Chunk Lock
So quite a few years back I was running a small Bukkit server with friends. A few of our younger friends were using cracked copies of Minecraft at the time (yeah, not ideal), so to let them join we had to disable Mojang authentication. The second we did that, the server basically became open season for random griefers and people we absolutely did not want joining. A lot of builds and world progress got destroyed because of it.
We tried a bunch of different claim systems and protection plugins, but most of them felt way too bloated for what we actually needed. Rent systems, taxes, faction mechanics, economy hooks, giant GUIs, admin-heavy setup, chunk loading, all of it. We just wanted something lightweight, intuitive, and easy for a small friend server to use without turning the server into a geopolitical simulator.
At the time none of us really had the technical experience to build the solution ourselves. That’s changed.
Enter Chunk Lock.
Chunk Lock is a lightweight chunk protection mod focused on simple ownership and low overhead, developed by GOGLEOX Foundry. Claim a chunk, lock it down, and keep unwanted players from breaking, placing, opening containers, or messing with your stuff. No economy systems, no factions, no taxes, no giant admin suite. Just straightforward land protection designed for smaller servers, vanilla-plus packs, and people who want practical utility without the extra baggage.
Currently targeting Forge and built with modpack friendliness and server performance in mind. Feedback is welcome, especially from server owners who are tired of overly complicated claim systems.
You can check it out here: Curseforge
**To be completely honest, I did lean on Codex during parts of the development process. I’m still growing my technical skills and definitely don’t know everything yet, but I had a very clear vision of the problem I wanted to solve and used the tools I had available to make it happen.
I’m not looking for anything in return from this. I just saw a gap, got tired of waiting for someone else to build the kind of solution I was hoping for, and decided to take a shot at creating it myself.**