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 Jul 23, 2016@Telbaru
Make sure that 'enabled-living-shops' is not empty. If it is, let your config regenerate.
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Posted Jul 23, 2016i use the v1.77 for spigot 1.10.2 and use a new config and want to change the item from vollager to paper and disable the sign-shops. The change of the item works correct but if i changed in the config "enable-sign-shops: false", i cant create a new shop. All the time it cames "you dont have the permissions to do this." what is the problem with it?
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Posted Jul 23, 2016@Roadhog360
You will have to be more concrete if you expect help. Best your create a ticket and describe step by step what you are doing, what you expect to see and what you see instead.
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Posted Jul 22, 2016Doesn't work in 1.8.
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Posted Jul 19, 2016@blablubbabc
Yep that worked. Thanks for the help!
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Posted Jul 17, 2016@blablubbabc
It was, but then I copy/pasted the config found at http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/shopkeepers/pages/default-config-file/. I can try to let the plugin regenerate the config later tonight and see if that fixes it. I'll let you know.
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Posted Jul 17, 2016@Darunia18
Make sure that your 'enabled-living-shops' is not empty. If it is, then you might have to let it regernerate your config.
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Posted Jul 17, 2016For some reason I can't summon a shopkeeper using an egg (or any item at all for that matter). It just keeps saying "You don't have permission to do that" (or something similar to that). I've tried changing different things in the config file and I have double checked that everyone has the correct permission in PEX. Is there a configuration option that would disable this from working or something?
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Posted Jul 14, 2016@mel_instagibson
It always takes a few hours to become visible because it is getting checked by dbo staff first.
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Posted Jul 14, 2016@blablubbabc
where is the download tho :D
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Posted Jul 14, 2016@Bodyash
@mel_instagibson
v1.77 for MC 1.10, 1.9.x, 1.8.x
If you notice any issues, especially with the changes regarding chest protection, let me know.
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If you like this plugin, consider supporting its development by making a donation.
Thanks in advance!
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Posted Jul 14, 2016When u will upload new version?
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Posted Jul 13, 2016Update: i found out!
if a player clicks another players trade-shopkeeper chest the moment the shopkeepers "refresh" (teleport 1 block above their initial position) he is able to access the chest and rob all the items out of it, making the whole plugin useless for my needs :S
sadly i didnt find an option to disable that automatic refreshing either so i could atleast stop it temporarily.
please update this as soon as possible, its still an awesome plugin! :)
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Posted Jul 12, 2016It keeps happening that player are able to "rob" other players shop chests.
i didnt figure out what causes this yet but it only happens occasionally. still i guess i dont have to tell you that this is a game breaking issue :/
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Posted Jul 12, 2016@Bodyash
Okay, I can reproduce this. However, it seems to me that this is default minecraft behavior: If the trade is setup with an item without any data it accepts any item of that type regardless of data.
This however is already the case even since the MC 1.8 trading changes.
My guess for why you are experiencing this change in behavior is that in the 1.10 release of shopkeepers I removed the 'use-strict-item-comparison' setting. This setting was rather 'hacky' and only left in because of MC 1.7 support: In 1.7 MC didn't perform strict item comparison at all even for custom items.
As this setting isn't a perfect workaround (Example: Minecraft would still display the trade result item, as if the player could perform the trade. It will cancle it only when the player tries to actually grab the result item. -> Unexpected behavior for the player)
I would currently prefer to not add it back in and simply refer to wanting to stick to minecraft's trading behavior.So your best way of fixing your issue would currently be to use an item with custom data, like a custom name, lore, or anything.Edit: Actually, I could add that setting back in. However, as mentioned, it isn't a perfect workaround and it will affect all your other shopkeepers as well. Usually I would recommend trying to stick with minecraft's trading behavior in order to avoid unexpected behavior, and because this 'feature' might break or get removed again at any time in the future.
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Posted Jul 11, 2016@blablubbabc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyNkWjZu7fc&feature=youtu.be I will delete this video after few days
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Posted Jul 11, 2016@blablubbabc
Just item without additioal NBT data that must be in vanilla. Yeap, 1.10 trades changed, i think. Cause at 1.9 players cant trade for example enchanted book with Sharpness for item, cause they must have enchanted book without ANY enchantment on it.
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Posted Jul 11, 2016@Bodyash
Trading itself is all handled by minecraft. Shopkeepers is only setting up the villager trades. Make sure that your shop isn't accepting any of those items which you are giving to your players.
And how are you creating those 'custom items'? For ex. some plugins are able to fake items in a way that the player sees them differently to what they actually are on the server.
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Posted Jul 11, 2016I have some problems on spigot 1.10.2
I imported all my plugins from 1.9 to 1.10.2 and for now Shopkeepers have some problems.
For example as gift 4 playing MobArena i`m giving to my players enchanted books and Firework Stars. But without any data. Enchanted book without enchants and start withou any color. But players can use enchanted books and crafted colored start for trading.
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Posted Jul 11, 2016@Lemrigue
Hm, I could only find limitations to 64 when editing the costs for player shops. At other places it shouldn't either differentiate between stack sizes, or it already uses the item's max stack size value (which I asume you have edited).
So if you cannot insert stacks of 100 I could imagine that minecraft or craftbukkit itself might be interfering.
Is there a public plugin which demonstrates how you are modifying the item's max stack sizes?