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InstantShield

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An shield delay removal system developed for Minecraft servers. Removes the default 5-tick shield warm-up delay and supports Folia and all modern server software.

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Tested MC versions
1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19, 1.20, 1.21, 26.1, 26.2, 26.3

🛡️ InstantShield

An shield delay removal system developed for Minecraft servers.
Removes the default 5-tick (0.25s) shield warm-up delay and supports Folia and all modern server software.

InstantShield

🚀 Features

⚡ Zero Delay (Instant Block)

  • Instantly activates the shield on right-click.
  • Provides true reflex-based blocking during PvP.
  • Completely bypasses the vanilla shield warm-up delay.

🧠 Optimized Performance

  • Lightweight and efficient implementation.
  • No unnecessary calculations or TPS loss.
  • Safe for high-performance and high-player servers.

⚙️ Fully Configurable

  • Can be enabled or disabled instantly via config.yml.

⚙️ Configuration

You can configure the plugin via config.yml:

# InstantShield Configuration
instant-shield-enabled: true

# Delay in ticks (20 ticks = 1 second) before the shield becomes active
# 0 = instant (default). Vanilla's own delay is 5 ticks.
shield-delay-ticks: 0

# Checks Modrinth for new stable releases (beta/alpha are ignored)
update-checker: true

⚡ Commands

CommandPermissionDescription
/instantshield reloadinstantshield.reloadReloads config.yml and messages.yml from disk
/instantshield shield-delay-ticks <ticks>instantshield.configSets the shield delay in ticks (0 = instant)
/instantshield instant-shield-enabled <true|false>instantshield.configEnables or disables the plugin
/instantshield update-checker <true|false>instantshield.configEnables or disables the update checker

⚙️ Supported Forks

Fork / BuildSupport Status
✅ PaperFully Supported
✅ PurpurFully Supported
✅ FoliaFully Supported
✅ SpigotFully Supported
✅ BukkitFully Supported

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