One block, one chunk.
You start on a single magic block, confined to a single chunk. Everything beyond it is a forbidden zone — you literally cannot leave. Mine the magic block, build, and raise your island level: levels are chunk currency. When you have credit, walk up to the border, hit it, and the chunk on the other side opens up — expand in whatever direction you like, up to your island's protection range. Lose levels (deaths, removing blocks) and your most recently claimed chunks lock again — your builds stay, but you can't reach them until you earn the levels back.
- The classic OneBlock loop: 18 phases, thousands of blocks, mobs, and treasure chests.
- Territory that grows the way you choose — punch the border to claim the next chunk.
- A particle curtain shows the frontier; claiming chunks is celebrated in style.
/ch chunksshows a live map of your territory and what you can claim next.
- Install BentoBox and the Level addon (required — island level is the unlock currency).
- Drop the ChunkBlock jar into the
plugins/BentoBox/addonsfolder and restart.
ChunkBlock runs happily alongside AOneBlock and other gamemodes — separate worlds, commands, and permissions.
The player command is /ch (alias /chunkblock), the admin command /chadmin
(aliases /chunkblockadmin, /cba). Beyond the standard BentoBox island commands:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/ch chunks | Your chunk count, spendable credit, and a chat map of your territory |
/ch count | Magic block count and phase |
/chadmin chunks <player> [reset] | Inspect a player's chunks and credit, or re-lock them back to the start |
/chadmin bypass | Toggle chunk-lock enforcement for yourself (needs chunkblock.mod.bypasschunks) |
- A fresh island (level 0) has exactly one chunk — the one with the magic block.
- Island levels are spendable credit:
credit = island level − levels already spent. One chunk costslevels-per-chunklevels (default 1). - The island owner expands by walking to the border and hitting it (left- or
right-click toward the wall). The chunk on the other side opens if it touches your
territory, fits inside the island protection range and
max-chunks(default 441), and you have the credit. Any direction, your choice. - Every claim is recorded in order. If the island level drops below what you have spent,
chunks re-lock in exact reverse claim order — last claimed, first lost. Set
relock-on-level-loss: falsein the config for "ratchet mode" where territory never shrinks. Note that Level's death penalty settings therefore directly affect territory. - Players never get stuck: anyone standing in a chunk that re-locks is moved to the nearest unlocked spot safely (flight state preserved, no fall damage).
- Level is a hard dependency.
- Border works fine: it shows the island's overall protection limit. The chunk frontier inside it is drawn by ChunkBlock's own particle curtain.
- Likes, Warps, Challenges, TopTen, Greenhouses, Biomes and friends work as usual (within unlocked chunks).
- The nether and end are disabled by default. If enabled, each dimension gets its own center chunk and the same claim rules, driven by the same island level.
- The moderator bypass permission is
chunkblock.mod.bypasschunks(deliberately notmod.bypasslock, which is BentoBox core's island lock bypass — a different feature). It is not given to ops by default: grant it explicitly (e.g. via your permissions plugin) so staff play by the same rules until they opt in.
In addition to the phase placeholders inherited from the magic-block engine
(chunkblock_my_island_phase, chunkblock_my_island_count, ...):
| Placeholder | Value |
|---|---|
chunkblock_island_chunks | Unlocked chunk count |
chunkblock_island_max_chunks | Maximum claimable chunks |
chunkblock_island_chunk_credit | Level credit available to spend |
chunkblock_island_next_chunk_level | Total island level needed to afford the next chunk |
chunkblock_island_ring | Ring number of the outermost claimed chunk |
- Request handler
unlocked-chunks(submit"player"→ UUID; returnscount,max,ring,spent,credit, andchunks— the claim-ordered offset list). - Events
ChunkUnlockEventandChunkRelockEventfire once per chunk transition. - Phase files are format-compatible with AOneBlock's
oneblocksYAML, so community phase packs work verbatim.
Q: What phases are there?
A: The same 18-phase progression as AOneBlock: Plains, Underground, Winter, Ocean, Jungle, Swamp, Dungeon, Desert, The Nether, Plenty, Desolation, Deep Dark, The End, Lush Caves, Dripstone Caves, Mangrove Swamp, Meadow, Cherry Grove, and Jagged Peaks.
Q: Why can't I walk past the glowing red wall?
A: That chunk is still locked! If you're the island owner and have level credit, hit the
wall to claim the chunk. Check /ch chunks to see your credit and what's claimable.
Q: I lost levels and my farm is behind the wall now. Is it gone?
A: No. Nothing in a re-locked chunk is touched — regain the levels and claim it back;
re-locking always takes your newest chunks first. (Admins can turn re-locking off
entirely with relock-on-level-loss: false.)
Q: Why do I keep falling and dying?
A: There are tricks to surviving, but it might be difficult! You need to build space so you don't fall — and remember deaths can cost levels, and levels are territory.