Tome of Echoes

Carry less. Build more.

Tome of Echoes is a Paper and Spigot plugin built around one simple idea:

Late game Minecraft should not be an item storage nightmare

The premise of this plugin is based around one simple fact: the devlopers of Minecraft have been adding items for almost two decades but they haven't given us much in the way of mass item storage. You can make mountains of chests at your large builds, or bring an inventory full of shulker boxes, but you'll constantly have to replenish your stock, as well as your hotbar for large builds. There are countless solutions to this in modpacks, but seemingly nothing for vanilla-based server APIs like Spigot and Paper.

I give you, the Tome of Echoes

This plugin is heavily inspired by Forge/Fabric mods such as Applied Energistics and the /dank/null, but with a more vanilla-adjacent twist. The storage operates very similarly to an ender chest and remains persistent; no need to worry about dying or losing the book, as a new one will give you access to your saved items again. The UI can be opened by shift left clicking the Tome in your hand. Inside the UI, you can bind items to the pages (the inventory slots) and any items you pick up will automatically enter the bound page, keeping your inventory tidy. Withdrawling and depositing works just like any other inventory. When picking up items, the action bar text will also keep you up to date on how many items you have stored.

This plugin re-uses already existing game assets, which means:

No client-side modifications required. Install the plugin on your server and players can use it normally.

THIS MOD IS CREATED BY A SOLO DEVELOPER. PLEASE REPORT BUGS AND REQUEST FEATURES ON THE DISCORD

What Can the Tome Do?

• Store unlimited stack sizes of any item
• Bind items/blocks to Tome Pages for quick access
• Automatically deposit tracked pickups into your Tome storage
• Withdraw stored materials whenever you need them
• Place blocks directly from the Tome using Placement Mode
• Quickly switch building materials with Pick Block on Paper
• Purge unwanted pickups automatically
• Upgradeable Tome capacity through configurable progression
• Share storage with other players through Riftlinks
• Separate storage by world or realm
• Control features with permissions and realm-specific restrictions
• Manage players and storage with built-in admin tools

Designed With Building In Mind

The Tome is designed to remove the repetitive inventory management that comes with large survival builds without simply turning the game into Creative Mode.

Instead of carrying shulker boxes full of the same few materials, players can bind those materials to Pages in their Tome and store the actual block counts inside the Rift.

Need the blocks back?

Withdraw them like an ender chest.

Want to place items directly from your Tome's inventory?

Attune the Tome to a stored material and use the Tome like it's a block.

Automatic Storage

Tracked items get deposited directly into the Rift instead of entering the player's inventory.

That means gathering materials can feel much cleaner:

Pick up blocks → Echo count increases → keep going.

No constant inventory clearing. No filling your hotbar with stacks you were only going to store anyway.

Placement Mode

Tome of Echoes isn't just a storage plugin.

Stored Echoes can be placed directly back into the world.

Choose a material from your Tome, enter Placement Mode, and use the Tome as a building tool. Each successful placement consumes one stored Echo.

This makes the Tome especially useful for:

• Large survival builds
• Terraforming
• Roads and walls
• Repetitive structural work
• Community construction projects
• Anyone tired of constantly refilling their hotbar

Normal block placement events are still used, allowing existing protection plugins and server rules to continue doing their job.

Pick Block Support on Paper

On Paper servers, Tome of Echoes also supports Minecraft's Pick Block action.

While holding the Tome, middle-click a block in the world to quickly switch the Tome's active placement material to that block — as long as you already have Echoes of it stored.

That makes switching between materials during a build much faster.

Pick Block integration is Paper-specific. Normal Placement Mode still works on other supported server platforms.

Pages and Personal Progression

In Player Mode, each player manages their own Tome.

Pages can be bound to individual block materials, and players can expand their available Pages through configurable upgrades.

A player's:

• Bound materials
• Stored Echoes
• Unlocked Pages
• Upgrade progression

can all be tracked separately.

This makes the Tome fit naturally into survival progression instead of giving players unlimited storage immediately.

Upgrade Your Tome

Tome capacity can grow over time.

Tome of Echoes includes configurable progression paths such as:

• Diamond Block crafting upgrades
• Netherite Smithing upgrades

Server owners can control how upgrades work, how many Pages are available, and which upgrade paths are enabled.

Riftlinking

Building with friends?

Create a Riftlink.

Riftlinking lets multiple players attune their Tomes to the same shared ledger of Echoes.

Members can contribute materials to the same pool, withdraw from shared storage, and build using the same shared resources.

This is useful for:

• Group building projects
• Shared survival bases
• Community storage
• Towns and factions
• Server-wide construction teams
• Cooperative progression

Instead of everyone maintaining their own stack of building materials, trusted players can work from the same shared Rift.

Riftlinks support separate roles for Owners, Admins, and Members.

Player Mode or Server Mode

Tome of Echoes supports two different approaches to Pages.

Player Mode

Each player chooses which materials their own Pages track.

This works well for survival servers where players develop and customize their Tome over time.

Server Mode

The server defines which materials are assigned to Pages.

This is useful when you want a consistent Tome setup for every player.

Storage for these modes is kept separate, so changing tracking modes does not overwrite the other mode's stored Echoes.

Realms and Multi-World Servers

Storage doesn't have to be global.

Tome of Echoes supports Rift Realms, allowing worlds to be grouped together or separated into different storage spaces.

For example, you could configure:

• Survival worlds to share one Rift
• Creative to use another
• Event worlds to have Tome features disabled
• Different game modes to maintain completely separate storage

Realm controls can also restrict individual features such as:

• Tome use
• Placement
• Auto-deposit
• Upgrades
• Cull mode
• Leaderboards

This gives multi-world servers much more control over where and how the Tome can be used.

Cull and Filter Unwanted Materials

Tome of Echoes includes tools for handling materials you don't want cluttering your inventory or storage.

Players can configure a filter for unwanted materials, and servers using storage caps can allow excess pickups to be culled instead of overflowing back into the world or inventory.

This is especially useful when mining or gathering large amounts of material.

Built for Server Owners Too

The player experience is handled through simple in-game GUIs, while server owners and moderators get deeper control behind the scenes.

Tome of Echoes includes:

• SQLite-backed persistent storage
• Player and Riftlink storage management
• Admin inspection tools
• Admin adjustment/reset tools
• Audit logging for admin storage changes
• Realm management
• Configurable permissions
• Configurable slot limits
• Configurable upgrade paths
• Material blacklisting
• Optional Modrinth update checks
• Built-in usage metrics through bStats

Getting a Tome

Players can receive or craft a Tome of Echoes depending on your server setup.

Once obtained, players can open the Tome and begin binding Pages and storing materials.

Compatibility

Minecraft: Java Edition

Server software:

• Paper
• Spigot
• Purpur
• Bukkit-compatible servers

Requirements:

• Java 21 or newer
• Minecraft 1.21.x+

Some convenience features, such as Pick Block integration, are available specifically on Paper.

Installation

1. Download the latest Tome of Echoes release.
2. Place the .jar inside your server's plugins folder.
3. Start or restart the server.
4. Adjust the generated configuration files if desired.
5. Use /tomeadmin reload after changing configuration.

That's it.

Commands & Permissions

Tome of Echoes includes player commands for Tome settings, Riftlinks, leaderboards, and more, along with admin commands for inspecting and managing stored data.

Primary permissions use the:

tomeofechoes.*

namespace.

A complete command, permission, configuration, and realm reference will be available in the documentation.

Notes

• Only supported placeable block materials can become Echoes.
• Shulker boxes are intentionally not accepted by the Tome.
• Materials can be blacklisted for compatibility with other plugins.
• Placement Mode respects normal block-placement behavior and protection plugins.
• Personal storage and Riftlink storage remain separate.
• Storage can be divided between different Rift Realms.
• Older pocketdimension.* permission aliases remain available for compatibility.

Feedback & Support

Tome of Echoes is currently developed by a solo developer.

If you find a bug, have an idea, or want to suggest a feature, come say hello on the Discord.

Your feedback genuinely helps shape future versions of the plugin.

Store the blocks. Forget the inventory clutter. Keep building.

Welcome to the Rift.