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Protection starts when a player joins, respawns or changes dimension, and it is active for a limited time. During that period the protected player takes no damage, hostile mobs that were targeting them stop targeting them, and the player cannot deal damage to others until protection ends. The window covers the gap in which a world may look ready but still has settling chunks, entities and network state, where damage would otherwise be possible.

Protection ends early once the player moves to a new position, so the safety window does not outlast the moment it is needed for. Countdown notices can be shown in chat, in the action bar, or in both. With the default rules, protection is enabled for joins, and respawn and dimension-change protection are enabled as well. The mod is open source under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files cover 26.1 – 26.2 for Fabric and NeoForge.

An optional configuration screen uses YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL) when it is installed. Without YACL the settings remain available through the config file.