Creating Arena

An Arena is a playable match template in Zentrix.

It defines:

• which world is used as the arena template

• which game type (solo/duo/etc.) the arena runs with

• the playable bounds (the area players are allowed to use)

Bounds are required so Zentrix knows what part of your world is “the arena”.

Create a playable arena (step-by-step)

Run these commands as an admin.

Also make sure you are standing in the correct world before creating the arena.

1) Create the arena

Stand inside the world you want to use as the Arena World template.

Then create the arena:

/zx arena create <unique-id> <game-type>

• <unique-id> must be unique and lowercase.

• <game-type> must match an entry inside game-types.yml.

Good IDs: desert, island_01, castle

Bad IDs: My Arena, arena#1

Not sure what to use for <game-type>? Open plugins/Zentrix/game-types.yml and copy an existing mode key (example: solo, duo, trio, squad).

2) Get the selection wand

Give yourself the arena selection wand:

/zx wand

The wand sets a cuboid selection:

• Right-click a block to set Position 1

• Left-click a block to set Position 2

Make sure both positions are inside the same world as your arena template.

3) Select the arena bounds

Use the wand to select the playable area.

Pick two opposite corners of the arena.

Try to include the full space players can reach.

You can re-select positions as many times as you want. Only the final two positions matter.

4) Apply the bounds to the arena

Once both positions are set, save them to the arena:

/zx arena <unique-id> setbounds

You can run setbounds again later to adjust the playable area.

Done

After the game type and bounds are set, the arena is valid and ready for matches.

Arena configs are saved to:

plugins/Zentrix/arenas/<arena>.yml