Event work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.21. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

Home›Java›Mods›[1.21.4] NBContest - Competitive Event

ModsJava

[1.21.4] NBContest - Competitive Event

⚔ NBContest ⚔ Lightweight & Customizable Contest Plugin Host exciting server-wide contests! Farming • Fishing • Mob Hunting • Real-time Leaderboards ✨…

⬇ Download on Spigot

Open in MC Java Mods Get it on Google Play →

⚔ NBContest ⚔
Lightweight & Customizable Contest Plugin

Host exciting server-wide contests!
Farming • Fishing • Mob Hunting • Real-time Leaderboards

✨ Features

Contest Types

Farming Contest – Break random crops (wheat, carrots, potatoes, etc.)
Fishing Contest – Catch as many fish as possible!
Passive Mobs Contest – Kill cows, chickens, sheep and more!
Hostile Mobs Contest – Kill hostile mobs like zombies and skeletons!

Real-time Display System

Boss Bar (can be enabled/disabled)
- Shows time remaining and global objective
- Customizable color (PINK, BLUE, GREEN, RED, YELLOW, PURPLE, WHITE)
- Full MiniMessage support for rich formatting
Scoreboard (can be enabled/disabled) - NEW!
- Live display of contest information
- Event name with custom formatting
- Time remaining (MM:SS format)
- Objective progress (for farming events)
- Real-time Top 3 leaderboard
- Shows only active participants
- Fully customizable via messages.yml
Action Bar
- Individual player score display
- Updates in real-time
- Legacy color code support for compatibility

Rewards System

Top 3 players receive configurable rewards
Execute any console command as reward
Support for multiple commands per rank
Placeholder support (%player%)

⏰ Automatic Event Scheduler

Schedule multiple events per day
Supports multiple times per event type
Fully customizable timezone (e.g., Europe/Paris)
Runs automatically based on server clock
Enable/disable individual events

Customization

MiniMessage Support for rich text formatting
- Gradients, hex colors, formatting tags
- Hover and click events support
Fully translatable via messages.yml
Configurable objectives (fixed or random)
Custom material names for better localization
Organized configuration with detailed comments

️ Technical Features

Lightweight and optimized for performance
Adventure API integration for modern text components
Paper/Purpur optimized
No dependencies required (standalone)
Automatic cleanup on server shutdown

⌨️ Commands

• /nbcontest start <event>

Start a contest (farming, fishing, hostiles_mobs, passive_mobs)
Permission: nbcontest.admin

• /nbcontest stop

Stop the current contest
Permission: nbcontest.admin

• /nbcontest reload

Reload config, schedule and language
Permission: nbcontest.admin

Event Types:

farming - Harvesting contest
fishing - Fishing contest
hostiles_mobs - Monster hunt
passive_mobs - Animal culling

Automatic Events

Auto-events can be scheduled using auto-events in the config. The scheduling system is highly flexible:

Schedule events on specific days (e.g., MONDAY, TUESDAY, DAILY)
Multiple times per day
Farming Specifics: Define exactly which crop to farm for a specific time slot!

Advanced Schedule Example:

Code (YAML):

auto-events:
enabled : true
farming:
DAILY :
- "18:30" # Random crop at 6:30 PM every day
SATURDAY:
- time : "14:00"
type : POTATOES # Potato contest at 2:00 PM
- time : "16:00"
type : CARROTS # Carrot contest at 4:00 PM
SUNDAY :
- "10:00"

fishing:
DAILY :
- "15:00"

You can configure the timezone with timezone: "Europe/Paris" (or any supported timezone ID).

⚙️ Configuration

Spoiler: config.yml

Code (YAML):

# ========================================
# NBContest Configuration
# ========================================
# Plugin for managing competitive events on your Minecraft server
# Discord: https://discord.nb.studio/
# ========================================

# ========================================
# General Settings
# ========================================

# Duration of all events in seconds (default: 300 = 5 minutes)
duration : 300

# Timezone for auto-events scheduling
timezone : "Europe/Paris"

# ========================================
# Display Settings
# ========================================

# Boss Bar Configuration
bossbar:
enabled : true
color : YELLOW # Options: PINK, BLUE, GREEN, RED, YELLOW, PURPLE, WHITE

# Scoreboard Configuration
scoreboard:
enabled : true # Shows: event name, time, top 3 players, objective

# ========================================
# Contest Objective
# ========================================

objective:
fixed : false # If true, use 'amount'. If false, random between min-max
amount : 100
min : 50
max : 500

# ========================================
# Auto-Events Scheduler
# ========================================

auto-events:
enabled : true
farming:
DAILY :
- "18:30"
SATURDAY:
- time : "14:00"
type : POTATOES
- time : "16:00"
type : CARROTS
SUNDAY:
- time : "14:00"
type : WHEAT
- "18:00"
fishing:
DAILY :
- "15:00"
hostiles_mobs:
DAILY :
- "21:00"
FRIDAY :
- "16:00"
passive_mobs:
DAILY :
- "17:00"

# ========================================
# Event-Specific Settings
# ========================================

farming:
block-types :
- WHEAT
- POTATOES
- CARROTS
- BEETROOTS
- PUMPKIN
- MELON
- SUGAR_CANE
- COCOA_BEANS
- NETHER_WART

# ========================================
# Rewards Configuration
# ========================================

rewards:
farming:
top1 :
- "give %player% minecraft:diamond 5"
- "eco give %player% 250"
- "say Congratulations %player%, you won the Farming Contest!"
top2 :
- "give %player% minecraft:emerald 10"
- "eco give %player% 150"
top3 :
- "give %player% minecraft:bread 32"

fishing:
top1 :
- "give %player% minecraft:trident 1"
- "eco give %player% 200"
top2 :
- "give %player% minecraft:cod 16"
top3 :
- "give %player% minecraft:salmon 16"

hostiles_mobs:
top1 :
- "give %player% minecraft:netherite_ingot 1"
- "effect give %player% strength 30 1"
top2 :
- "give %player% minecraft:iron_sword 1"
top3 :
- "give %player% minecraft:shield 1"

passive_mobs:
top1 :
- "give %player% minecraft:golden_apple 3"
- "eco give %player% 200"
top2 :
- "give %player% minecraft:cooked_beef 32"
top3 :
- "give %player% minecraft:leather 16"

Messages & Customization

All messages support MiniMessage format for rich text formatting!

Available MiniMessage Tags:

Colors: <red>, <green>, <blue>, <yellow>, <gold>, <aqua>, etc.
Formatting: <bold>, <italic>, <underlined>, <strikethrough>
Gradients: <gradient:color1:color2>text</gradient>
Hex colors: <#FF5555>text</#FF5555>

Spoiler: messages.yml Example

Code (YAML):

# Contest Messages
contest-started : "<green>[NBContest] <yellow>The %event% contest has started!"
contest-ended : "<red>[NBContest] The contest has ended!"
farming-objective : "<gold>Goal: <yellow>Break %amount% %material%"

# Boss Bar
bossbar.farming : "<gold>Time: <white>%time%s <green>- <white>%remaining% %material% left"
bossbar.generic : "<gold>Time: <white>%time%s"

# Action Bar (uses legacy codes: &e, &f, etc.)
actionbar.farming : "&e%score% &f%material% harvested"
actionbar.fishing : "&e%score% &ffish caught"
actionbar.mobs : "&e%score% &fmobs killed"

# Scoreboard (Live Display)
scoreboard.title : "<gold><bold>CONTEST"
scoreboard.event : "<yellow>Event: <white>%event%"
scoreboard.time : "<aqua>Time: <white>%minutes%:%seconds%"
scoreboard.remaining : "<green>Remaining: <white>%remaining% %material%"
scoreboard.top-title : "<gold>Top Players:"
scoreboard.top-line : "<gray>#%rank% <green>%player%<dark_gray>: <yellow>%score%"
scoreboard.top-empty : "<gray>#%rank% <dark_gray>---"

# Leaderboard (End of Contest)
top-title : "<gold>Top 5 Players:"
top-line : "<gray>#%rank% <green>%player% <dark_gray>- <yellow>%score% %unit%"

# Event Names
event:
farming : "<aqua>Harvesting"
fishing : "<blue>Fishing"
hostiles_mobs : "<dark_red>Monster Hunt"
passive_mobs : "<dark_green>Culling"

Placeholders

• %event% - Event name (translated) - Example: "Harvesting"
• %material% - Target material - Example: "wheat"
• %amount% - Objective amount - Example: "100"
• %score% - Player score - Example: "45"
• %player% - Player name - Example: "Steve"
• %time% - Time left (seconds) - Example: "180"
• %minutes% - Minutes remaining - Example: "3"
• %seconds% - Seconds remaining - Example: "00"
• %remaining% - Items remaining to goal - Example: "55"
• %rank% - Player's rank - Example: "1"

Customization Examples

Gradient Titles:

Code (YAML):

scoreboard.title : "<gradient:gold:yellow>⚔ CONTEST ⚔</gradient>"

Hex Colors:

Code (YAML):

scoreboard.top-line : "<#FFD700>#%rank% <#00FF00>%player% <#FFFF00>%score%"

Emoji Support:

Code (YAML):

scoreboard.title : "<gold> CONTEST "
scoreboard.time : "⏱️ %minutes%:%seconds%"
scoreboard.remaining : " %remaining% %material%"

Display Options

You can enable/disable each display element independently:

• Boss Bar - bossbar.enabled: true

Shows time and objective at the top

• Scoreboard - scoreboard.enabled: true

Shows live leaderboard on the side

• Action Bar - Always enabled

Shows personal score above hotbar

Minimal Configuration (Action Bar only):

Code (YAML):

bossbar:
enabled : false
scoreboard:
enabled : false

Full Display (All enabled):

Code (YAML):

bossbar:
enabled : true
scoreboard:
enabled : true

Screenshots

Contest starting with boss bar and scoreboard

[IMG]

Real-time scoreboard showing top 3 players

[IMG]

Scoreboard with live updates and player rankings

⚡ Performance

Lightweight design with minimal overhead
Efficient scoreboard updates (1 per second)
Optimized player score tracking
Automatic cleanup on contest end

Known Issues

Action Bar: Due to Minecraft limitations, action bar only supports legacy color codes (&e, &f, etc.) instead of MiniMessage format.
Scoreboard: Text is limited to 40 characters per line (Minecraft limitation).

❤️ Support & Credits

Created with ❤️ by 6rius

Join our Discord for support, suggestions, or questions!

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft version listed: 1.21
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 Spigot — 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.

[1.21.4] NBContest - Competitive Event is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.21. Downloaded 232 times (via Spigot). Download it and open it directly in the game.

Explore more

All Mods for Java All Minecraft Java mods Java mods for 1.21