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Blocks Fight Back

Mine a block. Now fight it. Blocks come alive, hunt you down, and hit back — with an in-game browser to pick which ones do it.
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Blocks Fight Back

Mine a block. Now fight it.

Break a block and it doesn't drop — it stands up, comes after you, and hits back. Beat it and you get the normal drops. Lose and, well, you got beaten up by dirt.

Features

  • Blocks come alive and chase you, with a health bar over their head
  • They find their way around walls and terrain to reach you
  • Fights work like real Minecraft combat — same reach, same weapon cooldown, same crits
  • Your armor, shields, Protection, Thorns, and weapon enchantments all still work
  • Kill them however you want: sword, bow, crossbow, potions, TNT, fireworks
  • Silk Touch, Fortune, and XP drops work exactly like normal
  • Arrows stick into blocks and stay there while they move
  • Flowers, grass, kelp, beds, and other tricky blocks are handled properly
  • Blocks go back to normal if you die, log off, change worlds, or switch to Creative or Peaceful
  • Chests, portals, command blocks, and bedrock are left alone
  • Three difficulty presets — Classic, Survival, Chaos — or build your own
  • Works on multiplayer with limits so nothing gets out of hand

Block Browser

Type /bfb blocks to open a searchable menu of every block in the game. Click any block to turn it on or off. No config editing, no restarting.

Default settings

Setting Default
Damage when a block hits you 2.5 hearts
How often it can hit Once per second
How far it can spot you 64 blocks
Block health Based on how tough the block is (4–50)
Most blocks alive at once 100 on the server, 25 per player
How long they last if nobody's near 2 minutes
Starting preset Classic

Everything's in config.yml, and /bfb reload picks up changes.

Downloads

Build Versions
Paper (newer) 26.1.2–26.2
Paper (older) 1.21.11

Purpur works with the matching Paper builds.

Not supported: Spigot, CraftBukkit, Folia, Forge, NeoForge, Sponge, or hybrid servers.

Running Fabric or Quilt? That's a separate download — see the link at the bottom.

How to install

  1. Stop the server completely
  2. Delete any older Blocks Fight Back JAR
  3. Put the new JAR in your plugins folder
  4. Start the server
  5. Type /bfb help

Commands

/bfb and /blocksfightback both work.

Command What it does
/bfb start Turns it on
/bfb stop Turns it off
/bfb status Tells you if it's on or off
/bfb clear Puts all active blocks back
/bfb reload Loads your settings again
/bfb help Shows all the commands

Picking which blocks fight

Command What it does
/bfb blocks Opens the Block Browser
/bfb include <block> Makes a block fight back
/bfb exclude <block> Makes a block behave normally
/bfb list Shows your current list
/bfb reset Puts the list back to default

Presets

Command What it does
/bfb preset classic Balanced — the default
/bfb preset survival Tougher fights
/bfb preset chaos Exactly what it sounds like
/bfb preset custom save <name> Saves your current settings as a preset
/bfb preset custom load <name> Loads one back
/bfb preset custom delete <name> Deletes one

Permissions

Permission Who gets it What it's for
blocksfightback.admin Ops Start, stop, reload, clear, and change settings
blocksfightback.status Everyone Check if it's running

Problems?

If you find a bug you can make happen again, tell me your Minecraft version, what kind of server you're on, which version of Blocks Fight Back you have, and any red text from the console.

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