HoeWarsHoeWars
A competitive territory-control minigame for Minecraft. Players paint the arena floor and the largest share wins.
HoeWars is a round-based minigame where players race to claim the most floor in an arena. You hold a hoe (or shovel), tap the ground, and the block turns your color. When the timer ends, whoever owns the largest share of the floor wins.
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Quick facts
| What it is | Territory-control minigame: paint the floor, own the most, win |
| Platform | Spigot, Paper, and Purpur |
| Minecraft | 1.16.5 and newer |
| Java | 11 or newer on the server (built on Java 17) |
| Storage | SQLite by default, MySQL for networks |
| Soft-depends | PlaceholderAPI, Vault, WorldEdit, FastAsyncWorldEdit, LuckPerms |
HoeWars has no hard dependencies. The soft-depends above add extra features when present but are never required.
What you get
Gameplay
How a match works: claiming, tools, and scoring.
Game Modes
Ranked, Unranked, and Deathmatch.
Ranks and ELO
Wins-based rank tiers and ELO matchmaking.
Stats and Leaderboards
Per-player stats, in-game menus, and top lists.
Arenas
Build arenas once, the plugin clones them per match.
Commands
Every player and admin command.
How a round flows
- Players queue for a mode with
/hoe join. - When enough players are waiting, an arena is cloned and a countdown starts.
- Players spawn in and claim floor blocks by tapping them with a hoe.
- At the end of the timer the floor is scanned and the largest share wins.
- Results, ranks, and stats update, and players return to the lobby.
Read the full flow on the Gameplay page.