QuietPause adds a true pause feature to multiplayer servers.

Instead of asking everyone to stop playing or shutting down the server, you can pause the entire game instantly. Players can't move or interact with the world, mobs and redstone stop, world time freezes, and gameplay resumes with a short countdown when you're ready.

It's perfect for private SMPs, co-op worlds, manhunts, minigames, or any server where everyone occasionally needs a quick break.

Features

• Pauses the entire server without stopping the server process
• Freezes players, mobs, projectiles, redstone, fluids, and world time
• Prevents block interaction, damage, hunger, and other gameplay changes
• Resumes safely with a configurable 5-second countdown
• Public or admin-only pause permissions
• Supports English and Turkish
• Works on Paper, Purpur, Fabric, and compatible Paper forks
• No client-side installation required

Commands

/p or /f — Toggle the server pause.

/quietpause public — Allow any player to pause the game.

/quietpause admin — Restrict pausing to administrators.

Developer API

QuietPause includes APIs for Paper and Fabric, allowing plugins and mods to detect, trigger, or respond to pause and resume events.

⏸️ QuietPause

Give your multiplayer server a real pause button.

Someone needs to answer the door, change their settings, grab some food, or take a quick break?

QuietPause lets you pause the entire game without shutting down the server or allowing other players to continue progressing.

It is designed for private SMPs, co-op worlds, manhunts, minigames, and friend groups.

✨ What gets paused?

While the game is paused:

Player restrictions

• Players cannot move, place, or break blocks
• Inventories cannot be opened or interacted with
• Items cannot be dropped or swapped
• Damage and hunger are prevented
• Projectile launching is blocked

World freeze

• Mobs stop moving and lose their AI
• Projectiles, TNT, falling blocks, and vehicles are frozen in place
• Explosions and fire or block spread are prevented
• Redstone signals are frozen
• Crop, tree, and structure growth is stopped
• Fluid flow is halted
• Furnaces, brewing stands, and dispensers are paused
• Leaf decay is stopped
• Ice and snow formation, as well as ice melting, are prevented
• Entity transformations are prevented, including zombie villager curing
• Natural and patrol mob spawning is blocked
• Villager trade restocking is prevented
• Weather, thunder, and lightning are frozen
• World time stops

Safe resume

• Underwater players are protected during the pause
• Gameplay resumes with a safe 5-second countdown
• Everything continues from where it stopped once the pause ends

⚙️ How does it work?

QuietPause creates a server-wide pause by freezing gameplay entities and blocking actions that could progress the game.

It does not shut down the server or stop the server process. The server remains online, allowing commands and plugin or mod integrations to continue working while gameplay is paused.

🎮 Commands

Pause or resume the game

/f

or:

/p

Both commands toggle the server-wide pause.

When the game is resumed, QuietPause starts a safe 5-second countdown before gameplay continues.

Allow everyone to pause

/quiet f public

In public mode, every player can pause the game. Only the player who started the pause or an administrator can resume it.

Restrict pausing to administrators

/quiet f admin

In admin mode, only server administrators can pause or resume the game.

Changing the access mode requires operator access. On Paper, this permission can also be granted using:

quiet.pause.admin

📦 Supported platforms

• Paper
• Fabric
• Purpur and compatible Paper forks
• Dedicated multiplayer servers

No client-side installation is required when joining a dedicated server.

🌍 Languages and configuration

QuietPause includes:

• English messages
• Turkish messages
• Configurable server messages
• Public and administrator-only access modes

🧩 Developer API

QuietPause provides developer APIs for Paper and Fabric.

The API allows other plugins and mods to:

• Listen for pause and resume events
• Check the current pause state
• Pause or resume the game programmatically
• Cancel pause and resume events on Paper

For integration instructions and up-to-date code examples, see the QuietPause GitHub repository.

💡 Useful for

• Quick AFK breaks
• Temporary disconnects
• Pausing before an important fight
• Discussing plans during manhunts or minigames
• Preventing players from progressing while someone is away
• Taking a break without restarting the server

Someone said “BRB”? Pause the game, not the server.