# How do I Claim Land?

## All about Claims

Claiming land in Earth SMP requires claim blocks. You can obtain claim blocks through playtime or winning them from our crates. However, you will not be able to gain claim blocks while being AFK.

### Why make a claim?&#x20;

Claims are used to keep your builds or stored items safe when you log offline. They create protected areas where griefers, thieves, or trolls can't destroy your builds or take your items.

### How to claim

First you need claim blocks. Minimum Claim size is 100 blocks. This is a 10 x 10 area but can be any area that is at least 5 block wide and is at least 100 blocks total. Once created you can add to your claim as long as you claim blocks to do so. Just right click one corner and move the new corner to where you want it, then right click the ground again to set your changes.

#### Thee ways to create a claim

* Placing a chest down for the first time will create a 10 x 10 claim centered on the chest.
* Using a golden shovel to right click a block and then click another block 10 blocks diagonally away from your first block will create a 10 x 10 claim.
* Using the _**/claim**_ command will create a 10 x 10 claim centered on where you are standing.

### Basic Claims and Subdivided Claims

#### Basic Claims

Basic claims are the claims you normally make when you create a claim. They are outlined in with gold blocks and have glow stone in the corners. You can make as large of a claim, or as many claims that you want to, as long as you have enough claim blocks.

#### Subdivide Claims

Subdivided claims are areas inside of a larger basic claim that allow for their own unique permissions. They are outlined by white wool and have iron blocks in the corner. They do not use any additional claim blocks to create.

#### How to use

To switch between basic claims or subdivide claims you use _**/subdivideclaims**_ while holding your golden shovel. Then you can create claims inside the larger claim. To switch back to basic claim mode use _**/basicclaims**_ while holding the golden shovel.

### Permissions

Permisisons for claims are simple. What do you want to allow someone to do?

* &#x20;**/accesstrust (player name)** - Allows player to open doors, buttons, levers, and trapdoors.
* &#x20;**/containertrust (player name)** - Allows player to open chests, shulker boxes, animal inventory, droppers, dispensers, smelters, blast furnaces, smokers, and barrels
* &#x20;**/trust (player name)** - allows player to place and break blocks as well as container and access permissions
* &#x20;**/permissiontrust (player name)** - Allows player to give upto their trust level to another player.
* &#x20;**/untrust (player name)** - Removes trust from player in claim you are standing in or in all claims if standing outside of a claim.

All of these trust levels work in a subdivided claim as well. If you do not want the subdivided claim to have the same permissions that the larger basic claim has, use **/restrictsubclaim** while standing in the subdivided and that subdivided claim will not receive the permissions of the basic claim and can be assigned its own permissions.

If tyou want to remove or ban a player from your claim there are two ways to do this

* &#x20;**/bfc (player name)** - bans player from your claim
* &#x20;**/bfca** - toggles on/off and bans all players from your claim&#x20;
* &#x20;**/kfc (player name)** - kick player from your claim
* &#x20;**/ubfc (player name)** - un bans player from your claim

### How to Claim Land Video

Below is a quick link to a YouTube video on making claims and managing your claims.

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### What not to do

Claims are enabled for players to protect your items and builds. That being said, please do not use claims to harass, be toxic, claim block, or in any other way that violates Valatic's Rules.&#x20;

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