How to Install and Configure EssentialsX on Your Minecraft Server

Learn how to install EssentialsX for homes, warps, kits, economy, teleportation, and chat formatting.

EssentialsX is the most popular all-in-one plugin for Minecraft servers. It adds homes, warps, kits, economy, spawn management, teleportation, and much more.

Installing EssentialsX

Download EssentialsX

Download from essentialsx.net. Choose which modules you want:

Module	What It Adds
EssentialsX (required)	Core commands — homes, warps, kits, economy, teleport
EssentialsX Chat	Chat formatting, prefixes, suffixes
EssentialsX Spawn	Spawn control on join, respawn, new player spawn
EssentialsX AntiBuild	Build permission controls
EssentialsX Discord	Discord integration (alternative to DiscordSRV)

Upload to your server

Access the XGamingServer panel, go to Files, navigate to /plugins/, and upload the .jar files.

Restart your server

Restart to generate configuration files.

Configure EssentialsX

Edit plugins/Essentials/config.yml via Files. Key settings:

# Economy
currency-symbol: '$'
starting-balance: 100

# Teleportation
teleport-cooldown: 5
teleport-delay: 3

# Homes
max-homes:
  default: 3
  vip: 5

Essential Commands

Command	Description
`/sethome [name]`	Set a home location
`/home [name]`	Teleport to a home
`/spawn`	Teleport to spawn
`/tpa [player]`	Request to teleport to a player
`/tpaccept`	Accept a teleport request
`/warp [name]`	Teleport to a warp
`/setwarp [name]`	Create a warp (admin)
`/kit [name]`	Claim a kit
`/bal`	Check your balance
`/pay [player] [amount]`	Send money
`/back`	Return to last location
`/msg [player] [message]`	Private message

💡 Tip: Install Vault alongside EssentialsX to enable economy features with shop plugins. Install LuckPerms for per-group command permissions.

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