Lands Guidebook

Lands is a plugin similar to the popular plugin "Towny" but it is considered better and has many more features. See here for an official place for the plugin.
This is a guide book to help you understand and use the plugin.
You can do the command "/lands list" to get a list of all the lands on the server. They are sorted from the lands with the highest amount of chunks claimed to the lowest amount.
==Basic Information==
See here for the official page on the plugin.
You can only have a maximum of 5 lands to create, and can only join 12 other lands.
The first claim in a land will be 100, and for each chunk you expand to, the cost for the chunk raises after each chunk bought, see below for more details.
Each land will have an upkeep that has to be paid. This upkeep is 10 rupees per chunk.
At first, each land will only have a chunk limit of 30 chunks, but every member in the lands will provide an extra 7 chunks to buy. This is limited to a total of 233 chunks (Since you can only have a limit of 30 members, including yourself) (verify)
Depending on how many members there are will affect what your land title as well, and affects certain aspects of your land:
*1-3 members: Settlement | +0.0% upkeep cost / +0 chunk |
* 4-7 members: Village | +1.0% upkeep cost / +1 chunk |
*8-13 members: Town | +2.0% upkeep cost / +2 chunks |
*14-23 members: City | +3.0% upkeep cost / +4 chunks |
*24- members: Land | +4.0% upkeep cost / +8 chunks |
For the amount of money needed for a land, there is the money when you claim a chunk, and the money that you need to pay for upkeep (Taxes are for members of the land).
 
If you want to predict how much money it'll cost you to buy an amount of chunks, keep this equation in mind: 
0.0236x^2 + 0.2206x + 10.228 
Replace the x with the amount of claims you want (Do not include the first claim you will do, as that will always be 100, so just add 100 to the equation if you're starting from scratch). 
== Commands ==
WARNING: MOST COMMANDS MUST BE PERFORMED INSIDE THE LAND OR ISSUES MAY OCCUR (other than when creating a Land). Be sure to do “/lands edit” when doing anything to a Land.
* "/lands create [LandName]" This command creates a Land with the entered name in the chunk you are standing in.
* "/lands accept [LandName]" Accepts an invitation to join a Land.
* “/lands assign [AreaName]” Assigns an Area to the selected region.
* “/lands balance [LandName]” Shows the balance of a Land.
* “/lands ban [PlayerName]” Bans a player from a Land.
* “/lands chat” Allows you to enter the chat for a specific Land.
* “/lands claim (auto)” Allows you to claim another chunk for a Land, must be right next to a land to do so.
* “/lands delete [LandName]” Deletes the selected Land.
* “/lands deny” Denies an invite to join a Land.
* “/lands deposit [LandName] [Amount}” Deposits a selected amount of Rupees into the land balance.
* “/lands edit [LandName]” Sets editing mode to the chosen Land.
* “/lands help [PageNumber]” Shows the commands for Lands, and some description.
* “/lands info [LandName]” Gives you info on the chosen Land.
* “/lands invites” Shows all your invites for different Lands.
* “/lands leave [LandName]” Causes you to leave the chosen Land.
* “/lands list” Lists all Lands on the server.
* “/lands map” Shows a map of the surrounding area, including wilderness, your lands, other lands, allied lands, and hostile lands.
* “/lands menu (main) (here)” Shows the main menu for Lands. “Here” does not work unless you are on a Land you own or are a member of. Can also teleport to Lands from here.
* “/lands player [PlayerName]” Shows Lands info about the selected player.
* “/lands setrole” Allows you to set someone's role in a Land.
* “/lands setspawn” Sets the spawn of the currently edited Land.
* “/lands spawn [LandName]” Teleports you to the spawn of the selected Land.
* “/lands teleport” This command cannot be used.
* “/lands top” Shows the top Lands of the server, based on balance.
* “/lands trust [PlayerName]” Trusts a player to the Land you are standing on.
* “/lands unban [PlayerName]” Unbans a player from the Land you are standing on.
* “/lands unclaim” Unclaims the chunk you are standing on from its Land.
* “/lands untrust” [PlayerName] Untrusts a player from the Land you are standing on.
* “/lands view” Shows the border of the Land you are standing in and its Areas.
* “/lands wild” Sends you to a random location in the wilderness for a price.
* “/lands withdraw” [LandName] [Amount]” Withdraws the selected amount from a Land balance.
* “/Lands rent cancel” Cancels the rent for the rent region you are standing in.
* “/Lands rent remove” The owners of Lands can use this while standing in a rent region to delete the rent.
== Taxes Explained ==
To be able to pay for your Lands for upkeep and obtaining new chunk claims, you must deposit money into the Land's bank. You do this by using “/lands deposit [Amount],” which takes the specified amount out of your “/bal” and puts it into the Land's bank. The other way you get money into your bank is by using taxes. You access taxes by going to your land from “/lands menu” and clicking the option for taxes. Then you can adjust the tax that each person in your land pays every two weeks. You can also tax people within specific areas, which is covered more fully in the [Areas] section.
Note: Taxes are different from upkeep. Other players that are in your lands pay taxes, which that money goes to you. And you (or whoever the owner of the land is) pays upkeep.
==Areas Explained==
Your Land is divided into pieces called Areas. You will most of the time deal with the main Area, called Global/Default, when you are deciding who can access your place and settings for your Land. But if you wish to have access to stronger control of your area to make public to outsiders or give some people access to build in a certain Area. 
You begin using areas by going into your “/lands menu” and selecting the first option on the top row for your Land. Then, create a new Area, giving it a name you decide. You must then use the “/lands selection” command to set where the Area is in your claim. You will see instructions on how in your chat menu after you input the command. These selections will always be cubes, but do not fall under the same chunk rules as claiming for your land, so you can create rooms between chunks and have the underground be a different area. 
Once this is done, you can now begin to adjust the settings of your Area. These settings will override any setting you have enabled for your Global Area and have their own member list as well, so any permissions they have in your Global Area does not apply in your new Area. The new Area acts as a new Land within your own Land, and you have to set it up the same way as your original Land. Note: Joining multiple Areas within a single Land do not count as multiple Lands for the Land limit, so you can have members of your Global have access to the Areas, just have to do it manually. These Areas will be a powerful tool when used precisely to create many new places to build.
== Adding/Removing Members ==
	To add/remove a member, navigate to the “Trusted Players” section of the menu for a Land, and click the “Trust Player” button. You can then type a player’s name in chat to add them. Same to remove a player, but for this you must click the “Untrust Player” button.
== Rent/Sell Explained ==
Recently, Lands was updated with Rent and Sell, allowing Land owners to divide Lands even more.
See here for official information.
=== Rent ===
A rent sign should be set up as:
[INSERT SIGN IMAGE HERE]
The first day/hour/minute (d/h/m) stands for the amount of days that you are charged for. The second stands for how long the rent can be extended. The number at the bottom stands for the price per amount of days.
=== Sell ===
A sell sign should be set up as:
[INSERT IMAGE HERE]
Selling is much simpler. The amount at the bottom stands for how much the cost to purchase the Land is.
== Lands Menu ==
By typing "/lands menu" into chat you'll be able to access a menu for your lands. You'll be able to select a lands that you made or that you're in. If you select a lands that you made you'll get a menu with multiple options (see the picture to the right). In this menu you can choose one of these 9 options:
Top row (Information): Areas | Trusted Players | Invites | Inbox | Statistics 
Bottom row (Management): Land Settings | Roles | Taxes | Cosmetical Settings
=== Areas ===
By choosing this option you can manage your areas (create more, delete them, check how many you have)
=== Trusted Players ===
By choosing this option you can manage the players who are trusted in your lands. When choosing this option you're taken to another menu which will allow you to promote and demote and member instantly (via left click and right click respectively), and access their information by using your middle click button on your mouse which will allow you to see the last time they were on, the chunks they give you, what lands they made and are a part of, and what trusted areas of your land they're in.
=== Invites ===
By choosing this option you can manage the invites you have sent to other players to join your lands.
=== Inbox ===
By choosing this option you can see messages from your land that tell you when you got a new player in your land, when you received taxes, and when you paid upkeep.
=== Statistics ===
By choosing this option you get to see when the land was created, how many and who is in the lands, and what level the lands is. Hovering over the option allows you to see what the lands coords are, the claims used and how many can be made, how many members are in it, what level it is, the balance of the lands, the next claim cost, the upkeep cost and when its due, and other information.
=== Land Settings ===
By choosing this option you get to edit what settings are enabled for your land. These include:
* Pistons from Wilderness (Default: Disabled)
* Monster Spawning (Default: Enabled)
* TNT Block Damage (Default: Disabled)
* Animal Spawning (Default: Enabled)
* Fire Spread (Default: Disabled)
* Water from Wilderness (Default: Enabled)
* Snow Melt (Default: Enabled)
* Entity Griefing (Default: Disabled)
* Plant Growth (Default: Enabled)
* Leaf Decay (Default: Enabled)
=== Roles ===
By choosing this option you can access and manage the roles in your land. See its section for more information.
=== Taxes ===
By choosing this option you can edit your taxes that other players will have to pay. You can increase taxes by 1, 50, and 500, or decrease it by 1, 50, and 500. The gold bar in the center of the menu tells you what the current tax is and when you'll receive it and how much you'll receive it.
=== Cosmetical Settings ===
By choosing this option you can edit what the name of the lands is and what the description is. Once you select on of these you type in what you want the title/description is in the chat and it'll be the new name. If you don't type anything or don't finish in time the menu will tell you you ran out of time.
== Roles ==
Lands can have things called Roles, which can be assigned to members of the Land. Every Land starts with the Owner (this Role cannot be given to others, unless a member of the Land is made into the Owner using the command), Admin, Member, and Visitor. A very limited amount of extra roles can be made. Roles can be arranged by order of importance/power in the Role menu. Roles can be given to members in the Trusted Players menu.
It should be noted that the visitor role is given to every person in the server as long as they haven't been given another role/added to the lands.
You can have up to 6 roles in your land. When you select one of your roles you'll access a menu that shows these options: Role Members | Icon | Rename | Action Settings | Management Settings | Add members to new areas
Selecting role members gives you a list of who has that role. Selecting Icon will allow you to change the icon of the role. Selecting rename will allow you to rename the role. Selecting Action and Management settings will allow you to edit the settings of the role. Selecting Add members to new areas will allow you to automatically add members to a specific area.
=== Action Settings ===
* Open Containers
* Open Doors
* Use Redstone
* Pickup Items
* Use Ender Pearls
* Block Ignite
* Teleport to spawn
* General Interaction
* Trade with Villages
* Attack Players
* Place Blocks
* Use Vehicles
* Attack Animals
* Attack Monsters
* Break Blocks
* Enter this Area
* Open Trapdoors
=== Management Settings ===
* Untrust Players
* Manage Bans
* Withdraw Money from Land Bank
* Trust Players
* Claim Land at Border
* Edit Taxes
* Manage War
* Assign Areas
* Set Spawn
* Set Roles
* Edit Land Settings
* Lock Objects
* Claim Land
* Edit Various Settings
==Extra==
“/lands chat” is a thing. You can chat with anyone that is a member of your land by typing “/lands chat [land],” or if you are currently in a land, you can use “/land chat toggle” to make any public messages go to the land chat.
There is an additional plugin that is a part of Lands called Nations. Nations will receive its own separate book.
== Trivia ==
* There is a reason behind why the highest chunk cost for lands is 6666. It is because meowwwdotcom suggested it as a joke to espen, who decided to do exactly that.
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