eCon
by psyGamer
eCon, by psyGamer, adds an economy system to Forge servers for Minecraft 1.16.5, with money shops, bank accounts and money transfers between players.
What it does
Server owners can set up a money-based economy in which players hold accounts, earn and spend currency, and pay each other. Shops can be placed in the world so that buying and selling happens through a shop rather than a trade with another player. Shops can also run without an owner present, which lets a server keep a market running around the clock.
Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is open source under the MIT License, and the source code and issue tracker are public. Files are published for Forge only, for 1.16.5, with 1.0 as the single release and 2022-09-29 as its date. Among the 88 Economy mods with Forge files for 1.16.5, eCon is one of the options for a server economy.
The mod is categorized under Economy, with Social and Utility as secondary categories. It fits multiplayer servers that want a shared currency and player-run commerce, and it has no required dependencies.
Key features
Money shops
Shops let players buy and sell items for money, which gives a server a simple market in place of direct barter.
Bank accounts
Each player has an account that records a balance, so money is kept between sessions.
Money transfers
Players can send money to one another from their accounts, which supports payments for services and trades between them.
Autonomous shops
Shops can operate without an online owner, so a market keeps trading while its owner is away.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Server economy
A multiplayer server can run a shared currency for trade, jobs and shops across all players.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want a money economy on Forge 1.16.5, and players who join those servers to trade and pay each other.
How it compares
Consumer Service is another Forge economy option for 1.16.5, client and server, and it is open source under the MIT License, so the same license and version range apply to both. Simple Shops Fix is Forge for 1.20.1, server-side only and open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, so players need no install for it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eCon | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client and server | 2022-09-29 |
| Consumer Service | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client and server | 2023-08-08 |
| Simple Shops Fix | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2024-04-09 |
Questions
Does eCon need to be installed on the client?
Which Minecraft version does eCon support?
Can shops run when the owner is offline?
In the catalog
eCon is one of 2,072 Economy mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,010 Economy mods for Forge. 5,992 mods support Minecraft 1.16.5.
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What the author says
Adds an economy to your Minecraft server! Features: - Bank Accounts - Money Transfers - Autonomous shops
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/econ
- Owner
- psyGamer
- Published
- 2022-09-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2022-09-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15