NewBedwars

A modern, fully configurable Bedwars plugin built from the ground up for Paper 1.17+. You get the classic Bedwars experience (teams, beds, generators, shops) plus a proper in-game setup system, YAML-driven GUIs, multi-arena support, and deep gamerule control. No extra plugins needed.

Whether you're running a small survival server and just want to add a Bedwars minigame, or building a full-blown Bedwars network, NewBedwars gives you the tools to build polished arenas without a headache.

This is a beta release. Core gameplay is stable and feature-complete. Please report any issues via the GitHub issue tracker.

Why this exists

A lot of free Bedwars plugins make you pick one: simple but bare-bones, or powerful but bloated with dependencies and a config file the size of a novel. NewBedwars tries to skip that trade-off. You set up an arena entirely in-game through a guided setup flow, so there's no hand-editing YAML just to place a bed or a generator. Everything from the shop GUI to the scoreboard is defined in YAML you can reshape without touching a single line of Java. PlaceholderAPI and WorldEdit are supported if you have them, but you don't need either one. Install the jar, start the server, and you've got a fully working Bedwars setup.

Highlights

Gameplay

• Multi-arena support, so you can run as many arenas as you want at once, each in its own world
• Configurable team count, colors, and player limits per arena
• Quick Void: instant death below a configurable Y level
• Per-team build protection zones so the opposing side can't place blocks where they shouldn't
• Rejoin system, so players can reconnect to a game if they get disconnected
• Party system: group up with /party, invite friends with clickable chat buttons, and let the party admin lead everyone into an arena together

Chat & visibility

• Arena chat isolation, so each arena has its own chat completely separate from the lobby and other arenas
• Team chat via !message, toggleable per arena
• Optional arena-wide global chat channel
• Tab list isolation, so lobby and arena players never see each other

Display & HUD

• YAML-templated bossbars for waiting, playing, and ending states
• Per-player scoreboards with full placeholder support
• Spectator mode with flight and a compass that teleports you to live players
• Six languages out of the box: English, Polish, German, Spanish, French, and Russian. Missing keys just fall back to English automatically
• Per-arena resource packs, sent automatically on join and cleared on leave

Integrations

• PlaceholderAPI: 14 placeholders under %newbedwars_*% for scoreboards, chat formatters, and other plugins. Totally optional, the plugin loads fine without it
• WorldEdit / FastAsyncWorldEdit: build an arena straight from a .schem file instead of placing blocks by hand. Also optional, manual setup works fine without it

Requirements

• Server: Paper 1.17 – 26.3 (Spigot will probably work too, but it's untested, so Paper is recommended)
• Java: 16 or higher

Optional: PlaceholderAPI, if you want %newbedwars_*% placeholders elsewhere on your server, and WorldEdit or FastAsyncWorldEdit, if you'd rather build arenas from a schematic than by hand. Neither is required, NewBedwars runs fine standalone.

Getting started

1. Grab the jar from the latest Modrinth release and drop it into your server's /plugins/ folder.
2. Start the server. Config files generate automatically.
3. Set your lobby spawn: /bw setLobby
4. Create your first arena: /bw arena create myArena
5. Follow the setup checklist shown by /bw arena.
6. Save the arena: /bw save
7. Enable it when ready: /bw arena enable myArena

Building an arena from a schematic

If you'd rather paste in a finished map than build one from scratch in-game:

1. Save your map as a .schem file in WorldEdit's schematics folder (plugins/WorldEdit/schematics/ or plugins/FastAsyncWorldEdit/schematics/).
2. Run /bw arena create myArena -sche myMap.
3. The map gets pasted automatically at world origin. Continue with the normal setup checklist from there.

Commands

Player

Party

Admin

Permissions

Admin

Player

Set RequireJoinPermission: true or RequireLobbyPermission: true in config.yml if you want /bw join and /bw lobby restricted to players with the explicit permission. Both default to false (open to everyone).

PlaceholderAPI

If PlaceholderAPI is installed, all of the placeholders below become available under the prefix %newbedwars_<placeholder>%.

In-game (per-player)

Lifetime stats (per-player)

Per-arena

Roadmap

NewBedwars will leave beta once stable operation is verified across all supported server versions (Paper 1.17 – 26.3).

• Party support
• PlaceholderAPI support
• WorldEdit / FAWE schematic-based arena creation
• Per-arena resource pack forcing
• More languages (DE, ES, FR, RU) (partial support)
• More custom items (Iron Golem, Silverfish, etc.)
• Arena statistics and leaderboards
• Player profile GUI with stats history
• Improved help and /bw arena command
• In-game map voting system
• More languages (full support)
• Network / BungeeCord / Velocity mode
• Website panel

Screenshots

Joining & Waiting

Arena selector GUI

Waiting lobby with bossbar & scoreboard

In-Game HUD & Events

In-game HUD — scoreboard, phase info, NPC labels	Respawn countdown
Bed destroyed announcement	Trap alarm
End game — spectator view with bossbar

Shop & Upgrades

Shop GUI	Bridge Egg — shop tooltip (cost: 4 Gold)
Team Upgrades shop

Resource Generators

Emerald Generator — hologram

Diamond Generator — hologram

Arena Setup

Help command output	Arena setup checklist (NORMAL_SETUP)
Team configuration checklist — missing fields highlighted

Map & Environment

Arena map — aerial overview	Live gameplay — combat near a bed 1
Live gameplay — bed protection	Live gameplay — building bridge
Live gameplay — combat near a bed 2

Support & Bug Reports

Found a bug or have a suggestion? Please open an issue on GitHub or use the platform's discussion section. Most problems can be resolved quickly with a good bug report.

License

See LICENSE.txt.