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Prison server

The classic prison grind: players start in the lowest mine, sell what they dig and buy their way up the ranks to better mines, then prestige and do it again. Built on Prison, a long-running, free all-in-one prison plugin.

What you get

  • Mines that refill themselves on a timer
  • Ranks and prestiges with costs you set
  • Sell-all and automatic pickup of mined blocks
  • Economy, homes and kits from EssentialsX

What we install

Checked live on Modrinth: every plugin has a stable build for Minecraft 26.1.2, so your server runs Paper 26.1.2. Descriptions come from each plugin's author.

PrisonMakes creating a Prison server even easier! 221,045 downloads EssentialsXThe essential plugin suite for Paper and Spigot servers. 914,242 downloads VaultUnlockedA modern drop-in Vault fork, with Folia support, and enhanced APIs. 174,400 downloads LuckPermsA permissions plugin/mod for Minecraft servers. 3,009,508 downloads CoreProtectCoreProtect is a fast, efficient, data logging and anti-griefing tool. Rollback and restore any amount of damage. Designed with large servers in mind, CoreProte 582,388 downloads

Settings we apply

  • Paper 26.1.2, the newest version all its plugins support
  • Plugins: Prison, EssentialsX, VaultUnlocked, LuckPerms, CoreProtect
  • Settings: difficulty easy, pvp false, spawn protection 0
  • Optimized performance settings for your plan (you can undo them in the panel)

Starter world

A fresh world. You build the prison spawn and choose where the mines go.

Your first five minutes

  1. Op yourself, then run /ranks autoConfigure in the game: it creates ranks A to Z, a mine for each and their prices in one go
  2. Stand in a mine and run /mines tp A to see the first one; /mines set to change blocks
  3. Full guide on the plugin's site: prison.jar-mc.com

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