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!
| Minecraft-Servers-Listing.com | TRS Game Servers | terminalserver.us |
| Minewind | mercurialmusic | timitimitimi |
| FatherWh0 (merchantvillages.com) | lukeeexd (tws-mc.com) | PapaJuan |
| EmeraldHaze (Ninjalette) | Espen | kbtalkin |
| Dimo (Beyond Vanilla) | RefugiaCraft | Frilioth |
| Tabletopcheese | Observant Minecraft Server | Ren B. |
| BadWolfMC | Michael M. | Alejandro A. |
| Michael B. |
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!

-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Jun 4, 2015@vanthoi
So everything is working now?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Jun 4, 2015@blablubbabc
I download from Bukkit Plugin Citizens 2.0.14 http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/citizens/
. I see have small error, but it working. But later i the download citizens ver 2.0.15 is working
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Jun 3, 2015@vanthoi
Is there a version of Citizens for spigot 1.8.3 yet? I tried the latest build of citizens which does not seem to work on 1.8.3.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Jun 3, 2015Please fix incompatibilities with plugins CITIZENS
I run it on the server - Minecraft-1.8.3
Thanks
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Jun 2, 2015@MineCraftMyph
I have now experimented around with manually removing the item from the result slot (via pure bukkit api), but I didn't get it to work. From the issues I did run into it seems to me that trying to add this would not be worth the trouble.. at least not for me.
If you don't want this glitchy visual behavior I suggest that you disable the strict-rule in the shopkeepers config and switch to MC 1.8: on MC 1.8, minecraft itself should already block the trade (and therefore also not display the result item) if the traded items have metadata (like custom names) and are not perfectly matching. So you shouldn't have this problem there.
Am I correct in assuming that you are not using MC 1.8?
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Jun 1, 2015@blablubbabc
Sure, I'll be using that plugin for other purposes, I was just wondering if maybe you intended on adding support for shopkeepers disguised as player names and a complete variety of mobs.
But now that I think of it, Citizens would make more sense for that, in any case, youve already solved my doubts.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Jun 1, 2015@MasterMithrandir
'Support' how exactly? How is Lib'sDisguises related to shopkeepers?
In case it can be used for displaying all kinds of mobs: I currently have no plans to use Lib'sDisguises for that in shopkeepers.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted Jun 1, 2015@blablubbabc
Hey blab.
Just wondering, what's your Policy on Lib'sDisguises? Do you support it?
Not that I'm asking for it ~ I know your plugin already supports many kinds of mobs as shops.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 31, 2015@MineCraftMyph
You are talking about that the item in the result slot is showing up even if shopkeepers blocks the trade? I can take a look at it later.
@Almathy
Will be added in the next version.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 31, 2015Hi
You should add "shopkeeper.*" permission in your plugin.yml
Best regards, Almathy
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 30, 2015@blablubbabc
Would you mind searching for a way to fix this? Maybe taking a look at other plugins that overcome the same problems.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 29, 2015@MineCraftMyph
This is how that setting is supposed to work: Blocking the trade if the items are not strictly the same.
The result item showing up in the result slot is a minecraft mechanic which I can't (easily) change.
The logic is as follows:
In your example picture: I assume that the 7-stack Gold Pieces is somehow differing the required 5-stack Gold Pieces internally. That's why the trade result item won't show up in the first place, because minecraft isn't allowing the trade.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 29, 2015@blablubbabc
The new item strict rule does not work. If the item have different lores or name colouring (&f or §f), the item may show up in the shopkeeper's buy slot but we can not take the items, or they won't show up altogether.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 29, 2015@blablubbabc
Ohh sweet! :) I hope it helps some people you should have seen us on the servers trying to explain to players this helped us a ton just for our own sanity.
I will take your advice and let shopkeepers create a new config. Thanks again for your quick responses.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 29, 2015@Awsmpossum1313
I have added the link to the video above, because there is currently no description I think which properly explains how to setup those trading player shopkeepers.
Some notes though: You should maybe remove and let shopkeepers recreate the default config. This should fix the issue with the remove button not being displayed (it was changed to a bone item, which should not have this problem) and the trading-shopkeeper-created message was fixed as well.
Remember to apply all your own config-modifications afterwards again.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 28, 2015@blablubbabc
Thank you very much for your response. I have done a video for my server to use for trading shopkeepers for anybody that needs such a thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E2lOQQ_mPQ
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 28, 2015@Awsmpossum1313
Yep, it's currently not possible to setup different trades for the same item for player trading shops. I think there is an open ticket asking for this addition as well.
It's currently not as easy to change as it might seem, because some parts of the current plugin code are expecting that there is only one trading offer for one item. Once I have some more time I might look into how those parts could be changed to still work with multiple trades for the same item. And setting up of the trading offers in the editor menu will need to be changed as well: Maybe it could work similar to how you insert the requested item: clicking an item in the player inventory and then clicking a slot in the menu.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 28, 2015I am trying to get a player trading shopkeeper to trade the same item multiple times. It will only pick up the item 1 time from the chest if its the same type of item. So if i want to say trade wool for grass, sand, glass, and dirt i have to make 4 shopkeepers. Either I am doing something very wrong or this is a bug.
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 28, 2015Thanks :)
-
View User Profile
-
Send Message
Posted May 27, 2015@Kharthus
Please create a ticket and describe there what issues you have including what kind of nbt data your custom item has.
However, as shopkeepers is using a bukkit api method for saving and loading itemstacks, it should be on the spigots devs to fix potential issues with that. I think there is even already an open pull request for saving of custom nbt data.
Regarding player heads: if you are talking about heads with custom textures, there is an open spigot ticket for this as well.