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Join Effects

A modern, lightweight, and incredibly flexible plugin for creating unique player join effects on your server!

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About

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JoinEffects is a modern, lightweight, and highly customizable Paper plugin that allows server owners to create unique join effects for players.

Unlike traditional join plugins that rely on hardcoded settings, JoinEffects uses a fully modular YAML-based engine. This allows you to create an unlimited number of custom effects, animations, and sequences directly from your configuration files.

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Core Features

  • Modular Configurations: Each effect is defined in its own YAML file. Keep your setups clean and organized.
  • Sequence Engine: Every effect runs step-by-step. You can sequence titles, sounds, particles, fireworks, and delays easily.
  • Modern API Support: Fully supports the Adventure API for MiniMessage formatting (gradients, hex colors) and PlaceholderAPI for dynamic text.
  • LuckPerms Priority: Effects are permission-based. The plugin automatically checks a player's permissions and plays the highest priority effect available to them.
  • Performance Focused: Built natively for Paper 1.21+ using Java 21. No outdated NMS, ensuring stability and long-term compatibility.

Configuration Example

name: Owner Effect
permission: joineffects.effect.owner
priority: 100

sequence:
  - title
  - sound
  - delay:20
  - message

title:
  title: "<gradient:#00ff00:#00aa00>Welcome, Owner!</gradient>"
  subtitle: "<gray>All systems are online.</gray>"
  fade-in: 10
  stay: 60
  fade-out: 10

sound:
  name: "entity.ender_dragon.growl"
  volume: 1.0
  pitch: 1.0

Commands and Permissions

  • /joineffects - View plugin information.
  • /joineffects reload - Reload all configurations. Requires joineffects.reload.
  • /joineffects preview <effect> - Preview an effect before applying it. Requires joineffects.preview.

To assign an effect to a player or group, give them the permission joineffects.effect.<filename>.

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If you need support, have feature requests, or want to report a bug, feel free to join the Zenith Plugins Discord server.

Version history

  • 2.0.0Join Effects 2.0.018 Jul 2026
    bukkitpaperpurpurspigot1.21.51.21.61.21.71.21.81.21.91.21.101.21.1126.126.1.126.1.226.2

    2.0.0

    Added

    • Lightning effect — strike lightning on join. Visual-only by default, or damage: true for a real strike.
    • Command action — run console or player commands on join. Supports %player_name% and PlaceholderAPI (e.g. smite %player_name% with EssentialsX).

    See default.yml for lightning: and command: config examples.

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  • 1.0.0Join Effects 1.0.028 Jun 2026
    bukkitpaperpurpurspigot1.211.21.11.21.21.21.31.21.41.21.51.21.61.21.71.21.81.21.91.21.101.21.1126.126.1.126.1.226.2

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