How to Install and Use the Minecraft Essentials Plugin

Hosting your Minecraft server can be a lot of fun, but the default version of the game doesn't allow much control. If you want to set homes, have teleportation, kits, chat commands

Additionally, it is highly customizable with its numerous configuration files and commands that allow you to fully control how it appears or acts in the game. Our Holy Hosting guide shows you

Plugin Installation

To use and customize this plugin, it must be installed on your Minecraft server.

Head to the EssentialsX Spigot page and click the Download Now button.

Make sure you are viewing the stable version section and click Download on the main EssentialsX plugin. Download EssentialsX Stable

Once downloaded, go to your Holy server panel and in the upper right corner, click FTP Access, then log in to that area with your password.

Once you are inside the FTP panel, locate and enter the plugins directory.

Press Upload in the upper left and drag the EssentialsX jar file, then wait until it reaches 100%. EssentialsX Minecraft Server Installation

After that, restart the server from the main panel so it loads on the server.

If you need additional support installing the plugin on your server, check our manual installation guide.

Getting Started

There are tons of unique features and commands with EssentialsX, but we will focus on the main important aspects to get started. Understanding the commands and settings is useful because

Kits

An incredible tool of EssentialsX is its kit system, which allows you to get defined items or blocks from a command. For example, you can get a combat kit with weapons and armor

Common Commands

Creating a Kit

First, you'll want to gather all your items in your inventory for the kit, then run the /createkit [kitname] [delay] command. After that, you should be able to use it! Once you've created a kit

Alternatively, you can manually create kits in the plugin's kits.yml file from the FTP panel, and an example is shown below.

kitname: - Sets the kit name to use in config.yml, permissions, and commands.

delay: 86400 - Cooldown time for the kit in seconds.

items:

- [item/block] [amount] [enchantments] [name] [lore] - Format per item or

block for the kit.

- diamond_sword 1 damage_all:5 name:&3HolyHosting lore:The best hosting service!

Homes

In the default version of Minecraft, using a bed is how you can have a spawn point at your base. However, with the EssentialsX homes system, you can have tons of

Additionally, you can control how many homes each player or rank can set, which is done through settings in the main plugin's config.yml file. Otherwise, you can use the

Common Commands

Common Permissions

If you want to use the multiple homes configuration, it is necessary to set it up in the config.yml file. You can define the [set name] value of the permission in the configuration for the sethome optionessentials.sethome.multiple.vip. You can find the exact area to make these edits below.

sethome-multiple: - The list of groups that limit how many homes a player can set.

default: 3 - permission node: essentials.sethome.multiple.default

vip: 5

staff: 10

Teleportation

A useful feature of EssentialsX is teleporting to players or defined locations with warps. This can be implemented in any game mode on your server! For example, if you wanted to set up

Warps

Setting up warps on your Minecraft server is essential for most owners, because this system allows you to instantly transport between locations. For example, you can create

Common Commands

Common Permissions

TPA

Sometimes, teleporting to a specific user is better for your setup instead of having warps. In that case, you can use the /tpa [player] command to request transport to that user

Common Commands

Common Permissions

Signs

Having signs in your Minecraft world while using EssentialsX gives you many features that can be useful for your players. For example, having the kit sign allows users to

However, it should be noted that before using any sign, the settings must be enabled in the plugin's config.yml file. In the file, you must remove

Economy

In most servers, having an economy for shops and trades is a necessity for players. Fortunately, EssentialsX comes with a built-in economy system, but requires

When you have it installed, you can start using commands and signs to buy, sell, and trade items/blocks. Additionally, you can even spend money on specific functions like enchant

Common Commands

Common Permissions

Miscellaneous Commands

The following commands are the most commonly used by players and administrators. However, there is a complete list of commands and permissions that reveals everything you need.

Command Permission Description

/ci essentials.clearinventory Clears your player inventory.

/heal essentials.heal Heals and removes effects from your player.

/god essentials.god Puts you in god mode.

/near essentials.near Reveals all nearby players.

/spawnmob essentials.spawnmob Main command to start spawning specific entities.

/item essentials.item Ability to give yourself items or blocks in the game.

/remove essentials.remove Removes entities in your world.

/ec essentials.enderchest Forcefully opens your ender chest without having one.

/speed essentials.speed Gives you a speed boost without potions.

/top essentials.top Sends you to the highest block at your location.

/time essentials.time The base command to control the day/night cycle.

/hat essentials.hat Whatever you have in your hand will be worn as a helmet.

/invsee essentials.invsee Ability to view other players' inventories.

/enchant essentials.enchant Applies any enchantment to applicable items or blocks.

/vanish essentials.vanish Access to be completely invisible to default players.

Configuration

There are many settings and options in the EssentialsX plugin's config.yml file, which controls features from teleportation delay to the money symbol in the game

.../plugins/Essentials/. Due to the large size of the configuration file, we will only focus on the most important and commonly edited ones.

ops-name-color: '4' - Controls the color of operators on the server.

nickname-prefix: '~' - The prefix before any nickname that will be displayed in the game.

max-nick-length: 15 - Maximum number of characters allowed for any nickname.

teleport-delay: 0 - The command delay for teleportation in seconds.

auto-afk: 300 - Automatically sets any player to AFK after a specific time in seconds.

unsafe-enchantments: false - Toggle non-standard enchantment levels (e.g., Sharpness 100).

starting-balance: 0 - Sets the starting in-game balance for any user who joins.

currency-symbol: '$' - The currency icon displayed when money is mentioned.

max-money: 10000000000000 - The limit on the amount of money a player can have.

min-money: -10000 - The minimum amount of money a user can have, which can be negative.

Conclusion

EssentialsX is an all-in-one plugin that gives you the ability to use kits, warps, homes, sign commands, money, and much more. However, remember that Vault is required for the economy use