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One Player Sleep

Allow a single player to skip the night for the entire server.

Overview​

In vanilla Minecraft, all players must sleep simultaneously to skip the night. This becomes problematic on multiplayer servers where players are in different timezones, AFK, or simply busy building. One Player Sleep removes this requirement, allowing any single player to skip the night for everyone.

Why use one player sleep?​

On any decent-sized SMP, getting everyone to sleep at the same time is basically impossible. Someone's AFK, someone's 12 time zones away, someone's deep in a mine and doesn't care about the night. One player sleep just fixes this: one person hits a bed, everyone wakes up.

Configuration​

features:
  one-player-sleep:
    enabled: false
    sleep-message: "§e\{player\} §7is sleeping..."
    skip-message: "§a☀ Good morning!"

Configuration Options​

OptionTypeDefaultDescription
enabledbooleanfalseMaster toggle for the feature
sleep-messagestring"§e{player} §7is sleeping..."Message broadcast when a player starts sleeping
skip-messagestring"§a☀ Good morning!"Message broadcast when night is skipped

Message Placeholders​

The sleep-message supports these placeholders:

PlaceholderReplaced With
\{player\}Player's name
\{displayname\}Player's display name (with nickname if set)

Set either message to empty ("") to disable that message.

How It Works​

When enabled, Vanilla Core modifies Minecraft's playersSleepingPercentage gamerule:

  • Enabled: Sets playersSleepingPercentage to 0 (only 1 player needed)
  • Disabled: Resets to 100 (all players must sleep)

This uses the vanilla game mechanic introduced in Minecraft 1.17, ensuring full compatibility with all Minecraft features.

Using the GUI​

  1. Run /smp to open the main menu
  2. Locate One Player Sleep in the feature list
  3. Left-click to toggle the feature on/off

What Happens When Enabled​

When a player enters a bed with this feature enabled:

  1. The player starts sleeping normally
  2. No waiting for other players required
  3. Night skips after the standard sleep animation
  4. All players advance to morning together

Configuration Examples​

Small Private SMP (2-5 players)​

one-player-sleep:
  enabled: true
  sleep-message: "§e{player} §7is sleeping..."
  skip-message: "§a☀ Good morning!"

Large Public Server (50+ players)​

one-player-sleep:
  enabled: true
  sleep-message: ""
  skip-message: "§a☀ Morning!"

Silent Mode​

If you don't want any sleep announcements:

one-player-sleep:
  enabled: true
  sleep-message: ""
  skip-message: ""

Technical Details​

Gamerule Approach​

Using the playersSleepingPercentage gamerule provides several benefits:

  • Native Integration: Works with vanilla sleep mechanics
  • No Performance Impact: No event listeners or calculations needed
  • Full Compatibility: Works with all bed types and sleep features
  • Persistent: Survives server restarts when enabled

Edge Cases​

Beds in Nether/End: Still explode as normal - this only affects Overworld sleep.

Phantom Spawning: Phantoms are still based on individual player insomnia. Sleeping resets your counter regardless of how many others slept.

Integration with Other Features​

This is a standalone feature that works independently. No configuration needed with other Vanilla Core features.