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Trial GriefDefender economy-mode claim costs before switching modes

Applies to: GriefDefender; match the linked maintainer documentation to your installed platform and release.
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Economy-based claims change how players pay for land. Measure the effect on a copy before replacing an established claim-block policy with money-based costs.

Before you start

GriefDefender uses LuckPerms and claim-aware rules. Current documentation describes YAML by default with optional HOCON; check the format your server actually generated. Claim, parent and wilderness contexts matter, so record the location and affected player before changing rules.

Work through the check

  1. Back up GriefDefender storage and configuration and record existing player allowances, claim ownership and the active economy provider.
  2. Read the installed release’s economy-mode options and cost or sale-return settings, checking the required provider integration without enabling the mode on production.
  3. On an isolated copy, enable only the documented economy mode and choose a low-cost empty test area with a normal account and a recorded balance.
  4. Create the test claim through supported controls, inspect its charged amount and ownership, then test any sale or refund behavior only on that disposable claim.

Confirm the result

The trial should establish the actual purchase and refund policy, including the effect on existing allowance displays. Player-facing prices should agree with the observed debit before the change is announced.

If the result differs

A working Vault installation does not prove that the selected provider or the configured cost is correct. Check startup hooks and generated options before editing balances to make a failed trial look successful.

Recover safely

Restore the isolated checkpoint before another policy trial. Keep production mode unchanged until a separate migration plan covers existing claims and balances; do not sell or abandon real claims as a test.

Documentation and related help

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

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