CouchBounty

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Put a price on their head. Players place money on other players, the bounty stacks, and whoever gets the kill takes the pot.

How it works

• Any player can place a bounty with /bounty set <player> <amount> — the money is withdrawn from their balance.
• Multiple bounties on the same player stack into a single pot.
• When the target is killed by another player, the killer receives the bounty and it resets to zero. Any kill Minecraft attributes to the killer counts — melee, projectiles, TNT, wolves, knockback into the void.
• Only the killer sees the payout message; a server-wide broadcast is optional.
• The target is notified when a bounty is placed on them — instantly if online, or on their next join if they were offline.

Features

• Paginated GUI — everyone with a bounty is listed as their player head, showing the total amount, the last setter and the number of contributors. Page arrows, close button, configurable sounds.
• PlaceholderAPI support — ranked placeholders for a "Most Wanted" scoreboard.
• English & German language files — MiniMessage formatting, every message editable, custom languages supported.
• Fully configurable — minimum/maximum bounty, tax, self-bounties, anonymous setters, cooldown, payout percentage, broadcasts, sounds.
• Admin commands — set bounties for free, reset them, reload the config without a restart.
• Config that survives updates — new options are merged into your existing config.yml automatically; your values and comments stay untouched.

Commands

Aliases: /bounty, /kopfgeld, /kopfgelder, /bounties

Command	Description	Permission
/bounty	Open the bounty GUI	bounty.use
/bounty set <player> <amount>	Place a bounty	bounty.set
/bounty check <player>	Show a player's bounty	bounty.use
/bounty help	Show the help	—
/bounty adminset <player> <amount>	Set a bounty for free (0 resets it)	bounty.admin
/bounty reset <player>	Reset a player's bounty	bounty.admin
/bounty reload	Reload config and language file	bounty.admin

PlaceholderAPI

Identifier: couchbounty. Rank 1 is always the highest bounty.

Placeholder	Description
%couchbounty_bountyname_1%	Name of the player at rank 1
%couchbounty_bountymoney_1%	Formatted bounty at rank 1
%couchbounty_bountymoney_raw_1%	Plain number without currency symbol
..._2, ..._3	The following ranks
%couchbounty_count%	Number of active bounties
%couchbounty_self% / %couchbounty_self_raw%	The viewing player's own bounty

Ranks without a bounty return configurable values, so scoreboard lines never break.

Requirements

• Paper 1.21.x or a Paper fork — the plugin uses the Paper API and does not run on plain Spigot/Bukkit
• Java 21
• Vault and an economy plugin (e.g. EssentialsX) — without an economy provider the plugin disables itself and logs the reason
• PlaceholderAPI — optional, only required for the placeholders

Installation

1. Install Vault and an economy plugin.
2. Drop the jar into your plugins folder.
3. Start the server — the config and both language files are generated.
4. Adjust plugins/CouchBounty/config.yml and run /bounty reload.