Commands
Main Command
This is the full list of commands included in the most recent version of Essence. Commands can be disabled by server administrators.
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/essence /ess /es | None | About essence. | /essence /ess /es | Yes |
/es help | None | Help with Essence. | /es help | Yes |
/es import | essence.admin.import | Imports data from other plugins. | /es import Essentials | Yes |
/es reload | essence.admin.reload | Reloads Essence's configuration. | /es reload | Yes |
/es restore | essence.admin.restore | Restores Essence's files (note: overwrites language files). | /es restore | Yes |
Gamemode Commands
Wildcard permission: essence.gamemode.*
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/gm survival /gamemode survival /gms | essence.gamemode.survival | Change to survival mode | /gm survival /gamemode survival /gmc | No |
/gm survival <player> /gamemode survival <player> /gms <player> | essence.gamemode.survival and essence.gamemode.other | Change another player to survival mode | /gm survival Notch /gamemode survival Notch /gms Notch | Yes |
/gm creative /gamemode creative /gmc | essence.gamemode.creative | Change to creative mode | /gm creative /gamemode creative /gmc | No |
/gm creative <player> /gamemode creative <player> /gmc <player> | essence.gamemode.creative and essence.gamemode.other | Change another player to creative mode | /gm creative Notch /gamemode creative Notch /gmc Notch | Yes |
/gm adventure /gamemode adventure /gma | essence.gamemode.adventure | Change to adventure mode | /gm adventure /gamemode adventure /gma | No |
/gm adventure <player> /gamemode adventure <player> /gma <player> | essence.gamemode.adventure and essence.gamemode.other | Change another player to adventure mode | /gm adventure Notch /gamemode adventure Notch /gma Notch | Yes |
/gm spectator /gamemode spectator /gmsp | essence.gamemode.spectator | Change to spectator mode | /gm spectator /gamemode spectator /gmsp | No |
/gm spectator <player> /gamemode spectator <player> /gmsp <player> | essence.gamemode.spectator and essence.gamemode.other | Change another player to spectator mode | /gm spectator Notch /gamemode spectator Notch /gmsp Notch | Yes |
Inventory Commands
Wildcard permission: essence.inventory.*
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/anvil | essence.inventory.anvil | Open an anvil. | /anvil | No |
/cartography | essence.inventory.cartography | Open a cartography table. | /cartography | No |
/craft /workbench | essence.inventory.craft | Open a crafting table. | /craft /workbench | No |
/enderchest /echest | essence.inventory.enderchest | Open an ender chest. | /enderchest /echest | No |
/grindstone | essence.inventory.grindstone | Open a grindstone. | /grindstone | No |
/loom | essence.inventory.loom | Open a loom. | /loom | No |
/smithing | essence.inventory.smithing | Open a smithing table. | /smithing | No |
/stonecutter | essence.inventory.stonecutter | Open a stonecutter. | /stonecutter | No |
/trash /disposal /garbage | essence.inventory.trash | Open the disposal menu. | /trash /disposal /garbage | No |
/give /item /i | essence.inventory.give | Gives you an item(s). | See /give command | No |
/give /item /i | essence.inventory.give.other and essence.inventory.give | Gives another player an item(s). | See /give command | Yes |
/skull <player> | essence.inventory.skull | Gives you a player's skull. | /skull Notch | No |
/clear | essence.inventory.clear | Clear your inventory. | /clear | No |
/clear <player> | essence.inventory.clear and essence.inventory.clear.other | Clear another player's inventory. | /clear LewIsLost | Yes |
/confirmclear | essence.inventory.clear | Toggle if you need to confirm before your inventory is cleared (default: yes, see Inventory). | /clearconfirm | No |
/invsee <player> | essence.invsee (not included in inventory wildcard) | See another player's inventory. | /invsee Notch | No |
Kit Commands
Wildcard permission: essence.kits.*
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/kit /kits | Per-kit permissions, or essence.kits.all, see this page for more information. | Get kits | /kit | No |
Teleportation Commands
General Teleportation
Wildcard permission: essence.teleport.*
Since version 1.8.1 you can now use @p, @a, and @s in /teleport and /tp commands.
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/teleport <x> <y> <z> /tp <x> <y> <z> | essence.teleport.coord | Teleport to a coordinate location in the world (x,y,z). | /tp 0 64 0 | No |
/tp <user> <x> <y> <z> | essence.teleport.coord and essence.teleport.other | Teleport another player to set coordinates | /tp Notch 0 64 0 | Yes |
/teleport <user> /tp <user> | essence.teleport.player | Teleport to another player. | /tp Notch | No |
/teleport <user> <user> /tp <user> <user> | essence.teleport.player and essence.teleport.other | Teleport a player to another player. | /tp LewIsLost Notch | No |
/tpa <user> | essence.teleport.request.send | Sends a teleportation request to a user. | /tpa Notch | No |
/tpahere <user> | essence.teleport.request.here | Request a user to teleport to you. | /tpahere Notch | No |
/tpaccept | essence.teleport.request.accept | Accept a teleport request. | /tpaccept | No |
/tpdeny | essence.teleport.request.deny | Deny a teleport request. | /tpdeny | No |
/tpcancel | essence.teleport.request.cancel | Cancel a teleport request that you've sent. | /tpcancel | No |
/tptoggle | essence.teleport.request.toggle | Toggle if players can send you teleportation requests. | /tptoggle | No |
/tpr /rtp /tprandom | essence.teleport.random | Teleport to a random location in the world. | /tpr /rtp /tprandom | No |
/back | essence.teleport.back | Go back to your last location before teleporting. | /back | No |
/top | essence.teleport.top | Teleports you to the highest available block at your position. | /top | Yes |
/top <username> | essence.teleport.top and essence.teleport.other | Teleports you to the highest available block at your position. | /top | Yes |
/bottom | essence.teleport.bottom | Teleports you to the lowest available block at your position. | /bottom | Yes |
/bottom <username> | essence.teleport.bottom and essence.teleport.other | Teleports you to the lowest available block at your position. | /bottom | Yes |
Warp Commands
Wildcard permission: essence.warp.*
You can limit the number of warps a user can create by using essence.warp.limit.X - Learn more.
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/warps | essence.warp.list | Get a list of warps | /warps | Yes |
/warp <name> | essence.warp.use | Teleport to a warp point. | /warp MyHouse | No |
/setwarp <name> | essence.warp.create | Create a warp point. | /setwarp MyHouse | No |
/delwarp <name> | essence.warp.delete | Delete a warp point. | /delwarp MyHouse | No |
Home Commands
Wildcard permission: essence.home.*
You can limit the number of homes a user can create by using essence.home.limit.X or essence.home.team.limit.X - Learn more.
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/homes | essence.home.list | Get a list of homes | /homes | No |
/home <name> | essence.home.use | Teleport to a home. | /home MyHouse | No |
/sethome <name> | essence.home.create | Create a home. | /sethome MyHouse | No |
/delhome <name> | essence.home.delete | Delete a home. | /delhome MyHouse | No |
/thomes | essence.home.team.list | Get a list of team homes | /thomes | No |
/thome <name> | essence.home.team.use | Teleport to a team home. | /thome Base | No |
/setthome <name> | essence.home.team.create | Create a team home. | /setthome Base | No |
/delthome <name> | essence.home.team.delete | Delete a team home. | /delthome Base | No |
Spawn commands
Wildcard permission: essence.spawn.*
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/spawn /world | essence.spawn All players have access to this by default | Teleport to the current world's spawn | /spawn | No |
/spawn <world> /world <world> | essence.spawn.other | Teleport to another world's spawn | /spawn world_the_nether | No |
/setspawn | essence.spawn.create | Set the world's spawn to your current location. | /setspawn | No |
Stats Commands
Wildcard permission: essence.stats.* and essence.stats.other.*
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/heal | essence.stats.heal | Heal yourself. | /heal | No |
/heal <player> | essence.stats.heal.other | Heal another player. | /heal Notch | Yes |
/feed /eat | essence.stats.feed | Feed yourself. | /feed | No |
/feed <player> /eat <player> | essence.stats.feed.other | Feed another player. | /eat Notch | Yes |
/repair | essence.stats.repair | Repair the item in your hand | /repair | No |
/burn | essence.stats.burn | Burns someone! | /burn Notch | Yes |
/extinguish | essence.stats.extinguish | Stops burning someone | /extinguish Notch | Yes |
/god | essence.stats.god | Enables god mode. | /god | No |
/god <player> | essence.stats.god and essence.stats.god.other | Enables god mode for someone else. | /god Notch | Yes |
Chat Commands
Wildcard permission: essence.chat.*
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/broadcast <message> | essence.chat.broadcast | Send a message to the entire server. | /broadcast This is an example broadcast. | Yes |
/msg <name> <message> | essence.chat.msg | Send a message to a specific user. | /msg Notch Hello there! | Yes |
/reply <message> /r <message> | essence.chat.reply | Reply to the last user who sent you a private message. | /r Hey back to you! | Yes |
/nick <name> | essence.chat.nick.self | Change your own username. | /nick Lew | No |
/nick <username> <name> | essence.chat.nick.other and essence.chat.nick.other | Change yours or someone else's username. | /nick LewIsFound Lew | Yes |
/list | essence.chat.list | See who else is online. More info here. | /list | Yes |
/ignore | essence.chat.ignore | See who you are ignoring. | /ignore | No |
/ignore <player> | essence.chat.ignore | Toggle ignore a player. | /ignore LewIsLost | No |
Economy Commands
Wildcard permission: essence.economy.*
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/pay <user> <amount> | essence.economy.pay | Pay another player. | /pay Notch 10 | Yes |
/balance /bal | essence.economy.balance | View your balance. | /balance / bal | Yes |
Team Commands
Wildcard permission: essence.team.*
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/team /group | essence.team.list | Get a list of teams. | /team /group | No |
/team <name> /group <name> | essence.team.list | Get information of a specific team. | /team Red /group Red | No |
/team create <name> /group create <name> | essence.team.create | Create a team. | /team create Red /group create Red | No |
/team join <name> /group join <name> | essence.team.join | Join a team. | /team join Red /group join Red | No |
/team leave <name> /group leave <name> | essence.team.join | Leave a team. | /team leave Red /group leave Red | No |
/team requests | essence.team.manage | View pending membership requests for your team. | /team requests | No |
/team accept <name> | essence.team.manage | Accept a player's membership request. | /team accept Notch | No |
/team decline <name> | essence.team.manage | Decline a player's membership request. | /team decline Notch | No |
/team kick <name> | essence.team.manage | Kick (remove) a player from your team. | /team kick Notch | No |
/team changeleader <name> | essence.team.manage | Transfer leadership to another member. | /team changeleader Notch | No |
/team disband | essence.team.manage | Disband your team (delete it). | /team disband | No |
/team rule <rule> | essence.team.manage | View the value of a team rule. | /team rule | No |
/team rule <rule> <value> | essence.team.manage | Set the value of a team rule. | /team rule allow-friendly-fire true | No |
Team home commands | See home commands section. |
Administration Commands
Wildcard permission: essence.admin.*
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/seen <name> | essence.admin.seen | Displays the player's last login date and time. | /seen Notch | Yes |
/info <name> /pinfo <name> | essence.admin.info (plus essence.admin.info.viewip to see IP addresses) | Displays information about the player. | /info Notch /pinfo Notch | Yes |
/es reload | essence.admin.reload | Reloads Essence's configuration. | /es reload | Yes |
/invisible | essence.admin.invisible | Toggles if you're visible to other players. | /invisible | Yes |
/visible | essence.admin.invisible | Toggles if you're visible to other players. | /visible | Yes |
/v | essence.admin.invisible | Toggles if you're visible to other players. | /v | Yes |
/sudo <username> <command> | essence.admin.sudo | Runs a command as another player. | /sudo Notch weather clear | Yes |
Environment Commands
Wildcard permission: essence.environment.*
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/time | essence.environment.time | Checks the server time. | /time | Yes |
/time <time> | essence.environment.time.set | Sets the server time. | /time day | Yes |
/weather | essence.environment.weather | Checks the server weather. | /weather | Yes |
/weather <weather> | essence.environment.weather.set | Sets the server weather. | /weather clear | Yes |
/ptime | essence.environment.ptime | Checks your player time. | /ptime | No |
/ptime <time/reset> | essence.environment.ptime.set | Sets your player time. | /ptime day | No |
/pweather | essence.environment.pweather | Checks your player weather. | /pweather | No |
/pweather <weather/reset> | essence.environment.pweather.set | Sets your player weather. | /pweather clear | No |
Miscellaneous Commands
Wildcard permission: None
Command | Permission Required | Description | Usage | Console can run? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/rules | essence.rules | View the server rules. | /rules | Yes |