FancyNpcs: A Java repository from Fancy Plugins

Simple, lightweight and feature-rich NPC plugin for Paper (and Folia) servers using packets.

Features

With this plugin you can create NPCs with customizable properties like:

Type (Cow, Pig, Player, etc.)
Skin (from username, texture URL or placeholder)
Glowing (in all colors)
Attributes (pose, visibility, variant, etc.)
Equipment (eg. holding a diamond sword and wearing leather armor)
Interactions (execute commands, send messages etc.)
...and much more!

Check out images section down below.

Installation

Paper 1.19.4 - 1.21.1 with Java 21 (or higher) is required. Plugin should also work on Paper forks.

Spigot is not supported.

Download (Stable)

Download (Development Builds)

Jenkins CI
FancyPlugins Website

Documentation

Official documentation is hosted here. Quick reference:

Have more questions? Feel free to ask them on our Discord server.

Developer API

More information can be found in Documentation and Javadocs.

Maven

<repository>
    <id>fancyplugins-releases</id>
    <name>FancyPlugins Repository</name>
    <url>https://repo.fancyplugins.de/releases</url>
</repository>

<dependency>
    <groupId>de.oliver</groupId>
    <artifactId>FancyNpcs</artifactId>
    <version>[VERSION]</version>
    <scope>provided</version>
</dependency>

Gradle

repositories {
    maven("https://repo.fancyplugins.de/releases")
}

dependencies {
    compileOnly("de.oliver:FancyNpcs:[VERSION]")
}

Building

Follow these steps to build the plugin locally:

# Cloning repository.
$ git clone https://github.com/FancyMcPlugins/FancyNpcs.git
# Entering cloned repository.
$ cd FancyNpcs
# Compiling and building artifacts.
$ gradlew shadowJar
# Once successfully built, plugin .jar can be found in /build/libs directory.

Images

Images showcasing the plugin, sent to us by our community.

^{Provided by Explorer's Eden}

^{Provided by Beacon's Quest}

^{Provided by @OliverSchlueter}

^{Provided by @Grabsky}