Quick Start

The idea

On every death, dDeathPenalty resolves one penalty profile for the player and applies it. The profile is built by layering:

default  →  worlds.<world>  →  groups.<group the player has>

Each layer deep-merges over the previous, so you only specify what changes. See Penalty Profiles.

A common setup

default:
  enabled: true
  money:
    enabled: true
    mode: PERCENT      # take a % of balance
    amount: 10.0       # 10%
    pvp-multiplier: 2.0  # double it on PvP deaths
  exp:
    enabled: true
    keep: false
    lose-levels: 5     # lose 5 levels
  items:
    mode: VANILLA      # normal drops

# nether is harsher
worlds:
  world_nether:
    money: { amount: 25.0 }

# VIPs lose less
groups:
  vip:
    money: { amount: 5.0 }

VIPs are matched by the deathpenalty.group.vip permission.

Protect spawn / staff

• Give staff deathpenalty.exempt (they die but keep everything) or deathpenalty.ignore (the plugin does nothing for them).
• In a WorldGuard region: /rg flag spawn death-penalty deny.

See Exemptions and WorldGuard Regions.

Apply changes

/dp reload

Then check stats anytime:

/dp check          # your own
/dp check Steve    # someone else's