ChestShop (iConomyChestShop)
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ChestShop
A simple, yet very powerful system for making physical shops using signs and chests.
It's never been that easy to create shops! With features like shop protection and anti-lag protection, you won't have to worry about your server's economy anymore!
"Just works"! ChestShop supports almost all economy plugins by using Vault!
(Versions above 3.9.2 also support economy plugins using the Reserve API)
Some known compatible and incompatible economy plugins.
Please check if there are newer development builds before reporting issues!
If you are upgrading from a previous version of ChestShop please make sure to always read the warnings in the file's changelog!
The plugin by default submits anonymous stats about your server (player count, plugin/server version and type) to a public statistics websites (mcstats.org and bstats.org) in order to provide the developers with usage information. If you wish to opt out, you can do so in the PluginMetrics/config.yml and bstats/config.yml files. It also features an auto-update feature, which can be turned off in the config.
Frequently Asked Questions
Permissions
User-made tutorials
Download the latest stable version
Download the latest development version
Download 1.12.2 version
Download 1.8.8 version
Download older versions
API for plugin developers
Source code on GitHub
Crowdin Localization Project
Thread on Bukkit forums
IRC chat (#chestshop on irc.esper.net)
Discord Channel Joining through that invite auto subscribes you to important update notifications, if you don't want that use this invite.
bStats metrics
Additional modules for ChestShop:
ChestShop LegacyIds - allows usage of numeric and old pre 1.13 string IDs on signs
Notification module - to use with Notifications plugin (outdated)
Towny module - to use with Towny plugin
ChestShop Notifier - records all sales, even when the player is offline (Maintained by Phoenix616)
ChestShopTools - Enchantment info signs and empty shop notifier (Maintained by Phoenix616)
Adda - Item display icons above the chest, transaction limit, Discord alerts, per-player shop limit! (User-made)
ChestIcon - Icons for Chests, just like the Showcase plugin! (User-made, broken on newer versions)
Libelula Auto Shop - easy creation of admin shops, using Essentials (User-made)
ChestShopLimiter+ - limits the number of shops per player (User-made, abandoned)
ChestShopListing - Stores shops and transactions in SQL; adds related features including in-game search (User-made)
ChestShopConfirmation - confirmation screen before buying (User-made)
SearchChestShop - search for shops selling certain items (User-made)
BoltChestShop - Add support for Bolt container protections (Made by the Bolt author)
Using shops
It's easy! Just right-click the sign to buy, left-click to sell. (You can configure the buttons in the config file!)
How to create a shop
Player shop
| Place a chest on the ground | |
| Place a sign 1 block away from the chest (for example, above it) | |
| On the sign, write: | ![]() |
| Leave the first line empty. It will be automatically filled with your name by the plugin (if you have the permission ChestShop.admin then you can create shops with the names of other players) | |
| Second line is the amount of items to buy or sell | |
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Third line is a combination of buy and sell prices. You need to have a price indicator (like 'B' - price that will apply to items BOUGHT by PLAYERS - or 'S' - the SELL price) near the price - the prices are separated by a colon (:) |
Some of the possible price combinations: "B 5:5 S", "B 5", "S free" |
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The forth line will hold the id/name of the item. Write ? on the sign and the item will be autofilled with the one from the chest or you can click on the sign with the item afterwards. Optionally you can put the actual name on it. You can find out the name of the item you're holding by doing /iteminfo |
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| Resulting Shop | ![]() |
| A person can buy 64 diamonds for 10 dollars and sell them back for 5 dollars from Phoenix616 |
If you want you can also take a look at this video tutorial.
Admin Shop - shop with unlimited items
Firstly, you've got to be sure that you've the ChestShop.admin permission or that you are an OP. To make an Admin Shop, simply put "Admin Shop" (configurable in config.yml) on the first line of the sign when creating the shop. Admin Shops do not require a chest!
Translations
- /iteminfo - Get information about the item in your hand
- /iteminfo <id/name> - Get information about the item with the given id or name
- /shopinfo - Get information about the looked-at shop
- /csgive <itemcode> [<amount>] [<player>] - Give item with a unique ChestShop code to a player
- /cstoggle - Toggle buy and sell notificiation messages
- /chestshop version - Display the ChestShop version
- /chestshop reload - Reload the ChestShop config and translation messages. (This might not reload some features)
- /csaccess - Toggles ability to buy/sell on shops while having admin/access permissions and normally being ignored
Permission nodes
| Description | ||
|---|---|---|
| ChestShop.shop.* | shop creation and buying/selling - it contains: | |
| ChestShop.shop.create.* |
create all types of shops |
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| ChestShop.shop.buy | buy any item from shop | |
| ChestShop.shop.sell | sell any item to shop | |
| ChestShop.mod | open any shop chest | |
| ChestShop.admin | open any shop chest, destroy stores, create (admin) shops |
A full list of permission nodes
Configurations
Useful tips by players
| How not to get bankrupt | A customisable price table |
| Alternative price table |
Compatibility
ChestShop directly hooks into the following plugins to provide additional functionality:
- AuthMe (and forks like AuthMe Reloaded)
- WorldGuard
- Residence
- LWC (and forks like LWCX and Modern-LWC)
- Lockette
- LockettePro
- Deadbolt
- SimpleChestLock
- OddItem
- Heroes
- ShowItem
Metrics
This resource sends metrics data to McStats and bStats. You can opt-out of metrics for all plugins on your server by changing the settings in the PluginMetrics/config.yml and the bStats/config.yml file if you don't want any data to be send.
More info
Even more information can be found in the old plugin thread on the forums.
Got an error or suggestion?
Simply submit a ticket here!
If you have a Github account and have coding knowledge you can also directly open an issue on Github. (You can also fund them via IssueHunt!)
If you just need general help feel free to ask in the comments or join the #chestshop channel on Spigot's IRC network (irc.spi.gt, webchat)
Has ChestShop helped you or your server?
If you want to thank the team in a more materialistic way, feel free to donate or buy Phoeni616 a beer! :)
A shout-out to Acrobot's friend:
We believe that the music he makes is really stunning - you can decide it for yourself!
If you have an issue then please open a ticket on GitHub or post on SpigotMC.org for faster replies to questions!


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Posted Aug 7, 2013Also, does ChestShop have a dev build site?
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Posted Aug 7, 2013A few months ago, this plugin had many dupe glitches, what is the status on those now? Are they all fixed?
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Posted Aug 6, 2013Hey When I Try To Make a shop it doesn't work I did it succesfuly did it a month ago and now it doesn't work help
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Posted Aug 6, 2013@bernardopmbr I've been using iConomy back in the days when I was running the server, but since it was over a year ago and now it is abandoned, I suggest CraftConomy - because many people suggested it to me. (It's not based on personal opinion, though - I don't use it myself)
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Posted Aug 6, 2013Acro, what economy plugin do you recommend to use with chestshop?
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Posted Aug 6, 2013@Eutherin Huh. That's seriously weird. Could you PM me your server's IP?
@saxons12 ChestShop.mod?
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Posted Aug 5, 2013@Acrobot
I had them try with and without it in hand, no sucess.
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Posted Aug 5, 2013Hi,
I have to give permission to my Moderators to destroy other players shops. But I don't want to let them create Admin shops.
There is only the "ChestShop.admin" permission node which does not answer my needs. Can you create this permission node so it is seperate from Admin shops? I only want to enable them to destroy regular player shops.
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Posted Aug 5, 2013@Finbarbairan Yup! Just do /iteminfo while holding one.
@Eutherin Perhaps they are holding an item in their hand while right-clicking the sign?
@ProjectInfinity Pretty sure the anti-spam is still there, just in a different file:
https://github.com/Acrobot/ChestShop-3/blob/master/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Listeners/PreTransaction/SpamClickProtector.java
(It is in your repo too :p https://github.com/ProjectInfinity/ChestShop-3/blob/master/src/main/java/com/Acrobot/ChestShop/Listeners/PreTransaction/SpamClickProtector.java)
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Posted Aug 4, 2013@Acrobot
It's working, but people are only able to buy from the shop, not sell. - ChestShop.shop.* - ChestShop.shop.buy - ChestShop.shop.sell - ChestShop.shop.create.* Are their perms. Am i missing something? While opped/not opped I can sell to them
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Posted Aug 4, 2013@Acrobot
That's great! Hopefully all the documentation is updated so that I may stash my changes and pull your changes. :)
Oh snap I forgot to ask. Was anti-spam ever fixed? I remember it never worked so I had to do it myself in 3.46 and I forked 3.50 and re-added that functionality myself.
As in this commit:
https://github.com/ProjectInfinity/ChestShop-3/commit/1ebf9a2cfd597bc475f8fac2845be6e161d9de2d
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Posted Aug 4, 2013Is it possible to sell custom items such as a named sword?
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Posted Aug 4, 2013@Dennisburnsjr Yup, just use the Vault connector.
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Posted Aug 4, 2013@Birdgeek3
The source code is right in the description: https://github.com/Acrobot/ChestShop-3
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Posted Aug 4, 2013Will this support Essential's economy system?
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Posted Aug 4, 2013Any way to get the source code?
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Posted Aug 4, 2013@_Minitour_ "special characters are not allowed
[Server] SEVERE Cannot load plugins/ChestShop/local.yml"
I'd say the issue is you are using localised characters (like ą, ę, etc.), without using an UTF-8 formatting in local.yml file.
@ProjectInfinity Yeah, quite a lot - the whole economical part got changed. Now economical plugins are merely listening for econ events called by ChestShop.
@dilbukon Currently - no, however please put that suggestion in the "tickets" section.
@RustyDagger Really? I'm sorry, but 100 shops is really an awfully small number compared to many servers I've helped, also please consider that if I suddenly change the format, most of the shops will be left unsecured - so everyone would be able to steal from them.
@fafler Seems like an issue with Gringotts/Vault. Since you're running the latest version of both, I'd start with inquiring the Gringotts devs about it.
@GPlayer93 Seems like a similar issue, however with Fe_economy - please ask the FE_economy devs about it.
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Posted Aug 4, 2013@fafler
i get this when someone wants to buy/sell something:
17:08:19 CONSOLE: java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.melonbrew.fe.Economy_Fe.getBalance(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)D 17:08:19 CONSOLE: [SEVERE] Could not pass event CurrencyCheckEvent to ChestShop v3.5 17:08:19 CONSOLE: java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.melonbrew.fe.Economy_Fe.has(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;D)Z
mabye it got the same issue and i really need a fix for this ... :D
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Posted Aug 4, 2013Hi. I updated my server to 1.6.2 earlier today, but now the ChestShops doesn't work. I get a [Shop] You don't have enough money in the game console and this in the server console:
Other plugins that uses money work fine, it's just ChestShop (which by far the most important of the lot).
Vault is 1.2.26
Gringotts is 2.0 beta5
ChestShop is 3.6
Craftbukkit is 1.6.2 R0.2
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Posted Aug 3, 2013@Acrobot
I really don't see how that's an issue. Well I do, But a simple workaround can be done with the use of a config setting servers could change or not change as they wish. New installs Could simply decide and making shops is not exactly hard.
i have close to 100 my self a few admins helping 10 min job to remake them.