{"id":66489,"date":"2026-06-03T22:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/excellentcrates\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T22:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:30:10","slug":"excellentcrates","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/excellentcrates\/","title":{"rendered":"ExcellentCrates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p># About<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nightexpressdev.com\/excellentcrates\/header.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/discord\/903053383475277844?style=for-the-badge&#038;label=Discord&#038;color=%2333a8ff\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/donate-%E2%9D%A4%EF%B8%8F_to_support-dff33?style=for-the-badge\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/badge\/wiki-documentation-ff9c33?style=for-the-badge\"><\/p>\n<p>  ![](https:\/\/repo.nightexpressdev.com\/api\/badge\/latest\/releases\/su\/nightexpress\/excellentcrates\/ExcellentCrates?color=40c14a&#038;name=ExcellentCrates&#038;prefix=v)<\/p>\n<p>**ExcellentCrates** is a lightweight, feature rich and highly customizable crates plugin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nightexpressdev.com\/img\/excellentcrates\/crate_editor.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nightexpressdev.com\/img\/excellentcrates\/gui_opening.gif\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nightexpressdev.com\/img\/excellentcrates\/block_opening.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nightexpressdev.com\/img\/excellentcrates\/promo_crate_preview.gif\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nightexpressdev.com\/img\/excellentcrates\/selective_opening.gif\">\n<\/div>\n<p>## Features<br \/>\n&#8211; **GUI Editor**. Manage your crates, rewards and keys right in game!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Custom Item Support**. Supports custom item plugins, such as Nexo, ItemsAdder, Oraxen, ExecutableItems, MMOItems, etc.<br \/>\n&#8211; **Built-in Holograms**. Display custom holograms above crate blocks!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Particle Effects**. Display amazing particles around crate blocks!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Crate Items**. Give crates directly to player&#8217;s inventories!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Crate Blocks**. Create crate zones by linking crates with any blocks!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Physical Keys**. Give crate keys directly to player&#8217;s inventories!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Virtual Keys**. Keep crate keys as virtual to prevent sharing, trading or selling them!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Custom Previews**. Create custom and unique preview GUI for every crate!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Custom Openings**. Crate custom and unique opening GUI for every crate!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Milestones**. Reward players for opening certain amount of a crate in a row!<br \/>\n&#8211; Mass Open. Open all your crate keys in a single click!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Open Cooldown**. Set per player open cooldown for a crate!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Open Cost**. Set per player currency cost to open a crate!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Permission Requirements**. Assign permission requirement to a crate!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Key Requirements**. Assign multiple key requirements to the same crate!<br \/>\n&#8211; Pushback. Push players away from a crate block if they don&#8217;t met the requirements!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Rarities**. Split your rewards by rarity affecting their roll chance!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Weights**. Balance your reward&#8217;s and rarity&#8217;s chances with auto-scalable weight system!<br \/>\n&#8211; Selectable Rewards. Select rewards from a crate with no gambling!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Reward Types**. Create Item or Command rewards!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Reward Items**. Bundle up to 27 custom items per Item Reward!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Reward Commands**. Bundle unlimited amount of commands per Command Reward!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Reward Permissions**. Prevent players from receiving a reward if they do\/don&#8217;t have certain permissions!<br \/>\n&#8211; Reward Broadcast. Broadcast a custom message when player received certain reward(s)!<br \/>\n&#8211; **Reward Limits**. Limit how many times a reward can be rolled out on global and\/or per-player basis!<br \/>\n&#8211; Reward Logs. Log all reward rolls in a dedicated log file!<br \/>\n&#8211; **PlaceholderAPI** Support!<\/p>\n<p>## System Requirements<br \/>\n&#8211; Server Software: **Spigot** or **Paper**<br \/>\n&#8211; Server Version: <span style=\"color:red\">**1.21.8**<\/span> or above<br \/>\n&#8211; Java Version: **21** or above<br \/>\n&#8211; Dependencies:<br \/>\n    &#8211; **nightcore** &#8211; Plugin engine.<br \/>\n&#8211; Optional Plugins:<br \/>\n    &#8211; **PacketEvents** or **ProtocolLib** &#8211; Crate holograms.<br \/>\n&#8211; Folia Supported: <span style=\"color:red\">**No**<\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; Forge Supported: <span style=\"color:red\">**No**<\/span><\/p>\n<p>## Links<br \/>\n&#8211; SpigotMC<br \/>\n&#8211; Hangar<br \/>\n&#8211; Modrinth<br \/>\n&#8211; Documentation<br \/>\n&#8211; Developer API<\/p>\n<p>## Donate<br \/>\nIf you like my work or enjoy using my plugins, feel free to Buy me a coffee \ud83d\ude42 Thank you! \ud83e\udde1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lightweight, feature rich and highly customizable crates plugin. 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