SettleCraft
by kewers
SettleCraft lets players found a town, claim chunks as its territory and set who may build or interact inside its borders, running on the server.
What it does
A player creates a town with the town create command and becomes its mayor at once. The mayor claims land one chunk at a time, up to 64 claimed chunks per town, and invites members to join. Claimed territory can be shown on the Xaero's World Map as a coloured overlay, with the player's own town in blue and other towns in red.
The mayor decides what guests and members may do inside the town borders: break blocks, place blocks, interact with chests, doors and buttons, and allow mob spawning. Each of these can be toggled separately for both groups. The town name appears in chat next to each player's name.
SettleCraft is server-side, so the server requires it and players can join without installing anything. Players who want to see the claims on their map install Xaero's World Map, which is an optional visual enhancement. The mod requires Fabric API and Fabric Loader 0.16.5 or newer, and it is published for Fabric only, across 11 release versions, under the MIT License. It is not open source.
Key features
Chunk-based town claims
Towns hold up to 64 claimed chunks, each added by a mayor while standing in the chunk.
Separate guest and member permissions
Building, breaking, interaction and mob spawning are each switched on or off for guests and members.
Territory overlay on the map
With Xaero's World Map installed, claims show as a coloured overlay, blue for one's own town and red for others.
Town administration commands
Commands for daily management include creating, leaving, claiming, inspecting, configuring permissions, banning and mapping towns.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Secure Plots is a Fabric mod that both client and server need, and it is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. SafeZone is also client and server, and it is not open source, with All rights reserved. Shinobi Alliance is server-side only and not open source, with All rights reserved, for 1.21.10 – 1.21.11.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SettleCraft | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-05-17 |
| Secure Plots | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-04-03 |
| SafeZone | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-02-06 |
| Shinobi Alliance | Fabric | 1.21.10 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-03-15 |
Questions
Does SettleCraft need Fabric API?
Do players have to install SettleCraft?
Can Xaero's World Map show town claims?
In the catalog
SettleCraft is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
SettleCraft is a server-side town management mod for Fabric 1.21.1 that lets players build communities, claim territory, and control who can do what on their land. Any player can create a town with /town create and immediately become its Mayor. From there, claim the chunks that make up your town's territory, invite…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/settlecraft
- Owner
- kewers
- Published
- 2026-05-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15