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 25, 2013@gameacid13
He updated two weeks ago, give him some time to breathe. :) There's nothing that would say he's abandoning the plugin or anything.
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Posted Jun 24, 2013@PhanaticD
My save.yml isn't getting deleted, the Shopkeepers just seem to disappear and reappear every go often.
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Posted Jun 24, 2013On my skygrid server the save file seems to randomly delete and everyone gets pissed off because all their shops disappear, anyone know why
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Posted Jun 24, 2013can you make this plugin work with zephyrus 's spell tomes and spellbooks without deleting itself after every reload?
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Posted Jun 23, 2013@gameacid13
anyone know any alternatives to this plugin if this happens
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Posted Jun 23, 2013Considering I don't see the Dev posting anywhere, I dont think were going to get a 1.6 update when Minecraft 1.6 comes out....
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Posted Jun 23, 2013Would be great if I could create a Witch Admin shop.
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Posted Jun 22, 2013please make your plugin work with zephyrspells
the books will delete all the npcs in the server if even one has it for trade after a reload
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Posted Jun 22, 2013Love that plugin ! but, why everyone can create shopkeeper by default ? would be fine not, for a better perm use.
Is there a way to sell the same item but in deferent stack size ? (for sell 1 by 1 or by stack in the same PNJ)
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Posted Jun 19, 2013Is there a way to change the mob that you can trade with for example maybe trade with a pig?
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Posted Jun 19, 2013@mal67
Try using bukkit 1.5.2 R1. :)
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Posted Jun 19, 2013@Disconsented
I highly recommend spigot as it has more control over your server like plant growth and things of that nature. It also uses less ram (which results in less lag).
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Posted Jun 19, 2013@poiNt3D
To create a shopkeeper do /shopkeeper where you want your villager to go. Shift right click to open the trade editor, the input item(s) can go in the first and second row of the trade editor, the item that you want to trade goes in the bottom. When you are done simply right click your villager.
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Posted Jun 19, 2013@DaniTKB
Just right click your villager to trade with it, shift right click to open the trade editor.
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Posted Jun 19, 2013GREAT Plugin! Using it on my pubic server with no problems! :)
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Posted Jun 19, 2013@Disconsented
"Players cannot but from shop keepers" WHAT?!
In english and perhaps you get some help? :D
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Posted Jun 19, 2013Mal67, that's the same error i'm getting to, I wonder what's wrong =/
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Posted Jun 18, 2013got an error when a player tries to set a shopkeeper opens chest named as container.chest yet it works for me.
http://pastebin.com/nK2zkv8g
18.06 21:59:21 [Server] INFO at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:573) 18.06 21:59:21 [Server] INFO at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:410) 18.06 21:59:21 [Server] INFO at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.q(MinecraftServer.java:477) 18.06 21:59:21 [Server] INFO at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.DedicatedServer.r(DedicatedServer.java:226) 18.06 21:59:21 [Server] INFO at net.minecraft.server.v1_5_R3.MinecraftServer.r(MinecraftServer.java:513) 18.06 21:59:21 [Server] INFO at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.scheduler.CraftScheduler.mainThreadHeartbeat(CraftScheduler.java:345) 18.06 21:59:21 [Server] INFO at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_5_R3.scheduler.CraftTask.run(CraftTask.java:53) 18.06 21:59:21 [Server] INFO at com.nisovin.shopkeepers.ShopkeepersPlugin$4.run(ShopkeepersPlugin.java:583) 18.06 21:59:21 [Server] INFO at java.util.HashMap$HashIterator.remove(Unknown Source) 18.06 21:59:21 [Server] INFO java.util.ConcurrentModificationException 18.06 21:59:21 [Server] WARNING Task #815970 for Shopkeepers v1.13.3 generated an exception
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Posted Jun 17, 2013Does anyone have an alternate pluggin like this? Players cannot but from shop keepers (I am using MCPC+ instead of normal bukkit).
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Posted Jun 16, 2013(I am gonna feel like a compleet retard) Can anyone tell me which line in the config i need to "buy" from my own shopkeepers (it said so above but I don't know which one I have to change)