Lite vs PRO

What the free FirstHour Lite jar does, and what FirstHour PRO adds.

FirstHour comes in two jars. Lite is free on Modrinth and SpigotMC. PRO is on BuiltByBit and needs a licence key.

Lite is the same plugin with the PRO classes and PRO presets left out of the jar. There is nothing to unlock by editing a config. Lite gets new players started. PRO shows you exactly where the rest quit.

Feature comparison

Feature	Lite	PRO
Welcome screen (native dialog or chat)	✅	✅
Bossbar goal, trail and compass	✅	✅
/firsthour status and /firsthour skip	✅	✅
Paths	1	Unlimited
Per-permission paths	❌	✅
Steps per path	Up to 6	Unlimited
Core step types (command, go_to, break, place, craft, kill, fish, earn, playtime, chat)	✅	✅
stonkz_sell, we_event_join, relic_seen steps	❌	✅
Presets	Survival	Survival, Economy SMP, Lifesteal
Step rewards	✅	✅
Timed rewards	✅	✅
Come-back rewards, with login streak	Day 2	Days 2 to 7
Veterans say hi (buddy pings)	❌	✅
Stats: new players and Day-1 return	✅	✅
Stats: Day-7 return, median first session, step funnel	❌	✅
/firsthour stats cohorts	❌	✅
/firsthour stats export (CSV)	❌	✅
PlaceholderAPI placeholders	❌	✅
Licence key	Not needed	Required

What Lite does with PRO settings

Lite reads the same config.yml and paths.yml. It skips what it can’t run and says so in the console:

• Extra paths. Lite runs the first usable path in paths.yml. Each other path logs Lite runs one path; PRO runs as many as you like.
• Steps 7 and up. Lite runs the first 6 steps of that path. Later steps are left out with a warning.
• PRO step types. stonkz_sell, we_event_join and relic_seen steps are skipped with a warning.
• Path permissions. Lite ignores permission: on a path.
• Day rewards 3 to 7. Lite pays the day 2 reward only. The rest stay in your config for when you upgrade.
• Buddy settings. The buddy section does nothing on Lite.
• PRO presets. /firsthour preset economysmp and /firsthour preset lifesteal reply that it’s a PRO feature.

PRO hints in Lite

On Lite, admins see the PRO-only dashboard items on /firsthour stats as locked barrier items with a short description. Players never see them.

Turn them off with:

plugins/FirstHour/config.yml

pro-hints: false

/firsthour pro lists what PRO adds, with a link to the store page. On PRO it says everything is unlocked.

Upgrading from Lite to PRO

1. Buy PRO

   Get FirstHour PRO on BuiltByBit.

2. Swap the jar

   Stop the server, remove FirstHour-Lite-1.0.1.jar and add FirstHour-PRO-1.0.1.jar.

3. Add your key

   In the Discord, run /verify, then /claim FIRST_HOUR. Paste the key into license_key in plugins/FirstHour/config.yml.

4. Restart

   Your players.db, paths.yml and settings carry over. Paths, steps and day rewards that Lite skipped start working.

Get FirstHour PRO

BuiltByBit.

Get FirstHour Lite

Free on Modrinth.

Get FirstHour Lite (SpigotMC)

Free on SpigotMC.