Borders & Bounties: Faction Claim Pillar

Quickstart

1. Join the world — you automatically receive 1 free Faction Claim Pillar in your inventory. If your inventory is full, make room; you'll get a prompt to do so.
2. Craft more pillars at a Crafting Table using the recipe below.
3. Place the pillar anywhere in the world to instantly create a protected 32×32 claim around it (from Y = -64 to Y = 320).
4. Right-click (interact with) your pillar to open the management menu, where you can rename your faction and add trusted friends.
5. Watch the BORDERS & BOUNTIES HUD on the side of your screen to track your faction status at a glance.

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Overview

Borders & Bounties introduces a single powerful block — the Faction Claim Pillar — that lets players stake out and protect territory on a shared server. Placing one pillar claims a full 32×32 column of land, blocks outsiders from griefing, and gives your group a named faction identity. A persistent HUD keeps every player informed about their current location, faction, and server population in real time.

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What It Adds

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How To Use

Placing a Claim

Place a Faction Claim Pillar on the ground. The moment it lands, a claim is registered with you as the Owner. Your faction starts with the default name Unassigned Faction. Blue flame particles will appear along the outer edges of your 32×32 plot so you and others can see exactly where the border is.

Breaking your own pillar removes the claim entirely.

Managing Your Faction

Right-click (interact with) your placed pillar to open the Faction Settings menu. From here you can:

• Rename your faction (up to 40 characters).
• Add trusted friends to your whitelist, granting them full access inside your claim.
• Remove trusted friends from your whitelist.

Only the pillar's Owner can open this menu. Trusted friends can interact inside the claim but cannot access the management menu.

Protection Rules

Inside a claimed area, players who are not the owner or on the trusted whitelist are blocked from:

• Placing blocks
• Breaking blocks
• Opening containers (chests, furnaces, etc.)

When a blocked action is attempted, the player sees the message: Protected area belongs to [Faction Name]. Nearby players also receive an anti-grief chat alert.

Seamless Multi-Pillar Borders

If you place multiple pillars whose claims are adjacent or overlapping, the blue flame boundary particles automatically merge into a single clean outer perimeter — interior shared edges are hidden so the boundary always represents the true outside edge of your combined territory.

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Crafting And Obtaining

Every new player receives 1 free Faction Claim Pillar automatically upon their first join. Additional pillars must be crafted at a Crafting Table:

The pillar requires late-game materials — diamonds, netherite scrap, gold blocks, a Heart of the Sea, and crying obsidian — making each additional claim a meaningful investment.

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Abilities And Mechanics

The HUD

A sidebar titled BORDERS & BOUNTIES is always visible and refreshes every second. It displays five pieces of information:

Pillar Block Properties

• Emits a soft light (light level 8).
• Resistant to explosions — cannot be destroyed by TNT or creepers.
• Takes approximately 12 seconds to mine by hand or pickaxe.
• Drops itself when broken by the owner.

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Progression And Strategy

• Start small: Use your free starter pillar to immediately protect your spawn base while you gather resources.
• Expand deliberately: Each additional pillar requires a Heart of the Sea (ocean monument treasure) and netherite scrap, so plan your territory before committing materials.
• Use the whitelist: Add your allies as trusted friends so they can build and loot containers inside your claims without triggering protection warnings.
• Border awareness: Blue flame particles mark your perimeter. Place pillars adjacent to each other to merge claims into one large seamless territory — the border display will automatically reflect the true outer edge.
• Faction identity: Rename your faction early so that other players see a meaningful name on protection warnings and in the HUD, helping establish your presence on the server.