Hi! In this article we will learn how to install, configure and use Citizens.

Citizens is a plugin that will allow you to create NPCs for your server, and it will give you too many tools to get the most out of them.

Installing Citizens

You can download Citizens from the following links:

• Premium Version
• Free Version

After downloading the file, shutdown your server, put the file in the plugins folder, and start your server again!

If you have any questions about how to install plugins, read this article!

Configuring Citizens

The configuration of this plugin is really simple, here we will explain the most important or useful settings! (Go to the config.yml file)

always-use-name-holograms: Will set if npcs should always use holograms in their names, you can toggle this value between true and false

talk-close

• enabled: Sets whether npcs should say something when approaching them
• range: It will set the approach distance in meters so the npc can say something

tablist

• disable: It will set if your npcs should appear in the tab list, supported values ​​are true and false

chunks

• always-keep-loaded: It will set whether or not your npcs should always load the chunks from their location, this could affect the performance of your server if you have many npcs

economy

• cost: Set a value to the creation of an npc

Commands and Permissions

Now we will name the most important commands and their respective permissions, complemented with a brief description and the optional arguments (These will be inside a ()) and the mandatory arguments (These will be inside a [])

We will divide this section of the article into parts according to the type of command

Admin Commands

/citizens

• Permission: citizens.admin
• Description: Show basic plugin information

/citizens reload

• Permission: citizens.admin
• Description: Reload Citizens

/citizens save

• Permission: citizens.admin
• Description: Save NPCs and configuration

NPC Commands

/npc create

• Permission: citizens.npc.create
• Arguments: [name] ((-b,u) --at [x:y:z:world] --type [type] --trait ['trait1, trait2...'] --b [behaviours])
• Description: Create a new NPC

/npc copy

• Permission: citizens.npc.copy
• Arguments: (--name newname)
• Description: Copies an NPC

/npc despawn

• Permission: citizens.npc.despawn
• Arguments: (id)
• Description: Despawn a NPC

/npc age

• Permission: citizens.npc.age
• Arguments: [age] (-l)
• Description: Set the age of a NPC

/npc behaviour

• Permission: citizens.npc.behaviour
• Description: It will set a behaviour for your npc, you will need to use the citizens API, which can be found here

/npc spawn

• Permission: citizens.npc.spawn
• Arguments: (id/name) -l(oad chunks)
• Description: Spawn an existing NPC

/npc command

• Permission: OP
• Arguments: (add [command] / remove [id] / permissions [permissions] / sequential) (-l[eft]/-r[ight]) (-p[layer] -o[p]), --cooldown [seconds] --delay [ticks] --permissions [perms] --n [max # of uses]
• Description: Controls commands which will be run when clicking on an NPC

/npc gamemode

• Permission: citizens.npc.gamemode
• Arguments: [gamemode]
• Description: Changes the gamemode

/npc inventory

• Permission: citizens.npc.edit.equip
• Arguments: None
• Description: Show's an NPC's inventory

/npc name

• Permission: citizens.npc.name
• Arguments: None
• Description: Toggle nameplate visibility

/npc owner

• Permission: citizens.npc.owner
• Arguments: [name]
• Description: Set the owner of an NPC

/npc passive

• Permission: OP
• Arguments: (--set [true/false])
• Description: Sets whether an NPC damages other entities or not

/npc rename

• Permission: citizens.npc.rename
• Arguments: [name]
• Description: Rename a NPC

/npc tp

• Permission: citizens.npc.tp
• Arguments: None
• Description: Teleport to a NPC

/npc tphere

• Permission: citizens.npc.tphere
• Arguments: None
• Description: Teleport a NPC to your location

/npc tpto

• Permission: citizens.npc.tpto
• Arguments: [player name/npc id] [player name/npc id]
• Description: Teleport an NPC or player to another NPC or player

/npc vulnerable

• Permission: citizens.npc.vulnerable
• Arguments: (-t)
• Description: Toggles an NPC's vulnerability

/npc help

• Permission: citizens.npc.help
• Arguments: None
• Description: Show NPC help menu

To manage the necessary permissions, you must use a plugin that has this function, we recommend LuckPerms for this, you can download it here

If you have any questions or problems using this plugin, feel free to contact us through our live chat, or ask in the #community-help channel on our Discord Server

Article written by MrObo#0001 ( ID 840187649800142878 ) with improvements from MrRazamataz.

Updated on: 14/06/2022