ApxBounty: The Ultimate Bounty Hunting Plugin for Minecraft
Competition drives engagement, and nothing fuels rivalry on a Minecraft server quite like a price on someone's head. ApxBounty delivers a modern, high-performance, and fully customizable player bounty system built for Paper, Purpur, and Spigot servers running Minecraft 1.20 through 1.26+. Whether you run an SMP, Lifesteal, Factions, or economy-focused world, this plugin turns ordinary PvP into a server-wide hunt.
Why ApxBounty Stands Out
Most bounty plugins stop at a simple command and a chat message. ApxBounty goes further, offering a complete ecosystem where players place rewards, track dangerous targets, climb leaderboards, and claim massive payouts. The entire experience is wrapped in a clean, modern interface that feels native to the game.
Performance is a core design principle. The plugin uses a fully asynchronous SQLite database engine, meaning database operations run away from the main server thread. Bounty data, contributor records, kill statistics, and player profiles persist smoothly without dragging down your TPS, even on busy networks.
Key Features of ApxBounty
Modern Bounty GUI
Managing bounties happens through an interactive 54-slot GUI. Player heads represent targets, and pagination keeps large lists manageable. Players can refresh quickly, search for specific names directly inside the menu, and sort bounties dynamically — newest to oldest, highest to lowest, or lowest to highest. Dedicated interfaces also cover leaderboards, player statistics, and full bounty history.
Powerful Economy Integration
ApxBounty hooks into Vault, so it works alongside popular economy providers such as EssentialsX. Server owners can set minimum and maximum bounty amounts, configure placement fees, and apply claim taxes. Multiple players can contribute to a single bounty, and automatic refunds are issued when a bounty expires or gets cancelled. Secure reward payouts keep the economy balanced.
Leaderboards and Statistics
Bounty hunting becomes a server-wide competition with tracked stats including bounty kills, bounties placed, money spent, and money earned. Top hunters and highest-value targets are displayed through dedicated GUIs, giving players clear goals to chase.
PlaceholderAPI Support
Integrate bounty data into scoreboards, tablists, chat, holograms, and menus using placeholders like %apxbounty_bounty%, %apxbounty_target%, %apxbounty_kills%, and %apxbounty_top_bounty_<rank>_name%. This makes ApxBounty flexible enough to fit any existing setup.
Customization and Commands
Everything in ApxBounty is configurable without touching the code. Messages, GUI titles and items, Minecraft color codes, HEX colors, sound effects, chat announcements, action bar messages, and title notifications can all be tailored to match your server's identity.
Player commands include /bounty to open the main GUI, /bounty <player> <amount> to place or increase a bounty, and /bounty search <player> to look up a target. Administrators get /bountyadmin with subcommands for info, set, remove, clear, reload, and debug. Special permissions such as apxbounty.bypass.limit and apxbounty.bypass.fee give staff extra control.
For server owners who prefer a streamlined setup, the foxygame.net launcher simplifies everything: it hosts ApxBounty in its add-on catalog, so you can install the plugin with a single click and let it handle version compatibility and automatic updates for you.
How to Install ApxBounty
- Download ApxBounty.jar from the official source.
- Install Vault and a Vault-compatible economy plugin such as EssentialsX.
- Place the ApxBounty.jar file inside your server's plugins/ folder.
- Restart your Minecraft server to load the plugin.
- Configure config.yml, messages.yml, and gui.yml to match your server.
- Run /bountyadmin reload after making changes.
If you want to download ApxBounty for Minecraft and start hunting right away, the process takes only a few minutes. The plugin requires Java 17+, and PlaceholderAPI remains optional but recommended for deeper integration.
Turn Your Players Into Hunters
ApxBounty is more than a simple bounty command. It creates a full loop where players place bounties, hunt targets, claim rewards, compete on leaderboards, and track their progress over time. For competitive Lifesteal servers, community SMPs, and large Survival networks alike, it adds a fresh layer of tension and interaction that keeps players coming back.
Set the bounty. Mark the target. Start the hunt. With ApxBounty, your server becomes a place where every player is both predator and prey.