¶ Lands
This wiki article will help you understand how to protect your area.
Claiming is done on a chunk-basis, one chunk in Minecraft is 16x16 blocks. Your claim always extends from the bottom of the map to the limit of the sky. More information about chunks can be found on the Minecraft wiki here: Chunk
¶ Getting started
There's a lot you can do with land claiming, but let's start with the basics here.
Assuming you're a new player and have never claimed land before, this is what you do to protect your area:
- Stand in the area you wish to claim
- Type the command
/claim - This will automatically create your first land and claim the chunk you are standing in
- Check the borders that show to see if it covers your area
- Need more land? Use
/viewto show the borders, walk outside and type/claimagain
That's the simple basics to get you started! Want to manage and change settings for your new area? Just type /lands to open the GUI menu.
¶ Lands Expiration
To keep the world active and make room for new players, land claims are automatically removed if a player is offline for an extended period of time.
When a land owner becomes inactive, the system first checks their playtime on the Survival server. Based on that, a specific offline expiration time is used (see table below). If the land owner's claim expires:
- The land is transferred to the highest-ranked trusted member on the land, if one exists and is still active.
- If no active members are found, the land is deleted and becomes available to claim again.
Note: Only playtime on the Survival server counts — not time spent on other servers in the network.
¶ Land Expiration Table
This table shows how long a land owner must be offline before their land expires, based on their total playtime on the Survival server:
| Total Playtime | Offline Expiration Time |
|---|---|
| 15 minutes | 7 days |
| 30 minutes | 14 days |
| 12 hours | 30 days |
| 24 hours | 60 days |
| 30 days | 80 days |
| 365 days | 365 days |