{"id":29902,"date":"2026-06-01T15:29:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/betterbounty\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:29:45","slug":"betterbounty","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/betterbounty\/","title":{"rendered":"BetterBounty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>## BetterBounty \u2694\ufe0f\ud83d\udcb0<\/p>\n<p>\u26a1 Simple, fast, and Folia-supported bounty plugin for Minecraft servers.<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfae Players can place bounties via a clean GUI, search names, sort by amount, bounty or name, and claim rewards<br \/>\nautomatically on kill.<\/p>\n<p>**\ud83c\udf69 Exact replica of the DonutSMP&#8217;s bounty system, now available for your server, for free!**<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f Fully configurable with MiniMessage formatting, Vault economy support, and SQLite database.<\/p>\n<p>### Key Features \u2728<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \ud83c\udf69 **GUI-first**: Paginated GUI with player heads, refresh, search, and sort controls.<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83d\udd0e **Search**: In-game sign input to filter by player name<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83d\udd00 **Sorting**: Toggle between **Amount \u2192 Recently Set \u2192 Name**<br \/>\n&#8211; \u2705 **Confirm flow**: Add bounty through a confirmation GUI<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83c\udfe6 **Vault economy**: Money withdrawn on set; deposited to killer on kill<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83d\udcbe **Auto-save**: Persists bounties to SQLite and saves every 15 minutes + on shutdown for more reliability<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83c\udf43 **Folia supported**: Uses FoliaLib schedulers; `folia-supported: true`<br \/>\n&#8211; \u2699\ufe0f **Config-driven**: All messages and GUI texts can be customized easily<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f **Admin commands**: Remove bounties, without hassle of editing databases manually<\/p>\n<p>### Requirements \ud83d\udce6<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u2615 **Java**: 21<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83d\udda5\ufe0f **Server**: Paper\/Folia (`1.19 &#8211; 1.21.11`)<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83d\udd0c **Dependencies**: `Vault` and a Vault-compatible economy provider<\/p>\n<p>### Installation \ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n<p>1. \ud83d\udd0c Install `Vault` and your economy plugin<br \/>\n2. \u2b07\ufe0f Download the latest `BetterBounty` jar<br \/>\n3. \ud83d\udcc1 Drop the downloaded jar into `plugins\/`<br \/>\n4. \u25b6\ufe0f Start the server and generate the config<br \/>\n5. \u2699\ufe0f Edit `plugins\/BetterBounty\/config.yml` as desired, then run `\/bounty reload`<\/p>\n<p>### Commands \u2328\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \ud83e\ude99 `\/bounty` or `\/bounties` \u2014 Open the bounties GUI (players only)<br \/>\n&#8211; \u2795 `\/bounty add <player> <amount>` \u2014 Start the confirm flow to add to a bounty (players only)<br \/>\n&#8211; \u2796 `\/bounty remove <player>` \u2014 Remove a player&#8217;s bounty<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83d\udd04 `\/bounty reload` \u2014 Reload the plugin config<\/p>\n<p>### Permissions \ud83d\udd10<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \ud83d\udd11 `bounty.remove` \u2014 Allow `\/bounty remove`<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83d\udd11 `bounty.reload` \u2014 Allow `\/bounty reload`<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83d\udd11 `betterbounty.updatecheck` \u2014 Receive update notifications on join<\/p>\n<p>### Notes \ud83d\udcdd<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \ud83d\udc64 Adding bounties is player-only (not console)<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83e\udded Targets must have joined the server at least once to be referenced<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83d\udeab Self-kills do not award bounty<br \/>\n&#8211; \ud83c\udfa8 Player skins and names are updated on join for more accurate visuals and sorting<\/p>\n<p>### Configuration (MiniMessage) \ud83c\udfa8<\/p>\n<p>All messages and GUI text use MiniMessage. 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