Minecubes

MineCubes 🧊

MineCubes is a modern, high-performance Minecraft 3D cube generator plugin designed for Minecraft 1.17 through 1.21.x and modern server engines like Paper, DivineMC, Leaf, and Folia 26.2.

It allows server administrators and players to create, customize, place, and automate 3D cube generators with weighted block drop chances, virtual Double Chest storage, AutoMine automation, and integrated Auto Smelt.

✨ Features

• 🎲 Customizable Templates: Define custom cube generator templates in cubegens.yml or via in-game commands with custom sizes ($3 \times 3$, $5 \times 5$, $7 \times 7$), regeneration intervals, and types (protect with a bedrock wireframe or normal).
• 🖥️ Interactive GUI Block Editor (/mc template edit ):
• Intuitive 54-slot inventory editor.
• Drag and drop any blocks you want to generate (fully supports all blocks including modern 1.21 Tuff & Copper variants).
• Shift + Left Click on any block to set its spawn chance via chat.
• Live total percentage display with real-time validation (prevents saving if sum exceeds $100\%$).
• One-click Auto-Balance button that mathematically scales chances to equal exactly $100\%$.
• 🔗 Custom Item Linking:
• Hold any custom item (with custom models, lore, glowing effects, or NBT tags) and run /mc template linkitem .
• Deliver generators to players with /mc give [amount].
• Placing the item in the world creates the generator; picking it up returns the exact linked item.
• 🌱 Smart Placement & Terrain Protection:
• Automatically detects solid ground beneath grass, tall flowers, ferns, or snow layers.
• Clears foliage upon placement so the generator rests directly on solid ground without hovering.
• Safely teleports the player outside the structure upon placement to prevent getting trapped.
• Sits strictly above ground level (clickedSurface + 1); picking it up leaves the underlying terrain completely intact without creating trenches.
• 🧗 Climbable Corner Ladder:
• A built-in ladder attaches to the outer face of the bedrock corner pillar closest to the player.
• Runs from ground level all the way to the top of the bedrock frame, allowing easy climbing.
• Cleans up without physics drops when the generator is picked up.
• 📦 Virtual Double Chest Storage (54 Slots):
• Built-in live-synced virtual storage accessible via the management menu.
• Automatically deposits drops from AutoMine and manual mining in Storage Mode.
• Safely drops all stored items at the owner's feet if the generator is picked up.
• 🤖 AutoMine Automation:
• Automatically mines inner blocks one-by-one with realistic block break particles and sounds.
• Directly stores drops into the generator's 54-slot virtual inventory.
• 🔥 Auto Smelt:
• Directly smelts mined raw ores (Raw Iron, Raw Copper, Raw Gold, Ancient Debris, Cobblestone, Sand, Wood into Charcoal, etc.) into refined ingots and items before placing them into storage.
• Requires active AutoMine and permission minecubes.autosmelt.
• 🧲 Storage Mode (Manual Mining Redirection):
• When enabled, manual mining inside the cube redirects drops directly into the generator's storage instead of player inventory.
• 🛑 Automatic Full Storage Protection:
• Automatically disables AutoMine and Storage Mode when the storage is 100% full to prevent loot loss.
• Sends a clear notification and sound warning to the owner.
• 🔒 Strict Owner Protection:
• Only the player who placed the cube (or server administrators with minecubes.admin) can open the settings GUI, toggle AutoMine/Storage Mode/Auto Smelt, open the storage, or pick it up.
• Non-owners are locked out with visual/audio feedback.

🕹️ Commands

Command · Permission · Description
/mc or /minecube · minecubes.use · Displays the help menu.
/mc list · minecubes.use · Lists all your placed MineCubes and their coordinates.
/mc unplace [template/id] · minecubes.unplace · Picks up your MineCube and returns the item.
/mc give [amount] · minecubes.give · Gives a linked MineCube item to a player.
/mc template list · minecubes.admin · Lists all created templates.
/mc template create [size] [type] [regen] · minecubes.admin · Creates a new template.
/mc template edit · minecubes.admin · Opens the GUI block and percentage editor.
/mc template linkitem · minecubes.admin · Links your held item to the template.
/mc template setsize · minecubes.admin · Sets the template size (odd number $\ge 3$).
/mc template setregen · minecubes.admin · Sets the regeneration interval in seconds.
/mc template settype · minecubes.admin · Sets the generator frame type.
/mc template remove · minecubes.admin · Removes an existing template.
/mc reload · minecubes.admin · Reloads configurations and templates.

Aliases: /mc, /minecubes, /minecube, /cg, /cubegen

🔐 Permissions

Permission · Default · Description
minecubes.* · op · Grants access to all MineCubes features.
minecubes.use · true · Allows using basic commands (/mc, /mc list).
minecubes.place · true · Allows placing a MineCube item in the world.
minecubes.unplace · true · Allows picking up your placed MineCube.
minecubes.storage · op · Allows opening the virtual Storage and toggling Storage Mode.
minecubes.automine · op · Allows enabling AutoMine automation.
minecubes.autosmelt · op · Allows enabling Auto Smelt during AutoMine.
minecubes.give · op · Allows giving MineCube items to players.
minecubes.admin · op · Administrative permission for templates and management.

(Legacy cubegen. permission nodes are also fully supported for backwards compatibility).*

⚙️ Configuration Example (cubegens.yml)

templates:
default:
name: "Default MineCube"
size: 5
type: "protect"
regen: 10
blocks:
STONE: 70.0
COBBLESTONE: 20.0
COAL_ORE: 7.0
IRON_ORE: 3.0

diamond:
name: "Diamond MineCube"
size: 5
type: "protect"
regen: 8
blocks:
STONE: 50.0
DEEPSLATE: 30.0
DIAMOND_ORE: 15.0
DEEPSLATE_DIAMOND_ORE: 5.0

💬 Community & Support

Join our official Discord community for support, updates, and feature requests:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/NxvQkMjDnR

💡 Origin & Credits

The original concept of this plugin originated from m0hammad6335/CubeGen. It has been completely rebuilt, modernized for modern Minecraft and Folia engines, and expanded by mmk1386 with interactive GUI tools, AutoMine, Auto Smelt, virtual 54-slot storage, smart placement mechanics, and ladder climbing.

☕ Support & Donations

If you appreciate MineCubes and would like to support development:

• NOWPayments (Crypto): https://nowpayments.io/donation/mmk1386
• Donofa (IR): https://donofa.ir/mmk1386

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.