# About

![](https://repo.nightexpressdev.com/api/badge/latest/releases/su/nightexpress/excellentcrates/ExcellentCrates?color=40c14a&name=ExcellentCrates&prefix=v) **ExcellentCrates** is a lightweight, feature rich and highly customizable crates plugin.

## Features - [**GUI Editor**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/editor-gui/). Manage your crates, rewards and keys right in game! - [**Custom Item Support**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/hooks/custom-items/). Supports custom item plugins, such as Nexo, ItemsAdder, Oraxen, ExecutableItems, MMOItems, etc. - [**Built-in Holograms**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/hooks/holograms/). Display custom holograms above crate blocks! - [**Particle Effects**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/crates/placement#particle-effects). Display amazing particles around crate blocks! - [**Crate Items**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/crates/appearance/). Give crates directly to player's inventories! - [**Crate Blocks**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/crates/placement). Create crate zones by linking crates with any blocks! - [**Physical Keys**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/keys/setup/). Give crate keys directly to player's inventories! - [**Virtual Keys**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/keys/virtual-keys/). Keep crate keys as virtual to prevent sharing, trading or selling them! - [**Custom Previews**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/crates/previews/). Create custom and unique preview GUI for every crate! - [**Custom Openings**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/crates/openings/). Crate custom and unique opening GUI for every crate! - [**Milestones**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/crates/milestones/). Reward players for opening certain amount of a crate in a row! - Mass Open. Open all your crate keys in a single click! - [**Open Cooldown**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/crates/open-cooldown/). Set per player open cooldown for a crate! - [**Open Cost**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/crates/open-cost/). Set per player currency cost to open a crate! - [**Permission Requirements**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/crates/open-permission/). Assign permission requirement to a crate! - [**Key Requirements**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/crates/key-requirements/). Assign multiple key requirements to the same crate! - Pushback. Push players away from a crate block if they don't met the requirements! - [**Rarities**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/rewards/rarity-weights/). Split your rewards by rarity affecting their roll chance! - [**Weights**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/rewards/rarity-weights/). Balance your reward's and rarity's chances with auto-scalable weight system! - Selectable Rewards. Select rewards from a crate with no gambling! - [**Reward Types**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/rewards/setup/). Create Item or Command rewards! - [**Reward Items**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/rewards/setup#setup-item-reward). Bundle up to 27 custom items per Item Reward! - [**Reward Commands**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/rewards/setup#setup-command-reward). Bundle unlimited amount of commands per Command Reward! - [**Reward Permissions**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/rewards/permissions/). Prevent players from receiving a reward if they do/don't have certain permissions! - Reward Broadcast. Broadcast a custom message when player received certain reward(s)! - [**Reward Limits**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/rewards/roll-limits/). Limit how many times a reward can be rolled out on global and/or per-player basis! - Reward Logs. Log all reward rolls in a dedicated log file! - [**PlaceholderAPI**](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/hooks/placeholder_api/) Support! ## System Requirements - Server Software: [**Spigot**](https://www.spigotmc.org/link-forums/88/) or [**Paper**](https://papermc.io/downloads/paper) - Server Version: **1.21.8** or above - Java Version: [**21**](https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases) or above - Dependencies: - [**nightcore**](https://nightexpressdev.com/nightcore/) - Plugin engine. - Optional Plugins: - [**PacketEvents**](https://spigotmc.org/resources/80279/) or [**ProtocolLib**](https://ci.dmulloy2.net/job/ProtocolLib/) - Crate holograms. - Folia Supported: **No** - Forge Supported: **No** ## Links - [SpigotMC](https://spigotmc.org/resources/48732/) - [Hangar](https://hangar.papermc.io/NightExpress/ExcellentCrates) - [Modrinth](https://modrinth.com/plugin/excellentcrates) - [Documentation](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/) - [Developer API](https://nightexpressdev.com/excellentcrates/developer-api/) ## Donate If you like my work or enjoy using my plugins, feel free to [Buy me a coffee](https://ko-fi.com/nightexpress) :) Thank you! 🧡

Published on	November 10, 2025
Downloads	51

ExcellentCrates

Release 6.5.1

NightExpress released ExcellentCrates version 6.5.1 on November 10, 2025

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6.5.1