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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Statistics (from bStats)
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
- Plugin version of bStats-supported plugins


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Posted Apr 4, 2014Plugins legitimatly not working. Donors cant place spawners they bought, They cant mine, or anything
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Posted Apr 3, 2014@Dsiddia
Upgrade your CraftBukkit, you are using 1.7.2 with 1.7.5 plugin version...
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Posted Apr 3, 2014Getting this error on startup; using recommended CB build.
http://pastebin.com/w51jwkh2
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Posted Apr 2, 2014The spawners gets destroyed when mining them with silk touch. Please look in to this issue since my donaters aren't happy! Thanks alot :)
Btw your plugin is really good!
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Posted Apr 1, 2014@iDrmzIt
You are running v3.3.5 for CB 1.7.5 and craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnk -> Upgrade your CraftBukkit
@TooNervey
Spawning algorithm isn't touched.
@Mc360FTW
Will look into this issue
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Posted Apr 1, 2014@iDrmzIt
Looks like you have the wrong Craftbukkit version....Just a guess, but try updating to the newest Bukkit.
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Posted Mar 31, 2014Can you help me with this? 19:16:55] [Server thread/INFO]: [SilkSpawners] Enabling SilkSpawners v3.3.5 [19:16:55] [Server thread/ERROR]: Error occurred while enabling SilkSpawners v3.3.5 (Is it up to date?) java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/minecraft/server/v1_7_R2/EntityTypes at de.dustplanet.util.SilkUtil.scanEntityMap(SilkUtil.java:468) [?:?] at de.dustplanet.silkspawners.SilkSpawners.loadConfigs(SilkSpawners.java:234) [?:?] at de.dustplanet.silkspawners.SilkSpawners.onEnable(SilkSpawners.java:80) [?:?] at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin.setEnabled(JavaPlugin.java:250) [craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnks] at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.enablePlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:350) [craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnks] at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.enablePlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:389) [craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnks] at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_7_R1.CraftServer.loadPlugin(CraftServer.java:439) [craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnks] at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_7_R1.CraftServer.enablePlugins(CraftServer.java:375) [craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnks] at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.MinecraftServer.m(MinecraftServer.java:342) [craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnks] at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.MinecraftServer.g(MinecraftServer.java:319) [craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnks] at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.MinecraftServer.a(MinecraftServer.java:275) [craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnks] at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.DedicatedServer.init(DedicatedServer.java:175) [craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnks] at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:424) [craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnks] at net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R1.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:617) [craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnks] Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.minecraft.server.v1_7_R2.EntityTypes at org.bukkit.plugin.java.PluginClassLoader.findClass(PluginClassLoader.java:67) [craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnks] at org.bukkit.plugin.java.PluginClassLoader.findClass(PluginClassLoader.java:62) [craftbukkit-1.7.2-R0.3.jar:git-Bukkit-1.7.2-R0.3-b3020jnks] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_11] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_11] ... 14 more Any idea what would cause this?
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Posted Mar 31, 2014@xGh0sTkiLLeRx
I Have the same error as him + when I destroy a spawner with silk touch pick it does not drop it even though Im OP and in game mode survival..
Can you fix this asap my donors are getting mad
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Posted Mar 30, 2014Excellent Job on the latest build!
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Posted Mar 29, 2014Help some reason all mobs from mobspawners are not spawning
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Posted Mar 29, 2014@xGh0sTkiLLeRx
Still, it doesn't work, it just tells me What to type... If you want you can join my server and take a look.
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Posted Mar 29, 2014@Mc360FTW
Try to use an alias. Like /ss please
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Posted Mar 29, 2014I have an error ):
Whenever I type '/spawner pig' for example it just shows a bunch of random command variables, and when I type the variables it still does this.
I have 2 servers and on one of them SilkSpawners works perfect but on this one it doesn't...
here's what happens when I type '/spawner <mob>': http://prntscr.com/355r6f I am running on Bukkit 1.7.2: http://prntscr.com/355rgh
If you could tell me how to fix this or make a fix for this I'd be grateful ever so much!
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Posted Mar 28, 2014@MaxBFalcon
Include version! What plugin version, what MC version? What CB/Spigot version?...
@Shitty__Wock
Must be a conflict with another plugin, sorry to tell you, you need to figure the conflict out (a report of the conflicting plugin would be nice though)
@TheFlagCourier
Thanks! :)
@Maeso
Your log entry shows that you are using the 1.7.5 version.
Are you sure the 1.7.2 version is downloading the wrong 1.7.5 version?
@MaxBFalcon
Again, without further information, I have no chance of re-producing or fixing.
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Posted Mar 28, 2014@Maeso
Make sure to disable auto updating in the config. v3.3.5 is broken.
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Posted Mar 27, 2014Hi, I need help for the best plug MC ;D all time when i restart the server. this plugin is broken all time and i need delete all files and reinstall, i use v3.3.4 for 1.7.2
http://prntscr.com/34kqf6
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Posted Mar 27, 2014I have got to thank you for this, I work allot on adventure sub-maps and this helps get some intricate dungeons completed without having to go out-of-server. Thank you.
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Posted Mar 26, 2014For some reason when one of my players puts down a zombie pigman spawner or water is placed near it, it turns back into a normal zombie spawner! Please help!
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Posted Mar 25, 2014I am using the latest Silk Spawners Jar, and whenever I do /spawner, or /ss, It just shows a line of text with possible command variables… No one can pick up spawners and I cannot change or get a spawner with /ss… I updated another plugin, Craft Book. around the time this happened, maybe it is Craft Book?
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Posted Mar 23, 2014@wazoomie
Fixed ;)