Claims, Regions and Permissions on a Minecraft Server: Commands and Setup

Claims, regions, clans and warps are what players ask about on the very first evening. We collected the commands and settings for each task: what to install, how to grant permissions and which mistakes come up most often.

Claims: two approaches

The working combination is both at once: players claim their homes through GriefPrevention, while the administrator locks down spawn and arenas with WorldGuard regions.

How a player claims land

1. Take a golden shovel. It is the marking tool.
2. Click one corner of the future claim, then the opposite corner.
3. A message appears confirming the claim and showing the blocks you have left.
4. To let a friend in: /trust Name. To remove access: /untrust Name.
5. To see the borders: /claimlist, then stand inside and click with a stick.

The number of blocks per player and the starting limit are set in the plugin config. Usually you give a starting allowance and add more for time played.

Administrator regions

The classic set of WorldGuard commands for marking out spawn:

//wand                    — get the selection axe
/rg define spawn          — create a region from the selection
/rg flag spawn pvp deny   — disable PvP
/rg flag spawn build deny — disable building
/rg flag spawn mob-spawning deny
/rg addmember spawn Name  — let a player in

The most common mistake is that the region is created but its priority is not set. If regions overlap, the one with the higher /rg setpriority wins.

Permissions and groups

LuckPerms is the standard. A minimal set of commands that covers 90% of tasks:

/lp creategroup vip                 — create a group
/lp group vip permission set essentials.home.multiple.vip true
/lp user Name parent add vip        — give a player the group
/lp user Name parent settemp vip 30d — give it for a month
/lp group vip meta setprefix 100 "&eVIP &r"

Permissions go to groups, not to individual players by name. Otherwise in a month you will not remember who has what unlocked. One-off exceptions should be temporary permissions only.

Clans, homes and teleports

• Homes. In EssentialsX: /sethome, /home. The number of homes per group is set with the essentials.sethome.multiple.* permission.
• Warps. /setwarp name creates a shared point, such as an arena or a mine.
• Random teleport. A separate plugin. Be sure to limit the radius with the world border, or players will generate chunks thousands of blocks away.
• Clans. Installed as a separate plugin. Useful where there is a war for territory; on a peaceful survival server they are usually unnecessary.

What almost every server is missing

1. Logs. CoreProtect and the /co inspect command. Without them every complaint gets settled on someone's word.
2. Combat tag. A plugin that stops players from logging out during a fight.
3. Clear rules in chat on first join.
4. A world limit. /worldborder set 10000 - and your disk will thank you.

If you would rather not assemble it by hand

In our server builds all of this is already linked: claims, permissions, clans, logs and teleports are configured and do not conflict with each other. We also have our own claims plugin with nine mechanics, from an alarm to an explosive claim: plugin catalog.