About Movecraft
From SpigotMCDesign, construct, battle, and conquer using crafts composed of Minecraft blocks
Due to the hard fork of Paper on 1.20.5+, Movecraft 8 beta 3 is the last version to support Spigot. All future versions will only support Paper and can be found on our GitHub or hangar.papermc.io.
For a video showing the capabilities of the plugin, within the context of an action orientated web series, click here:
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A Brief Description
Movecraft is a plugin that players to build crafts out of minecraft blocks. These crafts can then be piloted, moved around, and taken into battle with each other. Hence the name MoveCraft.
Troubleshooting, Error Reporting
Please use the github issues section to report errors as well as for troubleshooting. Also, check out the wiki to see if the information you're looking for already exists.
Credit
Movecraft was first created by Yogoda for hMod. It was than maintained for several years by BaccaYarro's (AKA: Loraxe42) until it was handed off to cccm5 before she handed it off to the Airship Pirates Development Team, lead by TylerS1066.
Here is a brief summary of Movecraft features:
Control Method Options
- Sign and Pilot Tool
- Sign only
- Direct Control (the players movements control the craft)
- Misc Commands - /manoverboard, /release, etc
- Remote Signs to remotely activate command signs from other parts of the ship (Turn turrets, launch torpedoes, etc)
- Basic craft configuration options including size, speed, allowed block types, required blocks, etc
- Customizable Cruise Control to keep the craft moving forward
- Customizable Fuel Burning behavior
- Customizable sinking/crashing behavior including smoke, explosion on impact, and uncontrollable dives
- Restricting motion to horizontal or vertical planes
- Customizable "Hover" land contour following behavior for cars and surface vehicles
- Allow travel through water and anything else (or forbid it)
- Crafts that explode when they collide with things for ramming or torpedoes
- Repair signs to repair your ship, requires mats, and can require a fee.
Server Options
- Customizable Pilot Tool for craft control (or you can disable it to force sign only movement)
- Man Overboard timeout to allow anyone who falls out of a craft to get back in it
Permissions
For an extensive list of permissions, check the wiki.
Dependencies & Addons
Movecraft does not require any other plugin to function. However, many Addons have been written to expand the functionality of the base plugin.
- Movecraft-Combat: Directors, contact explosives, tracers, and more!
- Movecraft-WorldGuard: WorldGuard protection integration.
- Movecraft-Repair: Craft repair functionality.
- Movecraft-Warfare: Sieges and Assaults!
- Beaming: Crewbeds!
- Movecraft-CoreProtect: Log (and roll-back) those craft movements!
- Movecraft-Cannons: Canons plugin integration.
- Movecraft-Towny: Towny plugin protection integration.
Official Server
The official home server of Movecraft is the Airship Pirates World server. This is based on the setting of the Airship Pirates YouTube series, which was produced by BaccaYarro.
You can find the forums here:
https://rebrand.ly/AP-Forums
Localization
Localization is fully integrated into Movecraft. Locale can be set inside the config.yml.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 3 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.20.6.
Loaders
Runs on Spigot and Paper.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Movecraft on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers, for Paper servers. We download it from SpigotMC, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Spigot, Paper
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 8.0.0_beta-3, released 2024-06-02
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1.18 to 1.20.6 (3 versions) | 1.20.6 |
| Spigot | 1.18 to 1.20.6 (3 versions) | 1.20.6 |
From 10 recorded builds of Movecraft.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0.0_beta-3 | 2024-06-02 | 1.18 to 1.20.6 (3 versions) | Spigot, Paper |
| 8.0.0_beta-2 | 2023-06-15 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 8.0.0_beta-1 | 2022-12-29 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 7.0.0 | 2021-03-21 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 7.0.0 beta 9 | 2021-03-08 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 7.0.0 beta 8 | 2021-01-19 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
Run Movecraft on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogBuilding & decoration
Blocks, furniture, decorations and building tools.
Runs on your server
From source side supportSpigotMC lists Movecraft as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- SpigotPaper
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.20.6 and 2 earlier
- Requires
- One-click install needs a Paper server.
Verified at the source
- ✓SpigotMCOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorTylerS1066, as published on SpigotMC
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree










