Whatβs new
- Minecraft support: 1.20 -> 1.21+
- Java 17 required
- Optional integrations
- ProtocolLib v5.4.0: improved hiding behavior and fully silent containers (packet-level suppression)
- PlaceholderAPI v2.12.2: %vanish_...% placeholders
- Dynmap: hide vanished players from the map
- New overview commands
- /vanish permissions - permissions overview
- /vanish placeholders - placeholder overview
- /vanish info - improved plugin/build info (stable build-id per jar)
Improvements
- Redesigned "premium" chat layout (cleaner header/footers, aligned formatting)
- Pagination for longer outputs (less chat spam; Prev/Next only shown when applicable)
- GUI polish
- consistent new GUI design
- paging fixed for /vanish sound (and matching robustness applied so navigation works reliably)
Fixes
- Silent containers expanded/fixed
- barrel and shulker open/close sound suppression
- barrel and shulker animation suppression (best-effort via packet filtering)
- silent-container flow now correctly activates for barrels as well
- More stable GUI clicking
- improved null-safety in click handling to prevent edge-case NPEs
Notes for server owners
- Recommended: backup, then delete plugins/Vanish/ before updating to v3.0.0 to avoid old config/data conflicts.
- Install ProtocolLib v5.4.0 for the best vanish accuracy and silent-container behavoir.
- Install PlaceholderAPI v2.12.2 only if you use placeholders.
- Install Dynmap only if you want vanished players hidden on the dynmap.