Configuration

CoreArena's main configuration is in settings.yml inside the plugins/CoreArena folder. Below is a reference of all available settings.

Arena Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Store_Inventories	true	Save and restore player inventory when entering/leaving
Restore_Saved_Max_Health	true	Restore MAX_HEALTH attribute on arena leave
Keep_Own_Equipment_On_Death	true	Keep class equipment on death
Move_Forgotten_Players	true	Teleport players found in arena region on server join
Give_Random_Class_If_Not_Selected	true	Auto-assign random class if player didn't choose
Auto_Repair_Items	false	Unlimited durability for arena items
Display_Phase_Bar	true	Show current arena phase in a boss bar
Display_Mob_Health_Bar	true	Show mob health in action bar when hitting
Hide_Death_Messages	true	Hide death messages inside the arena
Console_Commands_For_Each	false	Run console commands per player (instead of once)
Allowed_Commands	[]	Commands players can use while in arena

Chat System

Arena chat can be scoped to only arena players:

Chat:
  Enabled: true
  Ranged: true
  Format: "&5Arena &8//&7 {player}: {message}"
  Global_Format: ""

When Ranged is true, chat only reaches other players in the same arena. Players with corearena.chat.global permission can prefix their message with ! to speak globally.

Experience and Leveling

CoreArena has its own experience system separate from vanilla Minecraft:

Experience:
  Give_To_Killer: false
  Exp_Per_Level: 30
  Level_To_Nugget_Conversion_Ratio: 0.5
  Reward_On_Escape: true
  Item: LIGHT_BLUE_DYE
  Item_Label: "&b+{amount} EXP"
  Gold:
    Conversion_Ratio: 100
  Amount:
    Next_Phase: "5 + (5 * {phase})"
    Kill:
      Global: "10 + (5 * {phase})"
      Player: "30 + (6 * {phase})"
      CREEPER: "15 + (5 * {phase})"

• Give_To_Killer: Give XP directly to killer (true) or drop as an item (false)
• Exp_Per_Level: XP needed to level up
• Level_To_Nugget_Conversion_Ratio: How many Nuggets one level is worth
• Amount formulas: JavaScript expressions using {phase} variable. You can add per-entity-type overrides (like CREEPER above)

Rewards

Rewards:
  Allow_Skipping_Tier: false
  Enable_Material_Rewards: true

• Allow_Skipping_Tier: Whether players can skip upgrade tiers
• Enable_Material_Rewards: Show material rewards in the rewards menu

Procedural Damage

Enables realistic block damage from explosions:

Procedural_Damage:
  Enabled: true
  Explosions:
    Gravitation_Range: 1
    Power:
      Creeper: 2.8
      TnT: 3.0
    Damage:
      Radius: 2
      Damage: 2.2

Items

Items:
  Damage_Players: true
  Explosive_Bow:
    Damage: 2.1

• Damage_Players: Whether arena items can damage other players
• Explosive_Bow.Damage: Explosion power for explosive arrows

Integration

Integration:
  Block_McMMO_Experience: true
  Block_Jobs_Level_Up: true

Prevents XP gain from mcMMO and Jobs plugins while inside arenas.

MySQL Database

MySQL:
  Enabled: false
  Delay_Ticks: 10
  Host: localhost
  Database: corearena
  Port: 3306
  User: root
  Password: ""

Enable MySQL for multi-server data synchronization.

Backup

Backup:
  Frequency: "6 hours"

Automatic arena data backup frequency.

Other Settings

Setting	Default	Description
Command_Aliases	[arena, ma, mobarena, corearena, ca]	Command aliases
Prefix	"&5Arena //&7"	Chat message prefix
Locale	en_US	Language file
Debug	[]	Debug categories