Housing
A comprehensive land claim system designed to protect your creations and support communities of all sizes
Altar-Based Land Claims
The foundation of our housing system is built around land claims anchored by a central altar. This altar serves as the heart of your territory, defining your protected space and growing with your ambitions.
Altar-Based Claims
Central altar defines your territory and serves as the protection source.
Complete Protection
Absolute grief protection—no unauthorized block changes or container access.
Scalable Territory
Upgrade your altar to expand from solo homestead to guild city.
The Main Altar
foundationEvery land claim begins with placing a main altar. This altar emits a protective field extending in all directions, creating a defined area where you have complete control.
The initial altar provides a modest claim area suitable for solo players. Once placed, the altar is indestructible—your claim's foundation cannot be removed by others.
Your altar's location is strategic. Consider proximity to resources, accessibility for guild members, defensive positioning, and room for future expansion.
Upgrading Your Claim
expansionTerritory expansion is achieved by upgrading your main altar with specific materials. Each tier significantly increases your claim radius.
Upgrade Materials
Early upgrades require common materials. Higher tiers demand rare ores, magical components, or dungeon items—ensuring larger territories are earned through gameplay.
Expansion Benefits
More space for builds, specialized zones like farms or crafting districts, and room for organized storage systems and defensive structures.
Complete Protection
securityWithin your boundaries, grief protection is absolute. Others cannot place or break blocks, access containers, use tools, or interact with your structures.
Control who can interact through a permission system. Invite friends, designate co-owners, or create permission levels for guild ranks.
Solo to Guild
The system accommodates every play style and group size.
Personal home, workshop, and storage
Shared territory with pooled resources
Guild halls, facilities, community spaces
Districts, shops, training grounds
Claim Maintenance
upkeepClaims require active maintenance to remain valid. This prevents abandoned claims from cluttering the world while ensuring active players never lose their territory.
Feeding the Altar
Keep your claim active by feeding resources to the altar. Any designated player can contribute to maintenance.
Grace Periods
Claims don't expire immediately. Warnings before expiration and grace periods allow for planned absences.
Development Notice
Features described represent our current vision. Final implementation depends on Hytale's modding API and may vary significantly upon release.