Hephaestus
Hephaestus is a modern, all-in-one Minecraft network core designed to act as the authoritative backbone of your server or network. It replaces fragmented permission, punishment, and staff-management plugins with a single, cohesive system built for scalability, consistency, and long-term maintainability.
Hephaestus is built for networks that value control, structure, and reliability—from small competitive servers to large multi-server networks.
What Is Hephaestus?
Hephaestus centralizes the most critical systems of a Minecraft network into one unified platform:
- Ranks & permissions
- Grants & player profiles
- Punishments & moderation tools
- Staff communication & chat controls
- Disguises, evasion tracking, and alt detection
- Reports, requests, notes, and evidence handling
- Whitelisting, tags, polls, and chat customization
- Native data import/export between instances
Rather than stitching together multiple plugins that each manage their own data, Hephaestus provides a single source of truth for player state and staff actions.
Core Design Principles
Network-First
Every system is designed with multi-server environments in mind. Permissions, punishments, and metadata behave consistently across hubs, game servers, and proxies.
Context-Aware
Ranks, permissions, and disguises can adapt to servers, worlds, or other contexts without duplication or complex configuration.
Staff-Oriented Workflows
Hephaestus includes built-in systems for reports, requests, notes, and proof—allowing staff teams to work efficiently and transparently.
Consistency & Safety
Unified data models reduce desync, conflicts, and edge cases commonly caused by running multiple overlapping plugins.
Data Portability
Native import and export tooling allows you to migrate data between Hephaestus instances safely and cleanly.
Feature Overview
Ranks & Permissions
- Fully configurable rank system
- Weight-based priority and inheritance
- Context support
- Prefix, suffix, color, formatting, and visibility controls
- Rank-level and player-level permissions
Grants & Profiles
- Temporary and permanent rank grants
- Menu-based and manual grant management
- Player-specific permission overrides
Punishments & Moderation
- Warns, mutes, bans, IP bans, and blacklists
- Temporary and permanent punishments
- Silent punishment execution
- Full reversal support
- Bulk punishment clearing
Evasion & Alt Detection
- Alt account tracking
- Reset and re-evaluation tools for staff
Disguises
- Name and skin disguises
- Context-aware disguise support
- Permission-controlled management
- GUI and command-based workflows
Chat Management
- Staff, admin, owner, and media chat channels
- Global chat controls (lock, slow, clear)
- Bypass permissions for moderation
- Chat color customization
Reports & Requests
- Player-submitted reports and requests
- Staff review and management commands
- Designed for scalable moderation teams
Notes & Proof
- Staff notes attached to players
- Evidence/proof storage and review
- Permission-gated modification and removal
Whitelisting
- Player-based and rank-based whitelisting
- Configurable whitelist types
- Global toggle support
Tags & Polls
- Custom player tags with permissions
- Network-wide polls with statistics
- Server-targeted poll deployment
Data Management
- Native data import/export
- Console-safe operations
- Designed for backups, migrations, and scaling
Pricing
Hephaestus is priced at $44.99 USD.
This reflects its role as a core infrastructure plugin, replacing multiple standalone systems while providing a unified, maintainable foundation for your network.
Getting Started
This documentation will guide you through:
- Installing and configuring Hephaestus
- Creating ranks, grants, and permissions
- Managing staff tools and moderation systems
- Understanding contexts, inheritance, and data flow
If you’re looking for a clean, authoritative network core built to scale, Hephaestus is designed to be that foundation.