ShieldSMP

Eight legendary shields, each with an always-on passive and a sneak-activated ultimate. Forge a random shield, upgrade its tier, or reroll it into another — all through craftable items. Built for modern Minecraft and Folia-ready.

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Legendary shields

Tier 5

Max (10 supported)

Folia

Threaded support

How it plays

Forge a shieldCraft a Shield Core and right-click it to forge one of the eight legendary shields at random. Which one you get is the gamble.

Wield itHold a shield in either hand and its passive is always active. Sneak + right-click fires its ultimate on a cooldown that shrinks as the shield levels up.

Upgrade or rerollUse an Ascension Shard to raise its tier by +1, or a Chaos Prism to reroll it into a different shield while keeping the tier.

Feature highlights

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Tier scalingRadius, damage, dodge and reflect all scale with tier. Max tier is 5 by default and up to 10 is supported.

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Guard reactionBlocking a hit triggers a shield-specific guard reaction on a short cooldown — defence that fights back.

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Folia supportBuilt for Folia's threaded regions, not just Paper.

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Particle quality controlLOW / MEDIUM / HIGH / ULTRA — LOW for 100+ player servers, ULTRA for cinematic showcases.

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Unbreakable & death-safeShields never break, can't be abused in anvils, and are handed back on respawn instead of dropping (unless you want them to).

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Resource pack, gracefullyCustom models via custom-model-data — players without the pack still see a real shield, never a purple/black missing texture.

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Lifetime stat trackingShields forged, upgrades, rerolls and ultimates used are all counted per player.

Requirements

Requirement	Notes
Paper / Folia 26.1.2	Java 25. Folia fully supported.
License key	Entered in `config.yml` — from Discord after purchase
Resource pack	Bundled — optional, degrades gracefully without it
MySQL	Optional — SQLite is the default

Installation

Drop ShieldSMP.jar into plugins and restart.
Enter your license key under license.key in config.yml.
Optionally apply the bundled resource pack for the custom shield models.
Craft a Shield Core (see Items & Recipes) and right-click to forge your first shield.