Overview

Chunklock completely changes the way players experience Minecraft survival. Every chunk is locked by default. Players must gather resources, explore, and plan carefully to unlock neighboring chunks — making exploration, resource management, and strategy the core of progression.

No more instant exploration across thousands of blocks — Chunklock turns your world into a massive puzzle where every chunk is earned!

How It Works

Players start with only 1 unlocked chunk in their own private world. Locked chunks require resources to unlock. Unlock cost depends on:
• Biome type
• Distance from spawn
• Resource density inside the chunk

Every seed plays differently — fully dynamic system!

⚔️ Key Features

• ✅ Per-player private worlds — each player gets their own isolated world for Chunklock
• ✅ Team world sharing — team members can access and collaborate in shared worlds
• ✅ Smart world management — automatic world loading/unloading with symbolic link organization
• ✅ Visual glass borders with team-colored indicators (lime for allies, red for enemies)
• ✅ Advanced team system with join requests, officer permissions, and team chat
• ✅ Biome-aware unlocking system with smart resource scanning
• ✅ Distance-based difficulty scaling for natural progression
• ✅ Holographic unlock previews showing costs and requirements with FancyHolograms integration
• ✅ Performance optimized — queue-based processing and memory management for large servers
• ✅ Cross-server compatibility — works on Paper, Purpur, Pufferfish, and other forks

Per-Player World Features

• Private world isolation — each player's progress is completely separate
• Team collaboration — invite team members to access your world
• Automatic world cleanup — unused worlds unload after 5 minutes to save resources
• Organized server structure — symbolic links keep your server folder clean
• World pooling system — efficient resource management for hundreds of players

Enhanced Team System

• Team creation and management — create teams with custom names and settings
• Officer permissions — promote members to officers with management abilities
• Join request system — players can request to join teams with approval workflow
• Team chat — dedicated team communication channel
• Shared world access — team members can collaborate in the same world
• Team progression tracking — monitor team achievements and unlocked chunks

Configuration

Full control over:
• Per-player world settings — enable/disable private worlds, unload delays, max worlds
• Biome weights and unlock formulas
• Block/item values and difficulty scaling curves
• Team settings including size limits, permissions, and chat
• Visual effects and border configurations with performance tuning
• Hologram system configuration with view distance and update rates

Single config.yml file — easy to edit and manage. Fine-tune for: • Casual SMP servers with private worlds
• Hardcore survival servers with team competition
• RPG & progression servers with isolated player experiences
• Large multiplayer servers with performance optimization

Admin Commands

• /chunklock reload — live reload configs
• /chunklock start — create or load player's private world
• /chunklock team <create|join|leave|invite> — comprehensive team management
• /chunklock status — check progression and world information
• /chunklock borders <refresh|info|clear> — manage visual borders
• /chunklock debug — troubleshooting and performance monitoring
• /chunklock resetall — reset all progress

Many more powerful admin tools included! Full command documentation inside plugin files.

Perfect For:

• ✅ Large multiplayer servers needing player isolation
• ✅ Team-based progression servers with collaboration features
• ✅ Hardcore RPG servers with private world experiences
• ✅ Performance-conscious servers with hundreds of players
• ✅ Custom progression servers with team competition
• ✅ Private servers with friends wanting separate worlds
• ✅ Public servers looking for unique isolated gameplay

Installation

1️⃣ Drop Chunklock.jar into your /plugins folder
2️⃣ Start your server
3️⃣ Configure config.yml and per-player world settings as needed
4️⃣ Install FancyHolograms for enhanced hologram features
5️⃣ Done!

Supports live reload — no server restart required after config changes. Automatic upgrade system preserves all existing progress when updating from older versions.

Performance & Compatibility

ChunkLock v1.2.7 includes extensive performance optimizations:
• Smart world loading/unloading based on player activity
• Queue-based border processing to prevent lag
• Optimized hologram updates with distance culling
• Memory management for large servers with hundreds of worlds
• Cross-server compatibility with automatic server type detection

Support & Feedback

Bugs? Suggestions? Need help? Join our Discord ( https://discord.com/invite/QuQ2KuTN2Q) or open an issue on GitHub.

Why Chunklock?

Chunklock makes exploration matter again while providing complete player isolation through private worlds. Unlike land claim plugins or world borders, Chunklock creates a fully dynamic progression system that gives each player their own world while supporting team collaboration and competition.

Every player gets their own world, every team can collaborate, every server becomes a unique experience with enhanced performance and management tools.

Try Chunklock today and give your players a progression system they'll never forget — now with complete world isolation and team collaboration!