Giants
Giants That Spawn Naturally
This plugin takes direct inspiration from FatMarleys' plugin FatGiants, which in turn was inspired by NaturalGiants. This plugin also takes inspiration from NodinChan's MobJockeys.
This plugin was originally written by rmh4209, continued on by pkt77, and is now in the hands of Mammothskier.

Features
The Giants Plugin can naturally spawn Giants that have 8 Configurable attack mechanisms Configurable Health, Experience, Drops, and Spawn in configurable Worlds and Biomes. “The worst thing you can say about homework is that it is too hard. The worst thing you can say about a game is it's too easy.”
Attack Mechanisms
Attack Descriptions
| Attack Mechanisms | Description |
|---|---|
| Default | The default Minecraft Giant attack - if a player is inside the giants legs, the player will instantly die. |
| Lightning Attack | When a giant targets an entity, that entity will be struck by lighning |
| Thow Boulder Attack | When a player is 5-10 blocks away from a giant, there is a chance the giant will "Throw" a Fireball in the direction the giant is facing |
| Stomp Attack | When a player gets close to a giant, there is a chance the giant will stomp the player |
| Kick Attack | When a player gets close to a giant, there is a chance the giant will kick a player at a configurable height |
| Fire Attack | When a giant targets an entity, that entity will get set on fire and so will the giant (configurable) |
| Lava Attack | When a giant targets an entity, it can sets lava under that entity |
| Poison Attack | When a player gets near a giant, there is a chance that it will poison the player |
| Shrapnel Attack | When a giant targets a player, the giant will spawn zombies around the player (configurable) |
| Spawn Zombies on Death | When a giant dies, a configurable amount of zombies will spawn in that location |
Attacks
| Attack Mechanisms | Giant | Slime | Magma Cube |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Lightning Attack | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Thow Boulder Attack | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Stomp Attack | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Kick Attack | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Fire Attack | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Lava Attack | ![]() | ||
| Poison Attack | ![]() | ||
| Shrapnel Attack | ![]() | ||
| Spawn Zombies on Death | ![]() |
Commands
| Commands | Description |
|---|---|
| /giants spawn <x> <y> <z> | Spawns a giant at the given location |
| /giants reload | Reloads the configuration files |
| /giants version | Shows the version of the plugin the server is running |
Permissions
| Permissions | Description |
|---|---|
| giants.version | Gives the permission to use /giants version |
| giants.spawn | Gives the permission to use /giants spawn |
| giants.reload | Gives the permission to use /giants reload |
| giants.debug | Gives the permission to receive debug messages |
| giants.* | Gives all permissions for the plugin |
Known Bugs
Found a bug? Submit a Ticket!
Future Plans
| Idea | Status |
|---|---|
| Add custom Death Messages | In development |
| Improve Movement Speed | In testing |
Got an idea? Submit a Ticket!
MC Stats
This plugin uses mcstats for stat collection. You can opt out of this by going into the plugin metrics folder and setting opt-out to true.





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Posted May 7, 2014Have you seen the shotbow giants that release a shockwave :o They jump up and when they land produce a shockwave with explosive smoke particles and gives out damage. I would love to see that, but honestly think it should be left as a shotbow only thing :P
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Posted Apr 24, 2014WOW! Look at that LOGO! How fab is that?? Lol. nice to see...
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Posted Apr 15, 2014YAYYYY!! We got Giants and Magmas and Slimes in our Giantworld and what fun they are now! Can't thank you enough Mammothskier! Loving the extra attacks and giant types! Just to let others know, be careful of doing amazing drops with the magma cubes and slimes; when they split into smaller, the drops multiply accordingly. Don't be setting them with diamond horse armor or anything or you'll ruin your economy lol. The zombies just drop what you set, no more.
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Posted Apr 14, 2014@kezzawozza
Thanks Pippa for the great comment. :) I'm glad you have stuck with this plugin for so long and been enjoying it! Please let me know if you have any issues.
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Posted Apr 14, 2014OMY I LOVE YOU!!! I've been limping along with this FAVOURITE plugin all through despite possible lags or errors, refusing to let go of it! This is our favourite plugin and has given our server its identity for a very long time! I came on this page today just to beg for an update, with the promise of doing a cool logo for you for free if you want, to encourage what I have needed so badly. Luckily it's kept working anyway, but now I update with great joy! Can't thank you enough, and if you want a logo, just yell! My website for our Magic Apple server is www.bsbnetwork.com/mahome, and my name there is Pippa. Thank you!!!
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Posted Apr 11, 2014When spawn "magma cube" on Spigot
http://pastebin.com/bbUBUGx0
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Posted Apr 9, 2014@johnbrasil
Sorry for the slow reply. I am quite busy these next few weeks, but spigot should work. Can you reproduce the problem using craftbukkit?
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Posted Apr 5, 2014When i use command /giants spawn on Spigot,
http://pastebin.com/tY20z0ey
Internal error =/
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Posted Mar 29, 2014@ok12Boss
You can use /giants spawn
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Posted Mar 29, 2014i hope you will add the new command, we can use that to spawn the big mob
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Posted Mar 29, 2014Nice one well done! Tip make them tameable that would be awesome!
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Posted Mar 28, 2014@Egul1210
It is loading fine for me. If there are any error messages please post it on pastbin so I can find the issue. :)
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Posted Mar 28, 2014It isn't loading for me. I'm using 1.7.2 R03..
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Posted Mar 28, 2014One of the best plugins back in the days :3 Thanks for keeping this updated
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Posted Mar 28, 2014Cool, installed new version and its way better.
If i want to drop Lapis which is 351:4 how can i do that with the config?
Actually magmacubes dont spawn with /giants spawn magma or magmacube
I get a console error for magma. See below.
10:17:20
CONSOLE:
[INFO] ManBeastPig issued server command: /giants spawn magma
10:17:20
CONSOLE:
ERROR]: null
10:17:20
CONSOLE:
exception executing command 'giants' in plugin Giants v6.1-b35-STABLE
10:17:20
CONSOLE:
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException 2
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Posted Mar 19, 2014@Mammothskier
Oooo very nice very nice, I would not have thought about a damage reduction for that.
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Posted Mar 15, 2014@deekondvg
I have added suffocation and cacti to the damage settings :)
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Posted Mar 15, 2014@deekondvg Will add that to the list of things to do! Thanks
@aalwein
I will be working on changing the drop system in the next few weeks. :)
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Posted Mar 14, 2014I've just installed this plugin and it seems great. Two suggestions:
1. Allow us to use ID names in the loot config since ID numbers will go poof soon. 2. Allow us to configure loot to be a "chance" to drop. For example I want to make the giants have a 85% chance to drop a block of iron, 45% chance to drop 2 diamonds, and a 10% chance to drop a diamond block.
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Posted Mar 13, 2014Hmmm a major suggestion would be to add a check to prevent spawning giants below the 65 on the Y axis as to prevent cave death/looting from suffocation.