AttackIndicator

A modern, lightweight damage indicator plugin for Paper/Spigot servers. Display beautiful animated floating damage numbers when entities take damage.

Version Support

The plugin automatically detects your server version and uses the best available method:

Version	Method	Features
1.19.4+	Display Entities	Smooth animations, scalable, best performance
1.16.5-1.19.3	Armor Stands	MiniMessage support (hex colors, gradients)
1.8-1.16.4	Armor Stands	Legacy ChatColor (basic colors: &c, &6, &a, etc.)

Key Features

• Smooth Animations - Floating damage indicators with configurable speed and duration
• Rich Text Formatting - MiniMessage support on 1.16.5+ (hex colors, gradients, styles)
• Highly Customizable - Control appearance, size, position, speed, and behavior
• Smart Filtering - Show indicators based on damage source (all/player-only/no-self)
• Player Damage Support - Optional indicators on players
• Entity Filtering - Whitelist/blacklist specific entity types
• Random Positioning - Natural look with random offsets to prevent stacking
• Auto-Update Checker - Get notified when new versions are available
• World Management - Disable indicators in specific worlds
• Performance Optimized - Minimal server impact on all versions

Commands

• /ai reload - Reload plugin configuration
• Aliases: /attackindicator

Configuration

All settings are in config.yml with detailed comments explaining version compatibility.

Quick Examples

# Works on all versions
indicator-format: "<#ffffff>-{damage}<#ff5555>♥"  # Hex colors on 1.16.5+
indicator-format: "&f-{damage}&c♥"                # Legacy format for 1.8-1.16.4

# Scale (1.19.4+ only)
indicator-scale: 1.5

# Display mode (all versions)
display-mode: PLAYER_ONLY

Attack indicator >2.0 stats