Homestead
Homestead lets players claim land with a physical tool and protect it from griefing and theft. Anyone can mark out a plot, trust friends at different access levels, and toggle protections through in-game menus, all backed by a claim-block economy.
Built for: Survival and SMP servers that want land protection without a plugin that fights the vanilla feel.
Claim with a tool
Right-click two corners with the claim tool (a golden shovel by default) to mark out a rectangular claim. Left-click any block to inspect the claim there. Claims cannot overlap, and a particle border shows the edges while you work. Right-click your own claim's corner again to resize it instead of starting a new one.
Claim blocks
Every player starts with a set number of claim blocks and earns more over time just by playing. Need more room? Buy extra blocks with Vault money. Admins can set any player's block balance directly. Your claims menu shows every claim you own plus your free, used, and total block count.
Trust and roles
Trust other players at four levels: Access (doors, buttons, beds), Container (adds chests and other containers), Build (adds placing and breaking blocks), and Manage (adds trusting others and changing flags). The Trust menu lists everyone you have trusted and lets you cycle their role or remove them with a click, plus a quick-trust list of online players who are not trusted yet.
Protection flags
Toggle four protections per claim: explosions, fire spread, mob griefing, and PvP. Each one is a single click in the Flags menu, so owners can decide exactly how their land behaves.
Ranks
Give players a rank through permissions (default, VIP, Elite) to grant bonus claim blocks and a higher (or unlimited) claim count, useful for donor perks or playtime rewards.
Admin tools
Admins get a paginated menu listing every claim on the server with its owner, and can teleport to or delete any claim from it. /homestead admin blocks sets a player's block balance directly, and /homestead reload applies config changes without a restart.
Commands
Permissions
Configuration
config.yml covers the claim tool material, starting and hourly claim blocks, the block purchase cost, minimum and maximum claim size, which worlds allow claiming, particle borders, each rank's bonus blocks and claim limit, default protection flags, and the abandon confirmation window. All player-facing text is in messages.yml. Run /homestead reload to apply changes without a restart. Updates add new config keys without wiping your settings.
Requirements
Installation
Try it first
Homestead is live on our test server, hosted here on BuiltByBit. Use the test server link on this page to claim some land and try it before you buy.
Support
Questions and bug reports are welcome. Join the No Click Studios Discord at https://discord.gg/drBwA958bn.
Homestead lets players claim land with a physical tool and protect it from griefing and theft. Anyone can mark out a plot, trust friends at different access levels, and toggle protections through in-game menus, all backed by a claim-block economy.
Built for: Survival and SMP servers that want land protection without a plugin that fights the vanilla feel.
Claim with a tool
Right-click two corners with the claim tool (a golden shovel by default) to mark out a rectangular claim. Left-click any block to inspect the claim there. Claims cannot overlap, and a particle border shows the edges while you work. Right-click your own claim's corner again to resize it instead of starting a new one.
Claim blocks
Every player starts with a set number of claim blocks and earns more over time just by playing. Need more room? Buy extra blocks with Vault money. Admins can set any player's block balance directly. Your claims menu shows every claim you own plus your free, used, and total block count.
Trust and roles
Trust other players at four levels: Access (doors, buttons, beds), Container (adds chests and other containers), Build (adds placing and breaking blocks), and Manage (adds trusting others and changing flags). The Trust menu lists everyone you have trusted and lets you cycle their role or remove them with a click, plus a quick-trust list of online players who are not trusted yet.
Protection flags
Toggle four protections per claim: explosions, fire spread, mob griefing, and PvP. Each one is a single click in the Flags menu, so owners can decide exactly how their land behaves.
Ranks
Give players a rank through permissions (default, VIP, Elite) to grant bonus claim blocks and a higher (or unlimited) claim count, useful for donor perks or playtime rewards.
Admin tools
Admins get a paginated menu listing every claim on the server with its owner, and can teleport to or delete any claim from it. /homestead admin blocks sets a player's block balance directly, and /homestead reload applies config changes without a restart.
Commands
- /homestead opens your claims menu. Aliases: /hs, /land, /claims.
- /homestead tool gives you the claim tool.
- /homestead menu opens your claims menu.
- /homestead trust <player> [role] and /homestead untrust <player> manage access to the claim you are standing in.
- /homestead trustlist opens the Trust menu.
- /homestead flags opens the Flags menu.
- /homestead name <text> renames the claim you are standing in.
- /homestead blocks shows your claim-block balance.
- /homestead buyblocks <amount> buys claim blocks with Vault money.
- /homestead abandon deletes the claim you are standing in. Asks for a second confirmation.
- /homestead admin opens the admin menu (operators only).
- /homestead admin blocks <player> <amount> sets a player's block balance (operators only).
- /homestead reload reloads config.yml and messages.yml.
Permissions
- homestead.use claim land and manage your own claims. Default: everyone.
- homestead.rank.vip and homestead.rank.elite grant a rank's bonus blocks and claim limit. Default: nobody.
- homestead.admin opens the admin menu, reloads, and manages any claim or player's blocks. Default: operators.
Configuration
config.yml covers the claim tool material, starting and hourly claim blocks, the block purchase cost, minimum and maximum claim size, which worlds allow claiming, particle borders, each rank's bonus blocks and claim limit, default protection flags, and the abandon confirmation window. All player-facing text is in messages.yml. Run /homestead reload to apply changes without a restart. Updates add new config keys without wiping your settings.
Requirements
- Minecraft 1.21 to 26.1.2.
- Paper, Spigot, or Bukkit.
- Java 21.
- Vault and an economy plugin are optional, only needed for buying claim blocks.
- PlaceholderAPI is optional, only needed for placeholders.
Installation
- Put Homestead-1.0.0.jar in your plugins folder.
- Start the server once to create config.yml and messages.yml.
- Edit the config if you want, then run /homestead reload.
Try it first
Homestead is live on our test server, hosted here on BuiltByBit. Use the test server link on this page to claim some land and try it before you buy.
Support
Questions and bug reports are welcome. Join the No Click Studios Discord at https://discord.gg/drBwA958bn.
