PhantomBans gives your staff team a single, tidy toolkit for handling rule-breakers. Punish from the chat bar or from a point-and-click menu, keep a full history on every player, let players appeal, and mirror everything to Discord so the whole team stays in the loop.
New here? Start with Installation, then run through the Commands.
What you get
The full set of punishments, with permanent or timed durations and IP variants.
Silent Punishments→Bans and mutes issued with -s that are never announced to the server.
Warn players and let the plugin act automatically once they hit a limit.
Reports & Appeals→Players report rule-breakers and appeal their own punishments.
Staff Notes→Leave private notes on a player that only your team can read.
History & Lookup→Every action is logged. Look up any player and see their full record.
Alt Detection & GeoIP→Spot shared IPs, flag risky joins, and block VPNs or countries.
Discord Logging→Send every punishment, report, and appeal to your Discord channels.
In-Game Menus→Handle everything from clean GUIs, no commands needed.
Quick facts
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Platform | Paper (and Paper forks) |
| Minecraft | 1.21 and newer |
| Java | 21 or newer |
| Storage | SQLite (default), MySQL, or MariaDB |
| Soft-depends | PlaceholderAPI, Vault |
| Price | Premium |