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
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Posted May 25, 2015@colorfulchew
I know that. Just pointing out 1.8.6 has been released.
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Posted May 25, 2015@danielfr789
Switch "testMCVersion" to false and it won't check that list.
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Posted May 25, 2015Please add 1.8.6 to the compatible versions.
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Posted May 23, 2015So just checking, as of right now, what is the most proper command I should be using to spawn in spawners (Not /ss) like with serversigns?
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Posted May 22, 20151.8.5 can be used with v3.6.4, just switch "testMCVersion" to false!
@Therobodavo
I took a look at the source, too. At least he uses SilkUtil and could easily receive the mob id from a block or item, too..
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Posted May 22, 2015@xGh0sTkiLLeRx
All Floauction does is check the name, from what I see.
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Posted May 22, 2015@Therobodavo
I'm aware and totally agree that the commands needs to be re-done and this is on my todo list :)
Well, I'm setting the mob type the old pre 1.8 way, set the NBT tag like Vanilla does, set an own NBT tag, offer a lore fallback. These ways are perfectly fine and only if issues occur you should refer to useLegacyName ;)
The NBT tags can easily set and retrieved via the SilkSpawners API, I might add a bit more technical description to the API page though :)
And AFAIK floAuction has some SilkSpawners integration?
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Posted May 22, 2015I have a simple request, as I really feel like it isn't too hard to make. You currently don't have an "official" way to give people spawners. I know /ss gives peopel a spawner, but if you have one in your hand it just changes the type. It would be really nice to see you add a command to give people spawners, even if they have one already. This is because since you don't have a sign shop for spawners, I'm atempting to use server signs. I'm also using crates, and buycraft with this. The issue is I'm trying to use a command you put out that works, but it shows as a "Monster Spawner". So if you just modified a command with /ss to give more than just 1, that would be really nice. I don't think this would be difficult, but idek. Also, people were asking floauction to work with silkspawners. The issue is how you save the spawner data, but it works with useLegacyName. So I don't know exactly what that developer would need to do to fix the issue without useLegacyName, but if you have ideas it may be helpful to put them out there.
Point being said, it would be amazing if you had an official command to give spawners, even when you have one in your hand.
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Posted May 19, 2015@zferrell
You could try to delete your mobs.yml once. If this does not help, please post your mobs.yml (pastebin)
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Posted May 19, 2015I can't change the spawner to an Enderman. It says "Unrecognized creature name"....I wasn't having this issue before. The only Enderman spawner I can get is one called "EntityEnderman Spawner"...Why doesn't just "Enderman" work?
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Posted May 19, 2015@bradders0906
I'm not that active anymore and even don't know if the Spigot team is now covering Essentials. As far as I know this is "broken" since the 1.8 update.
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Posted May 19, 2015@xGh0sTkiLLeRx
Do you think the Essentials command will be fixed soon?
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Posted May 19, 2015@bradders0906
The essentials command is broken, due to 1.8 changes. Please use /ss to obtain spawners instead. Instead of setting the id as a data value the right way/syntax is now to set a NBT tag.
You can use useLegacyName, but this is not recommended and I won't ensure the mob detection works 100%.
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Posted May 18, 2015@xGh0sTkiLLeRx
I'm trying to spawn them in via Essentials ie: /i 52:50 1 etc, I'd like to sell the spawners within a GUI Shop on my server however they only allow default Id's, I think I can set the name of the item if that might work?
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Posted May 18, 2015@bradders0906
How do you obtain your spawners? Via Essentials, SilkSpawners, mined, auction, shop, ...?
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Posted May 18, 2015@xGh0sTkiLLeRx
I'm still getting the same issue as I posted before:
Every spawner I place I get the message "Placing default spawner (either this spawner is invalid or disabled)"
I've got no idea how to fix this as I haven't disabled any spawners... plz halp xD
any way to fix this atm?
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Posted May 18, 2015SilkSpawners v3.6.4 is awaiting approval :)
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Posted May 18, 2015Update for 1.8.4 is coming later today. :)
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Posted May 17, 2015Please add support for Spigot 1.8.4. It was just released today.
http://pastebin.com/JPXXdRq0
EDIT: Just updated it myself if anyone wants a download.
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Posted May 17, 2015For some reason when I try to change the spawner in my hand to an Enderman, it says "Unrecognized creature name"...All of the others work except for the Enderman. It used to work fine until now, I don't know what is going on. I am on 1.8 with the newest version of Silk Spawners.