What is this?
Zfade is a Paper survival challenge plugin. Distance from a reference point (world spawn, a chosen spawn world, or custom coordinates) lowers your max health in steps. Deeper steps stack potion debuffs. Optional schedule can limit the whole mechanic to a time window (for example nights only). Players can check who went farthest with /zfade top. Admins configure a lot from an in game GUI.
Drop the jar into plugins, start Paper once, then edit plugins/Zfade/config.yml (or use /zfade admin). Messages use MiniMessage.
Where it runs
Permissions
Configs
Support
Telegram: https://t.me/Zoobastiks
If something breaks, tell me your Paper version, Java version, and the error from the console. That saves a lot of back and forth.
Thanks for trying Zfade.
Zfade is a Paper survival challenge plugin. Distance from a reference point (world spawn, a chosen spawn world, or custom coordinates) lowers your max health in steps. Deeper steps stack potion debuffs. Optional schedule can limit the whole mechanic to a time window (for example nights only). Players can check who went farthest with /zfade top. Admins configure a lot from an in game GUI.
Drop the jar into plugins, start Paper once, then edit plugins/Zfade/config.yml (or use /zfade admin). Messages use MiniMessage.
Where it runs
- Yes: Paper 26.1.x (built on Paper API 26.1.2). Java 25 or newer.
- Usually fine: Purpur on the same game version as Paper 26.1.x.
- No: plain Spigot or CraftBukkit.
- No: Folia.
- Old Paper 1.21.11: not the build target. Update to Paper 26.1.x first.
- Distance steps every N blocks (default 5000) you lose max HP (default 1.0 half hearts per step), never below a minimum (default 2.0 HP).
- Origin whitelist or blacklist worlds, optional shared reference spawn world, optional custom distance origin XYZ, horizontal only or full 3D distance.
- Tier debuffs cumulative effects by step (hunger, darkness, nausea, slowness, weakness, mining fatigue by default). Sounds on entering deeper tiers.
- Schedule optional local timezone window. Outside the window effects and HP modifiers are stripped and top distance is not written. Announce on window start with MiniMessage lines and a sound.
- Feedback chat / action bar / title on step change, critical low HP sound with cooldown.
- Survival only creative and other modes are left alone; leaving an affected world clears Zfade effects.
- Top best distance per player saved to stats, shown with /zfade top (layout in top.yml).
- Admin GUI /zfade admin edits worlds, steps, HP, debuffs, notify and origin, then save applies config.yml.
- Put Zfade.jar into the plugins folder
- Start Paper once so configs appear
- Tune plugins/Zfade/config.yml (worlds, steps, schedule, debuffs)
- Optionally restyle /zfade top via top.yml and the admin GUI via settings.yml
- Use /zfade reload after edits (or restart)
Code (Text):
/zfade usage hint
/zfade top farthest distance leaderboard
/zfade admin config GUI (players only)
/zfade reload reload configs from disk
/zfade top farthest distance leaderboard
/zfade admin config GUI (players only)
/zfade reload reload configs from disk
Code (Text):
zfade.use base command (default true)
zfade.top top list (default true)
zfade.admin admin GUI (default op)
zfade.reload reload (default op)
zfade.top top list (default true)
zfade.admin admin GUI (default op)
zfade.reload reload (default op)
- plugins/Zfade/config.yml worlds, distance, HP steps, tier debuffs, schedule, sounds
- plugins/Zfade/top.yml leaderboard text layout
- plugins/Zfade/settings.yml admin GUI look
- plugins/Zfade/stats.yml saved distances (created at runtime)
Support
Telegram: https://t.me/Zoobastiks
If something breaks, tell me your Paper version, Java version, and the error from the console. That saves a lot of back and forth.
Thanks for trying Zfade.
Zfade is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 26.1, 26.2. Downloaded 4 times (via Spigot). Download it and open it directly in the game.