SimplePlaytime
by RavinVT
SimplePlaytime is a NeoForge utility that exposes a player's playtime as placeholder values for other plugins and mods.
What it does
Placeholders report how long a player has been on the server, expressed in ticks, seconds, minutes and hours, so other tools can display or act on the figure. The mod is a plugin-style project that adds placeholder support for playtime and is meant to be paired with platforms and plugins that read placeholders. Because the work sits on the server, players join without installing it.
Installation covers NeoForge builds for 1.21.1 only. The release on record is version 0.1.2, published on 2026-06-24 on the alpha channel. The code is released under the MIT License, which is not an open source license. Issues are tracked through the public issue tracker linked by the author.
Key features
Ticks placeholder
A placeholder returns total playtime counted in game ticks, a fine-grained unit for timed content.
Seconds placeholder
A placeholder returns the same playtime converted to whole seconds for displays and checks.
Minutes and hours placeholders
Separate placeholders give playtime in minutes and hours for scoreboards, menus and reward logic.
Plugin and mod support
Placeholder values can be read by plugins and mods that support placeholder substitution.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Playtime displays
Server owners can show how long each player has been online in chat, tab lists or menus.
Time-based rewards
Other tools can read the hour or minute placeholder and grant items or ranks after a set amount of play.
Who it’s for: Server owners and plugin authors who want playtime figures available as placeholders in other tools on a NeoForge 1.21.1 server.
How it compares
Playtime Rewards is also server-side only, is open source under the MIT License and covers NeoForge builds for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11, so it reaches a wider version range. SimplePlaytime is not open source and targets 1.21.1 only, but it exposes raw placeholder values instead of granting rewards. Cobblemon EMI is a client-side Fabric and NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 and does not touch server playtime.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimplePlaytime | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-06-24 |
| Playtime Rewards | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-01-08 |
| Cobblemon EMI | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-02-21 |
Questions
Does SimplePlaytime need to be installed on the client?
Which game version does SimplePlaytime support?
In the catalog
SimplePlaytime is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,477 Utility mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
Similar mods
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/spt
- Owner
- RavinVT
- Published
- 2026-06-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15