BetterCarry

BetterCarry

Pick up, carry and throw players, mobs and chests - no mods needed. Build player towers, move full chests and shulker boxes, toss your friends across the river. For Paper, Purpur and Folia 26.x - perfect for SMP, roleplay and friends servers.

How it works

Action · Result
Sneak + right-click a player (empty hand) or /carry · sends a carry request - the player accepts with one click
Sneak + right-click a mob (empty hand) · picks the mob up
Sneak + right-click a chest, shulker box, furnace, ... (empty hand) · picks it up with all its items - double chests too
Left-click while carrying a player or mob · throws it - no fall damage
Sneak + right-click or /carry drop · puts the carried player or mob down gently
Right-click a block while carrying a block · places it there

Features

• Carry players - they get a request with clickable [Accept] [Deny] buttons, nobody is carried against their will
• Player towers - carry a player who is carrying someone else (configurable maximum height)
• Carry mobs - pigs, sheep, villagers, wolves, horses, golems and more (allow and deny lists, bosses are never allowed)
• Carry blocks with their content - chests, double chests (all 54 slots), barrels, shulker boxes, furnaces, smokers, blast furnaces, hoppers, dispensers, droppers, brewing stands and anvils, shown above your head while you carry them
• Throw players and mobs with a configurable throw power and no fall damage
• Nothing gets lost: carried blocks are put back when a player leaves, dies or the server stops - even after a server crash they are restored, without duplicates. A container is only picked up if its content can be saved.
• Respects protection plugins like WorldGuard or GriefPrevention, logging plugins like CoreProtect see every pickup and placement
• Blocks are rotated like in vanilla when you place them
• You are a bit slower while carrying something, configurable sounds
• /carry toggle - players who don't want to be carried can opt out
• Folia support - one jar for Paper, Purpur and Folia
• MiniMessage messages with gradients and clickable text, classic & color codes work too
• English, German, French, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish and Chinese included, add your own language with one file
• Admins get a message in game when a new version is available
• Optional auto update from Modrinth (off by default, checked with SHA-512) - new config options are added automatically, your values are kept

Commands & permissions

• /carry - ask a player to be carried
• /carry accept [player] / /carry deny [player] - answer a carry request
• /carry drop - put the carried player or mob down
• /carry toggle - allow or forbid being carried
• /carry help - show all commands
• /carry reload - reload config and messages

Permission · Default
bettercarry.carry.players · everyone · carry players (they still have to accept)
bettercarry.carry.mobs · everyone · carry mobs
bettercarry.carry.blocks · everyone · carry chests and other blocks
bettercarry.throw · everyone · throw carried players and mobs
bettercarry.bypass · OP · carry players without asking them
bettercarry.reload · OP · /carry reload
bettercarry.admin · OP · message when a new version is available

Requirements

• Paper, Purpur or Folia 26.1 - 26.3
• Java 25

Bug report & support

If you need help or have a bug please contact me via discord (add hassanbwo). I will guarantee quick help - Thanks for supporting :)

config.yml

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BetterCarry – config.yml

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Pick up, carry and throw players, mobs and chests - no mods needed.

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How it works (default):

Sneak + right-click with an empty hand -> pick up a player, mob or chest

/carry -> ask a player to be carried (same as clicking)

Left-click (swing your arm) -> throw the carried player or mob

Sneak + right-click with an empty hand -> put the player or mob down gently

Right-click a block -> place the carried chest there

/carry drop -> put the carried player or mob down

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All messages are in messages_en.yml / messages_de.yml (MiniMessage like or and & color codes)

Check the plugin page for more information: modrinth.com/plugin/bettercarry

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If you need help or have a bug please contact me via discord (add hassanbwo).

I will guarantee quick help - Thanks for supporting :)

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Players have to sneak to pick something up (recommended, prevents accidents)

require_sneak: true

Players need an empty main hand to pick something up (recommended, otherwise placing blocks gets in the way)

require_empty_hand: true

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Players

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players:
enabled: true

The player who should be carried gets a request and has to accept it (/carry accept).

Players with the permission bettercarry.bypass can carry others without asking.

ask_first: true

Seconds until a request expires

request_timeout: 20

Player towers: a player who is carrying someone can be carried as well

stacking:
enabled: true

Maximum number of players in one tower (including the one at the bottom)

max_height: 4

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Mobs

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mobs:
enabled: true

Mobs that are never allowed (useful together with "*" in the allowed list)

denied:

• ENDERMAN
• SHULKER

Mobs that can be carried. Use "*" to allow every mob (bosses are never allowed).

allowed:

• PIG
• SHEEP
• COW
• MOOSHROOM
• CHICKEN
• RABBIT
• FOX
• WOLF
• CAT
• OCELOT
• PARROT
• VILLAGER
• WANDERING_TRADER
• TURTLE
• FROG
• AXOLOTL
• ARMADILLO
• GOAT
• BEE
• ALLAY
• SNIFFER
• CAMEL
• LLAMA
• HORSE
• DONKEY
• MULE
• PANDA
• POLAR_BEAR
• IRON_GOLEM
• SNOW_GOLEM

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Chests and other containers (carried with their content)

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blocks:
enabled: true

Carry double chests (both halves with all 54 slots). Placing one needs two free blocks.

double_chests: true

Blocks that can be carried. Containers keep their items.

Block tags start with # (e.g. #shulker_boxes = all colors, #anvil = all damage states)

allowed:

• CHEST
• TRAPPED_CHEST
• BARREL
• "#shulker_boxes"
• FURNACE
• BLAST_FURNACE
• SMOKER
• HOPPER
• DISPENSER
• DROPPER
• BREWING_STAND
• "#anvil"

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Throwing

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throw:
enabled: true

How far players and mobs are thrown

power: 1.4

Thrown players and mobs take no fall damage when they land

no_fall_damage: true

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Carrying makes you slower (0.0 = not slower, 0.3 = 30% slower)

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slowness: 0.25

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Sounds (Minecraft sound names, "" = no sound)

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sounds:
enabled: true
volume: 0.8
pick_up: entity.item.pickup
throw: entity.player.attack.sweep
put_down: entity.item_frame.place
pick_up_block: block.chest.close
place_block: block.chest.open

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Language of all messages: en (English), de (Deutsch), fr (Français), es (Español),

pl (Polski), ru (Русский), pt (Português), tr (Türkçe) or zh (简体中文)

You can add your own language, e.g. messages_fr.yml -> language: fr

/carry reload (permission bettercarry.reload) reloads config and messages.

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language: en

Updates from Modrinth: a newer version is always announced in the console.

enabled: download new versions automatically. Downloads are checked with the SHA-512 checksum from Modrinth

and installed on the next server restart (plugins/update folder). Only releases for your

Minecraft version and server software (Paper, Purpur, Folia) are downloaded.

major_versions: also download big updates (e.g. 2.x -> 3.0) automatically, otherwise they are only announced.

auto_update:
enabled: false
major_versions: false

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