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D.02 — Guide

Shops

Any chest can be a shop that sells for gold, even while you're offline. You don't write anything on the sign: the server writes it for you.

SteveSelling 64Diamond5 each
This is what a shop looks like.

Line 1: the owner (green = open, red = sold out)
Line 2: how many are left
Line 3: the item
Line 4: the price for one item, in gold

Before you start

Shops only work on a shop plot inside a town, where you're allowed to build. If you're the mayor, stand in the plot and type /plot set shop. Otherwise ask your mayor.

Make a shop

  1. 1
    Put down a chest on your shop plot

    A normal chest or barrel. A double chest holds more stock.

  2. 2
    Hold what you're selling and punch the chest

    Hold one of the items in your hand and left-click the chest (a quick hit, don't break it). You can put the item back in the chest afterwards.

  3. 3
    Type the price in chat

    Chat asks you for the price. Type just the number, for example 5, and press Enter. That's the price for one item.

    Enter in chat, how much you wish to trade 1x Diamond for.
    <Steve> 5
    Shop successfully created.

  4. 4
    Fill it

    Put your stock in the chest. The sign appears by itself and the item floats above the chest. Only you can open it.

Buy from a shop

  1. 1
    Punch the sign

    Left-click the shop's sign. Chat tells you the price and how many you can buy.

  2. 2
    Type how many

    Type a number, or all for as many as you can afford. The gold comes out of your inventory (ingots and blocks).

    Enter in chat, how many you wish to BUY. You can buy 64. Enter all to buy them all.
    <Alex> 10

Buy items from other players

A shop can also pay people for items, for example wheat or iron. Look at your shop and type /qs buy. The sign changes to Buying, and players sell to you by punching it and typing an amount. Keep enough gold on you to pay them. Type /qs sell to switch back.

SteveBuying 128Wheat1 each

Handy commands (look at your shop first)

  • Change the price/qs price <amount>
  • Sell in bundles/qs size <amount>, e.g. 16 at a time
  • Close the shop/qs remove, or break the chest
  • Find an item for sale/qs find <item>

Nothing happened?

  • "You cannot build a shop here"You're not on a shop plot you can build on. See Before you start.
  • Punching did nothingMake sure you're holding the item and left-clicking the chest itself, not the sign or the air.
  • I typed the price but no shopType only the number, no gold sign or words. If you waited too long, punch the chest again.
  • Players can't buyThe chest is empty (the sign's first line turns red) or the buyer doesn't have enough gold on them.
5% of every sale goes to the bank of the town the shop is in. If the plot is unclaimed, its shops are removed, so empty them first.