Protect a small base and trust the right friend
Start by claiming the footprint of a small base, not as much land as the command will allow. Land Claims protects rectangular columns through every height. Knowing who owns the ground and who is trusted is more useful than guessing that a chest or door is protected.
Add Land Claims to your world
- Open the plugin page and choose an existing world you own, or create a new world with the plugin selected.
- Check the included requirements. Each world supports up to eight plugins, including dependencies.
- Start a sleeping world, or use the dashboard restart option for a running world. Adding, removing and updating plugins takes effect when the world restarts; coordinate with anyone playing.
Create and inspect the footprint
Stand near the center and request a small square claim, or use corner mode at two opposite corners for a rectangle. The example radius eight makes a seventeen-by-seventeen square if it fits the configured limits. Overlaps and size or area limits are refused with a reason; inspect claim information before extending your build.
/claim 8
/claiminfo
/claimsTrust one known player and test both cases
While standing inside your claim, trust the intended friend, replacing Alex with a player who has joined the world. Trust allows building and use within this claim; it is not a grant of operator access. Ask a different untrusted player to try a harmless break or chest interaction, then remove trust if it was only a test.
/trust Alex
/claiminfo
/untrust AlexTest without an operator bypass
Operators normally bypass claims, so a successful operator break does not prove the ordinary-player rule failed. Toggle your bypass for controlled checks and inspect protection status. Removing a claim is deliberate: confirm the location or ID first rather than repeatedly unclaiming while exploring a boundary.
/claimbypass
/claim statusCheck the result
- Check an owner, trusted player and untrusted player against the same harmless block and closed chest.
- Restart normally and verify the saved owner and trust list before testing access again.
Limits and compatibility
- Claims do not have a visual outline, height-specific subdivision, sale system or automatic connection to clan membership.
- Not every engine event is protectable: projectile damage to animals, some mob block changes and crop trampling have gaps. Claims are not a complete anti-grief guarantee.
These instructions are for JetRift’s own Land Claims plugin. JetRift does not install arbitrary Paper, Spigot, Forge or Fabric extensions. Commands use player names from your world; replace example names before running them. Operators can use the dashboard Console without the leading slash.
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