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
- Plugin version of bStats-supported plugins


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Posted Oct 2, 2016Hello, the server that I am a co-owner on is having a problem to where spawners that are put down (given with the /ss give command) instantly turn into a pig spawner. Any help is very much appreciated.
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Posted Sep 21, 2016@Hartmde
1) upgrade to v3.7.3
2) if possible delete your config.yml once
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Posted Sep 21, 2016Trying to get this plugin running on a server of mine. Any time i boot the server, the logs kick back a list of errors for silk spawner, and if i restart the server, the errors continue to grow. It appears that the config file is generating repeatative lines of code in the config.
http://pastebin.com/2KB2g6D6
^Log
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Posted Sep 11, 2016This is a shop spigot addon. I actually created a forge mod for this purpose and it is more advanced then this. For all of those who couldn't get this to work with forge
Here you go
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/mods-discussion/2720122-silk-spawners-not-enough-items-support
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Posted Sep 1, 2016@MCAetherCloud
There is no difference between overworld, Nether or End, you need to configure the permissions for each world correctly, in your case, with PEX
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Posted Sep 1, 2016I need some help, for some reason when in the nether people can't pick up the spawners, even though they have permission. I'm using Pex and ASkyBlock plugins.
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Posted Aug 12, 2016Is it possible to disable drops for naturally spawned spawners?
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Posted Aug 9, 2016@bertek41
Ask ChestShop or Shopkeeper for support, they need to read the correct NBT tag(s)
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Posted Aug 8, 2016I can't sell spawners in chestshop or shopkeeper plugins
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Posted Aug 4, 2016%100 waste of a download....
Does not work at all I tried creating a shop for the Spawners and all you get is a pig Spawner.
I tried editing the config and still nothing, I tried everything I could to make it work and yep NOTHING!
The old versions where it worked and made it a lot more fun to use
Now is its the 1.9+ versions that have been ruined
instead of the old /spawner (mob name) its now /ss (player name) (mob) (amount) like WHAT THE HELL!!!
I have completely removed this plugin and I am NEVER going to download it again! Thanks to this stupid plugin I wont be able to use Spawners on my server for every to enjoy %100 WORST PLUGIN 2016
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Posted Jul 31, 2016I'm trying to use MythicMobs to allow users to get spawners from bosses, but when the boss drops the spawner and it gets placed it turns into the default spawner because it's "invalid"
Here's the part in the MythicMobs: http://hastebin.com/gezawijisu.sm
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Posted Jul 28, 2016SilkSpawners now has a GItter chat, where you can ask your questions:
https://gitter.im/timbru31/SilkSpawners
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Posted Jul 21, 2016@Arcaleus
Thanks for the hint with PaperSpigot. I'll examine what's causing the issue(s).
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Posted Jul 21, 2016Hey Ghost!
Similar to Kiki below, running paperspigot. Players can change spawners with an egg -> mine the spawner -> place the spawner back down (things are fine at this stage) but then, when mined the second time, turn in to pig spawners without fail.
Using Paper version git-Paper-799 (MC:1.10.2) (Implementing API version 1.10.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT)
Using Silkspawners 3.7.3
need any more info? Thanks in advance :)
edit: Just tried removing paper and running on Version: git-Spigot-6016ac7-10c10b3 (MC: 1.10) (Implementing API version 1.10-r0.1-SNAPSHOT) spawners work perfectly fine, so must be something with paper (or with 1.10.2, but this version of paper runs on the base of 1.10 spigot -which we need to use because another plugin doesn't work properly on 1.10.2 due to the stricter NBT checks on playerheads haha-).
PS: just wanted to note to any readers i've been using this plugin flawlessly for ages and it's fantastic, this is the first issue i've had.
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Posted Jul 18, 2016@ServerMiner
Thanks a lot for the video!
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Posted Jul 17, 2016We love your plugin so we decided to create a video to showcase its features, feel free to use it on your plugin info area: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LLgZOTMvZ4
We would most appreciate it if you could give credit to our website: https://serverminer.com
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Posted Jun 30, 2016When other players with permission try to place spawners it says cant place spawnwers in this world i've tried everything I could and also btw im using the latest version
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Posted Jun 27, 2016Exact Server Version: CraftBukkit version git-Spigot-5391d73-0ebb9c7 (MC: 1.10.2) (Implementing API version 1.10.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT) Plugin Version: 3.7.3
Players (Including an OP) can place spawners, although they can not mine them and get back the corresponding spawner, they get a pig spawner. Sometimes if a player finds a spawner, Ex. Spider, they can mine it and get the spider spawner.
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Posted Jun 26, 2016@kikicro262626
What's your /version output? Which SilkSpawners version are you using? Without these information I cannot help you.
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Posted Jun 26, 2016Hello there I use paperSpigot on myserver and I have update server to 1.10 version and your plugin last dev build and when player mine spawner he get pig spawner I am a op and I get pig spawner from cow or any other can u fix that