🎁 FrozenCrates
📦 Plugin Info
A DonutSMP-inspired crate plugin. Bind crates to physical blocks in the world, give players physical or virtual keys, and let them right-click to open an animated reward GUI. Includes a visual reward editor, floating holograms above bound crates, MySQL/YAML storage, and Folia support.
Name - FrozenCrates
👤 Author Info
- Author: DrFrozenXD
✅ Versions / Compatibility / Software Support
- API Version: 1.21
- Built against: Paper API 1.21.8-R0.1-SNAPSHOT (Java, Maven + Shade plugin) ☕
- Server software: Paper / Spigot forks
- Folia support: ✅ Supported (
folia-supported: true) — region-scheduler-safe (e.g./crate verify, holograms) - Soft dependency: PlaceholderAPI 2.11.6 (optional — enables
%frozencrates_*%placeholders) - Storage backends: YAML (default, zero setup) or MySQL (via HikariCP connection pooling + MySQL Connector/J)
🔐 Permissions
| Permission | Default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
frozencrates.use |
true | Use/open crates |
frozencrates.admin |
op | Access to admin commands (bind, unbind, edit, reload, verify) |
frozencrates.key.give |
op | Give/take keys to/from players |
⌨️ Commands
| Command | Permission | Description |
|---|---|---|
/crate bind <crate> |
frozencrates.admin |
Binds the block you're looking at to a crate type |
/crate unbind |
frozencrates.admin |
Removes the crate binding from the block you're looking at |
/crate verify |
frozencrates.admin |
Checks all bound blocks still match the block type recorded when bound (Folia-safe region-by-region check) |
/crate edit <crate> |
frozencrates.admin |
Opens the visual reward editor GUI for a crate (auto-saves on close) |
/crate key give <player> <crate> <amount> |
frozencrates.key.give |
Gives keys to a player |
/crate key giveall <crate> <amount> |
frozencrates.key.give |
Gives keys to all online players |
/crate key take <player> <crate> <amount> |
frozencrates.key.give |
Takes keys from a player |
/crate key takeall <crate> <amount> |
frozencrates.key.give |
Takes keys from all online players |
/crate reload |
frozencrates.admin |
Reloads config, messages, and all crate definitions |
/crate help |
— | Shows the command list |
Full tab completion is provided for subcommands, crate IDs, key actions, and amount presets.
🎯 Uses
- 🔑 DonutSMP-style crates: bind a crate to any block, players right-click with a matching key to open it.
- 🎰 Animated GUI crate-opening sequence via
CrateGuiService, with a separate confirm menu before claiming. - 🗝️ Physical or virtual keys —
virtual-keystoggle in config lets keys be tracked as data instead of requiring inventory items. - 🎨 In-game visual reward editor (
/crate edit) instead of hand-editing YAML reward tables. - 🏷️ Floating holograms above bound crates, chunk-aware so they load/unload correctly (
HologramChunkListener). - 🛡️ Block protection listener prevents bound crate blocks from being broken/griefed.
- 🧩 PlaceholderAPI hook for displaying crate/key stats elsewhere (scoreboards, GUIs, chat).
- 💾 Choice of lightweight YAML storage or MySQL for larger networks.
- 🔍
/crate verifyaudits bindings against live blocks to catch griefing or world edits that silently broke a crate. - 🕯️ Five preset key/crate tiers out of the box: Common, Prime, Amethyst, Crimson, Gold — each with its own candle-item key, glow effect, and hologram config.
⚙️ Key Config Areas
config.yml— sounds (open/claim/deny/editor-save), bind reach distance, confirm menu title, all user-facing messages, storage backend selection (yaml/mysql) + MySQL credentials, virtual-keys toggle.keys.yml— per-key material, display name, lore, and glow (enchant glint) settings.crates/*.yml— one file per crate (prime, crimson, common, amethyst, gold) defining rewards.hologram/*.yml— one file per crate controlling the floating hologram text/appearance shown above bound blocks.
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 FrozenCrates-1.0.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 233 KB
- Download link checked 17 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.