Shopkeepers
Set up custom villager shopkeepers that sell exactly what you want them to sell and for what price. You can set up admin shops, which have infinite supply, and you can also set up player shops, which pull supply from a chest.
It will also prevent any other trades with non-shopkeeper villagers, if you want it to.
For those who are simply looking for a convenient way to modify the trades of vanilla villagers (as an alternative to using complex Minecraft commands), the plugin also includes a graphical editor for regular villagers and wandering traders.
Basic Features
- Easily create villager shopkeepers that trade the items you want them to trade.
- Admins shops with infinite supplies.
- Player shops which pull supplies from a chest.
- Different types of player shops: selling, buying, trading, and selling books.
- Various supported mob types to represent your shopkeeper, sign shops, and Citizens (NPC) shops.
- Editor for regular villagers and wandering traders.
- Many configuration options.
- Translatable messages.
- Open source (Source code on GitHub)
Supported server versions
Shopkeepers supports the latest versions of Bukkit / Spigot.
Note that this plugin is created to work with CraftBukkit (or alternatively Spigot). Bukkit does not have an API for some of the things necessary to make this plugin work. This means that other server software (Tekkit, Forge, Cauldron, etc.) will not work with this plugin.
Other CraftBukkit or Spigot derivatives/forks might work, but are not officially supported. So if you run into issues while using those, try to reproduce your issue on a fresh and up-to-date Spigot server first.
Getting started
All documentation can be found in the wiki:
- Downloads and changelogs for all files
- Installation
- Translations
- Configuration
- Permissions
- Creating shops
- Commands
- Frequently Asked Questions
Showcase
Admin shops:
Configure the trades via the in-game inventory menu:
Resulting trading menu:
Player shops (ex. selling items):
Fill the shop chest with supplies:
Configure the trades via the in-game inventory menu:
Resulting trading menu:
Video Tutorials
More video tutorials can be found in the wiki: https://github.com/Shopkeepers/Shopkeepers-Wiki/wiki/Video-Tutorials
Tutorial by Donnie, explaining the setup of the different shop types:
Tutorial by Fan Staaff showing the setup of the different shop types in detail:
Tutorial by LastKing2X,showing the setup of the different shop types:
Spanish tutorial by Ajneb97, also mentioning placeholder items and various config options:
Statistics
This plugin uses bStats to collect anonymous plugin usage statistics. This helps me to determine how many servers are using the plugin, which Minecraft versions it is used with the most, and to which degree the different features are used.
Here is a list of all currently tracked information:
- Common information: The number of servers using the plugin, the number of players on these servers, online mode, Minecraft version, plugin version, core count, system arch, operating system, server country, Java version.
- Shopkeepers specific information: Whether specific related plugins are used (Citizens, Towny, WorldGuard, Gringotts, other Vault economy plugins), number of shops, whether player shops are used, whether certain features are enabled in the config (ex. WorldGuard/Towny compatibility, Citizens shops, delayed saves, colored names, chest protection, removal of inactive shops, tax rate, strict item comparison, purchase logging, disabling of other villagers, ..), the number of worlds containing shops.
- All information can be publicly viewed here: https://bstats.org/plugin/bukkit/Shopkeepers/
If you want to disable bStats for all plugins on your server, edit the file plugins/bStats/config.yml, or alternatively disable it only for Shopkeepers by setting 'enable-metrics' to 'false' inside the Shopkeepers config.
Known potential issues
A list of known potential issues of the latest version of Shopkeepers can be found in the wiki: This documents differences between Minecraft/Spigot versions, and existing Minecraft/Spigot issues related to Shopkeepers.
If you run into an issue, check if this list already contains and maybe offers information on how to handle it.
Have issues or further questions?
If you have a pressing issue or simple question, you can join the discord server and ask other plugin users for help:
But submitting a ticket is the best way to get help or report a problem with the plugin.
Before submitting a ticket:
- Check if your question is already answered in:
- The documentation (wiki).
- The FAQ.
- The Known Issues.
- Check if there is already another ticket for your issue.
Before reporting an issue:
- Try to reproduce your issue when using:
- The latest versions of Spigot and Shopkeepers.
- No other plugins.
- No kinds of other server or client mods.
When reporting an issue:
- Provide the versions you are using of Minecraft, Spigot and Shopkeepers.
- Provide a detailed description of your problem and add as much information as possible which could help reproducing the issue.
- If possible, include step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce the issue on a fresh Spigot server.
Donations
If you like this plugin, consider supporting its developers by making a donation:
- To blablubbabc (current maintainer: Dec 2013 - today)
- To nisovin (former author: Aug 2012 - Dec 2013)
A big "thank you" to everybody who is keeping the motivation up through donations!
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Want to help?
The less I have to do myself, the more time I have to write plugins. Therefore I am looking for someone who would be willing to get involved in the project. That could for example mean:
- Keeping the documentation (the wiki) up-to-date with plugin updates.
- Improving the existing documentation.
- Creating and maintaining translations.
- Help managing issues and answering questions of users.
If you are a programmer with experience in writing bukkit plugins, or have ideas on how you can contribute to the project beyond that, let me know as well! If you are interested, feel free to contact me via PM.
Beyond that, everybody is invited to help others with issues and questions in the issue tracker, comment section, and the discord channel! Also consider contributing translations!
Third-Party Add-On Plugins
Sometimes, a feature is either to specific to include directly into the Shopkeepers plugin, or I did not yet have the time to add something similar myself. The plugins listed here extend the functionality of the Shopkeepers plugin.
These plugins are maintained by other community members. You need to check for yourself whether they are still up-to-date and compatible with the latest Shopkeepers version. If you run into issues while using any of these add-ons, try to first reproduce your problem without any add-ons before you report it.
- Shopkeepers List: Adds commands and inventory-based GUIs to browse shops and find shops that trade a specific item.
- ShopkeepersNavAddon: Adds inventory-based GUIs that allow you to browse all player shops, all admin shops, and to find shops that trade a specific type of item. You can teleport to a particular shopkeeper by clicking a button inside the GUI.
This plugin also integrates support for trading with Vault-based currency, but does so by replacing Shopkeepers' normal trade handling.
If you have also written an add-on plugin and want it listed here, let me know!
I left a Ticket with an huge issue, i hope ur able to fix it, gl
Amazing just amazing! I think this will be the future of buying and selling of items on servers. Everything about this plugin is lightweight and easy to use. One thing that would make this plugin even better would be the ability to integrate player shops with this plugin. Like each villager would be connected to a chest and when a player runs out of items in there chest the trade will go away. But great job on the plugin its really going to improve everyone's servers!
@fireblade518
Completely agree. I'd love a shops version of this. I'm using this plugin now, it's amazing!
Tried out the dev build, love the possibilities this plugin opens up, good work.
On a side note, are you planning to integrate a plugin like BOSecon instead of gems as a currency?
Great plugin, dev build is working perfectly for me. Now the only part is to somehow make an economy of shops from this. Figuring out the trade rates and prices for emeralds will be tough :P. Also, gotta figure out how to make it so people can buy and sell the items they want. I might have to split the trading to different sections, a buy and sell section. Anyway, thanks for the awesome plugin :)
@draccydragon
I've just realized I was building with Java 7. Try downloading it again.
@draccydragon
What do you mean it isn't starting? Does it not show up as being enabled in the server log? Does it show up in /plugins? Are there errors? Is it simply that the command doesn't work? It should work with any 1.3.1 build at all. I believe I'm currently running the latest.
@nisovin
I understand that this download is an experimental build, but it isn't starting at all with any build of craftbukkit I've tried. Which one do you expect to work (from the dev builds)?
@UltiByte
Feel free, I think it's stable enough to make a video.
@draccydragon
There's a download link in the description. I've decided I'm not going to release a real version until there's a real CraftBukkit out. I'm not sure if the staff are accepting 1.3.1 files yet anyway.
@josdog6
That's strange, it sounds like the plugin is just shutting itself off. Are you sure there aren't any errors?
I am using this, and after a certain amount of time all shopkeepers disappear and i can no longer use /shopkeeper. Also, nothing prints in the console. Help?
@draccydragon
Oh I haven't tried it yet, I was just wondering if It will work and if it's unlikely to be heavily developed with new features for some time, as if it meets both of those criteria (and obviously if it's likely to be downloaded a lot) it's perfect to do a video of.
@UltiByte
You got it working? Tell me your secrets!
Is now a good time to make a video of your plugin? Or should I wait until a stable 1.3.1 Bukkit build? I really like your plugin and I think it would make a great video.
I am eager to test the dev build, but I'm not sure what craftbukkit release it's built against.
Assistance? :o
can you make it to were we can put alot more trades in one villager?
SO excited for this.
Wow leave it to nisovin to make something impressive...
Can't wait for this. Amazing idea.
This is super amazing! I was hoping someone would want to do this.
Then I had doubts about how well it was coded, then I look at the author.. OMG.. YES! it's nisovin!
This is going to be excellent! XD
Your amazing! Just waiting on a build to test out.