Skills Plugin

Overview

The Skills plugin brings a classic MMORPG-inspired skill system to Minecraft. Players improve skills through use, with a total skill cap that forces specialization choices.

Key Features

• 38 Skills across combat, magic, crafting, gathering, thief, taming, and survival categories
• Skill Cap System - Total cap of 700 points, individual cap of 100 per skill
• Use-Based Progression - Skills improve when used, with difficulty affecting gain rate
• Stat System - STR, DEX, INT calculated from related skills
• Quality Crafting - Item quality depends on crafting skill
• Reagent Magic - Reagent-based spellcasting with 8 circles of magic

Stats System

Three internal stats are calculated from related skills:

Stat Calculation

Stat Effects

Skills

Skill Gain System

Difficulty Modifiers

Combat Skills

Magic Skills

Crafting Skills

Gathering Skills

Survival Skills

※ Environmental damage maintains vanilla lethality. STR HP bonus benefit limited to 20% (80% scales with damage). Skill 100 = complete immunity.

Damage Multiplier = 0.5 × STR Scale × (1 - Skill/100)
STR Scale = 1.0 + ((maxHP/100 - 1) × 0.8)

Example: STR 25 (maxHP 125), Skill 0
  STR Scale = 1.0 + (0.25 × 0.8) = 1.2
  Damage Multiplier = 0.5 × 1.2 × 1.0 = 0.6
  → Vanilla lethal damage is still nearly lethal (STR benefit ~5%)

Combat System

Damage Formula

Base Damage = Weapon base damage (from config)
STR Bonus = 1 + (STR / 200)     // Max +50%
Tactics Bonus = Tactics / 100    // 0.1 to 1.0
Anatomy Bonus = 0.5 + (Anatomy / 100)  // 0.6 to 1.5
Critical = Anatomy / 2 % chance for 2x damage

Final = Base × STR × Tactics × Anatomy × Quality × Enchant

Hit Chance

Parrying

Magic System

Spellcasting

• Spellbook Required - Must hold a spellbook with the spell
• Reagents - Spells consume Minecraft items as reagents
• Mana - Uses the hunger bar
• Targeting - Most spells enter target mode after casting

Cast Success Rate

Spell Circles

Spell List

1st Circle

2nd Circle

3rd Circle

4th Circle

5th Circle

6th Circle

7th Circle

8th Circle

Reagent Reference

Runes

Runes are magical items required for Mark, Recall, and Gate Travel spells. A blank rune must be marked with a location before use.

How to Obtain Runes

Combine Teleport Scroll + Amethyst Shard in your inventory:

1. Pick up a Teleport Scroll with your cursor
2. Click on an Amethyst Shard in your inventory
3. A Blank Rune is created (works in either direction)

No skill required, 100% success rate.

Teleport Scroll sources: Mob drops (Witch, etc.), End City chests, Trial Chamber vaults, or craft with /scribe teleport

How to Use Runes

Runebook

A magical book that can store multiple runes for convenient travel. Works like a chest - freely move runes in and out.

How to Obtain

• Purchase from Librarian villager (Level 3)
• Price: 40-60 emeralds

How to Use

Controls

Note: Normal reagent and mana costs apply when casting from runebook. Only right-click actions are special - all other operations work like a normal chest.

Crafting System

Crafting skills affect the quality and special properties of items you create. Higher skill means better quality and stronger bonuses.

Quality System

Cooking Skill

Food you cook gets a recovery bonus based on your Cooking skill level.

Food Difficulty

Alchemy Skill

Potions you brew get extended duration based on your Alchemy skill level.

Potion Difficulty

Difficulty Modifiers

Stack Size Bonus

Production skills increase the maximum stack size of items from 64 to 99.

Stack Size by Skill Sum

Stack bonus is applied when:

• Picking up items from the ground
• Taking items from containers (chests, furnaces, etc.)
• Logging in (existing inventory is updated)

Gathering System

Gathering skills provide bonuses when collecting resources. Higher skill means faster gathering, better drops, and reduced tool durability consumption.

Mining Skill

Mining skill covers both ore mining (pickaxe) and soft block digging (shovel).

Speed Bonus (Haste Effect)

When you start mining ores or digging soft blocks, a Haste effect is applied based on your skill.

Durability Reduction

Digging Block Difficulties (Shovel)

Lumberjacking Skill

Chopping logs with axes improves with higher skill. Higher skill allows chain chopping of connected logs.

Speed Bonus (Haste Effect)

Chain Chopping System

When you chop a log, adjacent logs of the same type are automatically chopped based on your skill level.

Chain Chopping Rules

• Target: Logs only (leaves are not destroyed)
• Range: Upward only (9 directions: up and diagonal-up) - does NOT chain downward
• Durability: Only consumed for the first block
• Stamina: No stamina cost
• Different trees: Only same wood type chains (Oak → Oak only)
• Axe required: No (works with bare hands too)
• Drops: Items drop at each log's position and fall naturally
• Processing: Distributed over multiple ticks (reduces server load)

Chain Chopping Behavior

• Cut at base: Entire tree is chopped
• Cut in middle: Only logs above the cut point are chopped (below remains)
• Cut near top: Only logs above that point are chopped

Fishing Skill

Fishing skill enables automatic fishing. When a fish bites, there's a skill-based chance to auto-reel and auto-recast.

Auto-Fishing System

• Manual Cast: Player casts the fishing rod manually to start
• Auto-Reel: When fish bites, skill% chance to automatically reel in
• Auto-Recast: After successful auto-reel, automatically recasts
• Loop: Continues until rod breaks or player stops manually

Auto-Fishing Probability

Note

Auto-fishing is a bonus feature. If auto-reel fails, you can still manually reel in the fish (vanilla behavior). The fish only escapes if you don't react in time.

Farming Skill

Harvesting mature crops triggers auto-replant and auto-growth based on skill level.

Auto Farming System

• Auto-Replant: When harvesting mature crops, automatically replants if you have seeds in inventory (consumes seeds)
• Auto-Growth: After planting, crops advance growth stages based on skill (no bone meal consumed)

Growth Stages by Skill

Supported Crops

Excluded Crops

• Melon/Pumpkin: Stem remains after harvest
• Sweet Berry: Bush remains after harvest
• Bamboo/Sugar Cane/Cactus: Stacking crops
• Cocoa: Special crop attached to trees

Repair & Mending System

Anvil Repair

Repairing items on an anvil reduces their maximum durability, adding a realistic wear system.

Mending Enchantment

Mending success rate depends on the appropriate crafting skill for the item type.

Required Skills by Item Type

Success Rate by Skill

Scoreboard

The sidebar scoreboard displays your current status in real-time. Use /skills sb command to toggle visibility.

Scoreboard Display Example

Grandmaster
Swordsman

H 156/180
M 15/20
S 145/200
$ 1,234

Stats: 75/225
STR: 25 ▲
DEX: 25 ▲
INT: 25 ▼

Display Items

Stat Lock Modes

The icon displayed next to each stat indicates its lock mode. When the stat total reaches the cap (225), increasing one stat requires decreasing another.

Changing Lock Mode

Use /stats lock <str|dex|int> command to cycle through lock modes.

Cycle order: UP → DOWN → LOCKED → UP...

Example Builds

• Warrior Build: Set STR to UP, DEX to UP, INT to DOWN → INT decreases to raise STR/DEX
• Mage Build: Set INT to UP, STR/DEX to DOWN → STR/DEX decrease to raise INT
• Balanced Build: Set all to UP → Stats rise evenly (lowest stat decreases when at cap)
• Maintain Specific Value: Set desired stat to LOCKED → That stat won't change

Plugin Conflict Handling

The scoreboard.conflict_mode setting in config controls behavior when other plugins use the sidebar.

Commands

Player Commands

Thief Commands

Taming Commands

Admin Commands

Changelog