UltimateAirdrops

UltimateAirdrops is a fully customizable supply-drop plugin designed for maximum flexibility and performance. Easily configure drop intervals, precise world locations, appearance chances, and any kind of reward — items, commands or custom perks. Built from the ground up to leverage Paper’s optimizations, it delivers seamless execution while sacrificing minimum server performance.

UltimateAirdrops in action

A Common Airdrop decorated with a schematic and an info hologram A Void Crate airdrop with a stone-brick structure and particle effects

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Requirements

Java: 17 or higher.
Spigot / Paper (recommended): 1.17.x – 1.21.x (other forks may work but are unsupported).
For Java 11 and/or Spigot/Paper 1.16.x, use plugin version 1.0.3.

Optional dependencies

The plugin runs perfectly fine without these, but they unlock extra features:

PlaceholderAPI — placeholders in messages and behaviors.
HolographicDisplays, DecentHolograms or FancyHolograms — info holograms above airdrops.
WorldEdit or FastAsyncWorldEdit — schematic decoration around airdrops.

Features

Fully configurable — messages, permissions, behavior and more.
Customizable airdrop block — use any block as the drop.
Behaviors engine — execute commands, send messages, post webhooks and more, triggered on spawn, despawn, unlock, open or any event, with optional conditions.
Dynamic property system — per-airdrop configuration through an extensible registry of typed properties.
Airdrop tracking compass — points players to the nearest drop in their world.
Lasers & particle effects — configurable beams and particle shapes for easy spotting.
In-game management GUI — create and edit everything without leaving Minecraft.
Configurable drop interval with a random threshold.
Paper async chunk loading support for smooth performance.
Full hex color support.
PlaceholderAPI integration.
Holograms above airdrops (HolographicDisplays, DecentHolograms, FancyHolograms).
Schematic decoration via WorldEdit / FAWE, with terrain restored on despawn.
Region add-ons for WorldGuard, RedProtect, GriefPrevention, Towny, Lands and more.
Webhook support (e.g. Discord).
Developer API for custom integrations and add-on creation.
Adjustable spawn locations and radius.
Configurable lock time before opening.
Minimum player count to spawn.

Add-ons

Region and map integrations are shipped as separate, open-source add-on plugins, so the core stays lightweight. See the Add-ons page for the full list with download and source links.

Installation

Stop your server.
Put the plugin jar into your server’s plugins/ folder and start the server.
Customize config.yml and messages.yml to your liking.
Run /airdrops reload to reload the plugin files.
Run /airdrops create to open the airdrop editor GUI and create as many airdrops as you want.
Done! Airdrops will start spawning with the delay you set in the config — use /airdrops summon to force one to spawn.

Documentation

Configuration — the global config.yml defaults.
Airdrop Options — every per-airdrop setting in the editor.
Behaviors — the event → condition → action engine.
Effects — lasers and particle shapes.
Commands & Permissions — every command and node.
Add-ons — the official region & map integrations.
API — extend the plugin from your own code.

Credits

Built with these open-source libraries:

GuardianBeamAPI — multi-version laser support.
IF (InventoryFramework) — GUI/menu library.