EzSeasons

Make your server ready for wipe

Standalone season reset scheduler for Minecraft servers - EzSeasons

Summary

EzSeasons schedules and broadcasts season resets for Bukkit and Paper servers. It is a focused reset Minecraft plugin designed for server owners who run periodic wipes, seasons, or server resets.

Features

• Automatic season reset scheduling (explicit windows or duration-based)
• Explicit scheduling: season.start and season.end
• Fallback duration scheduling: season.length-days
• Optional recurring windows: season.recurring
• Reminder broadcasts: season.reminder-minutes, season.reminder-message
• Reset broadcast: season.broadcast-message
• Runtime admin commands and status reporting
• Developer API: SeasonsApi, SeasonsIntegration, SeasonResetEvent

Quick Install (Bukkit / Paper)

1. Drop the plugin jar into your server's plugins folder.
2. Start or restart the server.
3. Edit config.yml to set schedule and messages.

Example configuration (config.yml)

season:
  enabled: true
  # Use explicit timestamps (millis) for a specific window, or leave 0 to use length-days
  start: 0
  end: 0
  recurring: false
  length-days: 30
  check-interval-minutes: 5
  broadcast-message: "Season resets in {time}!"
  reminder-minutes: [60, 30, 10, 1]
  reminder-message: "Season resets in {minutes} minute(s)!"

Commands

• /season - show current status and next reset
• /season admin reload - reload plugin config
• /season admin reset [reason] - trigger an immediate reset (admin only)
• /season admin setnext <unixMillis> - set next reset time manually
• /season admin clear-next - clear next-reset override

Permissions

• lifesteal.season (default: true) - allows /season
• lifesteal.admin (default: op) - allows all admin commands

Developer API

Obtain SeasonsApi via Bukkit Services Manager. Available methods:

• registerIntegration(SeasonsIntegration integration)
• unregisterIntegration(SeasonsIntegration integration)
• getIntegrations()
• triggerSeasonReset(String reason)

Events published:

• SeasonResetEvent
• SeasonsIntegrationRegisteredEvent
• SeasonsIntegrationUnregisteredEvent

Best Practices for Server Owners

• Always test reset behavior on a staging server before scheduling production wipes.
• Combine EzSeasons with your backup tooling - EzSeasons does not perform backups.
• Use season.reminder-minutes to announce the reset early and reduce player frustration.

Support & License

• Source & docs: https://github.com/ez-plugins/EzSeasons
• Download (Modrinth): https://modrinth.com/plugin/ezseasons
• Report issues: https://github.com/ez-plugins/EzSeasons/issues
• License: MIT