
Simple Player Freeze – A lightweight, vanilla-compatible datapack that lets you instantly freeze or unfreeze all players on your server.
Bypass plugins. Skip mods. Freeze every player instantly — pure vanilla power.
Simple Freeze Datapack is a lightweight, fully-vanilla Minecraft datapack that lets server owners instantly freeze or unfreeze all players at once.
It adds two simple functions:
/function simple_freeze:freeze
/function simple_freeze:unfreeze
No mods required.
No plugins required.
Compatible with Fabric, Forge, Quilt, Paper, Spigot, and Vanilla servers.
The Simple Freeze Datapack gives you instant control over player movement on your server.
Perfect for events, minigames, announcements, roleplay, or admin control, this datapack lets you stop all players in place with a single function call.
It uses only built-in vanilla commands, making it version-independent, modloader-independent, and extremely lightweight.
Use the main freeze function:
/function simple_freeze:freeze
This applies powerful movement-blocking effects to all players:
Players remain online and visible — but fully immobilized.
Restore normal gameplay instantly:
/function simple_freeeze:unfreeze
This removes all relevant effects and returns players to normal movement.
This datapack works on every version from 1.13+ including:
Because it uses only /effect and /function, it is not affected by modloader changes.
Download the datapack .zip
Drag it into your world:
world/datapacks/
Run:
/reload
Done! You can now use:
/function simple_freeze:freeze
/function simple_freeze:unfreeze