MonsterGuard – Guards with custom patrol routes

Features

• Create zombie and skeleton guards and equip them individually.
• Assign armour, a melee weapon, a shield and, in the case of skeletons, a bow as templates without using up the original items from your inventory.
• Set up to 32 waypoints per guard; visible markers help you when editing.
• Open routes with out-and-back paths via the set waypoints.
• Configure attacks on monsters and players separately.
• Melee and ranged combat for skeletons, including weapon switching and bow-drawing animations.
• Return to the starting point after a fight and then continue an activated patrol.
• Configure gaze behaviour, dialogue upon approach and name display.
• German and English menus; German is the default, and the language selection is saved per player.
• Guards, equipment and waypoints are saved.

Without additional package libraries

MonsterGuard requires neither ProtocolLib nor PacketEvents. The necessary text libraries are included in the plugin; no additional installation is required.

Prerequisites

• Spigot or Paper for Minecraft 26.3.
• Java 25.
• MonsterGuard 1.0.0-26.3.

Other versions of Minecraft are not currently supported. Resource packs and shaders shown in the videos alter the game’s appearance and are not part of the plugin.

Quick Start

1. Stop the server and copy the MonsterGuard JAR file into the ‘plugins’ folder.

2. Start the server and open /mg gui as an administrator.

3. Create a zombie or skeleton guard, set their equipment and, if required, create a route.

4. Activate the patrol and check your settings in-game.

Administrative permission: monsterguard.admin (OP by default).

Menu: /mg gui

German: /mg lang de

English: /mg lang en

When updating, back up and retain the ‘plugins/MonsterGuard’ folder, replace the existing JAR file and restart the server. Ensure only one MonsterGuard JAR file remains in the ‘plugins’ folder.

Status and Testing

MonsterGuard is being further developed as version 1.0. The current version has been tested locally on Spigot and Paper 26.3 with zombie and skeleton guards, including on various surfaces, during changes in elevation and after battles. These tests do not cover every combination of world, plugins and server load. Please test this version with your own configuration before using it in production.

A project by the Ki11ix Plugin Workshop.

Project page, support and bug reports: plugin-werkstatt.net