Lock End

🔒 Lock-End

Lock-End is a lightweight Minecraft plugin that allows server admins to globally lock or unlock access to the End dimension with a simple command.
Perfect for survival servers, SMPs, events, or progression-based gameplay.

✨ Features

• 🔐 Lock/unlock the End with /endlock (alias: /lock, /el) — endlock.toggle
• 📋 Full tab completion for all commands (native Brigadier suggestions)
• 🖥️ Console can toggle without permission
• 🚫 Blocks player teleportation to End (portals, /tp, /execute, plugin teleports)
• 📢 Broadcast system (actionbar or chat) on lock/unlock
• 🕒 Restart-safe scheduled unlocks with absolute target times
• 🔒 Schedule a future lock with /endlock lockin <minutes> or /endlock lockat <yyyy-MM-dd> <HH:mm>
• 📅 Inspect and clear schedules with /endlock schedule status and /endlock schedule clear
• 🛡️ Bypass rules by player name, UUID, world, or world-specific permission
• 🧩 PlaceholderAPI values for status, reason, timing, blocked attempts, and schedules
• 🧾 Structured audit history with pagination and JSON/CSV export
• 🔍 Filter history by player or action with tab completion
• 🚨 Optional evacuation: warn and move players out of the End after locking
• 🔔 Optional join notifications for locked state
• 📝 Logging with history tracking
• 📊 bStats integration for anonymous usage statistics
• ⬆️ Update checker with clickable links for Ops
• 🌍 8 languages: EN, DE, FR, ES, IT, RU, ZH, JA

📜 Commands

| Command | Description | Permission |
| ——- | ———– | ———- |
| /endlock | Toggles the End lock | endlock.toggle |
| /endlock lock | Lock the End | endlock.admin |
| /endlock unlock | Unlock the End | endlock.admin |
| /endlock status | Show current lock status | — |
| /endlock test | Test if portal blocking works | endlock.admin |
| /endlock reload | Reload configuration and dependent components | endlock.reload |
| /endlock history | View recent lock/unlock history | endlock.history |
| /endlock history <page> [player\|action <value>] | Filter history by player or action | endlock.history |
| /endlock undo | Undo the last lock/unlock action | endlock.undo |
| /endlock validateconfig | Validate configuration file | endlock.validate |
| /endlock pause | Pause scheduled unlock timers | endlock.admin |
| /endlock resume | Resume paused scheduled unlock timers | endlock.admin |
| /endlock stats | Show basic lock and block counters | (no permission) |
| /endlock unlockin <days> | Schedule an automatic unlock | endlock.toggle |
| /endlock unlockin <duration> | Schedule an automatic unlock, e.g. 12h or 7d | endlock.toggle |
| /endlock unlockat <yyyy-MM-dd> <HH:mm> | Schedule an automatic unlock at a specific time | endlock.toggle |
| /endlock lockin <minutes> | Schedule an automatic lock | endlock.toggle |
| /endlock lockin <duration> | Schedule an automatic lock, e.g. 30m or 2h | endlock.toggle |
| /endlock lockat <yyyy-MM-dd> <HH:mm> | Schedule an automatic lock at a specific time | endlock.toggle |
| /endlock lock in <duration> / unlock in <duration> | Natural alias, e.g. lock in 5m | endlock.toggle |
| /endlock schedule status | Show the active schedule | endlock.admin |
| /endlock schedule clear | Clear the active schedule | endlock.admin |
| /lock | Alias for /endlock | endlock.toggle |
| /el | Mobile-friendly alias for /endlock | endlock.toggle |

The base commands do not have a global permission in plugin.yml; each subcommand checks its own permission. This keeps public commands such as status and stats available while protecting administrative actions.

Commands /endlock lock, /endlock unlock, and /endlock status (the subset
command surface) also exist on the Fabric and NeoForge mods; the vanilla
datapack offers the same three as /function lockend:lock|unlock|status plus
/function lockend:set_spawn.

🧩 Permissions

| Permission | Description | Default |
| ———- | ———– | ——- |
| endlock.toggle | Allows locking/unlocking the End | OP |
| endlock.admin | Allows locking/unlocking the End, pausing/resuming schedules, and using the test command | OP |

⚙️ Configuration

plugins/EndLock/config.yml

# EndLock Plugin Configuration
config-version: 2
locked: false
language: en  # Supported: de en es fr it ja ru zh

# End access scope. An empty world list means all End worlds.
end:
  worlds: []
  block-end-gateway: true
  block-entities: true  # Also block non-player entities from entering the End

# Update Checker: Notifications for available updates
update-checker:
  enabled: true
  notify-ops: true
  notify-chat: true

# Broadcast: Send alerts to all players when End is locked/unlocked
broadcast:
  enabled: true
  use-actionbar: true  # Send as action bar instead of chat
  notify-all: true     # Notify all players (if false, only Ops)

# Preview notifications - Warn players before automatic lock/unlock
preview-notifications:
  enabled: false
  seconds: 30  # How many seconds before lock/unlock to send preview

# Sound effects for access denial
sound-effects:
  enabled: false
  sound: "BLOCK_ANVIL_LAND"  # Enum style or namespaced key (minecraft:block.anvil.land)
  volume: 1.0
  pitch: 1.0

# Lock reasons - Customizable reasons shown when blocking
lock-reasons:
  default: "Maintenance"
  maintenance: "Maintenance in progress"
  event: "Event in progress"

# Grace period - Delays enforcement of a new lock so players inside the
# End can finish and leave safely. Access is blocked once it ends.
grace-period:
  enabled: false
  duration: 10  # seconds

# Whitelists - Players, UUIDs, and worlds that can bypass the lock
whitelists:
  players: []  # Player names that can bypass the lock
  uuids: []    # Player UUIDs that can bypass the lock
  worlds: []   # End world names where players can bypass the lock

# Evacuation - Optional removal of players already inside the End when locking
evacuation:
  enabled: false
  warning-seconds: 10
  target-world: "world"
  exclude-bypass: true

# Logging - Audit log for lock actions and access attempts
logging:
  enabled: true
  log-file: "EndLock.log"  # Created in plugins/EndLock/logs/
  log-attempts: true       # Log attempted access to locked End
  rate-limit-seconds: 5    # Minimum seconds between logged attempts per player

# Schedule pause/resume - Temporarily override scheduled events
schedule:
  paused: false

# Test Command: Allow /endlock test for Ops to verify blocking works
test-command:
  enabled: true

# Optional statistics collection
stats:
  enabled: true
  lock-count: 0
  unlock-count: 0
  blocked-count: 0
  evacuated-count: 0

# Lock history storage
history:
  max-entries: 1000    # Oldest entries are dropped beyond this size
  retention-days: 30   # Entries older than this are removed (<=0 keeps forever)

# Optional join notifications for players joining while the End is locked
join-notifications:
  enabled: false

# Optional scheduled unlock
scheduled-unlock:
  enabled: false
  action: "unlock"     # lock or unlock
  mode: "days"         # days or datetime
  days: 7
  datetime: ""
  target-datetime: ""  # Internal absolute target, persisted across restarts
  # Countdown timer - Visible countdown before scheduled lock/unlock
  countdown:
    enabled: true
    interval: 10      # Seconds between countdown updates
    start-before: 300 # Show countdown N seconds before unlock

# Optional integrations and formatting
hooks:
  mini-message: true
  placeholderapi: true

Available languages

| Code | Language |
| —- | ——– |
| en | English |
| de | German |
| fr | French |
| es | Spanish |
| it | Italian |
| ru | Russian |
| zh | Chinese |
| ja | Japanese |

Customize messages in plugins/EndLock/messages_xx.yml (copy from the JAR or plugin folder after first run).

🧱 Compatibility

| Platform | Support |
| ——– | ——- |
| Paper 26.3+ | ✅ Recommended |
| Purpur 26.3+ | ✅ Paper-based, works |
| Spigot | ❌ Not supported |
| Folia | ✅ |

• Minecraft: 26.3
• Java: 25

⚠️ Notes

• Players and, when enabled, non-player entities are blocked from entering the End (end.block-entities, enabled by default)
• Players already inside the End when locking stay there unless evacuation.enabled is set (then they are warned and teleported out)
• The End dimension remains accessible via commands that bypass the player check (e.g., certain custom plugins); this plugin blocks the common vanilla pathways.

💡 Example usage

/endlock
/lock
/el
/endlock status
/endlock unlockin 3
/endlock unlockat 2026-12-31 23:59
/endlock reload
/endlock history
/endlock undo
/endlock validateconfig
/endlock pause
/endlock resume

📦 Installation

1. Download the latest release from Modrinth or GitHub Releases
2. Put lock-end-2.1.0.jar into your plugins folder
3. Restart your server (Paper 26.3+, Java 25)
4. Edit plugins/EndLock/config.yml if you want to customize behavior

🔗 Links

• GitHub Repository
• Issues & Support