Safe Zone

Safe Zone is a server-only Fabric and Paper land-claim mod for Minecraft 1.21.11, 26.1, and 26.2. Players protect builds with a configurable vanilla claim wand (Golden Hoe by default), admins manage claims with /sz, and unmodded clients can still join and use the full workflow.

Highlights

• Server-side land claims for Fabric and Paper servers
• No client mod required
• First-join starter wand using a vanilla item
• In-world claim creation, resizing, trust management, and removal — with outline/preview visualization, no client mod needed
• Player self-service tools through /claim
• Admin moderation and management tools through /sz
• Paper only: optional claim-restricted editing with Axiom and FastAsyncWorldEdit / WorldEdit

Requirements

Each release ships one jar per Minecraft version — pick the file matching your server (the +26.1.2 jars cover all of 26.1.x):

Fabric servers additionally need Fabric Loader and Fabric API.

Install

1. Fabric: put the Safe Zone Fabric jar matching your Minecraft version in mods/, along with Fabric API. Paper: put the Safe Zone Paper jar matching your Minecraft version in plugins/.
2. Start the server once to generate the Safe Zone data/config files (Fabric: <world>/safe-zone/, Paper: plugins/SafeZone/).
3. Join normally. Players do not need anything installed on the client.

Player quick start

1. Join the server and receive the configured claim wand once (default: Golden Hoe).
2. Right-click one block with the wand to save corner 1.
3. Right-click a second block with the wand to create the claim.
4. Stand inside your claim and:
   • Shift + left-click with the wand to open the build-access (trust) menu
   • Shift + right-click with the wand to remove the claim after confirming
   • Right-click one of your claim corners to start resizing

• Use /claim for claim lists, trust helpers, and claim info — and /claim show to keep your claim boundaries visible without holding the wand.

Commands

Player commands

/claim and /claims are aliases.

/claim remove must be run twice within the configured confirmation window (10 seconds by default).

Admin commands

/sz and /safezone are aliases and require operator or equivalent admin access.

Configuration and data

Safe Zone stores gameplay and ops settings together in one pretty-printed config.json, grouped into gameplay and ops sections on first load.

Gameplay defaults

• claimWandItemId — minecraft:golden_hoe
• starterKitEnabled — true
• dropStarterKitWhenInventoryFull — true
• defaultMaxClaims — 3
• maxClaimWidth / maxClaimDepth — 64 / 64
• claimGapEnforced — false (claimGapMinDistance — 10 blocks when enabled)
• claimExpiryDays — 0 (disabled); when set, expiry is login-driven: logging in before expiry refreshes your claims, logging in after it removes expired ones
• notificationsEnabled — true; offline admin notices are queued and delivered on join (notificationRetentionDays — 30)
• windChargeKnockbackInClaims — true; set false to suppress wind-charge knockback for players standing inside claims (the wilderness is never affected)
• wandRemoveConfirmSeconds — 5
• commandRemoveConfirmSeconds — 10
• wandSelectionRangeBlocks — 30; 0 uses the maximum supported range

Ops defaults

• auditLogEnabled — false
• mirrorAuditToServerLog — false
• createDataBackups — false
• recoverFromBackupOnLoadFailure — false

Rules and files

• Claims are Overworld-only and full-height columns
• All JSON state saves atomically; config JSON stays pretty-printed, runtime state is compact
• /sz reload reloads config.json and data

Protection coverage

Safe Zone currently protects:

• Block breaking and block placement attempts
• Bucket placement and use targets
• Fluid spread into protected claims from outside or a different claim
• General block use inside claims
• Minecart interaction in claims
• Fire spread into claims
• Explosion block damage and explosion-created fire in claims
• Paintings, item frames, minecarts, boats, and armor stands from explosion damage or movement
• Trusted, owner, and admin-bypass players from explosion damage and knockback inside claims — wind charges are exempt so movement works everywhere (configurable via windChargeKnockbackInClaims)
• Claim-wand interactions without hoe tilling or durability use
• Paper only: Axiom editing restricted to owned/trusted claims (requires AxiomPaperPlugin and safezone.axiom)
• Paper only: FAWE / WorldEdit edit sessions restricted to owned/trusted claims

Not implemented yet:

• Piston movement protection
• Enderman grief prevention
• General non-explosion entity-damage protection