Claim Duels are friendly 1v1 fights between two players who agree to fight inside a claim. PvP is otherwise off in the main Survival worlds, and a duel never turns it on for anyone else.
Turning duels on#
The Claim Duels permission decides who may start or accept a duel in a claim. It defaults to Nobody, so the claim owner has to open it:
- Open
/claim editin the claim and click Claim Permissions. - Set Claim Duels to the role that should be allowed, for example Guest or Everyone. Or set it in
/claim globalto apply it to all claims.
Both fighters must be allowed to duel in that claim. See Claim Permissions.
Commands#
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/duel <player> | Challenge a player who is on your server and standing in the same claim |
/duel accept | Accept the challenge you received |
/duel deny (alias /duel decline) | Decline the challenge you received |
/duel cancel | Withdraw the challenge you sent |
A challenge expires after 30 seconds. The target gets clickable [Accept] and [Decline] buttons. You can have one open challenge at a time, and a player can hold only one pending challenge.
Rules#
- Both players must stand in the same owner's claim when the challenge is made and again when it is accepted.
- The duel starts with "Your duel against <player> has started! Stay inside the claim."
- Only the two duelists can hurt each other. Other players cannot hit them, throw splash or lingering potions at them or use lingering clouds on them ("You cannot interfere with a duel.").
- The duel ends when either player dies, disconnects or teleports away.
- Knockback may carry you over the claim border. You then have 5 seconds to get back in, or the duel is over. Both fighters are warned and told when the other returns.
- The loser keeps their inventory and experience on a duel death.
- Duels do not count as real kills for kill tracking or combat tagging.
Messages you may see#
| Message | Cause |
|---|---|
| "Duels are not enabled in the claim you are standing in." | You are not in a claim, or the claim's Claim Duels permission excludes you |
| "<player> must be standing in the same claim as you." | You and your target are in different claims or outside claims |
| "<player> is not allowed to duel in this claim." | The target's role is below the required one |
| "<player> is not on this server." | They are on another Survival server |
| "You already have an open duel challenge." | Use /duel cancel first |
See also#
- PvP for the PvP world and combat rules
- Claim Permissions for the full permission list