💰 CrownEconomy

The best economy plugin for Paper, Purpur, Spigot, and Bukkit servers. Premium auction house, stunning GUIs, 100% customizable. Built for survival, SMP, factions, and RPG servers.

CrownEconomy is the best economy plugin and best auction house plugin for Paper, Purpur, Spigot, and Bukkit 1.21.1 servers. If you're looking for a simple, powerful, and 100% customizable economy suite that your players will actually enjoy, you've found it.

Clean bordered GUIs. Instant feedback. Smart expiry handling. Deep configuration. Vault-compatible out of the box. No bloat, no ugly menus, no compromises.

Supports Paper, Purpur, Spigot, and Bukkit 1.21.1+.

Whether you're building a survival economy, an SMP marketplace, or a full RPG server, CrownEconomy is the last economy plugin you'll ever need.

🔍 Why CrownEconomy?

Every other auction house plugin for modern Minecraft servers either looks outdated, barely configures, or breaks under load. CrownEconomy was built from scratch to be the definitive, modern answer to server economy:

🏆 Best auction house plugin for Paper, Purpur, Spigot, and Bukkit 1.21.1, cleaner, faster, and more configurable than anything else
🎨 100% customizable - every GUI title, filler material, button icon, message, price limit, tax rate, and border element
⚡ Simple & lightweight - drop-in install, zero database setup required, fully running in under 5 minutes
🏦 Vault-compatible - seamless integration with EssentialsX, GemsEconomy, CMI, and every Vault economy plugin
🔐 LuckPerms integration - give VIPs, MVPs, and donors more listing slots automatically via permissions
🛡️ Offline seller payouts - sellers always get paid, even if they're offline when their item sells
📦 Configurable market flow - clean browsing, categories, search, my listings, and transactions history
💾 Reliable data saving - listings and player transactions are saved automatically, so nothing is lost
🗺️ Actively developed - built to grow with more economy features over time
💬 Dedicated support - active Discord with fast responses and a growing community

🏛️ Auction House Features

The most polished, feature-rich, and player-friendly AH plugin available for 1.21.1 servers.

🖥️ GUI & Browsing

Clean centered browsing GUI - readable layout with no clutter
Configurable listing slots - fully controlled from gui.yml
4 sort modes - Low -> High, High -> Low, Soon -> New, New -> Soon
Category filters - All, Weapons, Armor, Tools, Resources, Food, and Blocks
Live search - search by item name, seller name, or material
Confirm purchase screen - full breakdown of item, price, tax, and seller before any money moves
Refresh support - refresh the current menu without reopening the whole flow

💸 Economy & Listings

Configurable tax system - set any percentage cut taken from the seller on each sale
Min & max price limits - prevent price dumping or price gouging with hard server-wide limits
Global AH cap - limit how many active listings can exist at once
Per-rank listing slots - VIPs and donors automatically get more listing slots via permissions
Offline seller payouts - Vault balance credited the moment an item sells, online or not
Material blacklist - permanently block any item or material from ever being listed
Permanent or timed listings - set duration to 0 for permanent listings

📦 Listing Management

My Listings panel - dedicated GUI for players to view and right-click cancel their own listings
Transactions GUI - track listed, purchased, sold, cancelled, and expired activity
Transaction stats - see total sold worth and total bought worth
Expired item handling - unsold items auto-return on expiry
Configurable expiry duration - set exactly how long listings stay active before expiring
Listing data persistence - every listing saved on create, purchase, cancel, expiry, and shutdown

🔌 Dependencies

Required

Paper, Purpur, Spigot, or Bukkit 1.21.1 or a compatible fork
Vault
A Vault-compatible economy plugin

Compatible With

EssentialsX Economy
GemsEconomy
CMI Economy
Any other Vault-compatible economy plugin

🔌 Compatibility

🔧 Integration	✅ Status	📋 Notes
Vault	✅ Required	Economy bridge for balance, withdraw, and deposit
Paper 1.21.1	✅ Required	Primary supported platform
Purpur	✅ Compatible	Paper fork fully supported
Spigot 1.21.1	✅ Compatible	Bukkit/Spigot API supported
Bukkit 1.21.1	✅ Compatible	Bukkit API supported
LuckPerms	⭐ Recommended	Per-rank listing slot tiers
EssentialsX Economy	✅ Full support	Via Vault
GemsEconomy	✅ Full support	Via Vault
CMI Economy	✅ Full support	Via Vault
Any Vault economy	✅ Full support	If it hooks Vault, it works

⚠️ Required: Vault + any Vault-compatible economy plugin
⭐ Recommended: LuckPerms for per-rank listing tiers

🌍 Multi-World & Multiverse Support (NEW)

Fully integrated multi-world auction house system built for modern server networks.

🌐 Multiverse Integration

✅ Full support for Multiverse-Core
Works seamlessly across multiple worlds
Automatically detects world context for listings and browsing

🗺️ Auction House Modes

Global Auction House
- One shared AH across all worlds
Per-World Auction Houses
- Each world has its own independent AH
Group-Based Auction Houses (NEW)
- Link multiple worlds to share the same AH

🔗 World Grouping System

Create custom world groups inside config
Example:
- world, world_nether, world_the_end → share one Auction House
- spawn → separate Auction House
Full flexibility for:
- Survival clusters
- Lobby vs gameplay separation
- Game-mode specific economies

⚙️ Configuration Control

Enable / disable AH per world
Assign worlds to groups easily
Switch between:
- Global
- Per-world
- Group-based modes
Fully configurable inside config.yml

⚙️ Improvements (Latest Update)

Improved backend handling for multi-world environments
Optimized auction syncing across worlds and groups
Better performance in large multi-server setups
Cleaner and more scalable configuration structure

🛠️ Fixes (Latest Update)

Fixed auctions not syncing correctly between worlds
Resolved GUI inconsistencies in multi-world setups
General bug fixes and stability improvements

⚙️ Configuration

100% customizable - nothing is hardcoded. Core values live in config.yml, GUI layout lives in gui.yml, and all text lives in messages.yml.

general:
  prefix: "&8[&bCrown &3Economy&8] &r"
  currency-symbol: "$"
  decimal-places: 2

auction-house:
  enabled: true
  max-auction-house-listings: 0
  max-transaction-history: 0
  min-price: 1.0
  max-price: 1000000.0
  default-duration-hours: 0
  max-duration-hours: 168
  tax-rate: 5.0
  auto-save-seconds: 60
  expiry-check-seconds: 60
  return-check-seconds: 60

  listing-limits:
    - permission: "crowneconomy.admin"
      limit: 100
    - permission: "crowneconomy.ah.maxlistings.mvp"
      limit: 20
    - permission: "crowneconomy.ah.maxlistings.vip"
      limit: 10
    - permission: "default"
      limit: 5

🎨 What You Can Customize

🖼️ Every GUI title, filler material, button icon, slot, and border element
💬 Every player-facing message - full & color codes and {placeholders} throughout
💰 Min/max listing price, tax rate, listing duration, global listing cap, transaction history cap
🏅 Per-rank listing limits via permissions
🔘 Module toggles - enable or disable the AH independently
🚫 Material blacklist - block any item by name, keep your economy clean
🏷️ Prefix and currency formatting - customize the default branding and money display

📋 Commands

💬 Command	📖 Description	🔐 Permission
`/ah`	Open the Auction House	`crowneconomy.ah.open`
`/ah help`	Show AH help	(any player)
`/ah sell <price>`	List your held item for sale	`crowneconomy.ah.sell`
`/ah search <query>`	Search all active listings	`crowneconomy.ah.search`
`/ah mylistings`	View your own listings	`crowneconomy.ah.open`
`/ah cancel <id>`	Cancel one of your listings	`crowneconomy.ah.cancel`
`/ah refresh`	Refresh the open menu	`crowneconomy.ah.open`
`/ce`	Show CrownEconomy help	(any player)
`/ce help`	Show the command help	(any player)
`/ce reload`	Reload the plugin config	`crowneconomy.reload`
`/ce refresh`	Refresh the plugin	`crowneconomy.refresh`
`/ce version`	Show plugin version & status	(any player)

Aliases: /auctionhouse · /ceconomy · /ce

🔐 Permissions

🔑 Permission	👤 Default	📋 Description
`crowneconomy.ah.open`	`true`	Open the Auction House GUI
`crowneconomy.ah.sell`	`true`	List items for sale
`crowneconomy.ah.bid`	`true`	Purchase listings
`crowneconomy.ah.cancel`	`true`	Cancel own listings
`crowneconomy.ah.cancel.others`	`op`	Cancel any listing (staff)
`crowneconomy.ah.search`	`true`	Use live search
`crowneconomy.ah.maxlistings.vip`	`false`	VIP - 10 listing slots
`crowneconomy.ah.maxlistings.mvp`	`false`	MVP - 20 listing slots
`crowneconomy.admin`	`op`	Full admin access + 100 slots
`crowneconomy.reload`	`op`	Reload config via command
`crowneconomy.refresh`	`op`	Refresh plugin state

🛠️ Installation

⏱️ Up and running in under 5 minutes.

🖥️ Ensure you're running Paper, Purpur, Spigot, or Bukkit 1.21.1 or a compatible fork
🏦 Install Vault and a Vault economy plugin such as EssentialsX Economy, GemsEconomy, or CMI Economy
🔐 (Recommended) Install LuckPerms for rank-based listing limits
📂 Drop CrownEconomy.jar into your /plugins/ folder
🔄 Start or restart your server
✏️ Edit plugins/CrownEconomy/config.yml, gui.yml, and messages.yml to your liking
▶️ Use /ce reload or /ce refresh to apply changes

⚠️ Reload note: /ce reload reloads configuration and refreshes the plugin state. Active listing data is not wiped.

🗂️ Data Storage

💾 Your listings are always safe - CrownEconomy saves on every action.

✅ Saved on every listing create, purchase, cancel, and expiry
✅ Saved on every clean server shutdown
✅ Persisted in plugins/CrownEconomy/auction-data.yml
✅ Auto-save, expiry checks, and return checks run in the background
📌 No database setup required

🚧 Roadmap

CrownEconomy is just getting started. The full economy suite is on the way.

🔮 Module	📋 Description	🚦 Status
🏛️ Auction House	Full-featured server marketplace	✅ Released
🛒 Player Shop	Chest or GUI shops with auto-restock	🔄 Planned
💱 Trading System	Secure face-to-face player trades	🔄 Planned
🏦 Bank System	Account interest, shared balances	🔄 Planned
📊 Economy Stats	Server leaderboards, transaction history	🔄 Planned

🎯 Perfect For

🌲 Survival servers - give players a real marketplace to trade resources
👥 SMP servers - the go-to economy layer for any multiplayer survival experience
⚔️ Factions servers - control the economy with taxes, blacklists, and rank limits
🧙 RPG servers - fits naturally into any custom economy and progression system
🏙️ Towny servers - player-driven markets with full Vault integration
💎 Donor-tier servers - reward VIPs and MVPs with more listing slots automatically

💬 Support & Community

🙋 Need help? Have a suggestion? Join the Discord.

👉 Join our Discord - discord.gg/cCUVWxcuAw

💬 #support - get help with installation, config, and permissions
🐛 #bug-reports - report issues with full details and get fast fixes
💡 #suggestions - suggest features and vote on the roadmap
📢 #announcements - be first to know about new releases and updates

🐛 Bug Reports

When reporting a bug, please include:

📄 Your server version (/version)
🔢 Your CrownEconomy version (/ce version)
📋 Any relevant errors from your server console

📜 License

CrownEconomy is a premium resource. You may install and use it on your own servers. You may not redistribute, resell, decompile, or claim ownership of this plugin or its source code.

🏗️ Built for Paper, Purpur, Spigot, and Bukkit 1.21.1 · ⚠️ Requires Vault · ⭐ Recommends LuckPerms · ✅ Compatible with EssentialsX, GemsEconomy, CMI, and all Vault economy plugins

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