Players can set up their own store with a Village Shopkeeper. The server utilizes the Shopkeepers Bukkit Plugin to enable this feature, and more information on the plugin is available on its official Bukkit page.
Click here for a list of player shops.
Getting Started
Villager Egg prices February 2021
To set up your own Village Shopkeeper, you will need to purchase a Villager Spawn Egg from the stores at Server Spawn (-165, 108, 114). Villager Spawn Eggs can be purchased in different quantities, in exchange for Diamonds and Gold Blocks. You will also need a Chest to assign to your store to hold your inventory. It is recommended that you have a claimed area to set your store up in as well, to prevent griefing.
Setting Up Shop
Once you have collected all of the supplies listed above, it's time to get your shop up and running! While there are prompts in the game to guide you, the setup process is also outlined below:
- Head over to where you want to set up your shop, and place down your chest.
- (Optionally: decorate the area or create a small stall for the aesthetics of your store!)
- Hold the Villager Spawn Egg in your Hand.
- Right-click on the chest to assign it to your Spawn Egg.
- Right-click on the ground where you want your villager to be set up.
Your villager will spawn, and your store is up and running!
Stocking Your Store
Let's say you've just finished a bit of mining, and are opening a shop that sells Planks, Cobblestone, Stone, and Diamonds! Your villager is set up and running, and will sell anything you place inside of his chest.
Chest Setup Example
To start, add the Planks, Cobblestone, Stone, and Diamonds into the chest. Quantity does not matter, so really cram everything in there in full stacks!
Next, Shift+Click on your villager to set up your storefront. This will open the Shopkeeper Editor that allows you to set the quantity of items that you want to sell, as well as the price, in Emeralds.
- The first row in the editor specifies the item(s) that you are selling.
- The second and third rows specify the item(s) that you want the buyer to pay.
Shopkeeper Editor Example
Let's say you want to sell a half-stack of planks for three emeralds; a full-stack of cobblestone for two emeralds; sixteen stone for one emerald; and three diamonds for four emerald blocks! Your Shopkeeper Editor should look like the example to the right.
Each shopkeeper editor has five pages which will allow you to make eight listings each. This means each shopkeeper can list up to 40 different items/quantities/prices. You can scroll through the different pages in your shopkeeper editor by clicking on the book that is labelled Next Page.
Finally, you can control the name, appearance, and other aspects of your shopkeeper by using the editor options in the bottom row of editor.
Trading Menu Example
Once you've finished setting up everything, your shopkeeper will now list your items to anyone which stops by and asks about what they're selling! The trading menu for our example store looks like the image to the side.
If users buy from your store, you can find the Emeralds inside of the chest connected to your villager. Once you sell out of items, it will display a red X (❌) symbol to visitors to indicate that you are no longer selling that item.
Spawn and Cobbletown Stalls
Example sign marking a plot. If the text at the top shows as "Contract Available" in green, you can rent it!
Spawn and Cobbletown have special admin created plots, which you must rent in order to start selling! To begin renting, you'll need some virtuacoins in your /balance! You can learn more about these at the spawn bank. Learn More about the bank.
Note: You'll have to wait for someone else to finish renting before you do!
Renting
There are two types of plot, and their difference is the renting method. Cobbletown plots automatically renew rent, so you don't need to worry about topping up the rent on your plot. Make sure you have sufficient funds to keep it running, and it will auto renew!
You must be Baron or higher to rent a plot in Cobbletown and you may only rent one plot.
At Spawn, there is no rank requirement and there is no limit to how many plots you can rent. Spawn plots do no auto-renew but can be rented for two 7-day periods at once by clicking the sign twice (as the plot owner) or via the /arm extend command (see below).
The other type of plot is the non-auto renew plots. With these, you must manually increase the rent time. There is two ways of doing that:
- Clicking on the sign again - This lets you top up the rent on the plot corresponding to that sign
- Using /arm extend <The name of your plot>
Tip: Need to know what your plot name is? Try /arm listregions!
Adding players to your plot
Adding players to your stall is easy!
- Stand in your spawn or cobbletown plot
- Run /arm addmember <The player you want to add>
Tip: Make sure you include the . if the player you're adding plays bedrock edition!
Giving your plot to another player
To give your plot to another player, you can run the following command: /arm offer <Player> <Plot/Stall name> <Cost>
Tip: Giving your plot away for free? Simply set the cost to be 0!
Terminating the plot contract
You can terminate the contract by simply running /arm terminate in your plot.
Note: Once you've done this, the plot becomes rentable for the public. Make sure you clear out your plot/stall fully before the plot terminates, or else you may lose access to your stuff!
Other plot commands
We have just covered the majority of the commands that can be used for your plots. However, you might wish to look at the others too!
This is possible by running /arm help <Page Number (1-4)>!
Happy shop making!
More Help
If you need any more help, ask your questions to our playerbase in the community discord server! You can also check out the below video guide from Minecraft Youtuber Donnie, who is not affiliated with our server:
