EzLifesteal

EzLifesteal is a heart-based lifesteal plugin for Paper / Bukkit-compatible Minecraft servers. Players gain or lose hearts when they kill or are killed by other players. The plugin supports YAML and MySQL persistence, a configurable heart shop, kill streaks, smurf detection, and optional EzSeasons integration for seasonal resets.

Feature overview

Feature Details
Lifesteal on kill/death Configurable hearts gained/lost per PvP interaction
Per-world overrides Different lifesteal rates per world
Ban on zero hearts Optionally bans players who reach zero hearts
Heart items & shop Configurable heart voucher items and a GUI shop
Kill streaks Rewards and broadcasts triggered by consecutive kills
Leaderboard hologram Floating hologram displaying the top-heart players
Action bar / boss bar Real-time heart display overlays
Revive beacon Beacon-based ritual to revive banned players
Beacon spawn Plugin places beacon blocks in the world on a schedule or manually, with countdown timer, WorldGuard region protection, and availability broadcast
Smurf detection Flags suspicious kill-farming behavior with alerts and GUI review
Admin bypass Optionally exempt admins from heart gain/loss
Multi-language support en, de, es, fr, nl, pt, ru, zh
YAML / MySQL storage Pluggable persistence with async I/O
EzSeasons integration Automatically resets hearts when a season ends

Compatibility

Requirement Version
Minecraft / Paper 26.1 or later
Java 25 or later
Plugin version 1.1.0

Quick navigation

  • Getting started — install and first-time setup
  • Features — per-feature guides (lifesteal, shop, kill streaks, revive beacon, and more)
  • Integrations — optional hooks for Vault, PlaceholderAPI, EzSeasons, WorldGuard, and EzCountdown
  • Configuration — exhaustive YAML file reference
  • Commands — all /lifesteal and /hearts commands
  • Permissions — permission node reference
  • Developer guide — architecture, contribution workflow, and API integration