Steal-A-Block Documentation

Steal-A-Block merges tycoon automation with competitive in-arena raiding. Players claim private plots, harvest passive cash from mutating blocks moving along central conveyor rivers, and execute 5-second stealth channeling heists into rival bases to carry high-value blocks back to their own vaults.

With 196 distinct blocks, 7 rarity tiers, animated visual mutations, and multi-floor prestige vertical expansion, Steal-A-Block provides a complete progression economy built from the ground up for modern Minecraft servers.

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Supported Platforms & Requirements

Steal-A-Block is built for high-performance Paper and Purpur server environments running Minecraft 1.21 and newer.

Requirement	Supported Version	Status	Notes
Server Engine	Paper, Purpur 1.21+	Required	Built against Paper 1.21 API; requires modern packet handling.
Java Runtime	Java 21+	Required	Compiled with Java 21 bytecode targets.
FastAsyncWorldEdit (FAWE)	Latest 1.21+ release	Hard Requirement	Required for plot schematic pasting, floor growth, and arena cloning.
PlaceholderAPI (PAPI)	2.11.0+	Soft Depend	Exposes income, prestige, block counts, and multiplier placeholders.
Floodgate	2.2.0+	Soft Depend	Enables custom Bedrock touch forms and modal dialogs via Geyser.
Client Requirement	Vanilla 1.21+	100% Vanilla	Zero texture packs or client modifications required.

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Core Feature Highlights

196 Mutating Blocks Across 7 Rarity Tiers

Collect, store, and trade 196 distinct block types categorized across 7 tiers: Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Mythic, GOAT, and Secret. Each block has a distinct per-second income rate and instant sell value. Blocks on the conveyor belt dynamically roll mutation chances, upgrading into Golden, Diamond, or animated Rainbow variants with up to 5x income multipliers.

Active In-Arena Raiding & Stealth Channeling

Players infiltrate rival bases by breaking through security gates or sneaking past defenses. Channeling a heist requires 5 seconds of uninterrupted focus at an enemy anvil. Successful raiders hoist stolen blocks above their heads and must navigate back across the arena while base sirens alert defenders.

Display-Entity Conveyor Engine

Moving blocks are rendered client-side using Minecraft 1.21 Block Display entities. This eliminates block jitter, piston desync, and server-side tick lag. The conveyor manager caps active entities at configurable limits (default 24 per arena) and persists state through asynchronous SQLite storage, maintaining 20 TPS with 40+ concurrent raiders.

Base Defenses & Bank Vaults

Players protect accumulated wealth by purchasing tactical base defenses from their plot gear shop. Slime Stun Traps inflict Slowness IV and Blindness on incoming raiders, while upgraded Bank Vaults grant 100% theft immunity to protected anvils.

Spline Camera Drone Flythrough

First-time arena entrants receive an automated 30-second cinematic tour. The camera glides along Catmull-Rom spline curves across 6 focal waypoints—Plot Spawn, Conveyor River, Income Anvils, Deposit Hopper, Tactical Gear Shop, and Security Gates—complete with title headers, action-bar tickers, and chime cues. Players can skip the tour at any time by sneaking or typing /tour skip.

Native Bedrock Touch Menus

Cross-play servers running Floodgate 2.0+ receive automatically routed Bedrock JSON forms. Mobile and console players interact with native buttons, sliders, and modal dialogs rather than emulated inventory chest GUIs.

Rebirth & Prestige Progression

Reach milestone balance thresholds to trigger Rebirths (up to Level 30), resetting cash in exchange for permanent account-wide income multipliers (+0.5x per rebirth). At higher tiers, Prestige requirements unlock vertical plot expansion, growing multi-floor towers with extra storage anvil capacity.

4-to-1 Block Fusion Chamber

Deposit 4 identical blocks into the interactive Fusion Chamber GUI to forge higher mutation tiers. Fuse standard blocks into Golden, Golden into Diamond, and Diamond into animated Rainbow editions without risking item loss.

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Documentation Directory

Explore the complete technical documentation through the following guides:

Chapter 1: Start Here

• Getting Started & Arena Setup: Step-by-step installation, demo arena generation, interactive checklist verification, and setup wand walkthrough.
• Commands & Permissions Reference: Complete syntax guide for player commands, admin utilities, and permission nodes.

Chapter 2: Gameplay & Heists

• Core Game Loop & Plots: Claiming bases, conveyor mechanics, passive income generation, and anvil storage.
• Raiding & Stealth Mechanics: Channeling timers, alarm states, carrying mechanics, and loot deposit zones.
• Base Defense & Tactical Traps: Security gates, lock plates, slime stun traps, and bank vaults.

Chapter 3: Blocks & Mutations

• Block Rarities & Economy Values: Income and sell rates across Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Mythic, GOAT, and Secret tiers.
• Mutations & Visual Effects: Golden, Diamond, and Rainbow block mutations with particle and glow rendering.
• Block Fusion Chamber: Operating the 4-to-1 upgrade anvil to forge mutated blocks.

Chapter 4: Economy & Progression

• Income Scaling & Bank Anvils: Balancing income generation, storage slots, and instant sale mechanics.
• Rebirth Multipliers: Level scaling, base reset parameters, and permanent earning bonuses.
• Prestige Towers & Vertical Growth: Requirements for plot upgrades, schematic pasting, and tower levels.
• Credits Store & Heist Contracts: Daily bounty contracts, special armor trims, and server luck boosters.

Chapter 5: Configuration & Reference

• Configuration File Guide: Exhaustive breakdown of config.yml, messages.yml, defenses.yml, and events.yml.
• Arena Storage (arenas.yml): Low-level schema structure for arena bounds, plot coordinates, and conveyor paths.
• PlaceholderAPI Expansion: Complete list of PAPI placeholders for scoreboards, chat, and tablists.
• Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting: Optimization tips for display entities, SQLite database indexing, and FAWE memory limits.