Newbie Protect
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
NewbieProtect is a lightweight, highly optimized, and multi-language plugin designed to shield new players from unwanted PvP during their first minutes on…
⬇ Download on Modrinth
🚀 Key Features
⏳ Automatic Activation: Protection triggers automatically the very first time a new player joins the server.
⏸️ Smart Pause System: Players can toggle their protection using /newbie-disable and /newbie-enable. Disabling it safely "pauses" and saves their remaining time, completely preventing any timer-reset exploits!
🚫 One-Time Use Only: Once the configured protection time (e.g., 15 minutes) hits zero, the player is permanently flagged and can never activate the protection again.
📊 Two Display Modes: Choose between a sleek BossBar (with a smoothly decreasing progress bar) or a clean Action Bar timer.
🎨 Fully Customizable: Easily change the BossBar color, style, duration, and all messages directly inside the configuration file.
🌍 Multi-Language Support: Out of the box localization for 6 languages: English (en), Russian (ru), German (de), Spanish (es), French (fr), and Ukrainian (uk).
🔄 On-The-Fly Reloading: Update all settings, colors, and styles without restarting the server using a single command: /newbie reload.
💻 Compatibility & Supported Server Jars
Built using modern API standards and fully optimized for multi-threaded server environments:
Supported Minecraft Versions: 1.16.5, 1.17.x, 1.18.x, 1.19.x, 1.20.x, 1.21.x.
Supported Server Software (Jars):
Spigot (Classic base)
Bukkit (The classic foundation - fully supported via native Bukkit API)
Paper (Popular optimized software)
Purpur (Advanced Paper fork)
Folia (🔥 The revolutionary multi-threaded region-based software by PaperMC - this plugin is fully adapted to run smoothly on its asynchronous region schedulers!)
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16.5, 1.17, 1.17.1
- 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 NewbieProtect-2.3.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 14 KB
- Download link checked 25 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.