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MysticNametags

A custom nametag system where you create your own tags players can equip or purchase.

Description

🏷 MysticNameTags

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Plugin Stats - Starting 1.1.9+

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MysticNameTags is a modern, permission-driven, and performance-focused tag and nameplate system for Hytale servers.

Built for servers that want:

  • Clean UI
  • Flexible tag progression
  • Strict permission control
  • Optional economy support
  • Multi-stat unlock requirements
  • Minimal overhead and no pointless tick spam

WARNING - Please Read

MYSTICNAMETAGS IS NOT A RANK REPLACEMENT. IT IS BUILT FOR COSMETIC FLAIR, PROGRESSION TITLES, AND PLAYER IDENTITY.

This mod does not currently replace fully colored third-party nameplate solutions such as HTNameplates.

If you want fully colored nameplates right now, use HTNameplates.

MysticNameTags is instead focused on:

  • progression-based tags
  • unlock requirements
  • placeholder support
  • economy-based cosmetic titles
  • future-forward nameplate expansion

Experimental Glyph Nameplates

MysticNameTags also includes an experimental glyph-based nameplate system.

This system is still under active development and should be treated as experimental.

Important notes:

  • glyph nameplates are far more expensive than normal text-based nameplates
  • each visible character is effectively rendered through spawned glyph entities
  • lower entity limits can cause wording to be cut off
  • this system is best suited for testing, roleplay events, or smaller servers while it continues to mature

That said, v1.2.0 introduced major progress toward a more stable glyph nameplate foundation, including:

  • improved rendering stability
  • better movement/attachment handling
  • cross-world support
  • crash fail-safes for nameplate load failures
  • safer behavior in multi-world environments

📦 Suggested Mods / Integrations

These are optional but supported by MysticNameTags:

  • Third Person Nameplates
  • HTNameplates
  • EcoTale / economy backends
  • HyEssentialsX
  • VaultUnlocked
  • Zid’s Playtime
  • EndlessLeveling
  • RPG Leveling
  • WiFlow PlaceholderAPI
  • HelpChat PlaceholderAPI
  • EcoTalesQuests (early Adventurer Rank override support)

🌐 Community & Support

Discord: Hyzion Discord https://discord.gg/9aq3Gqg3Gy

Support tickets can be created in:

#create-ticket

⚠ This Discord also serves an in-development Hytale server, so please keep that in mind when joining.

🤝 Official Partnered Servers

You can see MysticNameTags in action on:

  • Hyzion – (Currently in Development)
  • Late Nite — LateNiteHytales.mooo.com
  • HyForger Skyblock — play.hyforger.com

📦 Official Assets For MysticNameTags

If you want to support the mod, you can download it here or grab additional packs below.

✨ Features

🏷 Fully Custom Tag System

Define unlimited tags in:

tags.json

Each tag supports:

  • custom display names
  • & formatting codes
  • hex colors via &#RRGGBB
  • optional economy pricing
  • permission requirements
  • playtime requirements
  • multi-stat requirements
  • owned-tag progression requirements
  • item tribute requirements
  • unlock console commands
  • category grouping
  • placeholder-based requirements

Tags can be:

  • free
  • permission-locked
  • stat-based
  • playtime-based
  • purchase-based
  • item-based
  • placeholder-gated
  • progression-locked
  • any combination of the above

All configured conditions must be met unless the tag is intentionally configured otherwise.

🧠 Advanced Unlock Requirements

MysticNameTags supports layered requirement logic such as:

  • permission
  • requiredPlaytimeMinutes
  • requiredOwnedTags
  • requiredStatKey + requiredStatValue
  • requiredStats
  • requiredItems
  • requiredPlaceholders
  • purchasable + price

Supported Stat Keys

Internal stats via PlayerStatManager:

  • custom.kills_total
  • custom.deaths_total
  • custom.damage_dealt
  • custom.damage_taken
  • killed.<entityId>
  • mined.<blockId>
  • placed.<blockId>

Examples:

  • killed.goblin_miner
  • killed.Player
  • killed.goblin_*
  • mined.hytale:stone

Wildcard matching is supported where applicable.

EndlessLeveling Stat Keys

  • endlessleveling.level
  • endlessleveling.xp
  • endlessleveling.prestige
  • endlessleveling.skill.<ATTRIBUTE>

Examples:

  • endlessleveling.skill.LIFE_FORCE
  • endlessleveling.skill.STRENGTH
  • endlessleveling.skill.ATTACK

These are bridged into MysticNameTags and can be used directly in requirement displays and unlock logic.

🎁 On Unlock Commands

Each tag can optionally execute console commands the first time it is unlocked.

Example:

"onUnlockCommands": [
  "give <player> diamond 3",
  "broadcast &6<player> has unlocked the Primordial tag!"
]

How it works:

  • runs only once on first unlock
  • executes as console
  • replaces <player> automatically

Useful for:

  • crate keys
  • rank rewards
  • item rewards
  • broadcasts
  • external integration hooks

Placeholder Requirement Operators

MysticNameTags supports multiple placeholder comparison types.

Numeric operators

  • >
  • >=
  • <
  • <=
  • ==
  • !=

String operators

  • ==
  • !=
  • contains

Boolean operators

  • true
  • false

Examples include:

{
  "placeholder": "%wi_level%",
  "op": ">=",
  "value": "100"
}
{
  "placeholder": "%luckperms_primary_group%",
  "op": "==",
  "value": "vip"
}
{
  "placeholder": "%some_permission_placeholder%",
  "op": "true"
}

This makes it easy to gate tags behind:

  • ranks
  • web sync flags
  • external status values
  • custom placeholder systems
  • permission-style checks

🎨 Color Formatting

MysticNameTags supports color formats that Hytale currently handles reliably.

Supported formatting

  • legacy & color/format codes
  • hex colors using &#RRGGBB

Examples:

&6&l[Champion]
&#FFAA00&l[Dragon Soul]

Nameplate color limitations

Due to current Hytale API limitations:

  • full colored nameplate rendering is still limited
  • multi-line nameplates are still constrained by the game/client
  • final visual rendering is still partially controlled by the client

MysticNameTags will continue to expand proper nameplate styling as Hytale’s APIs mature.

🖥 Clean & Scalable UI

Open the main interface with:

/tags

Included features:

  • tag browser UI
  • category filtering
  • locked vs unlocked state indicators
  • requirement breakdown panels
  • current nameplate preview
  • pagination for large tag libraries

Additional UI:

/tagsowned

Shows only tags already unlocked by the player, if enabled in settings.json.

🔐 Permission-First Design

MysticNameTags is designed around permission safety.

Core notes:

  • all tags can respect permissions
  • nothing is hardcoded into the plugin for tag unlock nodes
  • tag permissions come from tags.json
  • checks are cached and refreshed safely
  • no pointless polling loops

Core permission nodes:

  • mysticnametags.ui.open
  • mysticnametags.reload
  • mysticnametags.admin.update

Permission Gate Modes

Soft Permission Gate

"permissionGate": true

Tags remain visible, but the player still needs the permission to unlock or equip them.

Full Permission Gate

"fullPermissionGate": true

Tags are fully hidden when the player lacks permission.

Useful for:

  • donor tags
  • staff tags
  • admin-only tags
  • hidden event tags
  • seasonal content

🔄 Multi-Permission Backend Support

MysticNameTags supports multiple permission backends and probes them safely.

Supported:

  • native Hytale permissions
  • LuckPerms
  • PermissionsPlus
  • HyperPerms

If no third-party backend is found, the plugin safely falls back to native Hytale permissions.

💰 Optional Economy Support

MysticNameTags supports both ledger-style economies and physical currency systems.

Supported ledger backends

The plugin probes these in order and uses the first valid backend:

  • EconomySystem / TheEconomy and forks
  • HyEssentialsX EconomyAPI
  • EcoTale
  • VaultUnlocked
  • EliteEssentials

Physical currency support

Full support exists for Coins & Markets style physical coin systems.

This allows:

  • item-based currency
  • direct coin removal
  • no virtual balance requirement

When economy logic runs

Economy checks only run when needed:

  • opening the /tags UI
  • attempting to purchase a tag

There are no useless per-tick economy loops.

If no economy is available, or economy is disabled, the plugin safely shows:

Balance: N/A

and price-based tags become non-purchasable.

🔌 Optional Integrations

MysticNameTags includes safe optional support for:

  • LuckPerms
  • PermissionsPlus
  • HyperPerms
  • PrefixesPlus
  • EconomySystem / TheEconomy
  • EcoTale
  • VaultUnlocked
  • Coins & Markets
  • EliteEssentials
  • HyEssentialsX
  • HelpChat PlaceholderAPI
  • WiFlow PlaceholderAPI
  • RPG Leveling
  • EndlessLeveling
  • EcoTalesQuests (early Adventurer Rank override support)

If an integration is not installed, it is skipped safely without hard errors.

🎮 RPG Leveling Integration

To avoid nameplate conflicts with RPG Leveling:

In RPG Leveling config:

EnablePlayerLevelNameplate = false

In settings.json:

"rpgLevelingNameplatesEnabled": true

Then restart or reload MysticNameTags.

⚙ Configuration Guide

settings.json

MysticNameTags generates a structured settings.json on first run.

Core

"nameplateFormat": "{rank} {name} {tag}\n{endless_race} - [Lv. {endless_level} - P{endless_prestige}]",
"stripExtraSpaces": true,
"language": "en_US",
"tagDelaysecs": 60

Supported format tokens include:

  • {rank}
  • {name}
  • {tag}
  • {endless_level}
  • {endless_prestige}
  • {endless_race}
  • {endless_primary_class}
  • {endless_secondary_class}
  • {rpg_level}
  • {ecoquests_rank}

When using multi-lines you can use \n to make a new line.

Storage

"storageBackend": "FILE",
"sqliteFile": "playerdata.db",
"mysqlHost": "localhost",
"mysqlPort": 3306,
"mysqlDatabase": "mysticnametags",
"mysqlUser": "root",
"mysqlPassword": "password"

Supported storage backends:

  • FILE
  • SQLITE
  • MYSQL

Nameplates

"nameplatesEnabled": true,
"defaultTagEnabled": false,
"defaultTagId": "mystic"
  • defaultTagEnabled enables a fallback tag when no tag is equipped
  • defaultTagId must match an existing tag in tags.json

EndlessLeveling

"endlessLevelingNameplatesEnabled": true,
"endlessRaceDisplay": true,
"endlessPrestigeDisplay": true,
"endlessPrimaryClassDisplay": false,
"endlessSecondaryClassDisplay": false,
"endlessPrestigePrefix": "P"

Controls EndlessLeveling-based data in nameplates and formatting.

Placeholder APIs

"wiFlowPlaceholdersAutoDetect": true,
"wiFlowPlaceholdersEnabled": true,
"helpchPlaceholderApiAutoDetect": true,
"helpchPlaceholderApiEnabled": true

Autodetect can enable integrations automatically when installed.

Economy / Gating

"economySystemEnabled": true,
"useCoinSystem": false,
"usePhysicalCoinEconomy": false,
"fullPermissionGate": false,
"permissionGate": true

Controls:

  • price-based tags
  • coin logic
  • physical currency behavior
  • soft permission gates
  • full permission gates

RPG Leveling

"rpgLevelingNameplatesEnabled": false,
"rpgLevelingRefreshSeconds": 30

Playtime

"playtimeProvider": "AUTO",
"ownedTagsCommandEnabled": true

Supported playtime modes:

  • AUTO
  • INTERNAL
  • ZIB_PLAYTIME
  • NONE

Experimental Glyph Nameplates

"experimentalGlyphNameplatesEnabled": true,
"experimentalGlyphMaxChars": 32,
"experimentalGlyphUpdateTicks": 1,
"experimentalGlyphMaxEntitiesPerPlayer": 72,
"experimentalGlyphViewerActivationDistance": 12.0,
"experimentalGlyphViewerDropDistance": 14.0,
"experimentalGlyphViewerRefreshActiveMs": 1,
"experimentalGlyphViewerRefreshIdleMs": 50,
"experimentalGlyphIdleFollowIntervalMs": 50,
"experimentalGlyphRotationSyncIntervalMs": 1,
"experimentalGlyphMaxLines": 2,
"experimentalGlyphMaxCharsPerLine": 32,
"experimentalGlyphLineSpacing": 0.3,
"experimentalGlyphTintStrength": 1.0

Important notes:

  • glyph nameplates are experimental
  • each character consumes entity budget
  • lower experimentalGlyphMaxEntitiesPerPlayer improves performance but increases the chance of cut-off wording
  • longer formats and multiple lines need higher values
  • use with care on larger servers

⚙ Recommended Glyph Settings

Small servers (1–15 players)

Use these for maximum visual quality:

"experimentalGlyphUpdateTicks": 1,
"experimentalGlyphMaxEntitiesPerPlayer": 72,
"experimentalGlyphViewerActivationDistance": 12.0,
"experimentalGlyphViewerDropDistance": 14.0,
"experimentalGlyphViewerRefreshActiveMs": 1,
"experimentalGlyphViewerRefreshIdleMs": 50,
"experimentalGlyphIdleFollowIntervalMs": 50,
"experimentalGlyphRotationSyncIntervalMs": 1,
"experimentalGlyphMaxLines": 2,
"experimentalGlyphMaxCharsPerLine": 32

Medium servers (15–40 players)

Use these for balanced visuals and performance:

"experimentalGlyphUpdateTicks": 2,
"experimentalGlyphMaxEntitiesPerPlayer": 48,
"experimentalGlyphViewerActivationDistance": 10.0,
"experimentalGlyphViewerDropDistance": 12.0,
"experimentalGlyphViewerRefreshActiveMs": 5,
"experimentalGlyphViewerRefreshIdleMs": 75,
"experimentalGlyphIdleFollowIntervalMs": 75,
"experimentalGlyphRotationSyncIntervalMs": 5,
"experimentalGlyphMaxLines": 2,
"experimentalGlyphMaxCharsPerLine": 24

Large servers (40+ players)

Use these only if you want to prioritize stability:

"experimentalGlyphUpdateTicks": 3,
"experimentalGlyphMaxEntitiesPerPlayer": 32,
"experimentalGlyphViewerActivationDistance": 8.0,
"experimentalGlyphViewerDropDistance": 10.0,
"experimentalGlyphViewerRefreshActiveMs": 10,
"experimentalGlyphViewerRefreshIdleMs": 100,
"experimentalGlyphIdleFollowIntervalMs": 100,
"experimentalGlyphRotationSyncIntervalMs": 10,
"experimentalGlyphMaxLines": 1,
"experimentalGlyphMaxCharsPerLine": 16

Glyph tuning notes

  • lowering experimentalGlyphMaxEntitiesPerPlayer has one of the biggest performance impacts
  • lowering it too much can cause nameplate wording to cut off
  • reducing experimentalGlyphMaxCharsPerLine lowers entity usage
  • increasing refresh intervals improves performance
  • fewer lines means fewer glyph entities
  • longer nameplate formats require higher entity budgets

⚙ Glyph Reload Behavior

To avoid massive update spikes across all worlds, glyph nameplates are not force-refreshed globally when reload runs.

Important behavior

Running:

/mnatags reload

does not instantly rebuild every active glyph nameplate in every loaded world.

This is intentional.

Why?

Because force-updating all glyph nameplates globally can create:

  • unnecessary lag spikes
  • cross-world refresh overhead
  • mass entity churn
  • worse performance on busy or multi-world servers

How do glyphs update then?

Glyphs update naturally when:

  • a player joins a world
  • a player equips or changes a tag
  • a player status/integration value changes
  • a normal internal refresh path is triggered

Manual refresh note

If you want an immediate post-reload visual update, the player should simply re-equip their tag.

This localized refresh behavior is an optimization choice and helps prevent global lag.

🌍 Cross-World Glyph Safety

Starting with newer glyph improvements, MysticNameTags now includes:

  • cross-world nameplate support
  • safer world transition handling
  • fail-safes when glyph nameplates fail to load in another world

If a glyph/nameplate fails to load during a cross-world situation:

  • the world should not crash
  • the player should not crash
  • the nameplate safely skips or recovers instead of causing a fatal failure

This is a major stability improvement for multi-world environments.

Placeholder Support

HelpChat PlaceholderAPI

  • %mystictags_tag%
  • %mystictags_tag_plain%
  • %mystictags_full%

WiFlow PlaceholderAPI

  • {mystictags_tag}
  • {mystictags_tag_plain}
  • {mystictags_full}
  • {mystictags_full_plain}

These can be used in chat, scoreboards, UI systems, and other supported integrations.

🌐 Language Support

MysticNameTags includes locale files such as:

lang/en_US.json

Language selection is controlled in settings.json:

"language": "en_US"

Behavior:

  • missing keys fall back to en_US
  • custom locales can be expanded manually
  • new updates may add additional keys

Important for 1.1.9+

UI text customization is now more clearly separated.

Relevant files include:

messages.json
howitworkspanel.json

If you update from older versions, regenerate message/language files when required.

⚡ High Performance Design

MysticNameTags is designed to avoid wasteful processing.

Performance principles:

  • no meaningless tick spam for tags
  • economy logic only runs when needed
  • permission checks are cached
  • stat updates are event-driven where possible
  • playtime updates run on controlled intervals
  • glyph systems now avoid dangerous global refresh behavior

🚧 Active Development Roadmap

Current and planned focus includes:

  • continued work toward a stable glyph nameplate system
  • image support for nameplates and tags
  • more mod integrations
  • deeper external system compatibility
  • long-term nameplate revamp by v2.0

v2.0 goal

A full revamp of the nameplate system with:

  • better rendering behavior
  • better scalability
  • more flexibility
  • cleaner long-term architecture

✅ Summary

MysticNameTags delivers:

  • modern tag management
  • layered unlock requirements
  • economy-backed cosmetic progression
  • placeholder-driven logic
  • optional integrations
  • clean player UI
  • configurable progression paths
  • strong performance-aware design
  • experimental forward-looking glyph technology

If you want cosmetic tags done right for a Hytale server, MysticNameTags is built for you.

⚠ Notice

Hytale’s APIs and surrounding ecosystem are still evolving.

MysticNameTags will continue adapting as the API matures, integrations improve, and more rendering options become possible.

The project remains actively maintained and continues to expand.

🏷 MysticNameTags FAQ

❓ What is MysticNameTags?

MysticNameTags is a cosmetic player tag and nameplate system for Hytale servers.

It allows players to unlock and equip titles such as:

[Wanderer] PlayerName
[Goblin Slayer] PlayerName
[Dragon Soul] PlayerName

Tags can be unlocked through:

  • permissions
  • stats
  • playtime
  • items
  • purchases
  • placeholders
  • progression chains
  • external integrations

❓ Is MysticNameTags a rank system?

No.

MysticNameTags is not a replacement for ranks or permission groups.

It is built for:

  • cosmetic titles
  • progression tags
  • donor flair
  • quest rewards
  • achievement-style titles

Ranks themselves should still be managed by a permission backend.

❓ Does MysticNameTags support fully colored nameplates?

Not fully yet.

Due to Hytale API limitations, full colored nameplate rendering is still limited.

What works well right now:

  • colored tags in UI
  • colored tags in chat via placeholders
  • colored placeholder output in supported systems

For fully colored nameplates right now, use:

HTNameplates

MysticNameTags can work alongside it.

❓ What are glyph nameplates?

Glyph nameplates are an experimental alternate rendering mode where nameplate text is built from glyph entities instead of relying only on default text rendering.

This allows more control, but it is much heavier than normal nameplate behavior.

❓ Are glyph nameplates production-ready?

Not fully.

They are improving rapidly, and recent updates added:

  • rendering stability improvements
  • movement/attachment improvements
  • cross-world support
  • crash fail-safes

But they are still considered experimental and should be used carefully on larger servers.

❓ Why is my glyph nameplate text cut off?

Usually because:

"experimentalGlyphMaxEntitiesPerPlayer"

is set too low.

This value limits how many glyph entities can be used for a player's rendered nameplate.

Lower value:

  • better performance

Higher value:

  • more complete wording

If long nameplates or multi-line formats are used, increase this value.

❓ Why didn’t glyph nameplates instantly update after reload?

Because glyph nameplates are not force-refreshed globally on reload.

This is intentional and prevents lag spikes across all worlds.

Glyphs usually update when:

  • a player re-equips a tag
  • a player joins a world
  • a state refresh happens naturally

If you want an immediate update after reload, have the player re-equip their tag.

❓ Does MysticNameTags support multi-world servers?

Yes.

Recent glyph updates added:

  • cross-world nameplate handling
  • safer world transition logic
  • fail-safe protection if nameplates fail while a player is in another world

This prevents world crashes and player crashes caused by broken glyph loading edge cases.

❓ Does MysticNameTags support other entities?

No.

MysticNameTags is built specifically for players.

It does not provide tags for:

  • mobs
  • NPCs
  • armor stands
  • general custom entities

❓ How do I show tags in chat?

Use a chat system that supports placeholders.

Supported placeholder APIs include:

  • HelpChat PlaceholderAPI
  • WiFlow PlaceholderAPI

Examples:

%mystictags_tag%
%mystictags_full%

or

{mystictags_tag}
{mystictags_full}

❓ How do players unlock tags?

Tags are defined in:

tags.json

A tag can require:

  • permissions
  • playtime
  • stats
  • items
  • other tags
  • placeholders
  • economy purchases

All configured requirements must be met.

❓ Can tags require multiple conditions?

Yes.

A tag can require multiple conditions at once.

For example:

  • kill 100 goblins
  • have 5 hours playtime
  • reach level 10
  • own another tag first

This allows deep progression chains and RPG-style tag paths.

❓ Do you support stat requirements?

Yes.

Stats can come from:

  • MysticNameTags internal stat tracking
  • EndlessLeveling
  • custom or bridged stat providers

Examples:

killed.goblin_miner
mined.hytale:stone
endlessleveling.level
endlessleveling.skill.ATTACK

❓ Do stat wildcards work?

Yes.

Wildcard matching is supported where relevant.

Example:

killed.goblin_*

This can count all matching goblin-type entity kills.

❓ Does MysticNameTags support EndlessLeveling?

Yes.

Supported values include:

  • level
  • XP
  • prestige
  • skill levels
  • race display
  • class display options

It can also show compatible values in nameplates depending on your format.

❓ Does MysticNameTags support RPG Leveling?

Yes.

MysticNameTags can display RPG Leveling information on nameplates, but you should disable conflicting native RPG Leveling nameplate output first.

❓ Does MysticNameTags support EcoTalesQuests?

Yes, in early form.

Current support includes:

  • Adventurer Rank nameplate override support

This integration is limited right now because EcoTalesQuests does not yet expose the full API surface needed for deeper, fully reliable integration.

Support can expand further once a more complete API is available.

❓ Can tags require permissions?

Yes.

You can define permissions directly in tags.json.

MysticNameTags supports:

  • soft permission gating
  • full permission gating

Soft gate:

  • visible but unusable without permission

Full gate:

  • completely hidden without permission

❓ Does MysticNameTags support economy purchases?

Yes.

Supported economy styles include:

  • ledger economies
  • physical item economies

Compatible examples:

  • EcoTale
  • HyEssentialsX
  • VaultUnlocked
  • EconomySystem / TheEconomy
  • Coins & Markets
  • EliteEssentials

❓ Does MysticNameTags cause lag?

Normally, no.

The main tag/unlock/economy systems are built to be lightweight.

Performance design includes:

  • no per-tick tag polling
  • cached permission checks
  • event-driven stat updates
  • economy checks only when needed

Important exception

The experimental glyph system is heavier.

If you enable glyph nameplates, performance depends heavily on:

  • player count
  • nameplate length
  • line count
  • entity budget
  • refresh settings

Use the recommended glyph settings section for tuning.

❓ What settings matter most for glyph performance?

The biggest ones are:

  • experimentalGlyphMaxEntitiesPerPlayer
  • experimentalGlyphMaxCharsPerLine
  • experimentalGlyphMaxLines
  • viewer refresh intervals
  • rotation sync interval

Lower entity budgets improve performance but can truncate text.

❓ How long does it take to add support for another mod?

That depends on the quality of the API.

If the mod has a clean and documented API, integration can usually happen much faster.

If the API is undocumented, unstable, or not exposed properly, it may take significantly longer.

❓ Do you support X mod?

Check the integration list first.

If the mod you want is not currently supported, open a support ticket in:

#create-ticket

and request integration support.

❓ Where can I get support?

Join the Hyzion Discord:

https://discord.gg/9aq3Gqg3Gy

Then create a ticket in:

#create-ticket