Minecraft: Velocity Plugins

Velocity plugins are extensions for PaperMC's Velocity proxy. They run on the proxy itself, not on the Paper or Spigot game servers behind it, and handle network-wide tasks such as permissions, server switching, MOTD, maintenance mode, chat across servers or Bedrock crossplay.

Both are proxies for Minecraft networks. Velocity is the modern option from the PaperMC team, with higher throughput, a cleaner plugin API, modern forwarding and active development. BungeeCord is the older, still widespread choice with the larger base of legacy plugins. For a new network, Velocity is usually the better starting point. Browse BungeeCord plugins

Not directly. Velocity uses its own annotation-based plugin API, so a BungeeCord .jar won't load on it. Many popular network plugins, LuckPerms and Geyser among them, ship a separate Velocity build. Before you migrate, check that every plugin you rely on has a Velocity version.

It depends on the plugin. Some run only on the proxy, for example MOTD or version-bouncer plugins. Others need a part on your Paper backends too: Floodgate, LuckPerms (for permissions on each server) and AuthMeVelocity all come with a backend component. The plugin's Modrinth or Hangar page tells you where each part goes. Your backends themselves are still regular Minecraft servers, since Velocity only connects them. Paper plugins for your backend servers

Register each backend server in the proxy's velocity.toml, then enable modern forwarding with the same forwarding secret in velocity.toml and in paper-global.yml on every backend. That way plugins see real player names, UUIDs, skins and IPs. Your backends need Paper or a Paper fork for this, since Spigot only supports the older legacy forwarding. Players then join through the proxy's address.

The quickest way is the plugin browser in the ZAPX panel: search for the plugin, click install, restart the proxy. Plugins that aren't in the catalog go into the plugins folder as a .jar file via the file manager.

It depends on how many players connect at the same time and on how many plugins run on the proxy, and which ones. A proxy usually needs less memory than the game servers behind it, because it doesn't simulate a world. Heavier proxy plugins, such as a Bedrock bridge with Geyser, add load. Start lean and scale up once your network grows.