MiningAlerts

Mining Alerts

MiningWatchdog watches players while they mine and announces it when someone finds a big amount of ores.

It doesn’t spam chat for every block. It waits until the player finishes mining, then checks if they found enough ore to be worth announcing.

How It Works

A player starts mining ore

As long as they keep mining, MiningWatchdog keeps counting

When the player stops mining for a couple of seconds, the plugin checks:

How much ore they mined

What type of ore it was

If they mined a lot, the server announces it

If they didn’t mine enough, nothing happens

That’s it. No spam, no commands, no setup required.

Example Message

Allan has found 9 Copper

You can fully change this message in the config.

Why Use MiningWatchdog?

Keeps chat clean

Highlights big ore finds

Helps staff notice suspicious mining

Works automatically in the background

Very lightweight

Great for survival, SMP, and semi-vanilla servers.

Configuration

The plugin creates a config file on first start:

plugins/MiningWatchdog/config.properties

This file controls what ores are tracked, how many blocks are required, and what message is shown.

Message Settings

msg.alert={player} has found {count} {ore}

This is the message players see.

You can use:

{player} → player name

{count} → how many blocks they mined

{ore} → ore name

You can rewrite this however you want or translate it.

Ore Settings (The Important Part)

Each ore has three lines:

How the plugin recognizes the ore

What name is shown in chat

How many blocks are required before announcing

Example:

ore.Copper.prefix=Ore_Copper_ ore.Copper.name=Copper ore.Copper.threshold=8

What this means:

Any block that starts with Ore_Copper_ counts (like Ore_Copper_Basalt, Ore_Copper_Stone)

The message will say Copper

The plugin will only announce if 8 or more copper blocks were mined

If someone mines 7 copper? Nothing is announced.

Full Default Ore List

ore.Adamantite.prefix=Ore_Adamantite_ ore.Adamantite.name=Adamantite ore.Adamantite.threshold=5

ore.Cobalt.prefix=Ore_Cobalt_ ore.Cobalt.name=Cobalt ore.Cobalt.threshold=6

ore.Copper.prefix=Ore_Copper_ ore.Copper.name=Copper ore.Copper.threshold=8

ore.Gold.prefix=Ore_Gold_ ore.Gold.name=Gold ore.Gold.threshold=6

ore.Iron.prefix=Ore_Iron_ ore.Iron.name=Iron ore.Iron.threshold=8

ore.Mithril.prefix=Ore_Mithril_ ore.Mithril.name=Mithril ore.Mithril.threshold=5

ore.Onyxium.prefix=Ore_Onyxium_ ore.Onyxium.name=Onyxium ore.Onyxium.threshold=4

ore.Silver.prefix=Ore_Silver_ ore.Silver.name=Silver ore.Silver.threshold=6

ore.Thorium.prefix=Ore_Thorium_ ore.Thorium.name=Thorium ore.Thorium.threshold=4

You can:

Raise or lower thresholds

Add new ores

Remove ores you don’t care about

Rename ores in chat

Restart the server after changing the file.

Good to Know

Messages only appear after the player finishes mining

No chat spam

No commands

No permissions needed

Works with all ore variants