FirstJoinReward

Paper 26.1.2 plugin that gives a configurable item to the first player who joins when the server is empty.

Features

• Configurable reward item (material, amount, lore)
• Optional cooldown (seconds) between rewards
• Discord webhook notification (plain message or embed)
• Simple /firstjoinreward reload command
• No permissions required to receive the reward

Default reward

• 10× Petrified Oak Slabs with a short lore

Building

Requires Java 25 and Maven.

mvn clean package

The jar will be in target/FirstJoinReward.jar.

Installation

1. Drop FirstJoinReward.jar into your Paper server's plugins/ folder.
2. Start the server once to generate config.yml.
3. Edit plugins/FirstJoinReward/config.yml:
   • Set your Discord webhook URL under discord.webhook-url
   • Adjust material / amount / lore / cooldown as desired
4. Run /firstjoinreward reload (or restart)

Config overview

reward:
  material: PETRIFIED_OAK_SLAB
  amount: 10
  lore:
    - "&7You were the first to join an empty server!"

cooldown-seconds: 0

discord:
  enabled: true
  webhook-url: "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/..."
  use-embed: true
  embed:
    title: "Empty Server Reward"
    description: "**{player}** was the first to join and received the reward!"
    color: 5763719

Permissions

• firstjoinreward.reload – allows the reload command (default: op)