Middle-Earth NPC

Overview

Middle-Earth NPC transforms the citizens of Middle-earth into interactive merchants and traders. Assign roles to NPCs, establish faction-based commerce, and create a living economy across all nine major factions of Middle-earth.

Features

NPC Role System

Blacksmith Role: NPCs sell weapons, armor, raw materials, and enchanted books
Farmer Role: NPCs offer food, crops, and agricultural supplies
Automatic workstation detection (anvils for blacksmiths, composters for farmers)
Smart AI pathfinding to claim and maintain workstations

Faction-Based Trading

Unique shop inventories for all 9 Middle-earth factions:
- Gondor, Rohan, Shire, Isengard
- Lothlorien, Longbeards, Mordor, Misties, Dale
Faction-specific items and pricing using Middle-earth currency (copper, silver, gold coins)
Configurable shop data via JSON files

Role Management

Use /npcrole <role> to assign roles manually
Right-click interaction system for pending role assignments
Only Civilian and Militia rank NPCs can be assigned roles
Persistent data storage across world saves

Datapack Customization

Override default shops using datapacks
Create data/me-npc/farmer/<faction>.json or data/me-npc/blacksmith/<faction>.json
Customize items and prices for any faction's merchants
Example: data/me-npc/farmer/gondor.json to modify Gondor farmer inventory