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Sidekick

Your creative companion — extended inventory, noclip, teleport, and other superpowers for Creative mode.

PluginsFree1.17 – 1.21
by exaptations · listed from Modrinth
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What it does

Sidekick is a plugin for Paper / Spigot servers, made by exaptations. Your creative companion — extended inventory, noclip, teleport, and other superpowers for Creative mode.

It supports Minecraft 1.17 – 1.21. It has been downloaded 26,461 times on Modrinth. That puts it at #34 of the 81 teleport and warp plugins listed here. The last update came out on Mar 8, 2025.

Supported versions

1.211.201.191.181.17

Release history

Sidekick has had 35 releases on Modrinth since Sep 3, 2023. None of them came out in the past year. The newest is 2.0.6+1.21.1-neoforge, released on Mar 8, 2025. It is made for Minecraft 1.21.1. It runs on NeoForge. The download is 379 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
2.0.6+1.21.1-neoforgeMar 8, 20251.21.1Release
2.0.6+1.21.1-fabricMar 8, 20251.21.1Release
2.0.5_02+1.20.2-fabricJan 3, 20241.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.4Alpha
2.0.5_01+1.20.2-fabricJan 3, 20241.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.4Alpha
2.0.5+1.20.2-fabricJan 3, 20241.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.4Alpha
Description from the author on Modrinth

**Sidekick is a complete overhaul of the Creative inventory, and a large collection of useful
superpowers to make creative building a breeze.**

Starting as Not Enough Creativity, my first major 1.16+ mod inspired by Not Enough Items' Creative+
mode, Sidekick has been entirely rewritten for better mod compatibility, a smoother experience, and
a well-designed protocol intended to be implementable by other mods and even plugins.

The Creative+ inventory uses Survival inventory code rather than Creative, meaning it is mostly
server-side and isn't prone to the jank and desync that the vanilla Creative inventory has.
Additionally, you get access to the 2x2 crafting grid — useful for dyeing items and the like.

All of the vanilla creative tabs are still available within the Creative+ inventory, but they
are tucked away to a background tab panel for an inventory-focused workflow, and have a fairly
different UX to the vanilla system — intended for quicker access and being slightly better about
large amounts of Creative tabs.

Above the inventory, a collection of toggleable Powers can be found, which are:

  • No Item Pickup - Disable pickup of stray items on the ground, to keep your inventory clear.
  • Instant Kill - Greatly increase your punch damage to get rid of pesky mobs without carrying a sword around.
  • Enable Health - Enable damage and show your health bar. You still can't die, except by the usual things that kill Creative players.
  • No Break Delay - Disable the Creative break delay, to break blocks like a gold pick through netherrack.
  • Full Bright - Ignore lighting, making everything appear fully lit. Does not change the fog.
  • Phase - Freely pass through blocks like a Spectator.
  • Long Reach - Increase your reach from 4-ish blocks to 12 blocks.
  • Free Flight - Fly like old Classic mods, rather than the momentum-based vanilla system. Select full-3D or plane-lock in Options.
  • Super Speed - Quadruples your flight speed.

Additionally, Sidekick offers a few configurable options that apply globally rather than per-world:

  • Plane Lock - Ignore your vertical facing when moving in Free Flight mode, similar to vanilla flight.
  • Pick Swap - Items that are displaced by pickblock are put into the extended inventory for later use, rather than deleted.
  • Disable Animations - Disable the transitions and animations, for maximum no-nonsense efficiency.
  • UI Sounds - Play audible feedback where vanilla doesn't.
  • Creative Tabs - Show the vanilla creative tabs. May be undesirable for an item sidebar workflow.
  • Delete Mode - Shift-clicking the Destroy Item button enters Destroy Mode instead of deleting everything. Disable for vanilla behavior.
  • Night Owl - Make the Sidekick GUI darker, instead of pure vanilla style.

Written by exaptations. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Sidekick

  1. Make sure your server runs Paper and Spigot on Minecraft 1.17 – 1.21.

  2. Download the .jar file from Modrinth and put it in the plugins folder of your server.

  3. Restart the server. Avoid /reload, many plugins do not handle it well.

  4. Type /plugins in the console: Sidekick should be listed in green. Its config files are created in the plugins folder on the first start.

Full guide: How to install plugins on a Minecraft server

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17
Runs on
Paper, Spigot
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
License
MIT
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 12, 2026)

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Questions

Does Sidekick work on Minecraft 26.x?

Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.21.

Is Sidekick free?

Yes. Sidekick is free to download from Modrinth.

Which server software does Sidekick run on?

Sidekick runs on Paper and Spigot servers.

Is Sidekick still updated?

Yes. The last update came out in the past day.

What are the best alternatives to Sidekick?

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