The first big update in years: Werewolf is rebuilt for Minecraft 26.x, with many new features and fixes.

Requirements

• Minecraft 26.1 or newer on Paper (recommended) or Spigot, with Java 25.
• On Paper, werewolf skins work without any other plugin. On Spigot, install LibsDisguises or SkinsRestorer.

Upgrading from 0.x

• Your config.yml is upgraded automatically, and the old file is kept as config.v<old>.bak. Werewolves, clans, hunters and trophies carry over.
• Skins are now plain signed textures under Clans.Skins in the config. The old skin accounts and UUIDs are no longer used.
• Delete the old language file in plugins/Werewolf/lang/ if you never edited it, so you get the new messages. Missing messages fall back to English either way.

New

• Moon phases: each world has its own moon phase, and admins can change it with /ww setphase. Werewolves gain a level every full moon.

• Maturity perks at levels 2, 3, 5, 7 and 10:

  • /ww intent: choose whether your bite infects
  • keep your items when you transform
  • scent tracking
  • transform at will
  • gold immunity

  /ww transform has a time limit, and transform, howl and growl have cooldowns.

• Clans: speed, defense, damage and potion effects per clan, with separate values for alphas.

• Alpha skins: each clan's alpha has its own skin.

• Alphas: the next alpha is chosen automatically. Kill your alpha as a clanmate to take their place.

• Wolf form rules: a configurable diet, blocked commands and potions, and no transforming in creative or spectator mode.

• Kill rewards: the health regained and the clan points earned per mob are set in config.yml (Werewolf.KillHealing, Clans.MobPoints).

• Hunting gear:

  • Silver armor resists infection and protects against werewolves, and werewolves can't wear it.
  • Silver swords cut through a werewolf's defense.
  • Tracker compasses lock on to werewolves (and vampires).
  • Wolfbane can force a werewolf back into human form.

• Scent: werewolves right-click a player to sniff them, then follow the trail with /ww track.

• Integrations:

  • WorldGuard and PvPManager: trackers and sniffing respect protected players, and protected hits never infect.
  • GriefPrevention with PvPManager: optional forced PvP for werewolves trespassing in claims.
  • VampireRevamp: werewolves and vampires exclude each other.
  • PlaceholderAPI: %werewolf_clan%, %werewolf_form%, %werewolf_level%, %werewolf_alpha%, %werewolf_moonphase% and more.

• Admin commands: /ww setlevel, /ww addlevel, /ww setalpha and /ww cure, which also work on offline players. /ww cure without a name cures yourself.

• /ww reload applies every config change without a restart. Werewolves stay in wolf form.

• Developer API: a WerewolfService and cancellable events for infection, cure, transformation, level changes, new alphas, sniffing and trackers. It's available from JitPack.

• bStats: anonymous usage statistics (1.0.2). Server owners can opt out in plugins/bStats/config.yml.

Fixed

• Plugin state:
  • /ww off turned the plugin on instead of off.
  • Werewolves weren't turned back to human on shutdown.
  • Data wasn't saved on shutdown.
• Leftovers from wolf form: quitting, dying or being cured in wolf form could leave the wolf speed, potion effects, skin or permission group behind.
  • Players are now turned human when they quit or die.
  • Leftovers from older versions are cleaned up when the player joins.
• Permissions: without Vault, normal players were denied most commands.
• Economy: economy plugins that loaded after Werewolf were never found.
• Skins: Bloodmoon and Silvermane wore each other's skins.
• Protection: bites infected players through WorldGuard and PvPManager protection.
• Gold: gold immunity never applied.
• Clans: /ww call never found clan members.
• Trophies: trophy heads were not loaded back.
• Data files: a broken data file could be overwritten and lost. Saves are now atomic, and a broken file is kept as a backup.

Removed

• The dead MCStats metrics, the CurseForge update checker and the MySkin backend.