First Setup

Five-minute path from fresh install to your first duel. All commands below need the duels.admin permission (or OP).

1. Set the duel lobby

Stand where players should return after a duel and run:

/duels setlobby

This saves the lobby to lobby.json. (There is also a separate kit-editing lobby: /duels setkitlobby.)

2. Create your first arena

/duels create Colosseum

Then stand on spawn point 1 and run /duels set Colosseum 1, stand on spawn point 2 and run /duels set Colosseum 2.

/duels set Colosseum 1
/duels set Colosseum 2

Check it with /duels info Colosseum, then enable it:

/duels toggle Colosseum

A disabled arena is never picked for matches. Full details: Creating & Managing Arenas.

3. Create your first kit (optional)

Put the gear you want into your own inventory, then:

/duels savekit Diamond

Players can also duel with their own inventory without any kit — see Kits and kit characteristics like Soup, UHC or Best-of-3.

4. Fight!

As a regular player:

/duel Steve

Accept with /duel accept Steve, fight, and the winner is teleported back while stats, ratings and bets resolve automatically.

/duel accept Steve
/duel deny Steve

Common first-time gotchas

• "No arena available" — you created an arena but forgot /duels toggle <name>, or the arena has no positions set. Check /duels info <name>.
• Duels don't start in your world — duel.enabled-worlds restricts dueling worlds (empty = everywhere). See Configuration.
• Money bet says disabled — install Vault + an economy plugin, or leave betting to items.
• Messages look wrong — pick your language with lang: in config.yml (lang_EN, lang_DE, lang_ES, lang_FR, lang_PL, lang_RU, lang_CZ), then restart.

Next: Starting a Duel for everything players can do, or the full Config Reference.