Chest Shops · Cobblemon PBG

A Chest Shop is a player-built shop made from a storage block (chest, barrel, or shulker) plus a sign. Once set up, it runs on its own — other players can buy from it, sell to it, or both, in Pokédollars, without you needing to be online.

Storage blocks you can use

Any vanilla container works — most shops use a regular chest, barrel, or shulker box. Larger setups use double chests for capacity.

Sign format

A shop sign has 3 required lines and 1 optional line.

[shop]
<buy>:<sell>
<quantity>
<description>   (optional)

Line	Contents
1	The literal text `[shop]` — this turns the sign into a shop sign.
2	The price. Three formats: `10` (sell-only), `10:5` (both directions), `:5` (buy-only). All numbers are in Pokédollars.
3	The quantity per transaction. 1, 16, 32, 64, etc.
4	An optional one-line description (e.g. "Rare Candies").

Format on line 2	What it does
`10`	Sell shop — players pay you 10 PD to take items out of the chest.
`10:5`	Buy & sell shop — players can pay 10 PD to buy from you, or you'll pay them 5 PD to sell to you.
`:5`	Buy shop — you pay 5 PD for each item players bring you. The chest fills as they sell.

A Minecraft stack is 64. Common quantity choices are 1, 16, 32, and 64 per transaction; pick the size that matches how the item is normally traded.

Creating a shop

Place the storage block

Drop your chest, barrel, or shulker where the shop will live. Make sure it's somewhere claimed so it can't be griefed.

Place a sign

Attach a sign directly to the storage block.

Write the four lines

Line 1: [shop]. Line 2: your price (10, 10:5, or :5). Line 3: quantity (16, 64, etc.). Line 4: optional description.

Link the item

Right-click the sign while holding the item you want to sell. That sets which item this shop trades.

Stock the container

For sell or buy/sell shops, fill the container with what you're selling. For buy-only shops, leave it empty — it fills as players sell to you.

Examples

Sell shop

[shop]
10
16
Diamond Blocks

Players take 16 Diamond Blocks per click and pay you 10 PD. You need at least 16 in the chest at all times.

Buy shop

[shop]
:5
1
Iron Ingots

Players hand you 1 Iron Ingot per click and you pay them 5 PD. The chest fills as they sell.

Two-way shop

[shop]
10:5
64
Wheat

Players can buy 64 wheat for 10 PD, or sell 64 wheat for 5 PD. The 5 PD spread is your profit per cycle.

Managing your shop

Restocking

Items don't refill themselves. Drop new stock into the container or empty it out as buy orders pile up. If a sell shop runs dry, the next click just won't go through.

Swapping the display item

Right-click the sign again while holding a different item to swap what the shop trades. The display item shown above the container updates with it.

Blocked items

A few items can't be put in a Chest Shop — debug_stick, custom-textured weapons, and certain decoration blocks that share an item with other content. If a sign won't link to your item, that's why.

Protection

Chest Shops aren't claim-aware by themselves — anyone who can break the container can rob it. Always set up shops inside a claim, and prefer barrel/shulker for compact unbreakable footprints in shared market plazas. See Claims for setting up protection.