Minecraft plugin SuperVanish

🕶️ About SuperVanish

SuperVanish — is a Minecraft plugin for servers that enables staff to become fully invisible to most players. It solves moderation and testing problems by letting administrators observe, spectate or investigate without alerting other players. SuperVanish targets Spigot/Paper (Bukkit‑based) servers and provides vanish behavior, tablist hiding, layered permissions and an API for integration.

🎯 Purpose

SuperVanish helps server owners and moderators to:

• perform invisible moderation and grief checks
• silently inspect inventories (with compatible plugins)
• join or leave without broadcasting real join/quit messages (fake join/quit supported)

SuperVanish addresses the need for reliable staff invisibility without modifying game balance for ordinary players. ()

⚙ Main features

• Fully invisible players (no visible armor, nametags or normal chat presence).
• Hides vanished players from the tab player list.
• Adjusts online player count in the server list (feature requires ProtocolLib).
• Layered permission system (sv.use.levelX and sv.see.levelX) to finely control who can vanish and who can see vanished players.
• Fake join/quit broadcasts and suppression of normal join/leave messages.
• Messages and behavior configurable via messages.yml and config.yml.
• Public API (VanishAPI) and events (PlayerHideEvent/PlayerShowEvent) for plugin integration. ()

🧩 Who it's for

SuperVanish is suitable for:

• Survival and PvP servers requiring staff moderation
• Networks that need invisible moderators or auditors
• Server operators who want programmatic checks via the VanishAPI

Not intended for: purely client‑side mods or Bedrock‑only servers (plugin requires a Bukkit‑compatible Java server). ()

🏗 Usage examples

• Moderators vanish to watch suspected griefers without revealing their presence.
• Staff use the plugin to silently check ender chests or inventories (when used with OpenInv or similar).
• A server operator hides from players while performing maintenance and broadcasts fake leave/join messages.

⚡ Notable technical details

• SuperVanish exposes a VanishAPI with methods such as VanishAPI.hidePlayer(player), VanishAPI.showPlayer(player), VanishAPI.isInvisible(player) and events PlayerHideEvent / PlayerShowEvent. This allows other plugins to detect and respect vanish state. ()
• Tested on and maintained for many Bukkit‑flavored server versions up to recent 1.21 series (see official resource for exact tested versions). ()

⌨️ Commands

Note: the plugin shows a help header/format in messages.yml; exact command names/aliases were not unambiguously listed in the official resource content available. ()

🔐 Permissions

(Defaults chosen based on plugin documentation describing op access for sv.*/supervanish.* and layered nodes; consult your permissions manager for exact defaults.) ()

⚙ Installation

📥 Installation

• Download the SuperVanish .jar from the official resource.
• Place the .jar into your server's plugins/ folder.
• Fully restart the server (do not use /reload).
• Check console for startup messages and generated config files. ()

📦 Dependencies

• ProtocolLib — required for adjusting server list/player count and some packet‑level features.
• OpenInv — recommended for silent chest/enderchest access features.

Only include dependencies listed by the plugin author; other integrations are optional and mentioned on the official resource. ()

🧾 Configuration

• SuperVanish creates a plugin folder and config files (config.yml, messages.yml) on first run.
• Many behaviors (tablist styling, fake join/quit, notifications) are configurable via messages.yml and config.yml.
• No official mention of MySQL/SQLite persistence in the core plugin documentation; database usage was not documented in the official resources consulted. ()

🧠 Additional information

Known conflicts & limitations

• May conflict with other vanish or tablist plugins; test in staging before production.
• Some features require ProtocolLib and/or OpenInv to function fully.
• Proxy (BungeeCord/Velocity) compatibility is not guaranteed; verify in multi‑server setups. ()

FAQ

Q1: Does SuperVanish provide an API for other plugins? A1: Yes — the VanishAPI and PlayerHideEvent/PlayerShowEvent are provided for integration. ()

Q2: Does this plugin hide vanished players in the tablist and server list? A2: Yes. Hiding in the tablist is supported; adjusting the player count in the server list requires ProtocolLib. ()

Q3: Is there a Discord support channel? A3: No official Discord link was listed in the official resources consulted; the author asks users to use Spigot private messages or the GitHub repo for issues. ()

Q4: Does SuperVanish collect usage statistics (bStats)? A4: The official resources reviewed did not mention bStats or telemetry; information about statistics collection was not found. ()

Support & source

• Source code and repository: available on GitHub (SuperVanish).
• Primary distribution and resource page: SpigotMC resource for SuperVanish. ()

When using SuperVanish on a production Minecraft server, always test vanish behavior together with your permission plugin and tablist/scoreboard integrations to avoid exposing vanished staff unintentionally. ()