How do I configure land claiming on my Vintage Story server?

Land claiming lets players protect builds. On AleForge, whether claiming is allowed is controlled from Startup when you create a new world. Per-role claim size limits still live in data/serverconfig.json.

Enable or disable land claiming (new world)

[WORLD] Allow Land Claiming only applies when creating a new world.

1. Open the Blacksmith’s Portal and select your Vintage Story server
2. Stop the server
3. Create a backup from Backups
4. Go to Startup
5. Set [WORLD] Allow Land Claiming to true or false
6. Reset the world (or start a new save) so the setting takes effect
7. Start the server

Disable claiming on an existing world (console)

If the world already exists, you can change claiming live with world config:

1. Go to Console
2. Run:

/worldconfig allowLandClaiming false

3. Restart the server

To re-enable:

/worldconfig allowLandClaiming true

Then restart again.

Configure claim limits per role

Role claim allowances are not Startup fields. Edit them in config:

1. Stop the server
2. Open Files → data/serverconfig.json
3. Find the Roles section and edit the land claim fields for the role you want to change

Setting	Description	Default / example
LandClaimAllowance	Maximum claimable volume in cubic meters (blocks).	131072 (about 4 chunks)
LandClaimMinSize	Smallest cuboid a player may claim (X, Y, Z).	{ "X": 5, "Y": 5, "Z": 5 }
LandClaimMaxAreas	Maximum number of separate claim areas a player may own.	3

Example minimum claim size:

"LandClaimMinSize": {
  "X": 10,
  "Y": 10,
  "Z": 10
}

4. Save your changes and start the server

Players manage their own claims in-game with /land commands. See Vintage Story server commands.