GodMode

GodMode
A lightweight, cross-version God mode plugin for Minecraft servers.

Source Code • GitHub Release • bStats

GodMode provides a simple way to make yourself or other players invulnerable.

Originally released in 2020, GodMode 3.0 is a complete rewrite focused on keeping the plugin lightweight while supporting both legacy and modern Minecraft servers with the same JAR.

Features

• Toggle God mode with /god
• Explicitly enable or disable God mode with /god on and /god off
• Manage God mode for other players
• Complete damage immunity while God mode is enabled
• Prevents hunger loss without preventing players from eating
• Optional healing when God mode is enabled
• Optional hunger restoration when God mode is enabled
• Optional God mode persistence across server restarts
• Permission-aware tab completion
• Clickable and hoverable command help
• Configurable messages
• Asynchronous update checker
• Clickable update notifications
• Modern bStats integration
• Automatic migration from GodMode 2.x
• Automatic backup of legacy configurations before migration

Commands

/god
Toggle your own God mode.

/god on
Enable your own God mode.

/god off
Disable your own God mode.

/god <player>
Toggle God mode for another online player.

/god <player> on
Enable God mode for another online player.

/god <player> off
Disable God mode for another online player.

/godmode
Display the available GodMode administration commands.

/godmode info
Display plugin information and update status.

/godmode list
Display players currently in God mode.

/godmode reload
Reload the GodMode configuration without restarting the server.

Permissions

godmode.use
Allows a player to toggle or set their own God mode.

godmode.others
Allows managing God mode for other players.

godmode.reload
Allows reloading the GodMode configuration.

godmode.updates
Allows receiving update notifications.

godmode.info
Allows viewing GodMode plugin information.

godmode.list
Allows viewing players currently in God mode.

All permissions default to server operators.

Configuration

GodMode includes a documented config.yml with configurable messages and optional features.

Legacy Minecraft color codes using & are supported.

Optional settings include:

persistence:
  enabled: false

god-mode:
  heal-on-enable: false
  feed-on-enable: false

update-checker:
  enabled: true
  notify-admins: true

When persistence is enabled, God mode states are stored using player UUIDs and restored after server restarts.

Updating from GodMode 2.x

GodMode 3.0 can be installed directly over GodMode 2.x.

Existing god-msg and ungod-msg values are automatically migrated to the new configuration format, including custom multi-line messages.

Before migration, GodMode automatically creates a backup:

plugins/GodMode/config-v2-backup.yml

The new configuration is then generated using the current 3.0 template so the comments and layout remain clean.

Compatibility

GodMode 3.0 is designed to support Minecraft 1.7.10 through modern Minecraft versions using the same plugin JAR.

The exact same GodMode 3.0 JAR has been tested successfully on:

• 1.7.10
• 1.8.8
• 1.12.2
• 1.16.5
• 1.20.1
• 1.21.11
• 26.2
• 26.3

GodMode is compiled as Java 8-compatible bytecode.

The Java version required to run the server itself still depends on the Minecraft/server version being used.

GodMode intentionally does not declare an api-version in plugin.yml so the same JAR can remain compatible with legacy Minecraft versions. Modern server software may therefore display a legacy-plugin warning during startup.

Metrics

GodMode uses bStats to collect anonymous usage statistics.

GodMode 3.0 continues using the original GodMode bStats project ID, preserving the project's existing metrics history.

Server administrators can disable bStats globally through the standard bStats configuration.

Open Source

GodMode is open-source under the MIT License.

View the source code on GitHub

Report bugs or request features

GodMode 3.0.0 Release