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Getting Started

1. Install plugins

Required:

  • AsyncArenasPlus

No other plugin is required for normal arena creation and resets.

2. License loader setup

If you bought AsyncArenasPlus:

  1. Put the plugin jar in your server's plugins folder.
  2. Start the server once.
  3. Stop the server.
  4. Open:
plugins/AsyncArenasPlus/loader.yml
  1. Add the license from the purchase Discord.
  2. Start the server again.

Optional:

  • PlaceholderAPI, if you want reset countdown placeholders.
  • AsyncArenas, AreaResetterPro, or AreaReloader-FAWE, if you want to migrate existing arenas.

3. Create your first arena

  1. Get the arena selection item:
/arena wand

  1. Use the amethyst shard to select two corners of your arena area.

  2. Create the arena:

/arena create <name>

Optional: create and set periodic reset in one step:

/arena create <name> <time>

Tip: you can also create by coordinates:

/arena create <name> <world> <x1> <y1> <z1> <x2> <y2> <z2> [time]

Time values support 10s, 5m, 3h, 1d, 20t, or a raw tick value with no suffix.

4. Verify reset

  1. Change blocks inside the arena.
  2. Run:
/arena reset <name>

5. Set periodic resets

Basic:

/arena periodic <name> <time>

Offset is optional. Most arenas do not need one.

Optional offset example:

/arena periodic <name> <time> <offset>

Example:

/arena periodic pvp_1 15m 2m

This means:

  • pvp_1 resets every 15 minutes
  • it waits 2 minutes before starting that schedule, which can help spread resets out

Use /arena pause <time> to temporarily stop all automatic periodic resets, /arena pause off to resume, and /arena pause status to check the current state.

6. Rotate one gameplay area between multiple terrain variants

If you want one physical area to cycle through different terrain versions:

  1. Create arena variant A for that area.
  2. Change the area to variant B and create a second arena with the same bounds.
  3. Run the rotation command.

Example:

/arena rotation 5m arena_variant_a arena_variant_b

This makes the same area alternate between stored variants every 5 minutes.

7. Inspect the result

Useful checks after setup:

/arena list
/arena info <name>

/arena info <name> shows bounds, display name, and next periodic reset timing.