Block reinforcement

Block reinforcement is another "soft" method of protecting your property in multiplayer. It allows you to reinforce most 'hard' blocks, requiring other players to break the block multiple times (up to 800 times!) before it actually breaks and drops. There are also locks which let you lock doors and chests, which can be used in combination with reinforcing the door or chest itself.

'Hard' blocks are anything made out of stone, metal, wood or clay/ceramic, also regular dirt blocks and ice. Even small wooden or ceramic objects or lanterns can be reinforced - think of it as bolting or chaining it down firmly. As from game version 1.15, plants, leaves, liquid blocks, sand and gravel and snow, cannot be reinforced - where those blocks could be reinforced in game version 1.14 and below that reinforcement will be automatically removed in 1.15.

Basic instructions:

• Craft yourself a plumb and square
• Collect reinforcement material and put it anywhere in your hotbar. These are the available ones:
  • Granite, Peridotite, Andesite, Basalt or Obsidian rock: 50 Strength
  • Copper ingot: 150 Strength
  • Tin and Bismuth bronze ingot: 300 Strength
  • Black bronze ingot: 400 Strength
  • Iron ingot: 800 Strength
• Shift-Right click with the plumb and square in hands on a block, to reinforce it (consumes one of the reinforcement material)
• Left click with the plumb and square to remove your own reinforcement. (Other players can only remove your reinforcement if they have the 'all' permission, see commands below)

Other capabilities:

• Right-click pickup: Blocks such as lanterns or ceramics can normally be picked up by any player by right-clicking on them. But if the lantern or ceramic is reinforced (at any level) it cannot be picked up - think of it as bolting the item down firmly!
• Locking: On the anvil you can smith bronze and iron padlocks. If you right click with a padlock in hands on a door or chest, then these can no longer be opened by other players
• Granting access: A number of commands are available to grant access to locked blocks
  • /bre grant [playername] use grants the given player the ability to open your own chests and doors. Use /bre revoke to revoke it again.
  • /bre grantgroup [groupname] use grants the given player group the ability to open your own chests and doors. Use /bre revokegroup to revoke it again.
  • /bre grant [playername / groupname] all grants the given player or group the ability to remove reinforcement from blocks you have reinforced

Video Tutorials

English guide how to use the Blockreinforcement	German guide how to use the Blockreinforcement