ArmorAbilities

A Paper plugin that grants unique abilities to trimmed armor sets in Minecraft.

Each armor type (leather, iron, gold, chainmail, diamond, netherite, etc.) can be assigned an ability via anvil renaming. When a player wears a matching set, they gain special powers.

Abilities

Ability	Effect	Full Set Bonus
Moon	Jump Boost	No fall damage at level 4
Speed	Speed + Haste	Full haste at level 4
Scuba	Water Breathing, Night Vision, Haste (underwater)	Full underwater kit at level 4
Miner	Haste + Night Vision	—
Lava	Fire Resistance (in lava)	No fire damage at level 4
Peace	Mobs won't target you	—
Creeper	Explode on death	—
Rage	Lightning retaliation when hit	—
Vampire	Heal on hit	—
Assassin	Extra damage while sneaking	—
Spider	Climb walls	—

Requirements

• Minecraft: 26.2+ (Paper server)
• Java: 25 or newer
• Paper API: 26.2

Building from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/monsterwhat/ArmorAbilities.git
cd ArmorAbilities

# Build with Gradle (Java 25 is auto-provisioned via Foojay)
./gradlew clean build

The built jar will be in build/libs/armorabilities-6.1.0.jar.

Installation

1. Download the latest release jar from Releases
2. Place the jar in your server's plugins/ directory
3. Restart or reload the server

Configuration

Abilities are configured via config.yml in the plugin's data folder. Each ability can be enabled/disabled and its parameters tuned.

Permissions

Permission	Description	Default
armorabilities.*	All abilities	op
armorabilities.jump	Moon ability	true
armorabilities.speed	Speed ability	true
armorabilities.scuba	Scuba ability	true
armorabilities.miner	Miner ability	true
armorabilities.lavaswim	Lava ability	true
armorabilities.peace	Peace ability	true
armorabilities.creeper	Creeper ability	op
armorabilities.rage	Rage ability	op
armorabilities.vampire	Vampire ability	true
armorabilities.spider	Spider ability	true
armorabilities.assassin	Assassin ability	true

License

MIT