RallyWelcome

Make every first join count — and turn your chat into the welcome committee.

RallyWelcome is a lightweight Paper and Folia plugin that gives new players a proper arrival (broadcast, title, starter reward) and pays the players who greet them. The first minutes decide whether a newcomer ever comes back; this plugin makes sure someone is there for them.

What is RallyWelcome?

Two mechanics, zero setup:

1. First-join experience — the moment a brand-new player appears: a highlighted broadcast asks the server to say hi, the newcomer gets a title and a starter reward (items, money, commands).
2. Greet rewards — a greet window opens (default 60 seconds). Any player who says a greeting word in chat — welcome, wb, bienvenue, willkommen, bienvenido, or your own list — receives a small reward. Chat activity goes up, newcomers feel seen, retention follows.

Anti-abuse, built in

• No self-greets.
• One rewarded greet per greeter per newcomer.
• Daily cap per player (default 5, configurable, 0 = unlimited).
• Window expires automatically.

Features

• Starter rewards — items, Vault money, and any console command on first join.
• Greeter rewards — same reward engine for the players who say hello.
• Join/quit messages — clean MiniMessage lines (gradients, hex), or keep vanilla ones.
• First-join title — configurable title + subtitle for the newcomer.
• Lossless delivery — full inventory? Leftovers drop at the player's feet, with a notice.
• Folia-ready — rewards on the player's region thread, commands on the global thread.
• PlaceholderAPI — %rallywelcome_greets%, %rallywelcome_greets_today%.
• Simple storage — one flat YAML file, no database.

Commands

Config example

greet:
  window-seconds: 60
  daily-cap: 5
  words: [welcome, wb, bienvenue, willkommen, bienvenido]

first-join-reward:
  money: 100
  items:
    - material: BREAD
      amount: 16
  commands: []

greeter-reward:
  money: 25
  commands: []   # e.g. "crates give %player% vote 1"

Requirements

• Paper, Purpur, or Folia 1.20+
• Java 21
• Optional: PlaceholderAPI, Vault

The Rally suite

• RallyDaily — daily rewards, streaks, playtime milestones
• RallyVote — vote rewards, parties, offline queue
• RallyRefer — referral rewards with anti-abuse
• RallyWelcome — first-join experience + greet rewards

Together they cover the full loop: get discovered, welcome the arrivals, keep them, and reward them for inviting the next player.