How to Disable Block Break Guard in Vintage Story Stratum

Turn off the Block Break Guard anti-grief protection in your Vintage Story server's Stratum config file.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

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Disable Stratum’s Block Break Guard on your Vintage Story server by editing stratum.json in the Game Panel.

Disable Block Break Guard

  1. Open the Game Panel and select your server
  2. Click File Manager in the left sidebar
  3. Under Quick Access on the right, open stratum.json
  4. Find the Hardening section and set BlockBreakGuards to false:
"Hardening": {
  "PreserveVanillaProtocol": true,
  "PacketMonitoring": true,
  "BlockBreakGuards": false,
  "InventoryGuards": false,
  "EntityGuards": false
},
  1. Find the BlockBreakGuards section further down and set Enabled to false:
"BlockBreakGuards": {
  "Enabled": false,
  "RequireServerSelection": true,
  "DropViolations": true,
  "LogViolations": false,
  "RequiredProgressRatio": 0.8,
  "GraceSeconds": 0.25,
  "MinimumTrackedBreakSeconds": 0.15,
  "PartialProgressRetentionSeconds": 8.0,
  "MaxRememberedProgressRatio": 0.95,
  "MaxRememberedPartialBreaksPerClient": 24
},
  1. Click Save
  2. Restart the server to save the change

Block Break Guard is now disabled.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Changes to stratum.json only take effect after you restart the server.