Homestead

The Ultimate and Premium-Free Land Claiming Plugin.

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Homestead is a lightweight grief prevention plugin designed to give players full control over their land. Perfect for survival and SMP servers, Homestead lets players claim chunks in any world while enforcing personalized claim limits.

Each claimed region includes 50+ customizable flags, enabling owners to configure gameplay settings, from PvP and mob spawning to block interaction and environmental effects. Whether you’re building a town, managing a private base, or running a faction server, Homestead provides the tools for a secure and customized experience.

Homestead is compatible with Minecraft 1.21 (and higher) and supports the following server software:

• ✅ Bukkit
• ✅ Spigot
• ✅ PaperMC
• ✅ Purpur
• ✅ Mohist
• ✅ Arclight

You can download Homestead from one of the sources below. Do not trust the other sources!

• SpigotMC:
• Modrinth:

1. Why Homestead?

• ✅ Lightning-Fast Protection: Homestead is optimized for performance, ensuring instant region protection without lag.
• 🛠 Simple & Easy to Use: No complex commands or confusing configurations. Protect all builds with ease.
• 🛡 Reliable Anti-Griefing: Block unauthorized modifications, keeping regions protected from griefers.
• ⚡ Lightweight & Efficient: Unlike bloated protection plugins, Homestead runs smoothly even on lower-end servers.
• 💾 NoSQL & SQL: Homestead utilizes YAML files and memory to store all regions' data, with support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite.
• 👥 Perfect for SMP Servers: Homestead ensures all players’ builds stay secure.
• 🔗 Always Updated: The plugin always supports the latest Minecraft versions.

2. Features

• ✓ Core Protection & Security
  • Protected Areas: Players can create and manage customizable regions to prevent griefing, block breaks, and unwanted PvP.
  • WorldGuard Integration: Protect existing WorldGuard regions (e.g., spawn, arenas) with Homestead’s enhanced management.
  • Advanced Flags: Fine-tune permissions with 50+ configurable flags (block interactions, mob spawning, fire spread, etc.).
  • Sub-Areas: Define nested zones within regions with unique permissions (e.g., a public farm inside a private base).
• ✓ Teleportation & Navigation
  • Teleport System: Instantly travel to any region with commands or via menus (GUI).
  • Dynamic Map Integration:
    • Multiple Plugins Support: Visualize all regions in real-time with Dynmap, Pl3xMap, BlueMap, and Squaremap.
    • Custom Icons & Chunk Colors: Allow players to customize their region's color and icon for web rendering plugins!
• ✓ Region Management & Economy
  • Graphical User Interface (GUI): Intuitive menus for renaming, banning players, setting flags, and more.
  • Detailed Analytics: View region statistics, member activity, and history of regions.
  • Economy & Banking: Deposit/withdraw funds from a region's bank.
  • Renting & Selling:
    • Rent Regions: Lease land to other players for a set duration and price.
    • Sell Regions: Transfer ownership via secure player-to-player transactions.
  • Tax System: Automatic weekly/monthly taxes based on trusted members (fully configurable).
  • Upkeep System: Automatic weekly/monthly taxes based on claimed chunks (fully configurable).
• ✓ Social & Permissions
  • Custom Permissions: Assign permissions on a per-player or global basis.
  • Private Region Chat: Communicate securely with members via private chat.
  • Trust & Ban System: Whitelist or blacklist players from entering your region.
• ✓ Integrations & Extensibility
  • Multi-Plugin Support: Works with Vault (Economy), WorldGuard, PlaceholderAPI, LuckPerms, and more!
  • Developer API: Extend functionality with Homestead’s API (v3.0.0 and later).
• ✓ Bonus Features
  • Database Migrations: Optional region data migrations to prevent corruption.
  • Customizable Messages & Menus: Translate or modify plugin text via configuration files.
  • Admin Tools: Override protections, audit regions, and restore damaged areas without disrupting region owners.
  • Extremely Fast: Homestead uses memory to keep everything up to date; Protection without lag!

3. Requirements

• ⚙️ Vault plugin.
• ⚙️ Any Economy plugin, like EssentialsX Economy.
• ⚙️ Any Permissions plugin, like LuckPerms.
• ⚙️ Minecraft 1.21+, Java SE 21 or higher.

4. Database

The plugin supports SQL and non-SQL databases, including:

• PostgreSQL; Recommended for big servers.
• MySQL; Recommended for big servers.
• SQLite; Recommended for small servers.
• YAML; Recommended for small servers.

Homestead can handle millions of regions without latency because it uses Java HashMap. To avoid high latency, the plugin requires sufficient memory to hold the array of data.

5. Documentation and Support

• Documentation: First time using the plugin or not knowing how to set it up? Click here!
• Report Issues: Found a bug? Let us know so we can fix it! Click here to report a bug.
• Submit Ideas: Did you find an interesting feature you want to include in the plugin? Click here to share your ideas!

Join our official Discord server for quick support! Click here to join.