GiftDrops
Your server chat is about to get a lot more exciting.
GiftDrops drops surprise challenges at random intervals — a math puzzle appears, or a scrambled code flashes — and the race is on. The first player to type the correct answer in chat wins real item rewards straight to their inventory.
No menus. No sign-ups. Just play and react.
Built to keep your player base engaged between builds, during downtime, or anytime the server needs a burst of energy.
How It Works
- A challenge appears with animated titles, toast notifications, and chat messages
- Players race to type the answer in chat
- The fastest correct answer wins — items land directly in their inventory
- A cooldown prevents the same player from winning back-to-back
That's it. No setup required from players. They just need to be paying attention.
Challenge Types
Math Questions
Randomized arithmetic at varied difficulty. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division — all producing clean whole-number answers.
GiftDrop! First to answer: What is 34 + 17?
GiftDrop! First to answer: What is 12 × 9?
GiftDrop! First to answer: What is 44 ÷ 4?
Reaction Codes
A randomly generated code flashes. Pure speed — type it first, win.
Three formats keep players on their toes:
- Digit codes —
4829
- Mixed alphanumeric —
A3K7B2
- Letter codes —
XKQM
Case-insensitive, so nobody loses to a caps lock mishap.
Visual Feedback
Every event hits through multiple visual channels so nobody misses it:
- Full-screen animated title with decorative bars — the challenge front and center
- Toast notification popup — achievement-style corner alert
- Styled chat messages — colored header, the question, and a hint
When someone wins:
- Gold celebration title broadcast to all players with the winner's name
- Personal "You Won!" title with reward details just for the winner
- "Reward Collected!" toast confirming items landed in their inventory
- Win counter tracking total GiftDrop victories
When nobody answers in time:
- Subtle "Time's Up!" title and a warning toast — low-key, not intrusive
Fully Configurable
Everything lives in a single config.json:
- Rewards — any item ID, any quantity, multiple rewards per event
- Timing — event interval, duration, winner cooldown
- Every single display string — translate the entire plugin into any language by editing the config
{
"eventIntervalMinutes": 15,
"winnerCooldownMinutes": 5,
"eventDurationSeconds": 30,
"rewards": [
{ "item": "Ingredient_Bar_Iron", "amount": 3 },
{ "item": "Ingredient_Bar_Cobalt", "amount": 1 }
]
}
Item IDs follow the Hytale asset format (e.g., Ingredient_Bar_Iron, Tool_Pickaxe_Iron). Refer to community item databases for the full list of valid IDs.
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Permissions
┌─────────────────┬─────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Permission │ Default │ Description │
├─────────────────┼─────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ giftdrops.start │ Denied │ Allows using /giftdrop start to manually trigger events │
└─────────────────┴─────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
All players can participate in events and use /giftdrop stats with no permission needed. Only manually starting events requires the giftdrops.start permission, which is denied by default. Grant it to admins or moderators through your permission setup.
Commands
┌─────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Command │ Description │
├─────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ /giftdrop start │ Manually trigger a challenge (requires giftdrops.start) │
├─────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ /giftdrop stats │ Check your total wins (available to all players) │
└─────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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Requirements
- PlayerData Core — must be installed on the server. GiftDrops uses it for persistent win tracking and cooldown storage. Without it, the plugin will not start.
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What's Next
GiftDrops v1 ships lean on purpose. No bloat, no unnecessary dependencies. Future versions may add new challenge types, leaderboards, or economy integration — but only if players want them.
