NatureGate

NatureGate lets you decide when players can enter the Nether and the End. Close them before launch day, open the End for a weekend event, or keep the Nether shut at night. Staff and donor ranks can still get in, everyone else is sent to spawn, a world or a warp. Open or close the Nether and the End with one command Open for a while, it closes again by itself Daily, weekly and one-time schedules Chat, title and sound announcements with reminders Blocked players see when the dimension opens next VIP access for any rank permission Send players to spawn, a world, a point or a warp Stops portals, /tp, /home, /warp and respawn anchors Moves players out when a dimension closes Catches up on missed schedules after a restart Multiverse friendly, PlaceholderAPI support English, Ukrainian and Russian messages Drop NatureGate.jar into the plugins folder and restart the server Close the End until launch day: /ng close end Open it on weekends from 18:00 to 22:00:
/ng schedule end add w-open open weekly weekends 18:00
/ng schedule end add w-close close weekly weekends 22:00 Let VIPs in at any time: /ng access end add group.vip Check it: /ng status Main command /naturegate, aliases /ng and /ngate. Time format: 30s, 10m, 2h, 1h30m, 1d. Days: mon, tue, wed, thu, fri, sat, sun, weekdays, weekends. Basic /ng status - what is open and when it changes /ng open <nether|end> [time] - open now, with a time it closes again after it /ng close <nether|end> [time] - close now, with a time it opens again after it /ng toggle <nether|end> - switch the state /ng reload - reload config and messages Schedules /ng schedule list - list schedules /ng schedule add <open|close> daily 18:00 - every day /ng schedule add <open|close> weekly sat,sun 18:00 - on chosen days /ng schedule add <open|close> once 2026-12-31 20:00 - one time /ng schedule add <open|close> in 45m - one time, from now /ng schedule remove - remove one schedule /ng schedule clear - remove all schedules Where blocked players go /ng redirect spawn - server spawn /ng redirect world - spawn of a world /ng redirect here - the place where you stand /ng redirect warp - an Essentials warp /ng redirect command - any console command, %player% is the name /ng redirect none - only stop them at the portal Access while closed /ng access list - ranks that may enter /ng access add - let a rank in, e.g. group.vip /ng access remove - take access away naturegate.admin (op) - all commands, includes bypass naturegate.bypass (op) - enter the Nether and the End while they are closed naturegate.bypass.nether (op) - bypass for the Nether only naturegate.bypass.end (op) - bypass for the End only naturegate.status (everyone) - use /ng status Donor ranks: add their permission with /ng access end add group.vip Everything can be set in config.yml or in game with commands. Time zone matters. Schedules run in the time zone set in config.yml. By default it is server, the time zone of your host machine, which is often not where your players live. Set your own, for example Europe/Kyiv, Europe/Berlin or America/New_York, then run /ng reload. Daylight saving time is handled automatically.

language: en
timezone: Europe/Kyiv

dimensions:
  end:
    default-state: closed
    allowed-permissions:
      - group.vip
    redirect:
      type: command
      command: 'warp spawn %player%'
    schedules:
      weekend-open:
        action: open
        type: weekly
        days: [saturday, sunday]
        time: '18:00'
      weekend-close:
        action: close
        type: weekly
        days: [saturday, sunday]
        time: '22:00'

Needs PlaceholderAPI. Use nether instead of end for the Nether. %naturegate_end_state% - open / closed %naturegate_end_open% - true / false %naturegate_end_next% - time left, e.g. 2h 15m %naturegate_end_next_at% - when it happens, e.g. today at 18:00 %naturegate_end_next_action% - open / close Compatibility Spigot, Paper, Purpur and forks Minecraft 1.16.5 up to the latest release Java 8 or newer No required dependencies Support Found a bug or have an idea? Write in the discussion tab or send me a message.