Top-level options

vanish-on-join

Players with zelvanish.vanish auto-vanish when they join.

• true: every staff member joins invisible
• false (default): join visible, toggle with /vanish

remember-vanish-state

Players return to their last vanish state on rejoin, including across server restarts. State is persisted to vanishStates.json in the plugin folder.

• true: a staff member who logged off vanished will rejoin vanished
• false (default): join visible every time

prefix

Prefix prepended to every ZelVanish message. Supports legacy color codes (&c) and #RRGGBB hex. Leave empty ("") for no prefix.

• Default: "&cZelVanish &8» &f"

vanished-behavior

What others see, and what vanished players experience.

show-join-message / show-leave-message

Whether the vanilla join/leave broadcast is suppressed when a vanished player connects or disconnects.

• false (default): silent join/leave for vanished players
• true: vanilla messages still fire (use this if you want fake-message broadcasts only — see messages.yml)

takes-damage

Receive damage from mobs and other players while vanished.