Trust & Protection

Trust levels, commands, resolution order and all protection rules for claims and the wilderness.

Trust levels #

An ascending chain, each higher level includes the lower ones.

MANAGE never comes from a command, only from ownership, coreengineclaim.adminclaims in an ownerless claim, an active /claim admin ignore bypass or the team rank MANAGE_TEAM_CLAIM_FLAGS.

Commands #

All act on the claim you stand in. Children of coreengineclaim.claims (default true).

<target> is <player|[group]|public>. The executor needs at least PERMISSION. Self-trust and formatting codes in the name are rejected; players must be resolvable, groups must exist in LuckPerms. Granting PERMISSION and toggling restrictsubclaim require MANAGE.

Claim flags #

The flags GUI (/claim gui, manage claim, flags) and the web panel under claims give the owner (MANAGE) six switches per claim. A flag on the top-level claim also applies to all of its subdivisions; a subdivision can enable a flag for itself on top.

Resolution order #

First match decides:

1. Owner → MANAGE
2. adminclaims in an ownerless claim → MANAGE (not in player claims)
3. Active ignoreclaims bypass → MANAGE
4. Explicit player entry
5. LuckPerms group trust (highest level)
6. public entry
7. GUI switches build_mode/public_access
8. Team-claim resolution (if the subdivision belongs to a team)
9. Inheritance from the parent (subdivisions only, without restrictsubclaim)
10. Fallback: NONE

Because steps 1 to 3 run before any list check, public or group trust can never grant more than the owner has.

Team claim (step 8): member with MANAGE_TEAM_CLAIM_FLAGS → MANAGE; with BUILD_IN_TEAM_SUBDIVISIONS → BUILD; allied team with BUILD_IN_ALLY_SUBDIVISIONS → BUILD; otherwise on to step 9. Details on Team Claims & Plots.

Which action needs which level #

Protection rules #

Claims:
  PreventButtonsSwitches: true
  PreventTheft: true
  PreventNonPlayerCreatedPortals: true
  PistonMovement: CLAIMS_ONLY   # EVERYWHERE / EVERYWHERE_SIMPLE / CLAIMS_ONLY / IGNORED
Mobs:
  EndermenMoveBlocks: false
  CreaturesTrampleCrops: false
  ZombiesBreakDoors: false
Fire:
  Spreads: false      # applies server-wide, not just wilderness
  Destroys: false
Explosions:
  BedExplosionsAllowed: false
  RespawnAnchorExplosionsAllowed: false

• Container/redstone: opening and every click are checked (a revocation closes an open chest instantly). Double chest: one half inside the claim protects it. Hoppers and dispensers do not act across claim borders (exception: unrestricted subdivisions, see below). Virtual GUIs (player as holder) are never protected.
• Fluids: water/lava only flows into a claim if the source block is in the same claim.
• Water, hoppers, pistons, dispensers work across the border between a claim and its unrestricted subdivisions; restricted subdivisions (/claim restrictsubclaim) and team plots stay sealed off.
• Portals: a player portal needs BUILD at every portal block; entering also checks the destination.
• Explosions: if one block is inside the claim, the whole explosion is cancelled (also protects adjacent wilderness), unless the claim has the explosions flag. Explosion damage to animals, item frames, paintings, armor stands and vehicles inside the claim is prevented as well. Bed/respawn-anchor globally blocked (defaults). A wither never spawns in a claim.
• Animals, frames, vehicles: arrows, tridents, splash and lingering potions, TNT, tamed wolves, the fishing rod and leads (both hands) are traced back to the responsible player and need BUILD trust; damage nobody is responsible for (creeper, skeleton arrow, wild wolf) is cancelled inside the claim. Boats and minecarts need BUILD, chest and hopper minecarts CONTAINER.
• Fire: fire lit from outside against a claim wall does not eat through claimed blocks even with Fire.Destroys: true. Dispensers with flint and steel or fire charges only ignite inside their own claim. Ghast and blaze fireballs need the monster_damage flag.
• Sand, gravel, anvils, concrete powder: fall normally inside your own claim. Falling blocks shot into a claim from outside (wilderness or a neighbouring claim) vanish (sand cannon).
• Non-player mob grief (enderman, silverfish, ravager, sculk, crop trampling) is prevented in claims regardless of trust; only the monster_damage claim flag deliberately allows monster damage to blocks.

Piston modes:

Wilderness rules #

Claims:
  WorldModes:
    "*": Survival   # Survival / Creative / SurvivalRequiringClaims / PvP / Disabled
Wilderness:
  DisableRedstone: true   # redstone only in claims
  DisablePistons: true    # pistons only in claims
  LimitSkyTrees: true     # no trees on sky platforms

• SurvivalRequiringClaims: outside claims no build/break/bucket for players (unless the ignore bypass is active).
• Fire rules (Fire.Spreads/Destroys) apply server-wide.

With Nexo installed, the same trust rules apply to its custom blocks and furniture (break BUILD, interact CONTAINER/ACCESS).

Admin #

Full example config #

Claims:
  PreventTheft: true
  PreventButtonsSwitches: true
  EnderPearlsRequireAccessTrust: true
  RaidTriggersRequireBuildTrust: true
  ProtectHorses: true
  ProtectDonkeys: true
  ProtectLlamas: true
  PistonMovement: CLAIMS_ONLY
  PreventNonPlayerCreatedPortals: true
  RavagersBreakBlocks: false
Mobs:
  EndermenMoveBlocks: false
  SilverfishBreakBlocks: false
  CreaturesTrampleCrops: false
  RabbitsEatCrops: true
  ZombiesBreakDoors: false
Fire:
  Spreads: false
  Destroys: false
Explosions:
  BlockSurfaceExplosions: true
  BedExplosionsAllowed: false
  RespawnAnchorExplosionsAllowed: false
Wilderness:
  LimitSkyTrees: true
  DisableRedstone: true
  DisablePistons: true
  SeaLevelOverride: -1