# Land Claims: How to Claim Land and Trust Friends

**Short answer:** How land claims work on TalonMC Survival: the Claim Wand, trusting friends, claim flags and the rules that keep your base grief-free. Play it at `play.talonmc.net` on Java and Bedrock.

Updated 19 October 2026 from the game code by the TalonMC team

**On this page**

- [Land Claims: how it works](#land-claims-how-it-works)
- [How land claims work](#how-land-claims-work)
- [Land claim rules](#land-claim-rules)
- [Land Claims FAQ](#land-claims-faq)
- [More TalonMC Survival SMP guides](#more-talonmc-survival-smp-guides)
- [See it in game: Land Claims](#see-it-in-game-land-claims)

## Land Claims: how it works

Land claims protect your base from griefing. Untrusted players cannot build, open containers or pour water and lava in your claim, so your work stays safe.

**How to open it:** Get a Claim Wand with `/claimwand` or from the free Starter kit. Type `/claims` to list your claims and `/flag` inside a claim for its settings menu.

- **Claim Wand**: Left-click point 1, right-click point 2, then shift + right-click to create the claim.
- **Subclaims**: Shift + left-click switches to subclaim mode so you can carve out areas inside a claim.
- **Trust**: Share your claim with `/trust`, `/containertrust`, `/accesstrust` or `/permissiontrust`, and remove it with `/untrust`.
- **Claim flags**: `/flag` sets rules like explosions, fluid flow, crop trampling, entry, item drops and flight.
- **Claim list**: `/claims list`s your claims and can teleport you to one.
- **Trading claim blocks**: `/withdrawclaimblocks` turns claim blocks into a redeemable item, with a minimum of 100.

**Note:** Teleporting to a claim through `/claims` costs $50,000, and `/claimwand` has a 1 minute cooldown.

**Tips**

- Survival Levels give 42,750 claim blocks in total, so levelling up is the main way to grow your claim.
- Rank kits give weekly and one-time claim blocks, from Squire up to Immortal.
- Use `/containertrust` for friends who only need your chests, not full build access.

## How land claims work

Survival is grief protected with GriefPrevention. Grab a Claim Wand with /claimwand or from the free Starter kit, left-click one corner, right-click the opposite corner, then shift + right-click to create the claim. Shift + left-click switches to subclaim mode so you can carve out areas inside a claim.
Claims work in the Overworld, Nether, End and Resource World, but not at spawn, in the Deadzone or in the Mine World. Untrusted players cannot build, open containers or pour water and lava in your claim.
Owners and managers can run /flag inside a claim to open a menu of claim flags, covering things like explosions, fluid flow, crop trampling, item drops, entry and flight.

- Trust friends with /trust (build), /containertrust, /accesstrust or /permissiontrust; remove with /untrust.
- /claims lists your claims and can teleport you to one for $50,000.
- Survival Levels give 42,750 claim blocks in total, and rank kits and crates give more.
- /withdrawclaimblocks turns spare claim blocks into a tradeable item (minimum 100).

## Land claim rules
Survival uses GriefPrevention claims with TalonMC's own Claim Wand and claim flags.

| Rule | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| Claim tool | Claim Wand: left-click point 1, right-click point 2, shift + right-click to create, shift + left-click for subclaim mode |
| Getting the wand | /claimwand (1 minute cooldown) or the free Starter kit |
| Where claims work | Overworld, Nether, End and Resource World. Not in spawn, the Deadzone or the Mine World |
| Fluid protection | Untrusted players cannot pour water or lava in your claim |
| Trust | Standard GriefPrevention trust commands: /trust, /containertrust, /accesstrust, /permissiontrust, /untrust |
| Claim flags | /flag opens a menu in claims you own or manage: explosions, fluid flow, crop trampling, entry, item drops, combat loot, flight and more |
| Claim list | /claims lists your claims; teleporting to one costs $50,000 |
| Claim blocks from levels | 42,750 across Survival Levels 1 to 100 |
| Claim blocks from rank kits | Weekly: Squire 100 up to Immortal 6,000. One-time: Squire 2,500 up to Immortal 100,000 |
| Trading claim blocks | /withdrawclaimblocks turns claim blocks into a redeemable item (minimum 100) |

## Land Claims FAQ

**Is TalonMC Survival grief protected?**
Yes. Claim your land with the Claim Wand and only players you trust can build or open containers inside it.

**How do I claim land on TalonMC Survival?**
Get a Claim Wand with /claimwand or from the free Starter kit. Left-click one corner, right-click the opposite corner, then shift + right-click to create the claim.

**How do I trust friends in my claim?**
Stand in your claim and use /trust  to let them build, or /containertrust or /accesstrust for lighter access. /untrust removes it.

**How do I get more claim blocks?**
Survival Levels give 42,750 claim blocks in total, and rank kits, milestones, Vote crates and some armor crates give more. You can also trade them as items with /withdrawclaimblocks.

## More TalonMC Survival SMP guides

[Survival SMP beginner's guide](https://www.talonmc.net/survival/beginners-guide/)[TalonMC Survival Jobs: All 14 Jobs and What They Pay](https://www.talonmc.net/survival/jobs/)[Survival Levels 1 to 100 and Their Rewards](https://www.talonmc.net/survival/levels/)[Deadzone: The Minecraft Extraction Mode on TalonMC](https://www.talonmc.net/survival/deadzone/)[Minecraft Trading Cards: All 6 Sets and 4 Prints](https://www.talonmc.net/survival/trading-cards/)[Daily Missions Board: 40 Missions Every Day](https://www.talonmc.net/survival/missions/)[Legendary Spawners: All 5 Tiers](https://www.talonmc.net/survival/spawners/)[Custom Fishing: All 51 Fish, Sea Creatures and Trophies](https://www.talonmc.net/survival/fishing/)[Survival SMP Custom Armor Sets and 2 and 4 Piece Bonuses](https://www.talonmc.net/survival/armor-sets/)[Survival Ranks and Perks](https://www.talonmc.net/survival/ranks/)[Survival SMP FAQ](https://www.talonmc.net/survival/faq/)[Survival SMP wiki](https://www.talonmc.net/wiki/survival/)[Survival SMP server](https://www.talonmc.net/survival/)

## See it in game: Land Claims
Free on Java and Bedrock. One IP for every gamemode.

Filed under[SMP & Survival](https://www.talonmc.net/tag/smp/)

Source: https://www.talonmc.net/survival/land-claims/