Minecraft plugin Citizens

🔌 About Citizens

Citizens is a Minecraft plugin that provides a complete system for creating and managing server-side NPCs. It supports many NPC types (player-like, mobs, shopkeepers, guards, statues) and exposes an API so other plugins and custom code can add behaviors, traits, and integrations.

🎯 Purpose

Citizens solves the need for persistent, configurable non-player characters on a server: NPCs can act as interactive shopkeepers, scripted actors, guards that follow waypoints, information kiosks, or decorative statues. The plugin is used both by server owners to build gameplay features and by developers to extend functionality via the Citizens API.

⚙️ Features

• Create and remove NPCs with in-game commands.
• Multiple NPC types (player, mob-based, villagers, etc.).
• Assign commands or scripted actions to NPCs (click/run triggers, command attachments).
• Waypoints and patrolling behavior for moving NPCs.
• Traits and editors to customize NPC behavior and appearance.
• Templates and persistence so NPCs survive restarts.
• Developer API for addons, traits, and integrations.

🧩 Who It Is For

• Server owners who want interactive NPCs for shops, guides, or scenery.
• Plugin developers needing an NPC API to build integrations or mini-games.
• Community servers that require decorative or functional non-player characters.

🏗️ Example Use Cases

• A Survival server uses NPC shopkeepers to trade items without economy plugins.
• An RPG server scripts NPCs to provide quests and dialog.
• An admin places patrolling guard NPCs that follow waypoints around a town.
• Developers attach custom traits to NPCs for minigame interactions.

⌨️ Commands

(Note: /npc exposes many subcommands and finer-grained permission nodes for specific features; consult the plugin's documentation for the full command set.)

🔐 Permissions

(There are many additional permission nodes for specific commands and traits; the plugin's permission reference lists them in detail.)

⚙️ Installation

📥 Setup

• Download the official Citizens plugin JAR from the project's official distribution (plugin catalog or the project's downloads).
• Place the JAR into your server plugins/ directory on a Spigot or Paper-compatible server.
• Restart the server and check the console to confirm Citizens loaded and created its data directories.

📦 Dependencies

• No required external dependencies are listed by default. Citizens is commonly extended by optional addons (third-party addons or other plugins) but none are mandatory for basic operation.

🧠 Technical Notes

• Citizens provides a developer-facing API so other plugins can create traits, interact with NPCs, and hook NPC events.
• The plugin stores NPC data persistently so NPCs remain after restarts and supports traits/editors for runtime customization.
• Official documentation and a community wiki cover commands, permissions, traits, editors, and integration points.

🤝 When This Plugin Is Useful

If you need durable, scriptable NPCs and an API for integrating non-player characters into gameplay or server systems, Citizens provides the core NPC management, persistence, and extension points required by both server administrators and plugin developers.