The self-service anti-griefing plugin for Minecraft servers — now with full 3D subdivisions

Stop responding to grief and prevent it instead. GriefPrevention stops grief before it starts automatically without any effort from administrators, and with very little (self service) effort from players.

GriefPrevention3D is a fork of the popular GriefPrevention plugin that adds full 3D subdivision support to land claims. Players can now create subdivisions with precise height boundaries for more complex builds.

Watch this video to learn more how GriefPrevention works in-game.

Key Features

• 3D Subdivisions Create subdivisions with exact Y-level boundaries.

  /3dsubdivideclaims

  Use this command to switch to 3D subdivision mode.

• 3D Admin Claims Create free, height-bounded administrative claims with exact Y coordinates.

  /3dadminclaims

  Use this command or /aclaim mode admin3d to switch to 3D admin claim mode. Requires the griefprevention.adminclaims permission.

• Shaped Claims / SubClaims

  AllowShapedClaims: false
  AllowShapedSubClaims: false

  Set to true to enable non-rectangular claims & subdivisions. /shapedclaims /shapedsubdivideclaims Use this command to switch to the shaped claims mode.

• Merge Claims Merge two of your claims into a single larger claim.

  /mergeclaims

  Stand in the first claim and run /mergeclaims, then go to the second claim and run /mergeclaims again or right-click with your golden shovel. Both claims and the area between them become one claim. Can also be done with /shapedclaims — shape a path that overlaps another claim you own and they merge automatically.

• Nested Subclaims

  AllowNestedSubClaims: false

  Set to true to allow subdivisions inside other subdivisions.

• Visualization Glow

  VisualizationGlow: false

  Set to true to enable glowing claim boundary visualization. (Requires 1.19.4+)

• Unified Command Handler In GriefPreventionData/alias.yml:

  enabled: true

  Provides unified commands like: /claim create /claim trust /claim abandon View Docs

• Neighbor Trust & Minimum Distance

  GriefPrevention:
    Claims:
      MinimumDistance: 0

  Enforce a minimum distance between top-level claims to prevent claim spam and overcrowding. When set, players cannot create claims within the configured distance of another player's claim.

  • /claim trust <player> neighbor — Grant a player neighbor trust so they can bypass minimum distance checks for your claims.
  • /neighbortrust <player> (alias: /distancetrust <player>) — Standalone command for the same purpose.
  • /claim distance check — Show the configured minimum distance and list nearby claims.
  • /claim distance toggle — While standing in your own claim, toggle whether ALL players can bypass minimum distance for that claim.
  • Existing nearby claims auto-grant neighbor trust to each other, cleaned up automatically when claims are abandoned.

• Scroll Resize /scrollresize Resize a claim or subdivision with your mouse wheel while holding the claim tool, with a live preview of the new boundary. Scrolling up pushes the side you are facing away from you, scrolling down pulls it toward you. Right-click applies the resize; left-click, drop, or swapping hands cancels it. Works on 3D subdivisions and shaped claims, down to a single block.

• Wither Explosion Toggle /witherexplosions Use this command to toggle wither explosions inside your claim.

• Fabric Support 18.2.16+ GriefPrevention3D builds now are a universal jar for fabric and paper/spigot servers. View the progress here

  Subtle Changes

  • Per-Player Locale: Enabled by default. Players receive messages in their client language when a translation is available, falling back to English. See Supported Languages for the full list. Disable with PerPlayerLocale: false in config.yml.
  • Action Bar Messages: You can now define a list of message keys that should be chosen to be shown in the action bar instead of chat.
  • Rate Limited Messages: Denials that repeat on their own — an arrow bouncing off a claimed decorated pot, a swing at a claimed animal, a piston placed outside a claim — are sent at most once per 10 seconds, counted separately for each message so one denial never hides another.
  • Resizing a claim now selects it and is accessible using common commands like /claim abandon or /claim trust during that resize session
  • /restrictsubclaim while standing in main claims now instantly restricts all subdivisions inside
  • /trustlist now shows inherited permissions
  • Manage trust uses /managetrust and griefprevention.managetrust. Permission-node trust uses /permissiontrust <permission> <access|container|build|manage> or /aclaim trust permission <permission> <type>. It requires griefprevention.permissiontrust, inherited by griefprevention.adminclaims; bare dotted nodes and bracketed [permission.node] targets are accepted.
  • Split the griefprevention.eavesdrop permission to griefprevention.eavesdrop.pm & griefprevention.eavesdrop.softmute for more granular permission control
  • Various bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements
  • Full compatibility with original GriefPrevention features
  • Works with Fabric, Spigot, Paper, Purpur, and Folia
  • Maintains all anti-grief protections

Supported Languages

GriefPrevention3D ships with translations for every language below. Set one for the whole server with Locale: in config.yml, or leave PerPlayerLocale: true and each player is served their own client language, falling back to English.

See the Locale guide for how to customise messages or add a language of your own.

Supported Platforms: Fabric, Spigot, Paper, Purpur, and Folia.

GriefPrevention3D targets and supports 1.8 - latest available version for non-fabric servers.

Fabric support currently only covers 1.21.2 - latest.

Download

⬇ Download the GriefPrevention3D.jar plugin here.

Documentation

For usage instructions, see the official GriefPrevention3D Documentation.

Addons

Addons provide additional features to GriefPrevention. Some of these addons are listed in GitHub Discussions

Support

• 📖 Documentation - Learn how GriefPrevention3D works. Contains answers to most questions.
• Issue Tracker - Report problems or bugs on the issue tracker. Check if someone else reported your issue before posting.
• GitHub Discussions - New ideas, feature requests, or other general discussions.
• Discord Community

Original Plugin

This is a fork of GriefPrevention by RoboMWM.