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?
Whether you are a programmer or not, there are many ways in which you can contribute! For example:
- Help users with issues and questions on Github, Discord, or the comment section.
- Create and update translations.
- Keep the documentation (the wiki) up-to-date with plugin updates.
- Write or maintain add-on plugins (see the open Github issues).
If you are interested or have other ideas on how you can contribute, feel free to contact me via PM.
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. You can find a list of both official and third-party add-on plugins that extend the functionality of the Shopkeepers plugin in the wiki: https://github.com/Shopkeepers/Shopkeepers-Wiki/wiki/Add-On-Plugins
If you have also written an add-on plugin that you want to add to the list, let me know!

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Posted Aug 31, 2014Hello, i got bug http://youtu.be/v-BV-3hJ1p0 dev comment on this.
Shopkeeper 1.18, later versions have not been tested
Spigot 1.7.9 r0.3
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Posted Aug 31, 2014@mobilephone2003
Nope. You could change the location directly in the save file if you don't want to recreate the shopkeeper (however only if the server is currently not running and you know what you are doing..)
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Posted Aug 31, 2014Is there a way to move a shopkeeper?
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Posted Aug 30, 2014@parat26ify
I am not sure if I can change anything on the minecraft default villager sounds.. at least there is no easy way I know of.
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Posted Aug 30, 2014This plugin is great for my drug server, one problem though, please support the silent voice on future updates because this "hmmmm" sound from villagers gets really disturbing for afk players.
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Posted Aug 30, 2014@blablubbabc
Ok I'm on it.
Edit: Done
http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/shopkeepers/tickets/256-shopkeepers-v1-25-bug-report/
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Posted Aug 30, 2014@XXLuigiMario
Which exact command are you trying to use? Also I am not sure right now if shopkeepers are even unpushable. I think they only periodically teleport back to their original location. Not completely sure though.
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Posted Aug 30, 2014How can I make an unpushable shopkeeper? By the way, command arguments are not working.
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Posted Aug 29, 2014@MasterMithrandir
Please consider reporting them now. Without those issues being reported I can't fix them.
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Posted Aug 29, 2014There are quite a few basic issues in the latest alpha build...
I Imagine they'll be solved in next versions, but if they aren't I will report them.
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Posted Aug 26, 2014Tjis plugin is very cool and useful!
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Posted Aug 18, 2014@ArloTheEpic
Feel free to create a ticket for your idea, I can take a look at it ince I find the time.
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Posted Aug 18, 2014@CGamingAU
@MasterMithrandir
Either switch the shop object type via crouch + right-clicking with the shop creation item in hand, or via command: /shopkeepers creeper (creates an admin creeper shopkeeper)
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Posted Aug 18, 2014@CGamingAU
I think it can't be done by command. I do it by creating a normal shopkeeper, and then modifying the type inside the config to: creeper
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Posted Aug 17, 2014I know this may sound stupid or whatever, but how do you create a Creeper Shopkeeper?
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Posted Aug 17, 2014Hello, i have been using this plugin and have a small suggestion to make, would it be possible to make it so that, instead of having to type the villager's name into chat, one could instead place a nametag in the slot that is currently marked with an anvil, bearing the intended villager name? thanks for the consideration.
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Posted Aug 17, 2014hi,
Sorry for my stupid question, and ... how can i create a citizens shop ? :D
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Posted Aug 15, 2014Fantastic plugin. _Exactly_ what I was looking for!
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Posted Aug 15, 2014@CloudeLecaw
It's working fine for me.. Maybe something else is blocking villager interaction?
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Posted Aug 14, 2014@PhanaticD
The correct setting is:
deleting-player-shop-returns-creation-item: true
If you already have set this, then maybe try it on some fresh test server without other plugins interfering. It worked for me the last time I tested this.