Ignite Zombies - Hypixel Zombies game

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IgniteZombies
Round-based zombies, the way it's meant to feel.

THIS SETUP INCLUDES: MAP • ARENA CONFIGURATION • PLUGIN - a ready-to-play zombies setup.

A map that unlocks · machines that matter · rounds that never stop scaling

ROUNDS • BOSS ROUNDS • POWER-UPS • MYSTERY BOX • BARRICADES • PERKS • CUSTOM GUNS • PACK-A-PUNCH • POWER • CREATOR GUI

Doors that cost points. A power switch. Perks on the wall. Power-ups dropping off the horde.
A Mystery Box that giveth and taketh away. Bosses that tear through the late rounds.
This is what your players get.

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Most "zombies" plugins are a flat arena with wave spawning.
IgniteZombies makes the map itself part of the gameplay.

Players spend points to open doors, flip the power, buy perks, gamble at the Mystery Box, upgrade weapons at Pack-a-Punch, grab power-ups mid-round, revive teammates, and push deeper into a map that grows with every round. It plays like the real thing - not a reskinned mob arena.

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NEW in 1.3.0 - Power-Ups & The Mystery Box
The two features players ask for first.

☢ Power-Ups - drops from the horde
Killed zombies have a chance to drop a glowing power-up. Any player walks over it and the whole arena feels it:

Max Ammo - refills every weapon's mag and reserve for the entire team
Nuke - wipes every zombie on the map and pays out the kills
Insta-Kill - every hit is a one-shot for a timed window
Double Points - all point gains doubled for a timed window
Carpenter - instantly rebuilds every barricade on the map

Drop chance, on-ground lifetime, effect durations and per-type drop weights are all config-driven. Disable any of them by setting its weight to 0.

The Mystery Box
A proper Call of Duty Mystery Box - not a menu click. Pay the price, watch the guns spin, and walk away with a random weapon... unless the teddy bear shows up and jams the box on a cooldown. Risk, reward, and that classic "one more spin" pull.

Animated, sound-driven roll - guns cycle live in the GUI before locking in
Pulls from your full weapon pool, Wonder-Weapon-ready
Configurable cost, teddy-bear chance and jam cooldown
Placeable anywhere on the map, with its own hologram

PlaceholderAPI - full expansion
IgniteZombies now ships a complete PlaceholderAPI expansion (identifier ignitezombies). Push live zombies data into scoreboards, tab, holograms and hubs:
%ignitezombies_wave% · %ignitezombies_money% · %ignitezombies_kills% · %ignitezombies_zombies_alive% · %ignitezombies_players% · %ignitezombies_arena_<name>_wave% and more.

YAML:

# config.yml - power-ups
power-ups:
  enabled: true
  drop-chance-percent: 3.0     # chance per zombie kill
  lifetime-seconds: 12         # how long a drop stays on the ground
  insta-kill-seconds: 30
  double-points-seconds: 30
  weights:                     # relative roll chance; 0 = disabled
    MAX_AMMO: 2
    NUKE: 1
    INSTA_KILL: 2
    DOUBLE_POINTS: 2
    CARPENTER: 2

# economy.yml - mystery box
mystery-box:
  cost: 950
  teddy-chance: 8              # % chance the teddy bear jams the box
  teddy-cooldown-seconds: 45

Code:

/zadmin shop mysterybox <arena>

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Previously - 1.2.0 Boss Rounds
Rounds don't just get bigger - every few rounds the horde brings a boss with a shared, server-side health bar every player can see.

Special abilities - Summon Minions, Ground Slam, Teleport, Armored, Enrage, each config-driven with its own cooldown
Fully configurable - promote any template to a boss with boss: true, pick its bar colour and style, stack as many abilities as you want
Two ready-made bosses - the Abomination and the Hound Alpha

YAML:

boss-rounds:
  enabled: true
  interval: 5            # a boss every 5th round
  boss-id: ABOMINATION   # any enemy template with boss: true
  ability-tick-interval: 10

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What is IgniteZombies?
IgniteZombies is a premium round-based zombies plugin for Minecraft servers, inspired by classic Call of Duty Zombies. It brings the full experience: rounds that scale in difficulty, a point economy, buyable rooms and gates, repairable barricades, perks, custom weapons with real ballistics, weapon upgrades, team revives, boss rounds, power-ups and a Mystery Box.

It's built to feel like a real zombies mode: a proper map that unlocks over time, machines to interact with, drops that swing a round, and a cinematic progression loop that keeps groups engaged round after round.

Build a full zombies mode - not just another arena.

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Core Gameplay Loop

Survive rounds - zombies spawn in scaling waves and keep every match moving forward
Earn and spend - kills, repairs and survival reward points; spend them on map access and upgrades
Grab the drop - power-ups fall from the horde and swing the round for the whole team
Progress deeper - open rooms, power machines, revive teammates and build the best survival route
Beat the boss - every few rounds the horde brings a boss the whole team has to focus down

Every decision matters, and the map itself becomes part of the strategy.

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Weapons, Ballistics & Combat
Fast-paced survival combat with custom guns built specifically for zombies arenas - not vanilla items with a damage number.

Real gun handling - magazines, reserve ammo, reload timers, fire modes (semi / auto), fire rate, recoil and accuracy
Aim-down-sights (ADS) - per-weapon zoom, reduced spread and recoil while aiming, with optional raised aiming models
Shot types - single rounds, shotgun pellets, piercing rounds, explosive rounds and flame cones
Resource-pack ready - every weapon supports CustomModelData, including a separate model after Pack-a-Punch
Ten included WWII-style weapons - M1911, Python, SVT-40, FG-42, Mosin, PTRS-41, Remington 870, Double Barrel, PPSh-41 and the Bazooka

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Enemies & The Enemy Creator
Every zombie is a configurable template - and the pack ships with a full roster of variants.

Custom enemy templates - entity type, health, damage, speed, armor, knockback resistance, scale, follow range and more
Per-round scaling - health, damage and reward scale up as rounds climb
Special behaviors - explode on death, apply potion effects to nearby players on death, ride mounts (jockeys), permanent effects, custom equipment with drop chances
Boss flag & abilities - promote any template to a boss with a health bar and special abilities
20+ ready-made enemies - Walkers, Runners, Armored & Riot zombies, Toxic Carriers, Bloaters, Wraiths, Shadow Stalkers, Bone & Wither Archers, Hellhounds & Hell Riders, Demolishers, Tanks, the Abomination boss and more

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Rooms, Gates & Barricades
Create maps that unlock progressively and force players to defend key areas from the undead.

Buyable gates, doors and room unlocks - players spend points to open new areas
Power-gated rooms - some areas stay locked until the power is on
Destructible & repairable barricades - zombies tear down boarded windows; players earn points repairing them (and the Carpenter power-up rebuilds them all)
Region-based rooms - spawners only activate in opened rooms, so the map genuinely expands round by round

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🛠 Machines
A dedicated machine for every major interaction. Each is individually placeable and configurable.

Kit Machine - ammo refill and recovery for players running low mid-round
Perk Machine - buy powerful survival abilities that change how players play
Weapon Shop - purchase configured weapons straight from the wall or a stand
Mystery Box - pay to spin for a random weapon, with the classic teddy-bear jam
Lottery Machine - stake points for a chance at a cash payout
Pack-a-Punch - upgrade weapons for the late rounds when regular guns aren't enough
Power Switch - activate advanced arena mechanics and power-gated rooms
Team Machine - a dedicated revive-all machine for teamwork-focused play

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Perks
Seven survival perks players buy from the Perk Machine, capped by hotbar slots and fully configurable.

Juggernaut - a substantial maximum-health buffer
Fast Revive - revive teammates twice as fast
Fast Fingers - reload and fire 50% faster
Adrenaline - move noticeably faster on foot
Mule Kick - carry an additional primary weapon
Incendiary Bullets - rounds ignite zombies on hit
Freezing Bullets - rounds slow zombies considerably

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🖥 Creator GUIs
Build and iterate arenas entirely from in-game menus - no manual config editing, no restarts.

Arena Creator GUI - configure spawn, lobby, rooms, machines, spawners, wave setups, shops and gate connections. Includes a full wave editor, shop configuration panel, spawner placement, room picker and a quick-teleport helper.

Enemy Creator GUI - design custom enemies in-game: entity type, stats, equipment, scaling and special effects, with an entity picker, equipment editor and full stat panels.

Admin Testing - open any GUI instantly while building, recording content or taking screenshots.

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Full Feature List

Round-Based Survival - scaling waves, per-round difficulty, automatic progression
Power-Ups - Max Ammo, Nuke, Insta-Kill, Double Points and Carpenter drops with config-driven chance, lifetime and weights
Mystery Box - animated weapon roll with the classic teddy-bear jam
Boss Rounds - bosses on a configurable interval with a shared health bar
Boss Abilities - Summon Minions, Ground Slam, Teleport, Armored, Enrage - config-driven with cooldowns
Point Economy - earn from kills, repairs and survival; spend on access and upgrades
Buyable Rooms & Gates - map unlocks progressively, optional power gating
Repairable Barricades - destructible windows players board up for points
Seven Perks - Juggernaut, Fast Revive, Fast Fingers, Adrenaline, Mule Kick, Incendiary & Freezing Bullets
Custom Weapons - magazines, reloads, fire modes, recoil, accuracy, ADS, pellets, pierce, explosive & flame rounds
Pack-a-Punch - weapon upgrades with separate upgraded models
Lottery - stake points for a cash payout
Machines - Kit, Perk, Weapon Shop, Mystery Box, Lottery, Pack-a-Punch, Power Switch, Team Machine
Custom Enemies - 20+ templates, per-round scaling, death effects, explosions, mounts, equipment
Enemy Creator GUI - design enemies entirely in-game
Arena Creator GUI - full visual arena builder with wave editor
Revive & Downed System - bleed-out timer, teammate revives, Team Machine revive-all
Kill-Streak Boss Bar - tiered streak rewards with configurable thresholds
Round Events - Insta-Kill, Double Money, Ammo Refill, Auto-Repair, Discount
Holograms - interactive machine/info holograms with a positioning wand
Scoreboard - configurable in-game scoreboard
CustomModelData - full resource-pack support on weapons and items
Config Reload - reload without a full restart
PlaceholderAPI - full expansion, loaded automatically when PAPI is present

Identifier: ignitezombies

%ignitezombies_in_game% - is the viewer in an arena
%ignitezombies_arena% / %ignitezombies_status% - arena name and player status
%ignitezombies_wave% - current wave
%ignitezombies_money% / %ignitezombies_kills% - viewer's points and kills
%ignitezombies_zombies_alive% / %ignitezombies_players% - live arena counts
%ignitezombies_arena_<name>_wave%, _status%, _players%, _max% - query any arena by name

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⌨ Commands

Players - /zombies (alias /z)

/zombies - open the arena selector GUI
/zombies join <arena> - join an arena directly
/zombies leave - leave your current arena
/zombies list - list every available arena

Admins - /zadmin (alias /zombiesadmin)

/zadmin creator [name] - open the visual arena creator
/zadmin create|delete|save <name> - manage arenas
/zadmin spawn|lobby <name> - set spawn / lobby
/zadmin spawner add <name> - add a zombie spawner
/zadmin wave add <name> <wave> <enemyId> <count> - build waves
/zadmin gate|barricade|power|team add ... - place structures
/zadmin shop add <name> <type> <id> - place machines (kit/perk/weapon/lottery/mysterybox/enchanter)
/zadmin room add|remove|list|wand - region-based rooms
/zadmin gate link <arena> <gate> <from> <to> - connect rooms
/zadmin region|hologram ... - bind regions and move holograms
/zadmin enemy create|edit|delete <id> - open the enemy creator
/zadmin arena validate <name> - check an arena for setup issues
/zadmin gui <gui> [arena] - open any GUI for testing
/zadmin reload - reload configuration

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Permissions

ignitezombies.play - join arenas and use player commands (default: true)
ignitezombies.admin - full creator, admin and testing commands (default: op)

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⚙ Configuration
Clear, fully commented config files. Adapt every number to your server's style.

config.yml - countdown, wave pacing & scaling, boss rounds, power-ups, revive & bleed-out, round events, barricades, kill-streak tiers, holograms, scoreboard, starting weapon, lobby NPC
economy.yml - point rewards, weapon/perk prices, Pack-a-Punch, Mystery Box and machine costs
enemies.yml - every enemy template, scaling, equipment, effects and boss abilities
weapons.yml - every weapon: ballistics, ADS, models, shop & held lore
perks.yml - perk icons, names, descriptions and lore
messages.yml - all player-facing messages (MiniMessage)
scoreboard.yml / holograms.yml - in-game display layout

YAML:

# config.yml
boss-rounds:
  enabled: true
  interval: 5
  boss-id: ABOMINATION
  ability-tick-interval: 10

# enemies.yml - promote any template to a boss
HOUND_ALPHA:
  entity-type: WOLF
  display-name: "<dark_red><bold>Hound Alpha</bold></dark_red>"
  max-health: 180.0
  speed: 0.42
  on-fire: true
  boss: true
  boss-bar-color: RED
  boss-bar-style: NOTCHED_6
  abilities:
    - type: SUMMON_MINIONS
      cooldown-ticks: 180
      summon-id: HELLHOUND
      summon-count: 3
    - type: TELEPORT
      cooldown-ticks: 140
      range: 32.0
    - type: ENRAGE
      health-threshold: 0.4
      speed-bonus: 0.1
      strength-amplifier: 1

YAML:

countdown-seconds: 30
wave-end-delay-seconds: 5
wave-spawn-interval-ticks: 80
wave-spawn-min-interval-ticks: 60
wave-spawn-speed-factor: 1.08    # later rounds spawn faster

revive-duration-seconds: 3
downed-bleedout-seconds: 60
event-chance-percent: 15         # chance per round for a round event

min-players: 1
max-perks: 3
starting-weapon: M1911

YAML:

ARMORED_WALKER:
  entity-type: ZOMBIE
  display-name: "<blue>Armored Walker</blue>"
  max-health: 45.0
  damage: 6.0
  speed: 0.21
  armor: 8.0
  knockback-resistance: 0.35
  equipment:
    helmet: IRON_HELMET
    chestplate: IRON_CHESTPLATE
    leggings: IRON_LEGGINGS
    boots: IRON_BOOTS
  kill-reward: 45
  health-scaling-per-wave: 0.055
  damage-scaling-per-wave: 0.025

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Requirements

Paper: 1.21+
Java: 21
PlaceholderAPI (optional) - soft hook, loaded automatically when present

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Perfect For

Minigame & network servers wanting a flagship zombies mode
Event servers running scheduled survival nights
Survival and SMP servers adding a co-op PvE mode
Hub / lobby setups with a featured arena
Content creators who want a mode that screenshots and clips well

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Future Plans & Early Price

IgniteZombies is a long-term project. The current version already delivers a complete zombies experience, but the roadmap goes further.

Planned future additions:

Easter Egg Quest System - multi-step map objectives that reward the team
Wonder Weapons - special-effect weapons beyond Pack-a-Punch (chain lightning, freeze ray and more)
Persistent Profiles & Leaderboards - highest round, total kills, games won, with PlaceholderAPI output
Gobblegum-style Consumables - single-use buffs bought between rounds

The current price is the lowest it will ever be.
Every major update brings the price up. Buying now means the best price - and supporting everything that comes next.

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Changelog

Power-Ups - killed zombies can drop Max Ammo, Nuke, Insta-Kill, Double Points and Carpenter. Walk over a drop to trigger an arena-wide effect.
Config-driven drops - drop chance, on-ground lifetime, timed-effect durations and per-type weights, all adjustable. Set a weight to 0 to disable a power-up.
Mystery Box - a real spinning weapon box with sound and animation, placeable anywhere with its own hologram.
Teddy Bear - a configurable chance the box jams on a cooldown instead of paying out.
PlaceholderAPI expansion - full set of live arena and player placeholders under the ignitezombies identifier.
New setup command - /zadmin shop mysterybox <arena>.

Boss Rounds - a boss spawns on a configurable round interval with a shared, server-side health bar.
Boss Abilities - Summon Minions, Ground Slam, Teleport, Armored and Enrage, each with its own cooldown and values.
Boss Templates - promote any enemy to a boss with boss: true, choose bar colour and overlay, stack any number of abilities.
Included Bosses - the Abomination and the Hound Alpha.
Reinforcement Spawning - summoned minions are counted into the round so it never ends with a boss still alive.
Boss FX - dedicated spawn, summon, slam, teleport, armor, enrage and defeat effects.

Kill-streak boss bar with configurable tiers
Round events: Insta-Kill, Double Money, Ammo Refill, Auto-Repair, Discount
Region-based rooms with power gating and gate linking
Enemy Creator GUI improvements and arena validation command
Weapon ADS (aim-down-sights) with per-weapon zoom, spread and recoil

Round-based survival with scaling waves and point economy
Buyable rooms & gates, repairable barricades
Perks, custom weapons, Pack-a-Punch, Lottery
Kit, Perk, Weapon, Lottery, Power and Team machines
Revive / downed system and full Arena + Enemy Creator GUIs

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Support
Need help with setup or configuration? Reach out via BuiltByBit PMs or Discord.
https://discord.gg/M3t47tFfTx

IgniteZombies
A real round-based zombies mode for your Minecraft server.
Survive. Repair. Revive. Upgrade. Grab the drop. Beat the boss.

Author: IgniteDEV

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Draclonez
5.00 star(s)
May 12, 2026
Version: 0

This license was given for free. What's this?

Was given to me to test on my new server for friends, and I was seriously impressed with the quality of the plugin. I’ve been a long time advocate for ignitestudios and will continue to be one.

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