Block Removal & Recovery

TNT Run removes configured floor materials during a match. Because this changes the world, the plugin includes snapshot recovery so arenas can be restored after restarts or crashes.

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Removal Flow

1. The in-game phase begins.
2. The plugin waits for start-after-seconds.
3. Players are scanned every scan-interval-ticks.
4. Removable blocks below players are queued.
5. Queued blocks are removed after remove-delay-ticks.
6. Snapshots are stored so blocks can be restored later.

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Safe Materials

Only materials listed in block-removal.yml are removed. This means you can use other blocks for walls, supports, spectator glass, or decorations.

removable-blocks:
  - TNT
  - SAND
  - SANDSTONE
  - GRAVEL
  - TERRACOTTA
  - RED_SANDSTONE
  - RED_SAND

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Crash Recovery

Keep these enabled for production:

safety:
  persist-snapshots: true
  restore-snapshots-on-startup: true

If the server shuts down during a match, TNT Run can restore stored snapshots when the server starts again.

restore-only-air is also useful because it prevents the plugin from overwriting blocks that were manually placed after the snapshot was created.

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Arena Building Advice

• Build multiple floor layers for more exciting matches.
• Use removable materials only where the floor should disappear.
• Put non-removable barriers around the map.
• Keep the lobby and end location outside the removable play area.
• Test a full match and restart recovery before opening the arena publicly.