Mining Alerts

MiningWatchdog watches players while they mine and announces it when someone finds a big amount of ores.

It doesn’t spam chat for every block.
It waits until the player finishes mining, then checks if they found enough ore to be worth announcing.

How It Works

A player starts mining ore

As long as they keep mining, MiningWatchdog keeps counting
When the player stops mining for a couple of seconds, the plugin checks:
How much ore they mined
What type of ore it was
If they mined a lot, the server announces it
If they didn’t mine enough, nothing happens
That’s it. No spam, no commands, no setup required.

Example Message

Allan has found 9 Copper

You can fully change this message in the config.

Why Use MiningWatchdog?

Keeps chat clean
Highlights big ore finds
Helps staff notice suspicious mining
Works automatically in the background
Very lightweight
Great for survival, SMP, and semi-vanilla servers.

Configuration

The plugin creates a config file on first start:

plugins/MiningWatchdog/config.properties

This file controls what ores are tracked, how many blocks are required, and what message is shown.

Message Settings

msg.alert={player} has found {count} {ore}

This is the message players see.

You can use:

{player} → player name
{count} → how many blocks they mined
{ore} → ore name

You can rewrite this however you want or translate it.

Ore Settings (The Important Part)

Each ore has three lines:

How the plugin recognizes the ore
What name is shown in chat
How many blocks are required before announcing

Example:

ore.Copper.prefix=Ore_Copper_
ore.Copper.name=Copper
ore.Copper.threshold=8

What this means:

Any block that starts with Ore_Copper_ counts
(like Ore_Copper_Basalt, Ore_Copper_Stone)
The message will say Copper
The plugin will only announce if 8 or more copper blocks were mined

If someone mines 7 copper?
Nothing is announced.

Full Default Ore List

ore.Adamantite.prefix=Ore_Adamantite_
ore.Adamantite.name=Adamantite
ore.Adamantite.threshold=5

ore.Cobalt.prefix=Ore_Cobalt_
ore.Cobalt.name=Cobalt
ore.Cobalt.threshold=6

ore.Copper.prefix=Ore_Copper_
ore.Copper.name=Copper
ore.Copper.threshold=8

ore.Gold.prefix=Ore_Gold_
ore.Gold.name=Gold
ore.Gold.threshold=6

ore.Iron.prefix=Ore_Iron_
ore.Iron.name=Iron
ore.Iron.threshold=8

ore.Mithril.prefix=Ore_Mithril_
ore.Mithril.name=Mithril
ore.Mithril.threshold=5

ore.Onyxium.prefix=Ore_Onyxium_
ore.Onyxium.name=Onyxium
ore.Onyxium.threshold=4

ore.Silver.prefix=Ore_Silver_
ore.Silver.name=Silver
ore.Silver.threshold=6

ore.Thorium.prefix=Ore_Thorium_
ore.Thorium.name=Thorium
ore.Thorium.threshold=4

You can:

Raise or lower thresholds
Add new ores
Remove ores you don’t care about
Rename ores in chat

Restart the server after changing the file.

Good to Know

Messages only appear after the player finishes mining
No chat spam
No commands
No permissions needed
Works with all ore variants

MiningAlerts