Claiming Land

The Frontier is Arc Two’s survival world, the one place you can break blocks, gather resources, and build a real base. To stop anyone from griefing what you build, you claim the land your base sits on. Claimed land is yours: only you and the friends you trust can build, break, or open containers there.

Claims only exist in The Frontier. Arcadia is a safe adventure world where nobody can break your builds anyway, so claiming is turned off there.

How to claim land

Claiming is three steps with the Claim Wand:

1. Run /claim in The Frontier. You get the Claim Wand (a golden shovel) and a short how-to.
2. Right-click one corner of the area you want, then right-click the opposite corner. A glowing outline shows exactly what you are about to claim, with the cost in claim blocks.
3. Click [CONFIRM CLAIM] in chat. Done - your land is protected, with a sound and a title to match.

That is the whole flow. Sneak + right-click with the wand to cancel a selection and start over. While you are holding the wand, the borders of nearby claims glow so you can see who owns what.

The rules that keep claims tidy

Arcadia’s claims are built to stop the weird, griefy claims other servers suffer from. When you select an area, it must:

• Be at least 10x10 blocks. No tiny sliver claims.
• Not be a long thin wall. The longer side can be at most 8x the shorter side.
• Not overlap anyone’s claim - including your own (your own claims may touch edge to edge, but not overlap).
• Leave a 1-block gap between your claim and a different player’s claim. You cannot wrap around or box in someone else’s land.
• Fit your claim-block budget (below).

If a selection breaks a rule, the game tells you exactly why and flashes the edge that is in the way, so you can adjust and try again. You can make as many claims as you like as long as they fit your budget.

Claim size by rank

Everyone can claim land for free. Your budget is measured in claim blocks - the total area (length x width) you can protect across all your claims. The higher your Arcadia rank, the bigger your budget, so a rank is also more room to build:

Rank	Claim blocks	Example square
Free (no rank)	2,500	50 x 50
Seeker	4,900	70 x 70
Adept	8,100	90 x 90
Mystic	12,100	110 x 110
Arcanist	16,900	130 x 130
Ascendant	22,500	150 x 150
Arclord	30,625	175 x 175

A free player’s 2,500 blocks is a full 50x50 base, plenty to start. You can also split your budget across several smaller claims. Your budget updates automatically the next time you log in after a rank purchase. See Ranks & Perks for everything a rank includes.

Check your budget any time with /claim list (your claims and blocks used) and /claim info (details of the claim you are standing in).

Building with friends (trust)

Want to build a base together? Trust them. Stand inside your claim and run:

• /claim trust <player> - let that player build and open containers in this claim.
• /claim untrust <player> - remove their access.
• /claim trustlist - see who is trusted in this claim.

Trusted players get full build rights inside that claim, exactly like you. Trust is per-claim, so you decide who can build where.

Leaving a claim

Changed your mind? Stand inside your claim and run /claim abandon. The land opens back up and every claim block it used is refunded to your budget straight away.

Reading claims as you explore

You never have to guess whose land you are on. As you walk The Frontier:

• Stepping into a claim shows ✦ <Owner>‘s Claim on your action bar, with the owner’s name in their rank colour.
• Stepping out shows Leaving <Owner>‘s Claim ~ The Frontier.

It is debounced, so walking a border never spams you.

What a claim protects

Inside a claim, players who are not the owner or trusted cannot:

• break or place blocks,
• open chests, barrels, furnaces, hoppers, or any container,
• use doors, buttons, levers, or other interactables,
• hurt owned or leashed animals, or take item frames and armor stands,
• damage the build with explosions or fire.

Wild Pokemon still spawn on your land, and battles work normally, so a claimed base does not stop you finding and battling Pokemon at home. Fast travel and every other Arc Two system work normally inside claims.