Homesteads: Claiming Your Land

A homestead is your own piece of land. On it, only you and the friends you invite can build, break blocks and open chests. Every player can have one, and it is the best place to build a base you want to keep.

Your Homestead Ward[ edit ]

Every new player gets one Homestead Ward for free the first time they join. It looks like a fire pit. If your inventory was full when you joined, the Ward waits until you make room for it.

Lost it? Type /claim and press GET A NEW WARD. A new one costs 5 silver.

Claiming your land[ edit ]

• Find a spot you like in the main world. Homesteads cannot be placed inside dungeons or other special worlds.
• Place the Ward on the ground. A window asks "Light your hearth here?" and shows what it costs.
• Press LIGHT THE HEARTH. Nothing is paid before you press it, and NOT HERE cancels.
• Your hearth is lit and the square around it is yours. One square is 32 by 32 blocks.

The first square costs 1 silver when you are 500 blocks or more from spawn, and a little more closer in (up to about 3 silver). New players start with 2 silver, so you can claim straight away.

Where you cannot claim[ edit ]

• Close to spawn. You need to be roughly 320 blocks away from it.
• On land that a guild or another player already owns.
• Right next to someone else: leave at least 2 free squares between your land and a guild claim or another homestead.

If a spot is refused, the game tells you why, and you keep your Ward and your money. Not sure where to go? /rtp takes you out into the world, away from land that is already claimed.

What is protected[ edit ]

On your land, other players cannot place or break blocks, open your chests, use your doors, benches, levers or portals, sit on your chairs, or farm your crops. Nobody can break your hearth, not even you.

Letting friends build[ edit ]

Open your homestead with /homestead or by clicking your hearth. Click a free slot under Your friends and type the player's name. You can add up to 5 friends, and they must have played on the server before.

A new friend can do everything on your land. In FRIENDS AND RIGHTS you can switch single things on or off for each friend: building, breaking, chests, doors, benches, farming and more. The same window sets what everyone else may do. To take a friend off again, press REMOVE next to their name.

Growing your land[ edit ]

A homestead can grow to 9 squares. On your homestead page, pick the glowing squares next to your land and press BUY THIS SQUARE. A new square must touch your land and stay within 2 squares of your hearth.

Each square costs more than the one before: about 2, 4, 6, 10, 20, 35 and 60 silver, and 1 gold for the ninth. Closer to spawn costs more. The page always shows the exact price before you pay.

Changed your mind? SELL IT BACK returns an outer square for half of what you paid. Show my borders makes the edges of your land glow for 10 minutes, so you can see exactly where it ends.

Teleporting home[ edit ]

Type /homestead home, or press TELEPORT HOME on your homestead page. Stand still for 3 seconds: moving or taking damage cancels it. It is free, and you can use it again after one minute. It does not work from inside a dungeon.

Making it yours[ edit ]

• RENAME gives your home a name. It shows on the world map.
• YOUR MAP ICON picks the colour of your house on the map.
• UPGRADES are bought once and kept for good: a coloured hearth fire (25 silver), embers and fireflies (25 silver), a welcome line for visitors (10 silver), and a quicker trip home that is ready again after 15 seconds (50 silver).

Moving or giving it up[ edit ]

You can have one homestead. To move, open /homestead and press PUT OUT HEARTH. You get your Ward back and half of what your land cost, and 5 minutes after you lit the old hearth you can light a new one.

Your buildings stay where they are, but the land is free again and anyone can build or break there. Empty your chests first. There is no rent to pay while you keep your homestead.

Commands[ edit ]

• /homestead or /claim: open your homestead page.
• /homestead home: teleport home.
• /homestead cancel: stop a teleport that is counting down.

Common problems[ edit ]

• "You are too close to spawn": walk further out, or use /rtp.
• "Too close to another homestead" or "to a guild claim": move a few squares further away and try again.
• You cannot find your Ward: type /claim and press GET A NEW WARD.
• A friend cannot build: check that they are in Your friends and that Build is switched on for them in FRIENDS AND RIGHTS.