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# Mine and Reset Requirements

## Mine and Reset Requirements

SimplyMines splits "can this player mine here?" and "should this mine reset now?" into two separate, extensible requirement systems.\
Both are configurable in-game through the mine editor GUI, and both are extensible through the [API / Developer Guide](/simplymines-docs/introduction/api-developer-guide.md).

### Mine requirements

Mine requirements decide whether a **player is allowed to break a block** inside a mine. A mine can have multiple requirements attached; all enabled ones must be satisfied.

### 🔐 Permission

`permission_mine_requirement`

Player must have a specific permission node (configured per-mine).

**Deny message:** `messages.no-permission-mine`

### ⛏️ Tool Efficiency

`efficiency_mine_requirement`

Player's held tool must have at least the configured Efficiency enchantment level.

**Deny message:** `messages.higher-efficiency-level`

{% hint style="info" %}
Each requirement can be individually enabled/disabled without removing its configuration.
{% endhint %}

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### Reset requirements

Reset requirements decide **when a mine resets**. A mine can combine multiple reset requirements — for example, reset on a fixed interval, but also early once mostly mined out.

### ⏱️ Time

`time_reset_requirement`

Resets once `reset_time` seconds have elapsed since the last reset. Always enabled — this is the mine's main reset timer.

### 📉 Percentage Mined

`percent_reset_requirement`

Resets once the percentage of the mine left unmined drops to/below a configured threshold, regardless of the timer. Can be toggled on/off.

{% hint style="success" %}
If a mine has both enabled, it resets on whichever condition is met first.
{% endhint %}

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### Configure requirements

The easiest way is through the in-game GUI: `/sm edit <name>` → mine/reset requirement menus.\
Requirements can also be read, added, or updated through the [Requirements API](/simplymines-docs/introduction/api-developer-guide/requirements-api.md). Third-party plugins can register new requirement types.


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