Land Claims protect the chunks you own on Survival. A claim covers one chunk (16 x 16 blocks) from the bottom of the world to the build limit. Inside it, only you, the players you trust and, by default, your town can build, break, open containers and use most blocks.
Land outside a claim is not protected. Anyone can build, break and take items there, and fire and mob griefing are not restricted. Claim your base before you put valuables in it.
Quick start#
- Get your Claim Item. The starter kit you receive on your first join includes one. See Claiming Land.
- Stand in the chunk you want, then right-click with the Claim Item (or type
/claim). A red outline shows the chunk for 10 seconds. - Repeat the action within 10 seconds, still in the same chunk, to confirm.
- Open
/claim editwhile standing in the claim to rename it, add guests, change permissions or teleport back to it later. - Add friends with
/claim trust <player>. See Trust and Guests.
What claims cover#
| Topic | Page |
|---|---|
| Creating and removing claims, transfers | Claiming Land |
| How many chunks you can own, how the limit grows | Claim Limits |
| My Claims menu, Manage Claim menu, claim info | Managing Claims |
| Guests, global guests, town residents and roles | Trust and Guests |
| Every permission and its default | Claim Permissions |
| Explosions, mob griefing, fire spread, map privacy | Claim Toggles |
| What a claim protects against, and what needs a claim | Claim Protections |
| Banning players from your land | Claim Bans |
| Spawner and villager caps, crop upgrades | Claim Upgrades |
| Selling claims to other players | Claim Market |
| Consensual 1v1 fights inside a claim | Claim Duels |
| Particle borders, the claims map, the online map | Seeing Claims |
| Every claim command | Claim Commands |
Key facts#
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Claim shape | Whole chunks only. There are no sub-areas inside a chunk |
| Where you can claim | Survival overworld, Nether and End |
| Where you cannot claim | Spawn, the PvP world, the AFK world, all resource worlds, and within 32 blocks of a sector line. See Sectors and the World Edge |
| Confirmation window | 10 seconds |
| Claim limit | Rank amount plus claims earned by playtime plus vouchers. See Claim Limits |
| Town land | Claimed with /town claim, counted against the town's own limit. See Town Claims |
See also#
- Towns for shared land, homes and warps with other players
- Homes and Teleports for setting homes inside your claims
- Chest Shops on Survival and Player Warps, which only work inside claims
- Survival Worlds for where claiming is allowed