Chunk Ticker

## ChunkTicker A lightweight Paper plugin that keeps selected chunks permanently loaded and fully ticking, so your farms keep running when nobody is online. Mobs spawn, Redstone fires, villagers work. ### Features - Full entity ticking: mobs spawn, villager AI runs, Redstone executes, crops grow - Works with zero players online, so iron golem, creeper and hoglin farms run 24/7 - Multi-world support for Overworld, Nether, End and custom worlds - Radius selection to register one chunk or a whole NxN area in a single command - Chunk list is stored in `config.yml` and survives restarts - Global toggle that pauses all tickets without clearing your list - Per-subcommand permissions, compatible with LuckPerms ### Configuration ```yaml # Whether ChunkTicker is globally active global-enabled: true # Ticket mode: plugin | forced | both (recommended) # plugin -> addPluginChunkTicket() (TicketType.PLUGIN, Level 31) # forced -> setChunkForceLoaded() (TicketType.FORCED, Level 31) # both -> both tickets applied, most reliable for mob farms ticket-mode: both # Managed automatically, only edit while the server is stopped chunks: ``` ### Permissions | Permission | Description | Default | |---|---|---| | `chunksticker.admin` | Grants all permissions below | `op` | | `chunksticker.set` | Use `/ct set` | `op` | | `chunksticker.delete` | Use `/ct delete` | `op` | | `chunksticker.list` | Use `/ct list` | `op` | | `chunksticker.toggle` | Use `/ct on` and `/ct off` | `op` | | `chunksticker.reload` | Use `/ct reload` | `op` | | `chunksticker.status` | Use `/ct status` | `op` | LuckPerms examples: ``` /lp group admin permission set chunksticker.admin true /lp user Steve permission set chunksticker.set true ``` ### Commands | Command | Description | |---|---| | `/ct set ` | Register the chunk you're standing in, plus radius | | `/ct delete ` | Remove the chunk you're standing in, plus radius | | `/ct list` | List all registered chunks (world, X, Z) | | `/ct on` / `off` | Enable or disable ChunkTicker globally | | `/ct reload` | Reload config and re-apply all tickets | | `/ct status` | Show active state and chunk count per world | Alias: `/ct`, full command: `/chunksticker` ### Requirements | | | |---|---| | Server | Paper 1.21 to 1.21.x (Purpur and Pufferfish also work) | | Java | 21+ | Spigot and Folia are not supported. ### How it works Paper exposes two persistent chunk-ticket APIs at entity-ticking level (Level 31): `addPluginChunkTicket()` and `setChunkForceLoaded()`. With `ticket-mode: both`, ChunkTicker applies both to every registered chunk. Level 31 is the same load level Minecraft uses for chunks inside a player's view distance. Entities tick, mobs spawn through the normal spawning cycle, and Redstone runs exactly as if a player were standing nearby.