FallingTimber

FallingTimber is a lightweight PaperMC plugin that lets players chop down an entire tree by breaking a single log with an axe.

Trees fall in a quick top-down cascade, logs drop normally, axe durability and Unbreaking are respected, and leaves decay naturally.

Features

• Chop an entire tree by breaking one log
• Works with naturally generated and sapling-grown trees
• Processes large trees gradually to prevent lag spikes
• Logs produce their normal drops
• Correctly applies axe durability and Unbreaking
• Optional automatic sapling replanting
• Hold Sneak to break only one log
• Individual players can enable or disable tree felling
• Compatible with protection plugins through BlockBreakEvent
• Configurable tree size, detection radius, speed and safeguards
• Automatic GitHub update checking
• Installed and latest versions shown when joining
• Clickable GitHub Releases link

Safer Tree Detection

FallingTimber is designed to distinguish real trees from player-built wooden structures.

By default, a valid tree must:

• Have enough connected logs
• Have a natural leaf canopy
• Be rooted on valid tree-growing ground
• Remain within configurable size and distance limits
• Use matching log types

Player-placed leaves do not count as a natural canopy. This helps protect houses, bridges, roofs, log piles and decorative wooden structures from being accidentally destroyed.

Commands

• /timber toggle — Enable or disable FallingTimber for yourself
• /timber status — Show whether tree felling is enabled
• /timber version — Show the installed and latest available versions
• /timber reload — Reload the configuration
• /timber help — Display command help

Command aliases include /fallingtimber, /timber and /ftimber.

Permissions

• fallingtimber.use — Allows players to fell whole trees
• fallingtimber.command — Allows access to FallingTimber commands
• fallingtimber.reload — Allows configuration reloading; operators by default

Installation

1. Stop your Minecraft server.
2. Download the latest FallingTimber JAR.
3. Place it inside the server's plugins folder.
4. Start the server.
5. Edit plugins/FallingTimber/config.yml if required.
6. Restart the server or run /timber reload.

Requirements

• Paper 26.2
• Java 25

FallingTimber is made specifically for Paper and is not intended for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge or unmodified Minecraft servers.

Configuration

Server owners can configure:

• Tree detection safeguards
• Minimum required logs and leaves
• Maximum tree size and detection radius
• Natural-leaf requirements
• Rooted-tree requirements
• Blocks processed per tick
• Axe durability consumption
• Creative-mode behaviour
• Sneak-to-bypass behaviour
• Automatic sapling replanting
• Join notifications and update checking

For downloads, source code, issues and new releases, visit:

https://github.com/BenJaminL11-AU/FallingTimber