Bulwark

Bulwark

Protect your base by placing a single block.

What is Bulwark?

Bulwark lets players protect their builds the simple way: place a protection block and the area around it is claimed. Only the owner and the members they add can build, open chests or use doors inside.

No WorldGuard, no WorldEdit, no dependencies. Just drop it in your plugins folder.

Features

• Configurable protection blocks with different sizes (coal 11x11, iron 21x21, diamond 41x41, emerald 71x71 by default)
• Add or remove members who can build in your zone
• Per-zone flags: PvP, explosions, fire and entry
• Protects against griefing from explosions, pistons, lava and water flowing in, dispensers, fire spread and endermen
• Protects chests, doors, buttons, item frames, armor stands, animals and villagers
• Break your protection block to remove the zone and get the block back
• See your zone borders with particles
• Per-player zone limit, configurable with permissions (great for ranks)
• Lightweight: zones are indexed by chunk and saved asynchronously
• SQLite storage by default, with optional MySQL/MariaDB to share zones across servers
• Update notifications: admins get a message on join when a new version is available
• Two languages included: English and Spanish, fully editable

Commands

Main command:
/bulwark (aliases:
/bw,
/ps,
/protectionstone,
/protectionstones)

• /bulwark help - Show help
• /bulwark info - Info about the zone you are in
• /bulwark list - List your zones
• /bulwark add <player> - Let a player build in your zone
• /bulwark remove <player> - Remove a member
• /bulwark flag <pvp|explosions|fire|entry> <on|off> - Change zone rules
• /bulwark name <text> - Name your zone
• /bulwark show - Show zone borders with particles
• /bulwark types - List protection block types
• /bulwark give <player> <coal|iron|diamond|emerald> [amount] - Give protection blocks (admin)
• /bulwark delete - Delete the zone you are in (admin)
• /bulwark reload - Reload the config (admin)

Permissions

• bulwark.use - Basic commands (default: everyone)
• bulwark.create - Create zones by placing blocks (default: everyone)
• bulwark.admin - Admin commands (default: op)
• bulwark.update - Get notified on join about new versions (default: op)
• bulwark.bypass - Build anywhere and ignore limits (default: op)
• bulwark.limit.<number> - Raise a player's zone limit, e.g. bulwark.limit.10 (or bulwark.limit.unlimited)

Compatibility

Works on
Spigot, Paper and Purpur from 1.21 to 26.3. Requires Java 21 or newer.

Language

Bulwark comes with
English and
Spanish. Choose one in config.yml with
language: en or
language: es. Every message can be edited in plugins/Bulwark/lang/.

Support

Found a bug or have a suggestion? Please use the discussion tab instead of leaving it in a review, so I can fix it quickly.