NatureGate

NatureGate lets you decide when players can enter the Nether and the End. Close them before launch day, open the End for a weekend event, or keep the Nether shut at night. Staff and donor ranks can still get in, everyone else is sent to spawn, a world or a warp.

Open or close the Nether and the End with one command
Open for a while, it closes again by itself
Daily, weekly and one-time schedules
Chat, title and sound announcements with reminders
Blocked players see when the dimension opens next
VIP access for any rank permission
Send players to spawn, a world, a point or a warp
Stops portals, /tp, /home, /warp and respawn anchors
Moves players out when a dimension closes
Catches up on missed schedules after a restart
Multiverse friendly, PlaceholderAPI support
English, Ukrainian and Russian messages

Drop NatureGate.jar into the plugins folder and restart the server
Close the End until launch day: /ng close end
Open it on weekends from 18:00 to 22:00:

/ng schedule end add w-open open weekly weekends 18:00

/ng schedule end add w-close close weekly weekends 22:00
Let VIPs in at any time: /ng access end add group.vip
Check it: /ng status

Main command /naturegate, aliases /ng and /ngate.
Time format: 30s, 10m, 2h, 1h30m, 1d. Days: mon, tue, wed, thu, fri, sat, sun, weekdays, weekends.
Basic
/ng status - what is open and when it changes
/ng open [time] - open now, with a time it closes again after it
/ng close [time] - close now, with a time it opens again after it
/ng toggle - switch the state
/ng reload - reload config and messages
Schedules
/ng schedule list - list schedules
/ng schedule add daily 18:00 - every day
/ng schedule add weekly sat,sun 18:00 - on chosen days
/ng schedule add once 2026-12-31 20:00 - one time
/ng schedule add in 45m - one time, from now
/ng schedule remove - remove one schedule
/ng schedule clear - remove all schedules
Where blocked players go
/ng redirect spawn - server spawn
/ng redirect world - spawn of a world
/ng redirect here - the place where you stand
/ng redirect warp - an Essentials warp
/ng redirect command - any console command, %player% is the name
/ng redirect none - only stop them at the portal
Access while closed
/ng access list - ranks that may enter
/ng access add - let a rank in, e.g. group.vip
/ng access remove - take access away

naturegate.admin (op) - all commands, includes bypass
naturegate.bypass (op) - enter the Nether and the End while they are closed
naturegate.bypass.nether (op) - bypass for the Nether only
naturegate.bypass.end (op) - bypass for the End only
naturegate.status (everyone) - use /ng status
Donor ranks: add their permission with /ng access end add group.vip

Everything can be set in config.yml or in game with commands.
Time zone matters. Schedules run in the time zone set in config.yml. By default it is server, the time zone of your host machine, which is often not where your players live. Set your own, for example Europe/Kyiv, Europe/Berlin or America/New_York, then run /ng reload. Daylight saving time is handled automatically.
language: en
timezone: Europe/Kyiv

dimensions:
end:
default-state: closed
allowed-permissions:

• group.vip

redirect:
type: command
command: 'warp spawn %player%'
schedules:
weekend-open:
action: open
type: weekly
days: [saturday, sunday]
time: '18:00'
weekend-close:
action: close
type: weekly
days: [saturday, sunday]
time: '22:00'

Needs PlaceholderAPI. Use nether instead of end for the Nether.
%naturegate_end_state% - open / closed
%naturegate_end_open% - true / false
%naturegate_end_next% - time left, e.g. 2h 15m
%naturegate_end_next_at% - when it happens, e.g. today at 18:00
%naturegate_end_next_action% - open / close
Compatibility
Spigot, Paper, Purpur and forks
Minecraft 1.16.5 up to the latest release
Java 8 or newer
No required dependencies
Support
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