Offline Pause
Offline Pause stops your Minecraft world's time and ticks when a player leaves
After the last player leaves, the plugin waits for a configurable amount of time (by default 60 seconds) and then freezes the server's game ticks. World time, mobs, redstone, furnaces, crops, weather and other tick-based mechanics stop progressing until somebody comes back.
The server stays online, so players can still connect normally. Offline Pause also unfreezes the world as soon as someone tries to join (with no additional delays)
Features
- Freezes game ticks when the server has been empty for a configurable amount of time
- Resumes immediately when a player connects
- Stops world time while the server is empty
- Prevents mobs, redstone, furnaces, crops and other game mechanics from progressing while frozen
- Saves loaded worlds before automatically freezing
- Won't undo a
/tick freezestarted manually or by another plugin - Very small and lightweight
- No NMS or modifications to world data
Configuration
freeze-delay-seconds: 60
By default, the server freezes one minute after the last player leaves.
Compatibility
Paper 1.20.4–26.3
Offline Pause uses Paper's tick manager rather than trying to simulate a pause by changing gamerules or individually disabling game mechanics.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.4, 1.20.5, 1.20.6
- 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.
Offline Pause is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.20.4, 1.20.5, 1.20.6, 1.21 and newer. Downloaded 3 times (via Modrinth). Download it and open it directly in the game.