Playtime & Claims · Softacre SMP

How playtime works

Softacre tracks your active playtime. Time spent AFK doesn't count toward ranks, so idling at your base won't rank you up.

Ranks are checked every few minutes, so a new rank can take a moment to show up.
Ranks go in order. You grow one stage at a time.
/playtime shows your active time. /pttop shows the top players.

Playtime ranks

Rank	Active playtime	Reward
Seedling	New player	Your first chest protects a small 3×3 area
Sprout	2 hours	+1,000 claim blocks, a claims guide book, and a rankup spin
Sapling	8 hours	Starts the +100 claim blocks per hour bonus, plus a rankup spin
Oakheart	1 day (24 h)	+5,000 claim blocks and a rankup spin
Evergreen	3 days (72 h)	+5,000 claim blocks and a rankup spin
Elderwood	7 days (168 h)	+5,000 claim blocks and a rankup spin
Ironbark	30 days (720 h)	+5,000 claim blocks and a rankup spin
Worldtree	60 days (1,440 h)	+5,000 claim blocks and a rankup spin

Rankup spin: every rank from Sprout up spins the same reward wheel as voting, with the same odds and prizes. The whole server sees what you won. See the full reward list.

Getting claim blocks

Claim blocks are how much land you can protect. 1 block = one 1×1 column of land, from the sky down to bedrock. A 10×10 claim costs 100 blocks.

Start: 9 blocks. Placing your first chest claims a 3×3 around it automatically.
Ranks: +1,000 at Sprout, then +5,000 at each rank from Oakheart to Worldtree.
Hourly bonus: from Sapling (8 h) on, every full hour you stay online in one session gives +100 blocks. The timer starts when you join. A partial hour is lost when you log out or the server restarts.
Voting and rankup spins: the wheel can give 100 to 2,500 claim blocks. See Vote.

There's no money on Softacre, so claim blocks can't be bought or sold. Abandoning a claim refunds all of its blocks.

How to claim land

Get a golden shovel. That's the claim tool. A stick shows existing claims when you right-click with it.
Right-click one corner of the area with the shovel, then right-click the opposite corner. Glowing blocks outline your new claim.
Or stand where you want it and type /claim to claim the area around you.

Size: at least 5 blocks wide and 100 blocks of area (so 10×10 is the smallest square).
Resize: right-click a corner of your claim with the shovel, then right-click where the corner should go. /extendclaim <blocks> grows the claim in the direction you're facing.
Check: /claimslist lists your claims and how many blocks you have left.
Remove: stand in a claim and type /abandonclaim. You get every block back.
Expiry: claims are removed after 120 days offline. The automatic 3×3 chest claim goes away if you don't return within 7 days.

What a claim protects

Nobody can build, break, or open containers without your trust.
Your animals and pets, including horses, donkeys and llamas, are protected.
Explosions and fire don't damage claims, and pistons can't push blocks in from outside.
Fence gates, buttons and levers need trust. Wooden doors and trapdoors stay usable.
Others need trust to ender pearl into your claim or set a home there.

Villages and End portals/gateways are public. Don't claim unclaimed villages. See the rules.

Trusting friends

Stand in your claim and use one of these. Each level includes the ones above it.

/accesstrust <player> Use doors, buttons, levers, beds and lecterns.
/containertrust <player> Also open chests and other containers, use crops and animals.
/trust <player> Full build access.
/permissiontrust <player> Lets them trust other players at their own level.
/untrust <player> Removes their trust. /trustlist shows who's trusted here.

Subdivisions

Subdivisions are smaller areas inside your claim with their own trust. For example, a shared farm inside your base that only some friends can use.

Type /subdivideclaims to switch the shovel to subdivision mode.
Right-click two corners inside your claim.
Stand inside the subdivision and use the trust commands. They only apply there.
Type /basicclaims to switch the shovel back to normal.

PvP in claims

PvP is off everywhere by default. A claim owner can turn it on inside their own claim:

/setclaimflag AllowPvP Turn PvP on in the claim you're standing in.
/unsetclaimflag AllowPvP Turn it back off.
/listclaimflags See which flags are set here.

Only the claim's owner can change flags. Trusted players can't. You get a chat warning when you walk into a PvP claim and when you leave it.

If you're in a fight, you can't escape with /home, /spawn or /tpa for 15 seconds, and logging out mid-fight is punished.

All claim commands

/claim Claim the area around you.
/extendclaim <blocks> Grow your claim the way you're facing.
/claimslist Your claims and claim blocks.
/abandonclaim Unclaim where you stand (full refund).
/trust /containertrust /accesstrust /permissiontrust /untrust /trustlist
/subdivideclaims / /basicclaims Switch shovel modes.
/trapped Stuck inside someone's claim? This moves you out.
/givepet <player> Then right-click your pet to give it away.
/setclaimflag /unsetclaimflag /listclaimflags PvP flag.
/claims Quick claim guide in chat. /playtime /pttop Your time and the leaderboard.