Protecting your items and builds
Concrete permission examples, and the common mistakes to avoid before inviting someone.
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In a town, everything is protected by permissions: who can build, destroy, switch (open doors, chests, levers) and use items (buckets, flint and steel…). Here is how to use them well.
🧱 The golden rules
- 🏰 Never leave anything in the Wilderness: nothing protects it and PvP is on.
- 🏡 Keep your valuables on your own plot, not on shared town land.
- 🔐 Give the smallest permission that does the job.
- 🧹 Remove access you no longer need.
📋 Examples
| You want to… | Command |
|---|---|
| Let a friend build with you everywhere | /res friend add <player> |
| Let one person build on this plot only | /plot trust add <player> |
| Let friends build on this plot | /plot set perm friend build on |
| Open a shop where visitors can open doors | /plot set perm outsider switch on |
| Let all residents use a public farm | /plot set perm town switch on |
| Check who can do what here | /plot perm |
⚠️ Common mistakes
- ❌ Giving `switch` to outsiders on a plot with chests:
switchopens chests too. Keep shops and storage on separate plots. - ❌ Adding someone as a friend "just to try": a friend can build and destroy on all your plots.
- ❌ Storing everything on town land: every resident allowed by the town can reach it.
- ❌ Forgetting the item-use permission: with it, someone can pour lava or water on your plot.
- ❌ Trusting a new player with the town's assistant rank too soon.
Before inviting someone
Run /plot perm on each of your plots, move your chests to a plot where only you have access, and give the smallest permission possible. You can always add more later.
Full list of settings in Town permissions and Plots. A build was damaged despite the permissions? Tell the staff with screenshots and the coordinates.
🎮 Try it in game
Join the server and type /help any time.