Integrations and protection

Runic works with a range of plugins out of the box. Each bridge has a switch under hooks: in config.yml, and every switch starts at true. A bridge whose plugin is missing stays idle. Set a switch to false to turn that bridge off entirely, for example while an update to the other plugin is causing trouble.

Plugin	Switch	What Runic does with it
WorldGuard	worldguard	Adds six region flags for Runic magic
GriefPrevention, Lands, Towny	griefprevention, lands, towny	Respects claims
LWC, Bolt, Lockette, LockettePro	lwc, bolt, lockette	Respects locked blocks
CoreProtect, Prism, LogBlock	coreprotect, prism, logblock	Logs Runic's block changes under the player who caused them
WorldEdit, FastAsyncWorldEdit	worldedit	Lets //undo remove a pattern from /runic build
Multiverse-Core	multiverse	Registers Genesis pockets as Multiverse worlds
VentureChat, DiscordSRV	venturechat, discordsrv	Keeps Runic Radio messages off public chat and Discord
PlaceholderAPI	placeholderapi	Adds %runic_…% placeholders. See PlaceholderAPI.
mcMMO, mcMMOClassic	mcmmo	Shares anvils cleanly and can award skill XP
Runecraft	runecraft	Decides which plugin answers a shared click. See Runecraft import.

The console banner shows each bridge as hooked, present, or absent when the server starts.

How protection works

Before a rune wakes, and before Runic places, breaks, or changes any block, it asks every installed protection plugin about that spot. Every one must agree. Runic sorts what it does into five kinds of action:

Action	Covers
Activation	Waking a rune or an automation chain
Tools	Effects of a held rune item, such as Power Tool or a Light Bow
Armor	Effects of worn rune gear
Block place	Runic putting a block where there was air, or changing a block's state
Block break	Runic turning a block into air

Replacing one block with another counts as both breaking and placing.

Claim and lock plugins only recognize players who are online. Inside a claim or on a locked block, magic acting for a player who is offline is refused.

When a bridge is unhealthy

If a protection plugin is installed and its check stops answering, often after an update changes its API, Runic refuses the actions that plugin would judge and logs a warning at most once a minute:

GriefPrevention claim query failed. Runic world changes are denied until the integration is healthy.

Update Runic, or set that plugin's switch to false to let magic run without its protection.

WorldGuard

Runic registers six flags. Each starts as allow, so set the ones you want to deny on a region, for example /rg flag spawn runic-block-break deny.

Flag	When denied	Message
runic	All Runic magic	Runic magic is blocked here by WorldGuard.
runic-activation	Waking runes and automation	Rune activation is blocked here by WorldGuard.
runic-tools	Held rune item effects	Runic tools are blocked here by WorldGuard.
runic-armor	Worn rune gear effects	Runic armor is blocked here by WorldGuard.
runic-block-break	Runic removing blocks	Runic cannot break blocks here (WorldGuard).
runic-block-place	Runic placing or changing blocks	Runic cannot place blocks here (WorldGuard).

The flags register while the server loads. /runic reload can switch hooks.worldguard off and back on again. If it was off when the server started, switching it on needs a restart to register the flags; until then the console warns after each reload, and Runic leaves WorldGuard regions unchecked.

Claims

Outside a claim, Runic acts freely. Inside one, it asks the claim plugin the same question it would ask for the player's own hands:

Plugin	Activation and armor	Tools and placing	Breaking
GriefPrevention	Access trust	Build trust	Build trust
Lands	Interact	Block place	Block break
Towny	Item use	Build	Destroy

Locked blocks

A block without a lock is open to Runic. On a locked block:

• LWC asks for access to the protection.
• Bolt asks for interact to use the block, edit to change it, and destroy to break it.
• Lockette and LockettePro ask for a user line on the sign to use the block, and the owner to break it.

Block logging

CoreProtect, Prism, and LogBlock record each block Runic changes. The entry goes under the player who caused the change. When no player can be traced, it goes under the magic's owner, or under #runic.

Runic follows a cause from the first lever, button, pressure plate, placed block, or broken block through redstone, pistons, observers, fluids, sculk, scaffolding, toggles, and Runic Wire to the rune that changed the world. The attribution: section of config.yml controls how long that trail lasts, what may start it, and what may carry it. See the config.yml reference.

Runic's own protection

Runic also guards land with its own magic, independent of these plugins:

• A Domain protects a claimed area for its owner and guests.
• A Keystone protects a Faith island.
• Wards keep chosen kinds of magic out of an area.

Other plugins

mcMMO

Runic loads before mcMMO, mcMMOClassic, Jobs, and AureliumSkills, so a click on a Runic Anvil reaches Runic first, and any screen another plugin opens after it closes again.

mcMMO already awards XP for the block a player breaks by hand. Two options, both off by default, award XP for work that never passes through mcMMO:

Setting	Default	Awards
mcmmo.award-power-tool-extras	false	XP for the extra blocks broken by Power Tool, Leaf Blower, and tree felling: extra-block-xp (10) times extra-block-xp-multiplier (0.25) per block
mcmmo.award-smelter	false	Smelting XP when Smelter replaces drops: smelter-xp (5) times smelter-xp-multiplier (1.0)

Multiverse-Core

Genesis creates its pocket worlds itself. With Multiverse-Core 4 or 5 installed, Runic also registers each pocket with Multiverse, so the pockets show in /mv list and fall under its permissions and backups.

Runic Radio and chat plugins

Runic Radio claims a radio message before VentureChat or DiscordSRV see it, so a private broadcast stays out of public channels and out of Discord.

RunicCUI

The optional RunicCUI client mod outlines nearby magic for players wearing Aether Goggles. The cui: section of config.yml switches the feed and limits its range and size. Players without the mod notice nothing.