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Getting started

What you need

Needed
Paper or FoliaMinecraft 1.21.4 or newer, on Java 21 or newer.
PacketEventsRequired. Use a build that supports your server's Minecraft version.
A license keyFrom your purchase. Activate it once at the dashboard.
OptionalAdds
PlaceholderAPIOther plugins' placeholders in your text, skins and items.
Geyser and FloodgateBedrock players see the text of your holograms.

Install

  1. Put the NxHolograms jar and PacketEvents in plugins/ and start the server once.
  2. Paste your key into license-key in plugins/NxHolograms/config.yml and restart. Without a valid key NxHolograms turns itself off and the console says why.

Your first hologram

  1. Run /nxh editor and click Open the editor in chat. The editor opens with your server's holograms.
  2. Click New hologram, pick a size and design it. See Designing.
  3. Click Build & Deploy, then Deploy to server. The editor gives you a command.
  4. Run that command in game: /nxh applyedit <id>. Your holograms update for everyone at once.
  5. Click Apply the resource pack in chat to see the new pictures yourself. Your players need the pack too: see Resource pack.
  6. Place it: /nxh wand <hologram>, then right-click a block. See Placing.

Last updated October 19, 2026