DadaBounty

⚔ OVERVIEW
DadaBounty is an advanced bounty system designed for PvP and Survival Minecraft servers.
Players can place bounties on other players using either money or real Minecraft items.
When a wanted player is killed, the killer receives the complete bounty reward.
DadaBounty includes:
• Modern GUI menus
• Money bounties through Vault
• Exact ItemStack bounty rewards
• Active Bounties GUI
• My Bounties GUI
• Online player selector
• Bounty cancellation and refunds
• Automatic kill-based bounties
• Anti-farming protection
• TAB bounty display
• Bounty nametags above player heads
• Integrated sidebar scoreboard
• Player economy balance
• LuckPerms-friendly bounty limits
• SQLite persistent storage
• YAML fallback
• Optional PlaceholderAPI support
• Admin management GUI
• Configurable sounds and messages
• No resource pack required
PLACE A BOUNTY
Open the main menu using:
Then click Place Bounty and select an online player.
You can also directly use:
After selecting a target, DadaBounty lets you choose how you want to fund the bounty.
MONEY BOUNTIES
Money bounties use your server economy through Vault.
DadaBounty opens Minecraft's native sign editor.
Enter the amount on the SECOND LINE.
Example:
Supported amount examples:
After clicking Done, a confirmation GUI appears.
Money is removed from the player's balance only after Confirm is clicked.
No experience levels are required.
ITEM BOUNTIES
DadaBounty can also use real Minecraft items as bounty rewards.
Choose ITEM, place your item or stack inside the center slot and click Confirm.
The exact ItemStack becomes part of the bounty reward.
DadaBounty can preserve:
• Item amount
• Enchantments
• Custom display names
• Lore
• CustomModelData
• Other supported ItemStack metadata
When the wanted player is killed, the killer receives the stored items.
ACTIVE BOUNTIES
The Active Bounties menu shows currently wanted players.
Players are displayed using their Minecraft heads.
Bounty information can include:
• Player name
• Current money bounty
• Item rewards
• Item names
• Item quantities
• Player statistics
• Total reward
Example:
This makes it easy for players to find valuable targets and see what they can earn.
MY BOUNTIES
The My Bounties menu shows bounty contributions placed by the player.
Click one of your active bounties to open the cancellation menu.
You can choose:
YES
Cancel the bounty and receive your deposited reward back.
NO
Keep the bounty active.
Money or deposited items are returned according to the original bounty contribution.
TAB, CHAT & SCOREBOARD
DadaBounty includes its own integrated visual system.
TAB LIST
Wanted players can have their bounty displayed directly next to their name.
Example:
Money and item rewards can both be displayed.
NAMETAGS
Bounty information can also be shown above the wanted player's head.
This makes bounty targets easy to identify while playing.
CHAT ANNOUNCEMENTS
When a bounty is created or claimed, the server can announce it in chat.
Example:
INTEGRATED SCOREBOARD
DadaBounty includes a configurable sidebar scoreboard.
It can display:
• Player
• Money balance
• Kills
• Your bounty
• Money rewards
• Item rewards
• Placed bounties
• Active bounties
• Online players
Example:
The Money value is read directly from the currently hooked Vault economy provider.
CLAIMING A BOUNTY
When a wanted player is killed:
• The killer receives the money reward
• Deposited items are given to the killer
• The bounty is removed
• TAB is updated
• Nametags are updated
• The scoreboard is updated
• The killer receives a reward summary
• The victim is notified that the bounty was claimed
Example reward:
AUTOMATIC BOUNTIES
DadaBounty can automatically place bounties when players reach configured kill milestones.
Default example:
All automatic bounty rewards can be edited in config.yml.
Players with the immunity permission can be excluded.
ANTI-FARMING
DadaBounty contains protection against repeated kill abuse.
Example:
This helps prevent players from repeatedly killing the same target to exploit bounty rewards.
⌨ COMMANDS
Aliases:
PERMISSIONS
Player Permissions
bounty.use
Allows using /bounty.
bounty.view
Allows viewing active bounties.
bounty.my
Allows viewing My Bounties.
bounty.create
Allows creating bounties.
bounty.create.money
Allows creating money bounties.
bounty.create.item
Allows creating item bounties.
bounty.cancel.own
Allows cancelling your own bounty contributions.
bounty.immune
Prevents a player from receiving manual and automatic bounties.
Admin Permissions
Bounty Limit Permissions
DadaBounty supports dynamic limits using LuckPerms.
Examples:
The highest numeric permission wins.
Example LuckPerms setup:
Staff immunity:
DEPENDENCIES
Vault
Required for money bounties.
Vault-compatible Economy Plugin
Required for money bounties.
Examples include any economy provider correctly registered through Vault.
LuckPerms
Recommended for permissions, bounty limits and immunity.
PlaceholderAPI
Optional.
DadaBounty continues to work if PlaceholderAPI is not installed.
PLACEHOLDERAPI
Example placeholders:
Player-specific examples:
INSTALLATION
1. Stop your Minecraft server.
2. Put:
inside your server's:
folder.
3. Install Vault and an economy provider if you want money bounties.
4. Install LuckPerms if you want permission-based bounty limits.
5. PlaceholderAPI is optional.
6. Start the server.
7. Use:
Configuration files are generated inside:
Main files include:
Do not use /reload when replacing the plugin jar.
A complete server restart is recommended.
⚙ REQUIREMENTS
• Paper server
• Minecraft 1.20+
• Java version required by your Paper build
• Vault for money bounties
• Economy provider for money bounties
• LuckPerms recommended
• PlaceholderAPI optional
• No resource pack required
Tested server:
SUPPORT & LINKS
Website
https://dadasmp.it
Discord & Support
https://discord.gg/yXrDpKCGAs
Source Code
https://github.com/DadaSMP-Official/DadaBounty