Disable Stratum’s Block Break Guard on your Vintage Story server by editing stratum.json in the Game Panel.
Disable Block Break Guard
- Open the Game Panel and select your server
- Click File Manager in the left sidebar
- Under Quick Access on the right, open
stratum.json - Find the Hardening section and set
BlockBreakGuardstofalse:
"Hardening": {
"PreserveVanillaProtocol": true,
"PacketMonitoring": true,
"BlockBreakGuards": false,
"InventoryGuards": false,
"EntityGuards": false
},- Find the BlockBreakGuards section further down and set
Enabledtofalse:
"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
},- Click Save
- 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.






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