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 Apr 1, 2015@colamonster091
@snakemansos
I have not finished the rewrite of the plugins because of school and work. Also the dev builds are down right now because some jackass decided to start ddosing my build server and I don't have the money to afford ddos protection. Giants will be updated and the dev builds will be moving over to another server in the coming week.
I have got giants targetting correctly again and no longer standing still. However I have not got attacks working yet and drops still need to be debugged. If anyone would like feel free to submit pull requests for those things. Thanks.
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Posted Apr 1, 2015links to download dev builds not working
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Posted Mar 28, 2015@Mammothskier
Could you please send me a link to the download? It looks to me like your 'Dev Build' pages aren't working.
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Posted Mar 24, 2015@colamonster091
Looking at a release time of the next 24 hours for a fully working giants build. I go out of town on thursday for the weekend and won't have much time to work on it.
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Posted Mar 23, 2015@Mammothskier
Ok I will test out any version as long as it won't corrupt anything of mine. I am much looking forward to using this plugin again while it works fully.
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Posted Mar 22, 2015@colamonster091
Colamonster091, I can have a build ready for spigot 1.8.3 within in few hours for you but be warned it may have bugs like the ones Spydermike pointed out. Let me know if you are interested in a rushed 1.8.3 build :)
edit: nevermind, after attempting this for almost an hour, I have decided the only way to get anything to work will be to rewrite most of the plugin. Working on it today. :)
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Posted Mar 21, 2015@Mammothskier
I would really like to see an update for this. It is really essential now for my server and I would like all these console errors to be fixed and the ability to spawn giant magma cubes and slimes with 1.8.3 spigot.
Thanks a lot for a plugin like this. I will consider donating.
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Posted Mar 13, 2015@Spydermike1
Interesting on the drops issue, looking over it now. I'll have a fully working 1.8 build out this weekend. :)
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Posted Mar 12, 2015@snakemansos
@yeahbuddy28
@Mammothskier
Mojang removed the giants default AI so no matter what giants will not target entities.
also when i put Drops: - 388-0-0;3;100/100
it only drops one emerald not 3
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Posted Mar 10, 2015Great concept, although giants are in the game already, they have little functionality. I like all the extra abilities they have now. They still stand there idle a bit, but you mentioned you will get them up & running again. :-)
For the slimes(normal, magma), that one blew me away, just as much as the giants. So intimidating, they leap from one large surface area to the next. You definitely have to be on the look-out, or you'll be mince-meat for sure. ;-)
All in all, fantastic plugin, keep up the great work, looking forward to future updates! 8-)
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Posted Feb 6, 2015@KreatorB
Found a bug, I tested the spawns and I was able to kill the Zombie, the Slime but not the magma... hmmm Strange... Also, Idea.... explain the item drop for the giants so we can customize it for what we like. Also maybe show hearts over his head. Not seeing them! Lastly and sorry to bug, but the giants do not seem to come at you like a small zombie does and when the fire the fireballs which I have set to false they seem to always throw them in direction I am not in... LOL just details. If you want to see it in action please PM me I will show you on the server
Thanks great plugin!
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Posted Feb 6, 2015@sakura_blades
it is working on 1.8.1 for me. just need to see it spawn on its own now.
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Posted Feb 1, 2015I dont' suppose that this is working on 1.8?
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Posted Jan 24, 2015Giants not target players (attacks its activated)...only stand up and wait to stomp or kick players. Spigot 1.8. i try with giants 6.3 & 6.4 dev builds (6.4 give error on loading)
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Posted Jan 10, 2015@yeahbuddy28
Make sure the attacks are enabled. Otherwise it will just stand there and try to do its defauly attack.
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Posted Jan 10, 2015Is there any way to make the giants agro on people? No matter how much i attack them they just sit there and take hits and only do the kicking attack when i get right next to them
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Posted Jan 5, 2015@sexyrussian
Does "/region flag [id] giants deny" not work? If it doesn't I'll work on adding support for it.
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Posted Jan 5, 2015@Mammothskier
I got spawners in spawn, spawning in cows, horses, sheep and other useful things. To help new players. So I can't have mob-spawning deny in spawn.
So giants spawn at spawn, inside walls, on the roof, half way in the roof. lol.
Could you make it use deny-spawn please?
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Posted Dec 21, 2014@Puddleglumum
Merry Christmas to you too :) Glad to see your still enjoying it.
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Posted Dec 21, 2014Merry Christmas Mammoth! Still LOVING your great plugin, the core of our server. Thanks again!