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 Jun 26, 2023v2.17.0 for MC 1.20.1, 1.19.4, 1.19.3, 1.19.2, 1.19, 1.18.2, 1.17.1, 1.16.5
I only list the primary changes here. For information on API changes, internal changes, and changes to the language files, you can find the complete changelog on Github: https://github.com/Shopkeepers/Shopkeepers/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Known potential issues: See here.
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Posted May 10, 2023Mobil uygun bir sürümüz var mı 1.19.80.02
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Posted Apr 26, 2023I have a problem with the disappearance of Shopkeeper Citizens!
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Posted Apr 26, 2023In reply to skors_saad:
Consider asking on Discord since this probably requires a bit of back and forth asking questions to figure out. Also, maybe one of the users there already knows this kind of issue.
All I can suggest right is to check the server log for any errors/warnings and to check if the Citizens plugin is correctly saving the NPC.
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Posted Mar 20, 2023v2.16.5 for MC 1.19.4, 1.19.3, 1.19.2, 1.19.1, 1.19, 1.18.2, 1.18.1, 1.17.1, 1.16.5
I only list the primary changes here. For information on API changes, internal changes, and changes to the language files, you can find the complete changelog on Github: https://github.com/Shopkeepers/Shopkeepers/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Known potential issues: See here.
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Posted Jan 15, 2023v2.16.4 for MC 1.19.3, 1.19.2, 1.19.1, 1.19, 1.18.2, 1.18.1, 1.17.1, 1.16.5
This update contains a critical fix. It is highly recommended that you update as soon as possible!
I only list the primary changes here. For information on API changes, internal changes, and changes to the language files, you can find the complete changelog on Github: https://github.com/Shopkeepers/Shopkeepers/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
API:
Known potential issues: See here.
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Posted Jan 12, 2023When i try to trade, it has a red X on the arrow. so it isnt allowing me to trade or other players. im not sure how to fix this
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Posted Jan 15, 2023In reply to yesyesyes2000:
The trade is disabled if the shop has not enough stock. Make sure that you put enough items to trade into the shop's container, and also that there is enough empty space for the result items.
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Posted Jan 8, 2023When I try to trade it says Villager-trading isn't allowed. (1.18) (plugin version is 2.16.0)
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Posted Jan 8, 2023In reply to notstanley07:
The shopkeepers plugin is not disabling villager trading. Likely one of your other plugins is preventing the trading. There is a skyblock plugin that is known to disable trading by default.
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Posted Jan 11, 2023In reply to blablubb:
When i try to trade theres just an X on the arrow. im not sure why. the other plugins arent the problem either. any advice?
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Posted Dec 29, 2022I cant move the shopkeepers without them tp-ing back to where they were spawned. Please Help!
(I'm on 1.8.8)
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Posted Dec 29, 2022In reply to SnipeYouTwitch:
"I'm on 1.8.8"
There is no way to move the shopkeepers on 1.8.8. Moving the shopkeepers is a recently added feature that is not available on older versions of the plugin.
You cannot simply manually move the shopkeepers by teleporting them, because on older versions the plugin internally made several assumptions that relied on the shopkeeper not changing its position. Manually moving them breaks those assumptions, which can result in buggy behavior (such as shopkeeper mobs duplicating, and other issues).
If this is a one-time change, you can shut down the server and then manually change the shopkeeper's coordinates inside the save.yml file. Be sure to make a backup of this file before you manually edit it.
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Posted Dec 28, 2022it says when i try to use it 'shutting down due to missing vault dipendancy (OR YOU ARE MISSING A PLUGIN THAT ADDS ECONOMY ,NOT VAULT)' and i try to spawn a shop and it doesnt work. can you help me?
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Posted Dec 28, 2022In reply to luna54545:
The message is not coming from the Shopkeepers plugin. Maybe a complete log of your server startup might help figuring out the issue.
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Posted Dec 8, 2022v2.16.3 for MC 1.19.3, 1.19.2, 1.19.1, 1.19, 1.18.2, 1.18.1, 1.17.1, 1.16.5
I only list the primary changes here. For information on API changes, internal changes, and changes to the language files, you can find the complete changelog on Github: https://github.com/Shopkeepers/Shopkeepers/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Known potential issues: See here.
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Posted Nov 26, 2022add rgb ex codes plzplzplzzlpzlzplpzlzpzpzlpzlpzl
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Posted Nov 26, 2022In reply to gamuar:
Already available in the latest version, but you need to enable color codes via the name-regex setting.
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Posted Nov 24, 2022If Shopkeepers can come out with a forge/fabric version, I think I can go buy it even if it's paid.
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Posted Nov 1, 2022Please could you consider making this avaliable and compatible for Forge or Magma (Plugins/Mods)? It's such a fantastic feature.