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 15, 2013Would it be out of the question to add an "ignore damage value" option to shopkeepers, either individually or in the config? I'm trying to emulate the behavior of Vanilla villagers who trade an item for an undamaged, enchanted version regardless of its damage value.
EDIT: Submitted a ticket.
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Posted Jun 15, 2013Can you please provide some instruction about trading shopkeepers? I can't figure out how to use them.
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Posted Jun 13, 2013i dowloaded it as soon as i red the title :)
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Posted Jun 13, 2013Thanks for the update, Works great for me =]
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Posted Jun 13, 2013Awesome! You got yourself a download.
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Posted Jun 11, 2013@UltrafaceGuy
it wasnt ment to be offensive. I was asking if someone knew if he was on vacation .
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Posted Jun 11, 2013For those looking for a good shops plugin for MCPC+ servers, this apparently disables all villager, no matter the config, and you can't right click on the shopskeepers or regular villagers =(
And the search continues for a good MCPC+ shop plugin lol
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Posted Jun 11, 2013I'm starting to wonder if my current error has something to do with the way the plugin saves info on the save and config files.. Almost every single weapon, scroll, book I create becomes corrupt.. at least in the sense that when you look at the item in the shopkeeper's list and thereafter in your own menu (after purchasing it) the meta info on the items (lore, etc..) has all kinds of weird characters in the file. When I open the yml files it looks something like this : display-name: §0§0§0§0§0§0§0§5§9§lHelmet of defense lore: - §fOne handed Iron Helmet§c§a§f§e§0§0§1§4§4§0§0§0§0§0§0§0§6§4 - §f60% Armour - §a2% chance to apply jump - §aGives heal 3 while in use - §fEnhanced Helmet, grafted with magical gifts. It's COMPLETELY unreadable when you look at the item in game.. I've had to take all custom items off the shopkeeper.. BTW I'm running Ver v1.13.2
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Posted Jun 11, 2013@MasterMithrandir
Might want to check your errors.. Although MY config and save file looked just fine... Apparently out of nowhere my shopkeepers all vanished.. I looked at the error log; seems I started getting this error (note: I NEVER touched either the save or config files before this.. ever)
00:42:55 [INFO] [Shopkeepers] Enabling Shopkeepers v1.12 00:42:55 [SEVERE] org.bukkit.configuration.InvalidConfigurationException: unacceptable character '�' (0xFFFD) special characters are not allowed
I opened it up and re-saved the save.yml file as UTF-8.. and after starting my server back up.. all my shopkeepers were back!
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Posted Jun 11, 2013@semirotta
He just uploaded a bug fix, keep in mind these developers do most, if not all, of this for free.
If he's feeling burned out, is on a vacation, or just doesn't feel like talking much, that is A-O-K with me ;D
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Posted Jun 10, 20132 days and 13 hours ago posted question and no answers? Is the developer on vacation or such anyone know? :O I just want to hear if the error is something to be worried about (error is always something to be worried about though)
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Posted Jun 7, 2013Using 1.13.2 version of Shopkeepers Errors: http://pastebin.com/cZxD0YK8 http://pastebin.com/WUE31AKD
Also enable-world-guard-restrictions: false My worldguard protection had mob-spawning flag deny, i could not spawn these villagers.
I can create the Shopkeepers, i can edit their names, outlook just fine but it gives me that error in console, can you fix? it bothers me.
EDIT: Now it bothers me, tried to make shop (new one) and it started causing lagg. Please fix! EDIT2: Creating shopkeeper (/shopkeeper) = no error Change outfit = no error I don't quite have understood how the error comes but it does show up every now and then.
Also you should make better guide on HOW to make witch trader. I made a villager, closed server, edited config from Villager to Witch and it changed.
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Posted Jun 7, 2013My shopkeepers have just randomly disappeared. I cant create an new ones either! Why has this happened?
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Posted Jun 5, 2013When i switch shop type by right clicking with an egg, it being thrown away.Ability to spawn regular villagers is very good, but if you want to change your shop type, you need to spare so many eggs.
Nevermind, it was the problem with MobCatcher.
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Posted Jun 4, 2013if a shopkeeper buy Oak wood. You can sell him all wood style. Cause all wood has the same id. This problem works for item like like wood, all potion, monster's eggs, wool..etc
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Posted Jun 4, 2013Duplication glitch
dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-mods/shopkeepers/tickets/149-duplication-glitch/
and still no fix for it
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Posted Jun 1, 2013For some reason I can interact with all shopkeepers, everyone can interact/buy with admin shopkeepers but nobody can buy from player shopkeepers except me (OP). Any thoughts?
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Posted May 30, 2013Villagers have sounds in the next minecraft update. Could you add to your list of things todo, to remove shopkeeper sounds?
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Posted May 28, 2013Is there a way that my players can right click to select the villager type WITHOUT having to look away from everything?
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Posted May 26, 2013The shopkeepers attack my friend! How do I fix this?