Auctioneer

Auctioneer is a simple chat-based auction plugin for Minecraft Beta 1.7.3, built on Project Poseidon.
It lets players auction off items they’re holding, with configurable settings and economy support.

Features

• Start auctions with /auction <price>
• Live bidding through chat
• Configurable auction time, bid time increases and item blacklist
• Optional minimum bid increase (after first bid)

Requirements

• Project Poseidon

Installation

1. Download Auctioneer.jar from the releases.
2. Drop it into your plugins folder.
   
   2.1. If updating from a previous version either regenerate your config file by deleting it in
   
   plugins/Auctioneer/config.yml or adding the new config.yml text and value
3. Make sure Poseidon is installed.
4. Restart your server.

Usage

• Start an auction:
  /auction <starting_price> <minBidIncrease>
  Begins an auction for the item you are holding.
  
  A 5$ as the minimun bid increase will increase every bid by 5$
  
  A 5% will increase by 5% of the starting bid.

• Place a bid:
  Type your bid amount in chat during an active auction.
  
  /bid <amount>

• Auction rules:

  • Only one auction can run at a time.
  • Minimum bid increment applies only after the first bid.
  • Blacklisted items cannot be auctioned.

Configuration

The config file (plugins/Auctioneer/config.yml) lets you adjust:

• Auction duration
• Blacklisted items
• Minimum bid increase

Development

This plugin is designed for Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 and was designed for Project Poseidon. It may not work with other server types or newer versions.

Building

You can build the plugin using Maven:

mvn clean package

If you get issues with building try installing the Economy libraries you need into your IDE or Local Maven Repo