Check GriefPrevention siege and PvP behavior on a test claim

Applies to: GriefPrevention; match the linked maintainer documentation to your installed platform and release.
Documentation checked 9 November 2026.

A siege feature changes the expectation of safety inside claims. Review the active policy on an isolated copy before enabling it or telling a player that claim protection guarantees PvP immunity.

Before you start

GriefPrevention has different documentation for legacy v16 and newer alpha releases. Match your installed branch before following commands. Test with a claim owner and an untrusted account, and keep claim ownership distinct from operator or bypass permissions.

Work through the check

Identify the installed GriefPrevention branch, check whether siege is supported and enabled, and record the world’s PvP and combat settings.
Read the branch-specific siege rules, permissions and any breakable-block configuration, together with other combat plugins installed on the server.
Prepare a disposable test claim and two ordinary accounts with inexpensive gear, then follow only the documented siege flow on that isolated server.
Record combat access, permitted interactions and the documented end conditions, checking the same accounts outside a siege as a control.

Confirm the result

The observed behavior should match the advertised policy for combat and claims. Ordinary claim permissions outside the test siege should remain unchanged.

If the result differs

Siege is disabled by default in the command reference, and releases or addons may change its availability. If a command is missing, do not install a random fork or grant broad bypass rights to simulate it.

Recover safely

Restore the recorded test settings and remove temporary permissions after checking the feature. Preserve production claims and inventories; a live combat experiment is not a suitable way to investigate a protection complaint.

Documentation and related help

Check the GriefPrevention maintainer documentation and GriefPrevention maintainer reference against your installed release before applying changes.

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