
A powerful vanish plugin with animations, GUI, vanish levels, and fake/silent join for modern servers.

VanishIUM is a powerful, modern vanish plugin designed for Minecraft servers running Paper, Purpur, or compatible forks (1.21.10 – 26.2).
It gives staff, moderators, and administrators complete control over invisibility — with stunning effects, a clean GUI, permission-based access, optional MySQL cross-server sync, and Bedrock (Floodgate) compatibility.
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Sound API change on modern versions; configs accept enum names (BLOCK_CHEST_OPEN) or namespaced keys (block.chest.open).🎭 17 animated vanish effects
Anonymous, Smoke, Blink, Death, CrystalFade, RunePortal, PhantomVeil, Galaxy, MeteorStrike, GlassShatter, DeleteEntity, Celestial Singularity, and more!
All animations completely rewritten with improved particles and sounds.
Select them via command or GUI! Preview: https://imgur.com/a/4jkQiKh
🖥️ Full-featured GUI system
Everything is accessible from /vium gui — toggle vanish, pick animations, toggle silent/fake join/leave, change settings.
🗄️ MySQL & cross-server vanish sync (optional)
Connect every server on your network to one database — a vanished player stays vanished across servers (no join spam), and their animation + all settings follow them. Powered by HikariCP, fully async. Defaults to per-server YAML.
🔔 Configurable update notifier
Checks Modrinth + SpigotMC and notifies the console on startup and admins on join (vium.update). Every message editable; each source toggleable.
🔐 Vanish levels
Fine-grained control over who sees who:
Use vium.level.1 through vium.level.10 to determine visibility priority.
🤫 Silent Join/Leave
Join or leave the server without notifying anyone in chat.
🎮 Fake Join/Leave
Simulate player activity with fake messages. Great for stealthy moderation.
🚫 Place/Break & Pickup/Drop Control
Block placing, breaking, picking up, and dropping items while vanished. Configurable per player via GUI or commands.
📊 PlaceholderAPI Integration
12 placeholders for scoreboards, TABs, and other plugins — vanish status, level, animation, all toggle settings, vanished player count & list.
🔎 Whois Command/vium whois <player> — instantly view a player's full vanish profile: status, level, animation, and all settings.
🌈 RGB / Hex Color Support
All messages, GUIs, and actionbars support &#RRGGBB formatting.
📝 Per-player config system
Preferences are stored in individual files under data/players/.
🌍 Multi-language support
Full English and Polish translations included. Every message editable via lang files — zero hard-coded strings.
👻 Vanished players are completely hidden
🧩 Modular feature engine
Each invisibility effect is powered by individual "feature modules":
NightVision – Automatic night vision while vanishedNoPush – Prevent player collisionNoMobSpawn – Mobs won't spawn near youNoRaidTrigger – Don't trigger village raids (supports RAID_OMEN)NoDripLeafTilt – Dripleaves stay stableHideAdvancementMessages – Achievements stay hiddenSilentChestOpen – Open containers silently (enhanced with ProtocolLib)NoSculkSensorDetection – Sculk sensors, shriekers and Wardens ignore youNoTurtleEggBreaking – Walk over turtle eggs safelyBroadcast – Server-wide announcements🌍 Floodgate support
Bedrock Edition players can also use vanish if permissions allow.
⚙️ Fully configurable
config.ymllang/en.yml, lang/pl.yml)/vium reload🚫 No hard dependencies
Works out-of-the-box.
Softdepend: ProtocolLib (silent chests), PlaceholderAPI (vanish placeholders).
| Animation | Description |
|---|---|
| Anonymous | No animation and no sound — a plain, silent vanish |
| Smoke | Mysterious smoke cloud with phantom sounds |
| Blink | Quick teleport flash with portal particles |
| Cave | Atmospheric cave ambient sound |
| MagicDust | Enchanting sparkles with beacon sounds |
| Death | Dramatic fake death with lightning and bats |
| EnderFade | Ender dimension fade effect |
| LightBurst | Angelic light explosion |
| PhantomVeil | Ghostly phantom effect with soul particles |
| CrystalFade | Amethyst crystal dissolve |
| RunePortal | Magical rune circle with spell sounds |
| NetherFlame | Nether fire burst with blaze sounds |
| Galaxy ⭐ | Cosmic space effect with RGB particles |
| MeteorStrike | Ground-slam with expanding block shockwave |
| GlassShatter | Bloody helix and crimson explosion |
| DeleteEntity | Matrix-style digital deletion effect |
| Celestial Singularity 💎 | Black hole collapse + angel wings genesis |
💎 = Special Edition
You can use /vium, /v, or /vanish as the main command alias.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/vium |
Toggle your vanish state |
/vium <player> |
Toggle vanish for another player |
/vium gui |
Open main GUI interface |
/vium options |
Open vanish options menu |
/vium animations |
Open animation selection menu |
/vium animation <name> |
Set your vanish animation |
/vium silentjoin <on/off> |
Toggle silent join |
/vium silentleave <on/off> |
Toggle silent leave |
/vium autovanish <on/off> |
Auto vanish on login |
/vium fakejoin <on/off> |
Simulate join message |
/vium fakeleave <on/off> |
Simulate leave message |
/vium pickupitems <on/off> |
Toggle item pickup/drop |
/vium placebreak <on/off> |
Toggle block place/break while vanished |
/vium whois <player> |
View vanish info about a player |
/vium list |
Show all vanished players |
/vium reload |
Reload configuration |
/vium help |
Display help |
/vb <message> |
Broadcast to all players |
@a <message> |
Send message to admin chat |
| Placeholder | Description |
|---|---|
%vanishium_is_vanished% |
true/false |
%vanishium_vanish_level% |
Player's vanish level |
%vanishium_animation% |
Selected animation name |
%vanishium_vanished_count% |
Number of vanished players |
%vanishium_vanished_list% |
Comma-separated vanished names |
%vanishium_silent_join% |
Silent join status |
%vanishium_silent_leave% |
Silent leave status |
%vanishium_auto_vanish% |
Auto vanish status |
%vanishium_fake_join% |
Fake join status |
%vanishium_fake_leave% |
Fake leave status |
%vanishium_pickup_items% |
Item pickup/drop status |
%vanishium_place_break% |
Place/break status |
# General Use
vium.use – Toggle your own vanish
vium.others – Vanish other players
vium.list – View vanished players
vium.reload – Reload the plugin
vium.help – Use /vium help
vium.see – See other vanished players of equal or lower level
# GUI
vium.gui – Open main GUI
vium.gui.options – Open options menu
vium.gui.animations – Open animations menu
# Vanish Options
vium.silentjoin – Toggle silent join
vium.silentleave – Toggle silent leave
vium.fakejoin – Simulate join message
vium.fakeleave – Simulate leave message
vium.autovanish – Auto vanish on login
vium.pickupitems – Toggle item pickup/drop in vanish
vium.placebreak – Toggle place/break in vanish
# Admin Tools
vium.broadcast – Send broadcasts
vium.admin.chat – Use admin chat (@a)
vium.whois – Use /vium whois
vium.update – Receive update notifications on join
# Vanish Levels
vium.level.1 through vium.level.10
# Animations
vium.animation.* – Access all animations
vium.animation.anonymous – Anonymous
vium.animation.smoke – Smoke
vium.animation.cave – Cave
vium.animation.blink – Blink
vium.animation.magicdust – MagicDust
vium.animation.death – Death
vium.animation.enderfade – EnderFade
vium.animation.runeportal – RunePortal
vium.animation.crystalfade – CrystalFade
vium.animation.phantomveil – PhantomVeil
vium.animation.lightburst – LightBurst
vium.animation.netherflame – NetherFlame
vium.animation.galaxy – Galaxy
vium.animation.meteorstrike – MeteorStrike
vium.animation.glassshatter – GlassShatter
vium.animation.deleteentity – DeleteEntity
vium.animation.celestial – Celestial Singularity
# Master Permission
vium.* – Grants all permissions
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| NoPush | Prevent players from pushing you |
| NoMobSpawn | Mobs won't spawn near you |
| NoRaidTrigger | Don't trigger village raids (supports RAID_OMEN) |
| NightVision | Automatic night vision while vanished |
| SilentChestOpen | Open chests without sound/animation |
| NoSculkSensorDetection | Sculk sensors, shriekers and Wardens ignore you |
| NoDripLeafTilt | Dripleaves won't tilt when stepped on |
| NoTurtleEggBreaking | Walk over turtle eggs safely |
| HideAdvancementMessages | Your advancements stay hidden |
| PlaceBreakControl | Block placing/breaking while vanished |
| PickupDropControl | Block item pickup/drop while vanished |
VanishIUM stores per-player data (vanish state + every setting) in one of two backends, selected in config.yml:
yaml (default) — local files in data/players/<uuid>.yml. Per-server, zero setup.mysql — a shared database that enables cross-server vanish sync. A vanished player who switches servers (e.g. lobby → OneBlock) stays vanished, with no join notification and no animation/fake-message replay. All database I/O is async (HikariCP pool). If the connection fails, VanishIUM automatically falls back to YAML, so your server never breaks.storage:
type: yaml # yaml | mysql
mysql:
host: localhost
port: 3306
database: minecraft
username: root
password: ""
table: vanishium_players
useSSL: false
pool-size: 8
Run VanishIUM on every server of your network and point them at the same database to share vanish across the whole network. Requires a MySQL/MariaDB JDBC driver on the server.
Get notified when a new version is released. Checks Modrinth and SpigotMC, notifies the console on startup and admins (with vium.update) on join. Every message is editable in the lang files.
update-checker:
enabled: true
notify-console: true
notify-admins: true
permission: vium.update
sources:
modrinth: true
spigot: true
modrinth-project: vanishium
spigot-resource-id: 124014
download-url: "https://modrinth.com/plugin/vanishium/versions"
/plugins/ folderconfig.yml and the lang files (lang/en.yml, lang/pl.yml) as neededstorage.type: mysql and fill in your database to enable cross-server sync/vium gui to access all features!Optional: Install ProtocolLib for enhanced silent chest functionality.
| Lightweight | Async-safe and optimized for performance |
| Compatibility | Paper/Purpur 1.21.10 – 26.2 (Adventure API required) |
| Soft Dependencies | ProtocolLib (optional), PlaceholderAPI (optional), Floodgate (optional) |
| Storage | YAML (default) or MySQL with cross-server vanish sync (HikariCP, async) |
| Update Notifier | Configurable Modrinth + SpigotMC checks, editable messages (vium.update) |
| Languages | English, Polish (fully translatable) |
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