Light Plus

A Simple Plugin that Adds Functions to Light Blocks in Survival

Functions

Light blocks in survival

• Place, break and pick up light blocks in survival/adventure, not just creative.
• The light level (0-15) is stored on the dropped/held item and restored when placed.
• Optional custom item name + lore showing the level (item: in config.yml, MiniMessage, %level% token).

Adjusting placed lights (hold a light item)

• Right-click a light block: raise its level by 1 (wraps back to 0 past the max).
• Sneak + scroll while looking at a light block: step the level up/down one at a time (stops at 0 and the max, no wrap).
• Shift-right-click a light block: place another light block next to it at the same level.
• Left-click a light block you're looking at: break it reliably, even while invisible.
• Middle-click (pick block) a light in Creative: get a light item at that block's exact level.
• Each of these actions can be turned off individually in config.yml (actions:), falling back to vanilla.

Level limits

• Cap the brightest level a player can set with lightplus.maxlevel.<0-15> permission nodes (highest held wins), or a server-wide limits.default_max_level for players without a node.
• limits.world_max_levels.<world> caps per world; the effective limit is the lower of the two.
• lightplus.maxlevel.bypass ignores all caps.

Optional decay

• decay.enabled makes player-placed light blocks disappear after decay.after_seconds — temporary exploration lighting with no cleanup.
• Pending lights persist to decay-data.yml (decay.persist), so they still decay after a restart.
• lightplus.decay.exempt places permanent lights.

Admin

• /lightplus give <player> [level] [amount] hands out leveled light items (tab-completed).

Feedback

• Action-bar message when a level is set or changed (Set to %level% level, configurable).
• Configurable gradient chat prefix (messages.prefix, MiniMessage) auto-added to every message; %prefix% token for manual placement.
• Per-language messages: with messages.follow_client_locale, players see strings from messages.locales.<their client language> (ships a zh_tw example), falling back to the English defaults.
• Marker particles around nearby light blocks while holding a light item.
• Configurable sound effects for placing, breaking and re-leveling — sound key, volume, pitch, per-sound mute and a master toggle. The level-up sound rises in pitch with brightness.

Recipes

• Stonecutter recipes for all 16 light levels; the output always matches the selected level.
• Configurable shaped crafting recipe for a light block (custom shape, ingredients and result level in config.yml).
• Crafting a light item on its own resets it to level 15.
• Recipes are auto-unlocked for players on join and on /lightplus reload (configurable), with lightplus.recipe permission enforced.

Integrations

• Land protection: placing, removing and adjusting light blocks is blocked in claims/regions the player can't build in — WorldGuard, GriefPrevention, GriefDefender, Residence, Towny, Lands, PlotSquared, BentoBox (toggle with land_protection.enabled).
• Folia support: particle previews and recipe unlocks run on the correct region/entity schedulers.
• faststats metrics, including lights_placed and lights_mined.
• Modrinth update check on startup — logs to console and notifies lightplus.update holders on join (update_check: in config.yml, off by one toggle).

Placeholders (requires PlaceholderAPI)

• %lightplus_version%, %lightplus_lights_placed%, %lightplus_lights_mined%
• %lightplus_update_available%, %lightplus_latest_version%
• %lightplus_max_level%, %lightplus_holding_light%, %lightplus_held_level% (player)

Control

• Every feature is permission-gated.

Land Protection

LightPlus honors land/region protection plugins for every light-block action. Block place and break already go through standard Bukkit events, and the interaction paths (level rotation, shift-place, left-click removal) are checked against a simulated build/break event, so any plugin that cancels block break/place events is supported:

Set land_protection.enabled: false to disable these checks.

WorldGuard region flag — LightPlus also registers a lightplus-use StateFlag (default allow). /rg flag <region> lightplus-use deny blocks every light-block action in that region regardless of build permission, and independently of the toggle above. Requires a server restart to register (not /reload).

Sounds

Every LightPlus sound is defined in the sounds section of config.yml as a { sound, volume, pitch } block:

sound accepts a lower-case dotted key (block.lever.click), a namespaced key, or a custom resource-pack sound. sounds.enabled: false mutes everything; an empty sound: "" mutes just that one. Settings apply on /lightplus reload.

Placeholders

With PlaceholderAPI installed, LightPlus registers the lightplus expansion:

Config

grant_recipes_on_login: true

update_check:
  enabled: true
  notify_on_join: true

item:
  custom_name: true
  name: "<gold>Light Block <dark_gray>(<yellow>Level %level%<dark_gray>)"
  lore:
    - "<gray>Right-click a placed light to raise its level."

actions:
  adjust_level: true      # right-click to cycle level
  place_adjacent: true    # shift-right-click to place a light next to one
  left_click_break: true  # left-click a looked-at light to break it
  pick_block: true         # middle-click a light in Creative for a matching item
  scroll_level: true       # sneak + scroll on a light to step its level

limits:
  default_max_level: 15   # cap for players without a lightplus.maxlevel.<n> node
  world_max_levels: {}    # e.g. { world_nether: 7 }

decay:
  enabled: false          # remove player-placed lights after a while
  after_seconds: 120
  persist: true           # survive restarts via decay-data.yml

land_protection:
  enabled: true

sounds:
  enabled: true
  place:        { sound: block.stone.place, volume: 1.0, pitch: 0.8 }
  break:        { sound: block.stone.break, volume: 1.0, pitch: 0.8 }
  level_change: { sound: block.lever.click, volume: 0.8, pitch: 1.8 }
  level_off:    { sound: block.lever.click, volume: 0.8, pitch: 0.6 }

crafting_recipe:
  enabled: true
  result_level: 15
  items:
    A: GLASS
    B: GLOWSTONE
  recipe:
    - 'AAA'
    - 'ABA'
    - 'AAA'

messages:
  prefix: "<gradient:#FDC830:#F37335><bold>LightPlus</bold></gradient> <dark_gray>»</dark_gray> "
  action_bar_level_set: "<green>Set to <yellow>%level%</yellow> level"
  command_usage: "<red>Usage: /lightplus reload  |  /lightplus give (player) [level] [amount]"
  command_no_permission: "<red>You do not have permission to use this command."
  command_reloaded: "<green>LightPlus config reloaded."
  give_success: "<green>Gave <yellow>%amount%</yellow>x light (level <yellow>%level%</yellow>) to <yellow>%player%</yellow>."
  give_received: "<green>You received <yellow>%amount%</yellow>x light (level <yellow>%level%</yellow>)."
  player_not_found: "<red>Player '%player%' not found."
  invalid_number: "<red>'%value%' is not a valid number."

The generated config.yml includes detailed comments explaining every option.

Commands

Alias: /lp. help and version are always available; each only lists the sub-commands you have permission for.

Permissions