Golden Claims
Golden Claims is a server-authoritative land-claim mod for Minecraft 1.12.2, built as an independent Forge implementation of the classic golden-shovel claiming workflow. It does not read Bukkit/Sponge GriefPrevention data - it's a from-scratch reimplementation with deep, explicit protection against modded exploits that bypass Forge's own events.
Features
Claiming & Resizing
- Right-click two opposite corners with a vanilla golden shovel to create a full-height claim (minimum area of 2 blocks, so
1x2/2x1chest claims work) - Sneak-right-click a corner to start resizing, then confirm the new location with a second click
- Holding a golden shovel shows nearby boundaries live: green (owned), blue (trusted), red (denied), gold (admin), purple (resize preview)
- Creating/enlarging spends the owner's allowance; shrinking and abandoning refund it automatically
- Currency payments are tracked per claim so refunds stay correct even after prices change
Flexible Trust & Permissions
- Independent permission grants per player or public:
ACCESS,CONTAINER,ENTITY,BUILD,MANAGE,VISITOR,CARETAKER,BUILDER, orALL MANAGEimplies everything;BUILDdoes not implicitly grantCONTAINER/ENTITY- fine-grained by design- Fake-player trust and per-claim automation toggles for modded machines (item pipes, quarries, etc.)
Four Allowance Modes
PLAYTIME(default) - starting allowance plus per-active-hour growth, with AFK timeoutFIXED- a flat configurable total per playerCURRENCY- pay for claim blocks through the optional Grand Economy APIUNLIMITED- no area cap; overlap, dimension, and claim-count rules still apply- Switching modes preserves all claims and mode-specific ledgers
Admin Toolkit
- Server-owned claims that never expire and don't spend allowance
- Stand-in inspection/resize/delete/transfer/trust/automation editing for any player's or the server's claims
- Explicit, session-only protection bypass (
/claimsadmin bypass on/off) - Dimension blacklist/whitelist with arbitrary (including negative, modded) dimension IDs
- Inactive-account cleanup with scan/preview + confirmation, and world-relative backups/exports
Deep Protection Coverage
- Block breaking/placing/multi-placing, container and item-handler access, buckets, fluid boundary flow, lava ignition, explosions, farmland trampling, mob griefing, entity interaction/damage/mounting, projectiles, fake players, and boundary piston updates
- Explicit hardening against mods whose destructive abilities bypass standard Forge events, including Ghost's Explosives (TNT, landmines, C4), Star Tech's Power Blast, HeroesExpansion's grabbed-block ability, ICBM Classic and Cyclic explosives, Botania's Laputa Shard, and Cyclic's placement/building tools
Requirements
- Minecraft 1.12.2
- Forge (tested with 14.23.5.2864)
- Java 8
- Server-side only - clients do not need the mod
- Grand Economy (optional - required only for
CURRENCYallowance mode)
Player Commands
/claim help, info, list, name, trust/untrust, permissions, trustlist, abandon/abandonall, transfer, automation, trustmachine/untrustmachine, cancel, confirm
Admin Commands
/claimsadmin mode, allowance, dimensions, inspect, bypass, list, teleport, delete/deleteall, transfer, create, resize, trust/untrust, automation, fakeplayer, backup, export, cleanup, reload, and more

