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Claiming land prevents other players from breaking or placing blocks, accessing redstone, opening doors, and interacting with containers inside your claimed area.

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🧱 Claim Block Types

Claim blocks are crafted from special ores and offer varying levels of protection based on size. Each block claims all vertical range above and below. The horizontal size varies by type:

Ore Type
Radius
Total Area

Coal (16x)

16

16X16 blocks

Lapis (32x)

32

32x32 blocks

Emerald (64x)

64

64x64 blocks

Nether Gold (16x)

16

16x16 blocks

⚠️ Note: Nether claim blocks can't be placed in the Overworld

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⏱️ How to Get Claim Blocks

1. Playtime Rewards

You’ll earn claim blocks just by being active:

  • After 10 minutes, you get 1 Coal claim block

  • Every 8 hours, you earn a Playtime Book

Use /playtime to check your progress. If you go AFK, time stops counting.

2. Buying Claim Blocks

Head to the Claim Shop at spawn (-3, 131, 0). You'll need diamonds and netherite to buy additional claim blocks.

Claim Block
Price

Coal (16x)

4 diamond blocks

Lapis (32x)

6 diamond blocks

Emerald (64x)

1 netherite block

Nether Gold (16x) (NETHER USE ONLY)

6 diamond blocks + wither skeleton skull

Protection Pirate Shop
Playtime Polly Shop

🎫 Claim blocks and Playtime Books cannot be traded, sold, or gifted to others.

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🧭 Using Your Claim Blocks

Once placed, your claim appears. You may:

  • Combine multiple claims

  • Nest smaller claims inside larger ones (e.g., for plots, hotel rooms, union properties)

❗ You cannot overlap other players’ claims. Always check the Rules before placing.

🤔 Can’t place your claim block? You may have hit your rank limit.

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👥 Claim Permissions

Add other players to your claim with:

  • /ps add [player] — Grants member access (interact but no control)

  • /ps addowner [player] — Grants full ownership

To remove them:

  • /ps remove [player]

  • /ps removeowner [player]

Both /ps and /claim commands work.

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❓ Why Did My Claim Disappear?

If you're inactive for 90+ days, your claim may be removed to free space. Staff may allow limited looting of unclaimed chests via ticket approval.

However, griefing and looting unclaimed builds without permission is still against the rules. If your base was damaged while you were gone, open a ticket on our Discord and we’ll help investigate.

🔒 Protect your creations, play fair, and help keep A Survival Server a welcoming place for all! Need more help? Ask staff or join our community Discord for support.

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