Player guideShops

Shops

Illustrations and screenshots may show Japanese labels. The text below explains the same features in English.

Use chests to buy and sell items with other players.

You can open a shop by clicking a chest and entering a price, with almost no commands needed.

Creating a selling shop: place a chest, select the item and quantity, set a price, and add stock

The illustration shows a selling shop

It shows how to create a shop where you sell items.

To buy items from others instead, switch the created shop to /qs buy.

The number of items in your hand when creating the shop becomes the quantity per transaction. The price entered in chat is for that entire quantity.

Holding 1 item creates a price per item; holding 16 creates a price per 16 items. Change the quantity later with /qs size.

Creating a shop

  1. Place a chest. Trapped chests and barrels work too.
  2. Hold the item and quantity you want to sell per transaction.
  3. Left-click the chest.
  4. Enter the price per transaction in chat, such as 100.
  5. Put stock into the chest.

The shop is ready when a display item appears above the chest and a sign appears beside it.

Prices can be any amount from 0.01 Spa Coins upward, including decimals.

Each new shop costs 100 Spa Coins. You cannot create one without enough money.

A real player shop with a display item above the chest and a sign showing quantity and price

The floating display item is visual only and cannot be picked up.

Unsupported locations and setups

Restriction Details
Resource worlds Shops cannot be created in the Resource World, Resource Server 2, Resource Nether, or Resource End.
Double chests Use one single chest, trapped chest, or barrel. Two connected chests are unsupported.
Sign space There must be room for a sign beside the chest or another suitable adjacent position.
Prohibited item Bedrock cannot be traded in shops.
Owner-bound items Items whose lore contains SoulBound cannot be newly listed.

Switching to a buying shop

Look at the created shop’s chest or sign and enter /qs buy. Return to selling mode with /qs sell.

  • A buying shop pays from your balance. Visitors cannot sell to it if you lack funds.
  • Instead of stock, the chest needs empty space for purchased items.
  • Switching modes is free.

Buying and selling items

Marketplaces have a chest and sign for each product.

A marketplace with multiple chest shops, floating product displays, and price signs

Left-click the sign or chest to be asked in chat how many to buy or sell.

Chat showing shop details and the quantity prompt after clicking a shop sign

Enter a number in chat to trade. Enter all to buy or sell as much as possible.

Selling shops require the owner to keep items stocked in the chest.

Close view of a selling shop’s chest, display item, and sign

Use /qs find <item> to find shops for an item. It displays up to 10 shops within 45 blocks. There is a 20-second cooldown before you can use it again.

To include distant shops, browse the server-wide list with /qs browse. It shows what is sold and where, but does not teleport you to a shop.

You can buy from your own shop, but this only moves your own money and gives no advantage.

Where sales proceeds go

Money is added directly to the owner’s balance when the sale happens. You do not need to collect it from the chest.

  • A chat message identifies the buyer, item, quantity, and money earned.
  • Sales while you are offline are also paid immediately. Retrieve missed trade notifications with /qs fetchmessage.
  • Your proceeds are the sign price minus a 10% transaction tax.
Sign price and sales Buyer pays Owner receives
1 transaction at 100 Spa Coins 100 Spa Coins 90 Spa Coins
64 transactions at 10 Spa Coins 640 Spa Coins 576 Spa Coins

Look at a shop and use /qs history to see when, to whom, and for how much it traded. You can view only your own shops and shops where you are staff.

The tax is not shown in the interface

Transaction-tax display is disabled on this server, so neither signs nor purchase screens show “10%.”

Do not treat the sign price as your net proceeds. Allow for the 10% deduction when setting prices.

Buying shops also charge the owner the same 10% tax. Keep spare funds, because the balance change is not simply the exact sign price.

Managing a shop

Right-click its sign to open a control panel in chat. It lets you change the price, switch buying or selling mode, pause trading, or remove the shop.

Right-click the chest to open it normally. Add stock or collect items purchased by a buying shop here.

Goal Method
Add stock Open the chest and insert items
Collect purchased items Open the chest and take them out
Change price /qs price <price>, costing 50 Spa Coins
Switch buying or selling mode /qs buy or /qs sell
Change quantity per transaction /qs size <quantity>
Change the product Hold the new item and run /qs item
Name the shop /qs name <shop-name>, free
View trade history /qs history
Pause the shop Right-click the sign and toggle pause
Remove the shop /qs remove or break the chest

Changing the product or quantity does not require recreating the shop and does not cost the 100-Spa-Coin creation fee.

/qs size accepts up to the item’s maximum stack size, usually 64. Unstackable items such as tools and armor remain at 1.

Adding shop staff

Adding someone as shop staff lets them restock and view transaction history.

Command Purpose
/qs staff add <player> Add staff to the shop you are looking at
/qs staff del <player> Remove a staff member
/qs staff clear Remove all staff
/qs staff list List staff
/qs staffall add <player> Add someone to all your shops

Sales proceeds go only to the owner, not staff.

Removing a shop

There are 2 methods. Both remove the shop completely, including its sign.

1. Use /qs remove

Look at the shop’s sign or chest and enter the command. If confirmation is requested, follow the on-screen instructions.

2. Break the chest

Breaking the chest normally also removes its shop.

Empty the chest before removing it

Items remaining inside scatter on the ground when the chest is broken.

They may despawn if you miss them. Emptying the chest first is safer.

  • The 100-Spa-Coin creation fee is not refunded. A removed shop cannot be restored.
  • You cannot break only the shop sign. Remove the entire shop to remove its sign.
  • At the shop limit, normally 20 or 30 from Lv2, remove unused shops to make room for new ones.
  • For a temporary break, right-click the sign and pause instead. Trading stops, but the shop remains.

Shop protection

A shop chest is protected automatically.

  • Only the owner, registered shop staff, and server staff can open it. Other players cannot steal its contents; registered staff can restock and manage it.
  • Hoppers and droppers cannot extract its contents.
  • Explosions such as TNT or creepers cannot destroy it.
  • Players other than the owner cannot break the chest.

You therefore do not need a separate Bolt lock on a shop chest. For surrounding land, see Land protection.

Server shop settings

  • The in-game interface is Japanese.
  • Ordinary players can have up to 20 shops, or 30 from Lv2. At the limit, creation shows 「最大値を超えています」 (Maximum exceeded).
  • Shops use the server-wide Spa Coin currency.
  • Player-shop commands use /qs. /chestshop and /cshop open the same interface.
  • /shop is the admin shop, not player shops.
  • Shops are not automatically deleted because the owner has been offline for a long time.

Creating shops and changing prices have fees.

Action Cost
Create a shop 100 Spa Coins
Change price with /qs price 50 Spa Coins
Switch buying or selling mode Free
Change quantity with /qs size Free
Change product with /qs item Free
Add or remove a name with /qs name Free
Remove a shop Free; no refund

Why changing prices has a fee

Each /qs price change costs 50 Spa Coins to discourage price-cutting wars.

Recurring upkeep fees are disabled. Simply keeping a shop does not cost money.

Common problems

Problem What to check
You cannot create a shop Avoid resource worlds and double chests, leave sign space, and have at least 100 Spa Coins.
You cannot add more shops The limit is 20, or 30 from Lv2. Remove unused shops with /qs remove.
You cannot buy Check your balance and the shop’s stock.
A shop will not buy from you Check the owner’s funds, buying mode, and chest space.
You cannot find a product /qs find <item> only searches within 45 blocks. Use /qs browse for distant shops.
Proceeds differ from expectations The 10% tax leaves 90% of the sign price. Check actual records with /qs history.
The product or quantity is wrong Change it with /qs item or /qs size; no need to recreate the shop.
You missed a sale notification Read it with /qs fetchmessage. The money was already paid.
You cannot pick up the display item It is a visual display, not a collectible item.

For other trading options, see the admin shop and auctions. The economy explains the overall money system.

If you see permission errors or a trade seems wrong, ask in the question channel on Discord.

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