Arcus Lifesteal [1.8 – 1.21.5]
A powerful, bug-free, high-performance Lifesteal plugin for Spigot and Paper servers – supports everything from heart trading to death bans and heart shops. Designed for survival, factions, and competitive PvP environments!

✅ Features

• ❤️ Gain hearts when you kill players
  
  
• Lose hearts when you die (configurable amount)
  
  
• ☠️ 0 hearts = ban or ghost mode
  
  
• Player heads drop on death (optional)
  
  
• Fully configurable heart storage vault
  
  
• Heart Shop GUI
  
  
• Trade hearts with others
  
  
• Heart crafting system
  
  
• Kill/death/revive logs
  
  
• Anti-farming protection
  
  
• Vault & Economy Support (optional)
  
  
• PlaceholderAPI support
  
  
• Supports MySQL and Flatfile
  
  
• Extremely secure, optimized, and async
  

⚙️ Commands
Command Description
/heartvault Open your heart vault
/heartshop Access the heart shop
/tradeheart <player> Trade hearts with another player
/revive <player> Revive a banned/dead player
/bounty add <player> <amount> Add a bounty on a player
/lifesteal reload Reload the plugin (admin only)
Permissions
Permission Description
arcuslifesteal.admin Access to reload, revive, logs
arcuslifesteal.trade Trade hearts with others
arcuslifesteal.shop Access heart shop
arcuslifesteal.revive Revive dead players
arcuslifesteal.bounty Place bounties
arcuslifesteal.logs View kill/revive logs
Configuration
After first run, the plugin will generate:

• config.yml — Control all plugin behavior
  
  
• messages.yml — Translate/edit every message
  
  
• data/ — Player heart files, logs, storage
  
  
• Optional MySQL sync support
  

PlaceholderAPI Support
Use these placeholders in other plugins:

Placeholder Description
%arcuslifesteal_hearts% Current hearts
%arcuslifesteal_kills% Kills
%arcuslifesteal_deaths% Deaths
%arcuslifesteal_killstreak% Killstreak
MySQL Support (Optional)
Switch to MySQL by editing config.yml:

yaml
mysql:
enabled: true
host: localhost
port: 3306
user: root
pass: yourpassword
database: lifesteal

FAQ
Q: Can I change how many hearts players start with?
Yes, fully customizable in config.yml.

Q: Can players drop heads on death?
Yes, toggleable in config.

Q: Can I prevent boosting/alt abuse?
Yes, built-in anti-farming protection included.

Q: Is this plugin performance-friendly?
Absolutely. Built for lag-free operation from 1.8 to 1.21.5.

Support & Contributions

• For help: GitHub Issues
  
  
• Support the project via donations (Join our discord for donating )
  
  
• ✅ Full source code on GitHub: Click here
  

License
Licensed under the MIT License – Open for public use with attribution.