> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://lethium.gitbook.io/lethium-docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://lethium.gitbook.io/lethium-docs/server-setup/essentialsx.md).

# EssentialsX

What EssentialsX does in this setup, which commands players get, and how it fits with ClickEm.

Files: `plugins/Essentials/config.yml`, `kits.yml`, `worth.yml`, `tpr.yml`, `motd.txt`, `custom_items.yml`, and `userdata/` (one file per player).

The jar is `EssentialsX-FreshSMP.jar`, a build shared with other Lethium setups. In the Clicker setup it is kept **small in scope**: private messages for players, and staff tools. **Most of the gameplay is ClickEm, not Essentials.**

### What players can do

Players get only what LuckPerms gives them (see [LuckPerms](/lethium-docs/server-setup/luckperms.md)). The `default` group has:

| Command               | Permission                         |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `/msg`, `/tell`, `/w` | `essentials.msg`                   |
| `/r`, `/reply`        | `essentials.reply`, `essentials.r` |
| `/msgtoggle`          | `essentials.msgtoggle`             |

Other Essentials commands such as `/home`, `/tpa`, `/kit`, `/nick` or `/pay` **exist but no player has the permission for them** unless you grant it. `/me` is explicitly denied.

To give a player-level command, use LuckPerms, for example `/lp group vip permission set essentials.nick true`. The list of commands Essentials treats as "player commands" is in `player-commands` in `config.yml`.

### Economy

Essentials has its **own** money system (`starting-balance: 0`, `currency-symbol: '$'`). **ClickEm Coins are not Essentials money.**

* Essentials' `/eco` and `/economy` commands are disabled (`disabled-commands`).
* Vault can only use **one** economy at a time. ClickEm can register its Coins as the Vault economy (`integrations.vault.enabled`). If you want other plugins to see Coins, make sure ClickEm's is the one Vault selects and that nothing else provides an economy.
* `/balance` and `/pay` from Essentials would read the Essentials economy. Players use **`/coins`** for ClickEm.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Decide which economy Vault should serve and keep only that. Mixing the two makes `[money]` in chat and any shop plugin show the wrong balance.
{% endhint %}

### Teleporting

| Setting                    | Value                                            |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `teleport-delay`           | 5 seconds standing still                         |
| `teleport-cooldown`        | 5 seconds                                        |
| `teleport-invulnerability` | 4 seconds after arriving                         |
| `teleport-safety`          | on, so players are not put inside blocks         |
| `tpr.yml`                  | Random teleport: excludes ocean and river biomes |

ClickEm has its **own** `/spawn`, `/spawn2` to `/spawn5`, `/warp` (opens the zone menu), `/afk` (goes to the AFK spot), `/fly`, `/hub` and others. See Commands that clash.

### AFK

`auto-afk: 300` marks a player AFK in Essentials after 5 minutes. This is separate from ClickEm's [Anti-AFK](/lethium-docs/gameplay/anti-afk.md) and [AFK pool](/lethium-docs/gameplay/idle-earnings.md).

### Chat, joins and messages

* `custom-join-message: "none"` and `custom-quit-message: "none"` turn off the Essentials join and quit lines (DeathControl also blanks them).
* Chat is formatted by **LPC**, not Essentials. See [Chat](/lethium-docs/server-setup/chat.md).
* `motd.txt` is the `/motd` text. The server list MOTD is in MiniMOTD.

### Selling items

`worth.yml` lists sell prices for `/sell`. Nothing in the Clicker gameplay uses this. Leave it unless you add a shop.

### Kits

`kits.yml` holds Essentials' default example kits (`tools`, `dtools`, `notch`, `color`, `firework`). Nobody can use them without the permission `essentials.kits.<name>`.

### Staff

Staff use Essentials for moderation helpers (`/vanish`, `/tp`, `/invsee`, `/socialspy`, `/mute`). Give them through LuckPerms as needed. `socialspy-commands` lists the private-message commands that socialspy watches.

### Backups

`userdata/` stores homes, mail, mute and nick data per player. Back it up with `plugins/Essentials`.


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