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How to Set Up a Player Bounty System on Your Minecraft Server (BetterBounty)

Important!

Before installing BetterBounty, your server must have a working economy system! BetterBounty relies entirely on digital currency for placing and claiming rewards. If you do not have an economy set up, the plugin will not function. Make sure you have installed Vault and an economy plugin (like EssentialsX) before continuing

1. Download the ‘BetterBounty.jar’ File

Note: Make sure to match your Server Version and Platform.

Locating and downloading the BetterBounty plugin from the official Modrinth resource page

2. Log In to Your Panel

3. Select the ‘Files‘ Tab

Cybrancee panel Minecraft files page, with files tab outlined

4. Select the ‘Plugins‘ Folder

Navigating to the plugins folder in the server file manager.

5. Upload the ‘BetterBounty.jar‘ Into the ‘Plugins‘ Folder

Uploading the BetterBounty jar file into the server's plugins directory

6. Restart Your Server

7. Place a Bounty on a Player

You can easily place a bounty on your enemies using your server’s money! Open your chat and type:

/bounty add [PlayerName] [Amount].

For example, typing /bounty add Notch 1000 will bring up a confirmation menu. Once confirmed, it will deduct $1,000 from your balance and place a $1,000 reward on Notch’s head for the whole server to see!

(Note: The target player must have joined your server at least once for this to work)

A player using the /bounty add command in the game chat to place a currency reward on another player
A success message in the Minecraft chat confirming that money was deducted and successfully added to a target's bounty

8. View Active Bounties in the GUI

By typing /bounties, A visual GUI menu will open up, displaying every wanted player with their actual character head. Players can sort this menu by the highest bounty amount, the most recently set, or alphabetically by name

A player opening the BetterBounty GUI menu to view the list of wanted players and their reward amounts

9. Essential BetterBounty Commands

/bountiesOpens the main GUI menu to view all active bounties
/bounty add [player] [amount]Starts the confirmation flow to place a money bounty on a specific player
/bounty remove [player](Admin) Forcibly removes a player’s bounty without them needing to be killed
/bounty reload(Admin) Reloads the plugin configuration files without restarting the server

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