Claims & areas

Overview

Each claim is a 16-block radius circle around an anchor. Circles that belong to the same area share one name, one spawn, and one bank. Strangers cannot build inside your circles. Outside the rim is a territory band (+48 blocks) — still wilderness, but outsiders cannot found a new area into it. Overlapping territories split 50/50 (nearest claim center). Claims apply at Y 0 and above only.

• Live RootMC uses Root-Claims (/c) only.
• Currency is always Gold (G). Your first plot is tax-free. Extra areas and expansions withhold the live /tax reserve tier from the fee.
• Mining rights: below Y 0 is free reign — no claims, no territories, no destroy fees.

Areas & levels

An area is a group of up to 10 claim circles. Level = how many circles you have in that area (level 1 = just the root).

• Max 3 areas per player (up to 30 circles total).
• To found area 2 you need 1 area already at level 10. Area 3 needs 2 maxed areas.
• New areas auto-name as YourName(1), YourName(2), YourName(3) unless you pass a custom name to /c new.
• Only the area owner can expand (raise level). Members build and ally, but do not spend the area bank to expand.

Costs

Founding (wallet)

The first area is free to found and does not seed the area bank. Later areas charge wallet Gold to the reserve.

Expansion (area bank)

Stand on the rim of your area (±3 blocks). Cost starts at 75 G for level 1→2, then × 1.5 each step, paid from that area’s bank.

Unclaim

Refund is 50% of what you paid for that circle. Expansion refunds go back to the area bank. You must unclaim outer expansions before removing an inner circle.

Members

/c add, /c trust, and /c friend are the same list — members of that area.

• Build, use containers, open the community chest, use private spawn
• Territory ally (no satellite alerts; wilderness destroy fee exempt in the band)
• You can be a member of as many areas as you want and still own your own areas

Spawn visits

• /spawn — server spawn
• /spawn <player> — that player’s area spawn (public, or you are a member)
• /spawn <areaname> — by area display name
• /spawn <player> <areaname> — pick which area when they have more than one

Owners set spawn with /c set spawn (stand inside the area) and toggle public/private in /c settings or /c toggle spawn on|off.

Area bank

Each area has one bank used for expansions. Deposit with /c bank deposit <amount> while standing in the area (or your default area). Outsider territory destroy fees credit 75% to this area-root bank (25% Server Reserve). Expansions pay claim tax from this bank; the first founding plot does not.

Territory & destroy fees

Walking into a territory shows Entering USERNAME’s territory — Fees Apply. Leaving a claim or territory is announced the same way. Borders between two territories are a clean 50/50 split (nearest center).

• Territory of USERNAME — outsiders pay 1 G per block broken: 75% → that claim’s area bank, 25% → Server Reserve. Owner and trusted members (/c add) are exempt.
• Ava’s wilderness (not claim, not territory) — Ava is the wilderness guardian watch. 1 G per block → Server Reserve. Chat recap when you start taking resources, then each minute while you keep paying (no spam if zero). If you cannot pay, the break is cancelled. New players should /c new / /c claim immediately, or get trusted on someone’s land.
• Creative / spectator and staff bypass are exempt.

Mining rights (Y < 0)

Anything below Y 0 is free-reign underworld. There are no claims and no territories underground — everyone may mine. Ava claim clear (/ava hire claim, aliases chunk / clear / circle) is owner-only: stand at Y ≥ 0 within 8 blocks of that claim ring (center or rim). The dig is the full circle, including same-owner expansions; only other players’ overlapping columns are skipped. Digs go layer by layer, top down from stand Y (stand Y included), rescanning each row for dirt→grass and skipped blocks before going down, and remove natural / unplaced blocks only — player builds (planks, cobble, chests, farms…) stay. Quote shows ores at Y -59, ETA, and builds left standing. /ava stop lists work orders with a red Stop; mining contracts have no refunds. No base fee: 0.01 G/block, plus +0.01 per 100k blocks (200k → 0.02 G/block). Dig max 480 blocks/min. /ava hire minedown is the same rate for a small shaft; the whole footprint must sit on land you own. Digs continue through Y 0 into the underworld. Paid work orders resume after disconnect or restart.

Commands

In-game help: /c help.

FAQ

Are there towns or nations? No. Live RootMC is Root-Claims only — personal areas and territory buffers.

Can members expand my area? No — only the owner raises level and spends the area bank.

Do claims go underground? No. Y < 0 is mining rights for everyone.

What if I cannot afford Ava’s wilderness breaks? Claim with /c new or ask a player to /c add you. Trusted members do not pay territory fees. Entering unclaimed land shows Entering Ava’s wilderness — Guardian watch.

Where do I see my land? In-game /c lines and /c info. Territory rules: Territory buffers.