Hold My Cow 🐄 | The Ultimate Carry-On Experience

Hold My Cow lets you do what Mojang never dared: pickup mobs, shulker boxes, hoppers and barrels not just chests straight to your pixelated biceps.

Pickable containers

• Chests (single and double)
• Shulker Boxes
• Hoppers
• Barrels
• Furnaces
• Blast Furnaces
• Smokers
• Dispensers
• Droppers
• Ender Chests
• Brewing Stands
• Trapped Chests

Why spill a full chest when you can carry it?

🪆 Feature: You can store containers inside other containers inside more containers — including shulkers any. Just beware of excessive stacking. (Configurable to prevent stacking.)

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🐮 Key Features

• Shift + Right‑Click (empty hand) = Pickup – Works on mobs and containers (chest, barrel, hopper, yes, shulker too).
• Integrations – Respects WorldGuard (check Plugin Integrations section), Lands, GriefPrevention and Lootin protections so you don't abduct forbidden livestock.
• Double‑Chest Freedom – Grab both chests or split them and place anywhere; the plugin keeps track.
• Persistent Containers – All container contents are saved with the type of database you choose (SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL).
• Multi‑Lingual – Built‑in: en_us, es_es, fr_fr, de_de, pt_br, pl_pl, zh_cn, ko_kr, ja_jp, vi_vn and tr_tr.
• Optional Player Pickup – Flip allow_player_pickup to bench‑press your friends.
• Weight‑Based Slowness – Bigger mob → bigger slowdown. Check the weight summary below for details.
• Complete Activity Logging – Tracks all entity and container pickup activities for comprehensive auditing.
• Granular Container Permissions – Specific permissions for each container type (e.g., chests, hoppers, barrels).
• Prevent Container Stacking – Configurable option to disable nesting containers inside picked-up containers, with bypass permission.

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📦 How It Works

1. Sneak (shift).
2. Empty hands.
3. Right‑click a mob or container.
4. Strut away.
5. Right‑click air to place (double‑chest halves can be reunited or live separate lives – you decide).

💡 Tip: Like a Russian nesting doll, containers can carry more containers... inside other containers... inside you. Just try not to shulkerception yourself into a lag spike. (Can be disabled in config.)

How weight works

(Weight is based on maxHealth * 2, and the slowness level is based on maxHealth * 2 / 20)
Example: A Warden is 1000Kg (500❤ * 2) and a Cow is 20Kg (10❤ * 2), if settings.max_weight is 100 you can carry the Cow but not the Warden and you will be slowed down by 1 level.

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⚙️ Configuration

settings:
  max_weight: 100.0                 # How heavy before legs give out?
  allow_player_pickup: false        # Turn friends into kettle‑bells?
  allow_lootin_pickup: false        # Ignore Lootin‑protected chests?
  prevent_container_stacking: false # Prevent nesting containers inside picked-up containers?

Edit ➜ restart ➜ profit.

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🔌 Plugin Integrations

Respects WorldGuard, Lands, GriefPrevention and Lootin protections.

WorldGuard Integration:

• Implemented two custom flags: holdmycow-containers and holdmycow-entities.
• These flags are set to DENY by default. To enable HoldMyCow features in WorldGuard regions:
  • For protected regions: Set the corresponding flag to ALLOW and ensure the user is a member of the region.
  • For the __global__ region: Set the flag to ALLOW; no membership is required.

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🔑 Commands & Permissions

Permission	What it unlocks
holdmycow.use	Basic command permission
holdmycow.use.reload	Reload command
holdmycow.use.restore	Restore containers command
holdmycow.carry_on	Core plugin actions
holdmycow.carry_on.entity	Pickup any mob
holdmycow.carry_on.entity.player	Pickup players (if enabled)
holdmycow.carry_on.container.<type>	Pickup specific containers (e.g., .chest, .hopper, .barrel, .shulker_box)
holdmycow.carry_on.stacking_bypass	Bypass container stacking prevention
holdmycow.carry_on.*	The whole gym

Commands:

• /holdmycow reload (alias /hmc) - Refresh the config
• /holdmycow restore <player> - Restore previously picked up containers for a player. Useful for recovery in case of issues or special circumstances.

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📥 Installation

1. Server: Paper 1.21+ (Java 21).
2. Drop HoldMyCow.jar into /plugins.
3. Restart server.
4. Config generates automatically.
5. Go lift something.

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

Issue	Quick Fix
Plugin won't load	Use Paper 1.21+ & Java 21
Can't pick up	Check region perms & weight limit
Moving like a snail	Grab a lighter mob or do more leg day
Lost containers	Use /holdmycow restore <player>
Can't stack containers	Check config prevent_container_stacking or use bypass permission

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💬 Support

Need help? Join our Discord.

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No chest left behind and hold my beer cow 💪🐄