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Placeholders

Last modified: 9 November 2026

NzKoth has two kinds of placeholders:

  • PlaceholderAPI placeholders (%nzkoth_...%), usable in any plugin.
  • Builtin tags (<koth>, <time>...), usable in the NzKoth scoreboard, boss bar, hologram and messages.

PlaceholderAPI placeholders like %player_name% also work inside NzKoth messages when PlaceholderAPI is installed.

PlaceholderAPI#

Replace <koth> with the koth name, for example %nzkoth_castle_timeleft%.

Add _formatted to any time placeholder marked with ✓ to get a readable time (4m 30s) instead of seconds.

Koth#

PlaceholderDescription_formatted
%nzkoth_<koth>_active%true or false, is the koth running? (also _running)
%nzkoth_<koth>_name%Raw name of the koth
%nzkoth_<koth>_displayname%Colored display name of the koth
%nzkoth_<koth>_mode%CAPTURE or SCORE
%nzkoth_<koth>_world%World of the koth
%nzkoth_<koth>_x% / _y% / _z%Center of the koth zone
%nzkoth_<koth>_status%stopped, Uncontrolled, Contested or the capturer
%nzkoth_<koth>_contested%true if more than one player is inside
%nzkoth_<koth>_capturer%Player capturing (with team in team mode)
%nzkoth_<koth>_capturer_name%Name of the player capturing
%nzkoth_<koth>_capturer_team%Team of the player capturing
%nzkoth_<koth>_leader%Player with most points (SCORE) or capturer (CAPTURE)
%nzkoth_<koth>_time%Capture time of the koth✓
%nzkoth_<koth>_timeleft%Time left of the running koth✓
%nzkoth_<koth>_timeleft_clock%Time left as mm:ss
%nzkoth_<koth>_timetaken%Time since the koth started✓
%nzkoth_<koth>_maxtime%Max time of the koth✓
%nzkoth_<koth>_maxtimeleft%Time left until the max time✓
%nzkoth_<koth>_progress%Capture progress from 0 to 100
%nzkoth_<koth>_target%Target score (SCORE)
%nzkoth_<koth>_score%Points of the player viewing (SCORE)
%nzkoth_<koth>_score_<n>_player%Player in position n of the score ranking
%nzkoth_<koth>_score_<n>_points%Points of the player in position n
%nzkoth_<koth>_next%Time until the next scheduled start of this koth✓

Global#

PlaceholderDescription
%nzkoth_version%Plugin version
%nzkoth_running%Number of running koths
%nzkoth_total%Number of koths
%nzkoth_wins%All-time wins of the player (also _player_wins)
%nzkoth_team_wins%All-time wins of the player's team
%nzkoth_next%Seconds until the next scheduled koth (_formatted too)
%nzkoth_next_<scheduler>%Seconds until a specific scheduler runs (_formatted too)

Leaderboards#

<board> is optional: without it the alltime board is used. See leaderboards.

PlaceholderDescription
%nzkoth_top_<n>_player_name%Name of the player in position n
%nzkoth_top_<n>_player_wins%Wins of the player in position n
%nzkoth_top_<n>_team_name%Name of the team in position n
%nzkoth_top_<n>_team_wins%Wins of the team in position n
%nzkoth_top_<board>_<n>_player_name%Same, for a board, e.g. %nzkoth_top_weekly_1_player_name%

Builtin tags#

Used in config.yml (scoreboard, hologram) and messages.yml (boss bar, broadcasts).

TagDescription
<koth>Name of the koth
<display-name>Display name of the koth
<mode>CAPTURE or SCORE
<status>Uncontrolled, Contested or the capturer
<controller>Player capturing
<leader>Player with most points
<score>Points of the leader
<target>Target score
<time>Time left as mm:ss
<progress>Progress from 0 to 100
<bar>Progress bar (see progress-bar in config.yml)
<viewer>Player looking at the scoreboard or hologram

The idle hologram (koth not running) supports <koth>, <display-name>, <mode>, <next>, <capture-time> and <target>.