One plugin. Everything included. The complete BedWars suite for 1.8.8.
v2.34.1 — Latest stableMinecraft 1.8.8 Updated Oct 24, 2026
BedWars — overview summary
BedWars is a complete, self-contained game plugin for Minecraft 1.8.8 (Spigot / Paper), written from scratch line by line by a single developer — not a fork, not a custom edit of any existing project. One purchase unlocks 100% of the product: the full game core, 26 built-in add-ons, an 11-category cosmetics suite, the replay system, native ranked play, private games and practice arenas, plus the BedWarsProxy companion plugin for BungeeCord and Velocity. There is no add-on store and no feature behind a second payment. Every system is engineered to protect the game loop and stay fast and stable under load: generators run on a smart schedule, all database work happens off the main thread, and scoreboards, holograms and health indicators refresh only when their data actually changes. Data persists through MongoDB (required) with optional Redis caching and pub/sub cache invalidation for multi-server networks, and PlaceholderAPI is the only required plugin dependency.
Key facts
Version: 2.34.1 — Latest stable — Oct 16, 2026
Platform: Spigot / Paper 1.8.8 — NMS v1_8_R3 — enforced
Arena groups — Solo, Doubles, 3v3v3v3, 4v4v4v4, 1v1, 2v2, 4v4 and Ranked by default — switchable per arena with a single command
Multi-Arena, Bungee and Bungee-Legacy server topologies in one download, with Auto-Scale arena cloning (configurable clone limit) for elastic networks
BedWarsProxy companion plugin for BungeeCord / Velocity: lobby queues, matchmaking and automatic server scaling included
Native ranked system: MMR/ELO, seasons, placement, ranked leaderboards and a /bw ranked tournament flow over a token-authenticated ranked service
Replay system with automatic recording and playback, a replay menu with match metadata, and a configurable waiting location (requires SlimeWorldManager — auto-disables per session without it)
Private Games (/bw pg): host settings menu — game mode, respawn time, speed, event times, health, generator tuning — with invites, kicks and map selection
Practice arenas: bridging, MLG and fireball/TNT jumping with per-player stats, plus a ranked-style 1v1 invis practice queue with strict queue isolation
11-category cosmetics suite: bed break effects, death cries, final kill effects, glyphs, island toppers, kill messages, projectile trails, shopkeeper skins, sprays, victory dances and wood skins — selectable and persisted per player
26 built-in add-on switches in addons.yml — ranked, quests, quick buy, hotbar manager, map selector, leaderboards, maintenance and more, all included
Daily/weekly quests and challenges with internal BEDWARS_EXP/BEDWARS_COINS rewards and optional external console-command rewards
Team chest deposit addon (punch-to-deposit, sneak mass deposit), blocked commands, anti-AFK removal, cooldown pearl, play-again and map voting
Full internal party system: invite, accept, decline, kick, promote, leader transfer, chat, mute, privacy — external party plugins supported via the Parties adapter
Three-mode arena setup wizard (Guided, Staff, Developer) with live hologram status board, progress tracking and duplicate-location rejection
Per-player language selection across 11 message-file categories with auto-migration
PlaceholderAPI (the only hard dependency): three expansions — %bedwars_*%, %cosmetics_*%, %ranked_*% — with 97 documented placeholder forms (120+ distinct forms in code)
MongoDB persistence (required) with optional Redis caching, pub/sub invalidation and leaderboard cache sharing — every write off the main thread
Leaderboard holograms: 6 stat types × daily/weekly/lifetime top-10, page-toggle on right-click
Maintenance mode, a login gate that holds joins until arenas finish loading, and a developer API for arena lookups, economy access and custom subcommands
License-gated delivery: a personal loader bound to your servers
Requirements
Java 21 or newer (hard gate — the plugin disables itself below Java 21)
Spigot or Paper 1.8.8 exclusively (NMS v1_8_R3 — unsupported versions are detected and disabled cleanly)
PlaceholderAPI (the only required plugin dependency)
MongoDB (required — stats, cosmetics, economy and levels; bootstrap fails fast with a precise diagnostic when missing)
