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💰 The Land Economy

In AegisGuard, land is valuable. It is not just claimed. It can be expanded, maintained, sold, rented, shared, and traded through multiple systems depending on how the server is configured.

Version 1.2.6 gives the land economy a much broader identity through:

  • ClaimBlocks
  • upkeep and tax-style systems
  • market sales
  • auctions
  • subplots and rentals
  • group treasuries
  • TradeStalls
  • Local Market access

💱 Economy Models

AegisGuard is flexible.

Depending on the server’s setup, land and progression can use one or more of the following:

  • Vault Money for claiming, resizing, expansions, markets, and upkeep
  • ClaimBlocks for land progression and trade systems
  • Group Treasury funds for shared group plots
  • TradeStalls using money or ClaimBlocks

Tip: Use /ag menu and check the relevant menus on your server to see which systems are active there.


⛏️ ClaimBlocks

ClaimBlocks are one of the most important economy systems in AegisGuard 1.2.6.

They can be used for:

  • claiming land
  • paying certain land costs
  • progressing through server-configured growth systems
  • buying and selling through the ClaimBlocks Exchange
  • acting as a TradeStall currency on supported servers

Common ClaimBlocks Commands

/ag ledger
/ag blocks
/ag blocks buy <amount>
/ag blocks sell <amount>
/ag blocks earnings <on|off|status>

ClaimBlocks Notes

  • Some servers let you earn ClaimBlocks over time while playing
  • Some servers let players opt out of passive earnings
  • Servers can configure:
    • exchange cooldowns
    • sell locks
    • daily or hourly limits
    • buy and sell permissions

📉 Upkeep and Taxes

To keep plots active and prevent abandoned land from filling the world, servers can enable upkeep.

How Upkeep Works

  • upkeep is charged automatically if the server has it enabled
  • if payment fails, warnings can be sent to the owner
  • group plots can also notify group members when upkeep is due
  • plots may enter a grace or unpaid state depending on configuration

What Upkeep Helps With

  • keeping old land from sitting forever
  • encouraging active communities
  • feeding abandoned-land recovery or auction flow on some servers

Important: Upkeep behavior is fully server-controlled. Some servers may use it heavily, while others may disable it entirely.


⚖️ The Auction House

Some servers use AegisGuard’s auction system to recycle expired or server-managed land.

Use:

/ag auction

Players can:

  • browse active auction listings
  • check current bids
  • compete for land other players no longer control

If configured by the server, auctioned land may come from:

  • expired claims
  • abandoned plots
  • staff-managed land rotation

🤝 The Marketplace

AegisGuard includes direct land selling.

Selling Your Plot

  1. Stand inside your plot
  2. Run:
/ag sell <price>

Removing a Listing

/ag unsell

Browsing Plots

/ag market

Players can use the market to:

  • browse plots for sale
  • preview listed land
  • purchase plots directly when allowed

🏪 Local Market

In 1.2.6, AegisGuard also supports a Local Market flow.

This means a plot can have its own localized economy and visitor-facing market experience.

Depending on the plot and server setup, Local Market can include:

  • rentable rooms or stalls
  • TradeStalls
  • plot-level market browsing
  • external market plugin bridges

Use:

/ag market local

If your current plot qualifies for local market features, this gives players a more focused shop-and-rental experience than the global market alone.


🪧 TradeStalls

TradeStalls are AegisGuard’s built-in stall/shop system in v1.2.6.

They are designed for servers that want a shopfront experience without requiring a separate third-party market plugin.

TradeStalls Support

TradeStalls can use:

  • money
  • ClaimBlocks

TradeStalls Fit Best For

  • town stalls
  • market districts
  • room shops
  • small player storefronts
  • rentable merchant spaces inside larger claims

Plugin Bridge Support

If your server also uses something like:

  • QuickShop
  • Shopkeepers
  • ChestShop
  • ExcellentShop

AegisGuard can coexist with or defer to those systems depending on configuration.


🏗️ Subplots, Rentals, and Landlord Flow

AegisGuard 1.2.6 improved the economy around subplots and rentable spaces.

You can use land not just as one claim, but as an economy structure inside a bigger claim.

Common Uses

  • apartments
  • hotels
  • rentable storage wings
  • market booths
  • event rooms
  • managed guild or community spaces

Creating a Subplot

  1. Stand inside your claim
  2. Use the wand to select an area inside that claim
  3. Run:
/ag subplot [name]

or

/ag subzone [name]

That area will then appear in the Zone Manager, where it can be configured for rental and access control.

Economic Benefit

This lets a player become a landlord:

  • rent rooms
  • create merchant areas
  • manage hotel-style spaces
  • collect rent or use the area for local market activity

👥 Group Treasury

Groups now have a stronger economic identity in 1.2.6.

Players can create a group first, then build a shared treasury before claiming the first shared plot.

Group Economy Commands

/ag group create <name>
/ag group deposit <amount>
/ag group status
/ag group claim

The shared treasury can support:

  • first group-plot claiming
  • group land progression
  • expansion-related costs

This makes group land feel more like a cooperative project instead of one player simply owning everything alone.


📈 Frontier Expansion

Frontier Expansion is AegisGuard’s land expansion system.

It is still, at its core, your plot expansion feature, but with a more distinctive identity and a more polished presentation.

Players can use it to:

  • request more land
  • view the next expansion tier
  • review cost and size impact
  • track pending expansion requests

This makes land growth feel more intentional and more exciting than a plain “expand plot” button.

Expansion Horizons

You may also see Expansion Horizons in the GUI.

This is a future-facing concept teased inside the menu. It points toward bigger territory progression ideas planned beyond the current Frontier Expansion system.


📚 Final Thoughts

In AegisGuard, land is not just something you claim once and forget.

Land can become:

  • a protected home
  • a shared group project
  • a rentable business hub
  • a market district
  • a hotel
  • a TradeStall economy
  • a long-term progression path

That is the heart of the AegisGuard land economy in v1.2.6.

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