Seasons

Run 30-day seasons with SeasonManager PRIME, and start the next season on the same map or a fresh one.

Seasons give the grind a finish line. SeasonManager PRIME runs a 30-day season with stats, a countdown boss bar and a leaderboard, then archives the world before the next one.

The season cycle

The setup ships in pre-season. Nothing counts until you start the first season.

1. Start

   Run /season start when you open. The 30-day countdown begins, with a 1-hour grace period at the start.

2. Play

   The season tracks every player’s kills, deaths and playtime. A boss bar shows the time left, and players get warnings as the end gets close.

3. End

   After 30 days the season ends on its own. You can also end it early with /season stop.

4. Next

   Run /season next. It archives the world to season-archives/ and moves to the next season number. Then run /season start again.

/season next keeps your map as it is. If you want a fresh map for the new season, follow the steps under Start a new map.

The console shows one SeasonManager warning about a world wipe or seed when you run /season next. That is expected. Your map and seed stay the same.

What players see

• Scoreboard: season number and state, plus kills, deaths and playtime
• Boss bar: a season timer with the time left
• /season: a menu with the current season info
• /leaderboard: top players this season
• /menu: the sunflower opens season info and the golden helmet opens leaderboards

Owner commands

Command	What it does
/season start	Start the season
/season stop	End the current season early
/season next	Archive the world and move to the next season
/season settime <time>	Set the time left, for example 7d, 12h or 30m
/season grace <on|off|auto|status>	Force the grace period on or off, or let it follow the schedule
/season backup [label]	Make an instant backup
/season reload	Reload SeasonManager’s config

settime and grace on, off or auto only work while a season is running. grace status works any time.

Start a new map

To give the next season a brand-new world while keeping the Stonkz Exchange:

1. Close the season

   Run /season stop (skip this if the season already ended on its own), then /season next, then stop the server.

2. Delete the old world

   In your world folder, delete level.dat and level.dat_old. Inside dimensions/minecraft, delete the overworld, the_nether and the_end folders.

3. Reset inventories (optional)

   Delete the players folder too if inventories should reset.

4. Start fresh

   Start the server. It generates a new seed. Then run /season start.

Keep the spawn folder inside dimensions/minecraft. That is the Stonkz Exchange. If you delete it, your spawn is gone.

Money balances are not stored in the world, so a new map keeps them. If you want a full economy reset as well, reset balances with EssentialsX’s /eco command before you start the new season.

Configuration

plugins/SeasonManager-Prime/config.yml

season:
  display-name: Season
  increment: 1.0
  duration: 30d
  auto-end: true
  grace-period: 1h
  on-start-commands:
  - weather clear
  on-end-commands:
  - say The season has ended! Thanks for playing, see you next season.
world:
  managed-worlds:
  - world
  - world_nether
  - world_the_end
  archive-folder: season-archives
  archive-enabled: true

• Change duration for shorter or longer seasons, for example 14d.
• Add your own commands to on-start-commands and on-end-commands, such as rewards for the top players.
• Archives go to season-archives/. Clear out old ones now and then to save disk space.

See the SeasonManager docs for every SeasonManager feature.