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Claiming land, setting flags, and giving a name
Here we will outline how to claim land, set claim flags, and customize other details about claims like the name, greeting, and farewell messages.

Claiming Land
Ready to claim your bit of that XCraft paradise? You'll need a golden shovel to create the claim and can obtain one with /kit claim if you don't already have one. Claims are in 2D by default (the X and Z cords only) and must be at least 5 blocks in length by 5 blocks in width. We also use our Xeni balance (server currency) instead of claim blocks to pay for the claim.

With that in mind, let's save our super awesome build! Start by right-clicking the first corner of the land with your handy dandy golden shovel, then travel to the opposing corner (diagonally) and right click that one. You should then be prompted if you want to create the claim. Confirm it and you're good to go!

Land claiming GIF

To expand your claim to cover more area, right-click one of the corners. You should see "Resizing claim..." in the chat. Right click the new location of the claim's corner will turn it into glowstone and you'll see your new balance in the chat.

Claim Expand Example

You can also use the /cle or /claimexpand commands to expand:

/claimexpand &lt;amount&gt; [direction]
/cle &lt;amount&gt; [direction]
Replace &lt;amount&gt; with the number of blocks you wish to expand by and [direction] with one of these directions: north, east, south, west, and all. Not adding a direction will expand all directions by default.

You can also reduce your claim using your handy golden shovel by reversing the expansion method.

Setting Up Claim Flags
Now that we have the basics covered, let's talk about Claim Flags. There's two different GUI's available to you that give you control over your claim. One is in the chat and the other in your inventory. You can toggle between these using /claimgui. Claim Flags allow you to enable or disable certain things from your claim. For example, one of the flags are monster-spawn which is enabled by default. Setting this flag to false will effectively disable the spawns of hostile monsters (Phantoms, Creepers, Zombies, etc.) in your claim.

Claim Flag Chat GUIClaim Flag Inventory GUI

To switch between GUI's, run /claimgui and look in chat to see which one is now enabled. This command also works for viewing and changing claim information which we will get to later. To access the claim flags, use either /cf or /claimflag.

WARNING: If you disable something in the "Owner" section like chest-access, you will be blocking yourself from these. Proceed with these with caution!

Claim Information
Now that you got your land all protected and flags customized to your liking, let's give it a name, ID, and maybe even a greeting and farewell! You can access this information using /claiminfo regardless whether you're using the chat or inventory GUI's and can edit them much of the same way. Here's a breakdown of each item:

Name: This will be visible on the web map when you or another player click on the claim.
ID: This will make it easier to modify things about a specific claim remotely and grant use of the /claimspawn command which is like a fancy version of setting a /home (more on this later).
Greetings: Things that will be said when a player enters your claim.
Farewells: Things that will be said when a player leaves your claim.
Titles & Subtitles: Large text visible in the middle of the screen when a player enters or exits your claim.
Here's an example with only the ID set:

Claim Info Eample Unset

And here's with everything filled in:

Claim Info Set

With the ID set, now we can change things remotely with /claimflag &lt;ID&gt;, /trust &lt;player&gt; &lt;permission&gt; &lt;ID&gt; (more on trusting players later), or even /claimspawn &lt;ID&gt;. To reset any field, you can use commands like /claimgreeting NONE, /claimfarewell NONE, /claimtitle &lt;enter|exit&gt; NONE, /claimid CLEAR, or /claimdisplayname CLEAR.

To set a claim's spawnpoint, stand and look the direction of where you want it to be and run the command /claimsetspawn. Please remember that in order to teleport back to this point, you must have an ID set in /claiminfo! /claimspawn &lt;ID&gt; is the full command and the &lt;ID&gt; is required!

Trusting Other Players
You now have your awesome build protected and the claim customized to your liking, but we're not quite done with talking about claims. Now we are going to cover trusting other players and what each permission level does allowing you to keep your claim secure! Trusting and untrusting players is using one of the following commands:

/trust &lt;player&gt; [permission] [ID] and /trustall &lt;player&gt; [permission]
/untrust &lt;player&gt; [permission] [ID] and /untrustall &lt;player&gt; [permission]
You can grant and revoke the following permissions in your claims:

accessor - Allows players to enter your claim if the player-enter flag is set to false.
container - Allows players to access containers like chests, shulker boxes, hoppers, etc..
builder - Allows players to build and open containers in your claim.
manager - Allows players to change various settings for your claim like in /claiminfo or any /claimflag
none - An alternative method to remove trust from a player in a claim
While it is not recommended, there are a few rare cases where you might want to grant all players a certain permission. For this, type "public" in place of &lt;player&gt;. We strongly advise that you do NOT grant public to any permission level higher than Accessor!

Subdivision & Claiming in 3D
So far, we've already covered A LOT of information on how claims work. Now we will break down other claiming methods to allow you to customize your claims even more and keep things much more secure.

Subdividing your claim opens the door to a new set of flags, boundaries inside your claim, and player trust. This makes it a very powerful tool available in your toolbox. To create a subdivision, you will need your handy golden shovel and run the command /subdivideclaims before you are to begin marking the region. Subdivisions can only be made inside a Basic Claim. Basic Claims are the default mode for claiming and be returned to using the /modebasic command. These claims must not only adhere to the same minimum requirement of being 5 blocks length by 5 blocks width in size, but also cannot share it's border with the parent claim's border. (e.g.: Corner of Basic and Subdivision cannot both be 5 63 5). There must be at least a 1-block gap between these points (e.g.: Basic corner is 6 63 6 and Subdivision corner is 5 63 5). Subdivisions can also be a 3D claim.

3D claims continue to follow the minimum length and width and must be at least 5 blocks tall (e.g.: Y-63 to Y-68). 3D claims also introduce two more options for the /claimexpand or /cle commands for the &lt;direction&gt; parameters which are up and down. These claims can also use their flags, trusts, and boundaries. However, 3D claims can also be a Basic claim or a Subdivision.

WARNING: While 3D claiming is possible, we ask that you keep in mind that a 3D subdivision in a 2D parent (main) claim can hinder you from expanding the 2D parent claim in the future.

Advanced Claiming: Towns
Town claims a little more complex and have a wide variety of features that are not available from just using Basic Claims. For starters, you can create Basic Claims in them and charge rent on those basic claims. We will get into these things here. 

Disclaimer: Players are limited to one Town Claim per player.

First and foremost, you're going to want your trusty golden shovel (which can be obtained with /kit claim), an area that doesn't have other claims, including Basic claims, and then running /modetown while having your shovel equipped. Town Claims are also a minimum of 32 blocks in length and 32 blocks in width. If you're using 3D claiming, the minimum height is also 32 blocks. These claims are also outlined with emerald blocks instead of the usual gold blocks seen in Basic Claims or Subdivisions. The below example is a 32x32 2D Town Claim.

Image showing a 32x32 claim in the middle of a Spruce Forest

Like Basic Claims and Subdivisions, Town Claims have their own set of Claim Information, Claim Flags, and Trust permissions. However, any Basic Claims that you make inside a Town Claim are completely free, like when you are to make a Subdivision inside a Basic Claim.

Advanced Claiming: Becoming a Landlord
Disclaimer: This feature is currently being overhauled by the developer. It might not work as intended.

Now that you know how to make a Town Claim and customize it to your liking, you can begin making your town. We highly recommend that you have the claims clearly outlined until your tenant is ready for the border to be removed so they can have a clear indication of the claim bounds. Here is an example for our Mojang approved homes!

Image showing a small town claim with 3 dirt houses and an empty plot in the corner

And here's an example of marking an available claim:

Image of an available plot marked with borders marked with stone slabs and a For Sale sign in front of it

Let's setup this claim for someone to buy! Place a sign down on the claim to be rented (not on the side of it) and fill out the sign as follows:

GS
rent
&lt;amount&gt;&lt;h|d&gt;
[min_time] [max_time]
Note that the bottom line is optional. If you exclude these, you're allowing the claim to be rented indefinitely. This is because [min_time] is the shortest amount of time that the plot can be rented for and [max_time] is the longest amount of time the plot can be rented for. However, if you enter one of these, you must include the other. Otherwise, leave it blank. The third line doesn't include a space (e.g.: 5000d is 5k per day). If done correctly, your sign should look something like this after confirming you want to rent the claim:

Image of a sign that displays rent information for a claim

Players interested in buying the claim would only have to right-click the sign and confirm the purchase.

Notes
More features will be noted here over time. Please keep in mind that this wiki is still in development.