SilkSpawners
SilkSpawners - Harvest mob spawners with silk touch
Version v8.3.0
Thanks for MILLIONS of downloads!
A sign shop addon for buying and selling spawners can be found here: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/12028/
Description
Ever wanted to move a mob spawner? With SilkSpawners, you can now pick up and move monster spawners.
If you use a pickaxe with the silktouch enchantment you will receive the spawner again.
You can control each mob spawner, allow crafting and of course mod support.
I'm happy to hear about your opinion, just leave a comment with a feature request, bug, improvement or just a personal opinion.
As a reminder I want to say that I worked very long on this and really appreciate a 'thank you' in form of a donation! (See details on the bottom or the button on the top)
Demonstration
Thanks @Koz4christ
Features
- NEW A sign shop addon can be found here: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/12028/
- Added BarAPI support (for 1.9+ only: support for Vanilla implementation)
- per Type spawner name and explosion chance!
- Support Minecraft from 1.8.8 to 1.21.7 (with the exclusion of 1.9 and 1.10)
- Configure a percentage of dropping a spawner on explosions (TNT & creeper)
- Spawner retains creature type
- Works on any spawner
- Crafting of each spawner (own recipe for every mob if wanted)
- Showing of creature type when spawners are placed, broken or held
- Commands for
- Changing a spawner in hand or sight
- Getting a new spawner (or egg) in the hand NEW: With offline player support!
- Console support
- Left-click spawner with spawn egg to change type (consuming egg or not)
- If enabled, right click with an egg and a MonsterSpawner of this type will appear
- Permissions support
- Support for
- Custom mobs added by client/server mods
- Spawning any entity with spawn eggs (dragons, non-creature entities, etc.)
- Dumping entity ID map on startup for debugging mods
- Compatible with
- CraftBukkit
++and Spigot (see spawnersUnstackable) - MCPC(+) and ported mods (auto-detects IDs)
- Not Enough Items (newer builds only)
- CraftBukkit
- Flexible creature type names on input (pigman, zombiepigman, pigzombie, etc. all accepted), official names on output (Magma Cube, not "LavaSlime")
- Colored item names
- Localization of all messages
- Mimic support
- There is an economy addon to charge the users when they change a spawner: SilkSpawnersEcoAddon
Third party features, all of them can be disabled
Please take a look at the detailed information about bStats below!
- bStats for usage statistics
- Auto Updater (connecting to http://dev.bukkit.org for updating checking)
- can be disabled if you switch autoUpdater to false in the config.yml
Configuration
See the config here!
(Fully commented!)
Permissions
You can find a list of permissions and creatures here!
Commands
Only the bukkit permissions are supported!
I highly recommend that you use a plugin for permissions like bPermissions
If no permission system is found, all commands are for OPs only!
If you suffix a mob name with egg you will receive an egg instead.
NEW NEW NEW NEW
/ss help - Displays the help menu.
/ss list|all - Displays all available creatures.
/ss view - Displays information about the viewed spawner.
/ss reload|rl - Reloads the configuration files.
/ss change|set <newMob> - Changes the spawner you are currently holding or viewing at.
/ss give|add <player> <mob> [amount] - Gives a spawner or egg to the player. Amount is optional.
/ss selfget|i <mob> [amount] - Gives a spawner or egg to you. Amount is optional.
NEW NEW NEW NEW
Localization
English (default) by timbru31
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German by timbru31
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Dutch by Jeroendedoem
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Indonesian by smsunarto
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Norwegian by Riaz
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Swedish by Syrianen
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Italian by xMarioAnak
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Spanish by JUMBONET
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Turkish by xwerswoodx
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French by Don_Sensileone
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Portuguese by Luligabi
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Polish by PLKaratusPL
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Russian by EV.Jack
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Feel free to share your localizations and they will be added here, just leave a comment with a link to a translated localization.yml!
Thank you for contributing!
Downloads/Source Code/Dev Builds
Development builds of this project can be acquired at the provided continuous integration server. These builds have not been approved by the BukkitDev staff. Use them at your own risk.
(Latest dev builds/bleeding edge builds) - - Dev builds from Jenkins
(Source code hosted on GitHub) - - Source Code
Future Plans (a.k.a. ToDo)
Maybe add economyDeveloped an addon, SilkSpawnersEcoAddonBetter API?Added in 3.1, custom event
Known Bugs
- If sign shops are not working, you may want to try my custom sign shop addon: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/12028/
- Mobs like Ghasts or Giants are too big for the spawner, this a Minecraft bug and I can't fix that
- Some older Essentials versions/ports are not updated properly for 1.8. There is a maintained fork called EssentialsX you should try.
- If you use Gui Sign Shop and users are unable to place spawners, you need to grant them the guishop.spawner permission from Gui Sign Shop
- Holographic Displays makes Slime spawners non functional
- UltraCosmetics, causes some spawners to non function: https://github.com/iSach/UltraCosmetics/issues/259
Technical Details
You can find more information here!
API
SilkSpawners is equipped with an API. You can find more information here!
Changelog
Version 8.3.0
- Adds support for Minecraft 1.21.5 - 1.21.7
- Adds configurable no silk message
- Fixes an issue with dropping zero items
- Adds "all" as an allowed tool
- Fixes a check for Breeze explosions
Version 8.2.0
- Adds support for Minecraft 1.21.3 & 1.21.4
- Ignores Wind Charge explosion events
- Reads NBT tag from MineableSpawners
- Fixes a bug where the defaultCreature was not working as intended
Credits
@mushroomhostage for his awesome plugin! I'm glad you allowed me to maintain it!
Thanks to all the testers with the 3.0 dev versions!
Banner
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Donations
I worked really hard on this plugin and I'm very happy about any donation.
Support me & buy me some beer, this makes me happy and keeps me interested in this plugin.
Donation chain: -> I receive some money -> Buy coffee -> Work longer -> Faster Updates -> Your benefit!
There is a button on top of this page (right to the different tabs)
I'm accepting bitcoins, too! :)

Address: 1NnrRgdy7CfiYN63vKHiypSi3MSctCP55C
License
This plugin is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license!

Information about the data usage collection bStats
Disabling bStats
The file ./plugins/bStats/config.yml contains an option to opt-out.
The following data is read and sent to https://bstats.org and can be seen under https://bstats.org/plugin/bukkit/SilkSpawners
- Your server's randomly generated UUID
- The amount of players on your server
- The online mode of your server
- The bukkit version of your server
- The java version of your system (e.g. Java 8)
- The name of your OS (e.g. Windows)
- The version of your OS
- The architecture of your OS (e.g. amd64)
- The system cores of your OS (e.g. 8)
- bStats-supported plugins
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Posted Aug 12, 2015@Disorbs
Spawning algorithm is not modified by SilkSpawners, so not an issue with SS
@SayHi2uTube
Due to 1.8 changes (Minecraft changes itself) storing the mob ID is not longer the same. useLegacyName is the only way to determine (guess) the mob type. Sorry.
@miki88mouse
Check your permission setup. Is usePermissions true?
@PrecisionGamerHD
Using EssentialsShop? See Known Bugs section please.
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Posted Aug 12, 2015I keep getting this error when i buy spawners and try to place them i used to use silk spawners like 2 years ago on a factions server and i never had this problem i am not sure what seems to be the issue. nor how to fix it
Placing default spawner (either this spawner is invalid or disabled)
my world has mobs allowed. No peaceful nothing. I can mine spawners but i cant buy them without it giving me a freaking pig
Here is my Silk spawner config http://pastebin.com/xSKr8csD
Here is my Groupmanager config./Permissions http://pastebin.com/Y7K7LA8R
Ive searched hours on end and i cannont find a single thing so this is my last try. is the forums i hope someone has a fix for me.
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Posted Aug 5, 2015Hello. I updated the plugin from 1.7 to 1.8. I have spigot 1.8.6 so I got the latest 1.8.6 version. I also changed the testMCVersion to false and the useLegacyName to true. But, when I place the spawners, it says that: Placing default spawner (either this spawner is invalid or disabled)
How do I fix this?
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Posted Aug 5, 2015spawners arent spawning hostiles in my grinder
1.8.8 spigot
SilkSpawners v3.6.7
1.5 up to 1.8.8rg flags
http://i.gyazo.com/1eb06a3716a94fd91aada084272b663a.png
tried setting the priority higher too didnt work, thanks
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Posted Aug 4, 2015@xXBarchticXx
Thanks for the suggestion
@RedstoneBitenMC
No, this is not possible since I can't determine if a spawner (block) was obtained from a shop.
@Adriman32
Why do they place it on top? You could disable the parts regarding spawn eggs change spawners in the config.
@Selby777
Read known bugs section please.
@Sollembum78
Can you delete your mobs.yml once and let it regenerate. After that modify the value when the server is offline and try again. Does this work?
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Posted Aug 3, 2015I added custom craft of spawners for my server, but after each restart it stops working. Recipe is still there, but it doesn't let players craft, so I have to put: creatures.Zombie.enableCraftingSpawner: true in the end of main config each time, then do silkspawners reload to make it work again. Having this issue on spigot 1.8.7
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Posted Aug 2, 2015I am having a problem with getting pig spawners when i use signs, please, anyone help asap
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Posted Jul 29, 2015Great plugin! Just one issue. When players try to place creeper eggs on top of spawners, they get a message that tells them they don't have permission to change the spawner. Is there a way to make it so the creeper spawns on top? I have a factions server and creeper egging spawners is a big part of it. Other than that, great plugin!
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Posted Jul 27, 2015@xGh0sTkiLLeRx
Is there a way to silk touch spawners that you buyed but not those that are random generated? please need a answer fast! <3
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Posted Jul 27, 2015@xGhOsTkiLLeRx please make it sowhen you do / spawner list it shows you all spawners you have perms for instead just all spawners.
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Posted Jul 27, 2015@xGh0sTkiLLeRx
The 1.8.8 jar from spigot we just updated today ik mojang hasn't released a 1.8.8
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Posted Jul 27, 2015@ProMiner909
Chill! :)
1.8.8 is not even final yet, however a new update is awaiting approval :)
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Posted Jul 27, 2015Hello when will a build be released for 1.8.8 the new update????
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Posted Jul 22, 2015@COOKIEPANDA10
See http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/silkspawners/tickets/79-cant-sell-mined-spawners/
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Posted Jul 21, 2015Hello, I've been having a problem with my players being able to sell broken spawners back to my shop. As soon as the player buys the spawner they can sell it back, but if the spawner is placed then picked up you can't sell it back to the server shop. I'm using essentials signs. I think when the spawner is picked up the id changes or something, which means the player can't sell that spawner back to shop. Any help at all would be great, thanks.
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Posted Jul 21, 2015When players buy spawners or get them from a command it defaults to a pig spawners, help please?
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Posted Jul 21, 2015@HoodedGameMaster
This is not a Bungee plugin. You would need to place it in each instance of Spigot you are running :)
@blabl2000
This doesn't work in 1.8 anymore. See http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/silkspawners/?comment=1272
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Posted Jul 20, 2015@HoodedGameMaster
This plugin shouldn't be placed in your bungeecord server, not sure if you're putting it in there or in a bukkit/spigot server that is on the bungee proxy.
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Posted Jul 15, 2015how do i disable the tags so i can do like 52:61 in a shop?
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Posted Jul 15, 2015I was just wondering if this works for bungee 1.8.7. Becuase I moved my server to that, and it has not worked since.