ItemBounty – Lightweight Item‑Based Bounty System

ItemBounty is a lightweight, vanilla‑friendly bounty system designed for SMP servers that don’t use an economy plugin but still want a fun and rewarding bounty mechanic. Players can place item bounties on others and manage the bounty reward chests that automatically expire after a configurable number of days. The plugin is entirely based on a single command and clean GUI menus — no need to remember dozens of commands.

The plugin focuses on simplicity and full compatibility with Bukkit‑based servers — no dependencies, no economy, no NMS, no conflicts.

Features

• Create item‑based bounties on any player
• Clean and intuitive GUI menus
• Bounty chests that store all rewards for the killer
• Automatic chest expiration (configurable)
• Optional item whitelist for allowed bounty items
• Place custom items directly into the bounty GUI using the config
• Fully persistent YAML storage
• Lightweight, fast, and SMP‑friendly
• Works on all 1.21.x servers
• No economy plugin required
• No external dependencies

Commands

Aliases: bounties

Compatibility

ItemBounty was developed on Paper 1.21.11 and is fully compatible with all 1.21.x versions due to stable API behavior across the entire release line.

Supported platforms:

• Paper
• Purpur
• Spigot
• Bukkit
• Folia

No NMS → no version lock.

Configuration

ignore-allowed-items: true
allowed-items:
  - DIAMOND
  - EMERALD
  - GOLD_INGOT
bounty-chest-expire-days: 3