Ability to chat and to PM players. Note that players without this permission can still type in commands, receive PMs, and read chat.

Ability to place blocks on maps. This is a baseline permission that can be overridden by world-specific and zone-specific permissions.

Ability to delete or replace blocks on maps. This is a baseline permission that can be overridden by world-specific and zone-specific permissions.

Ability to place grass blocks.

Ability to place water blocks.

Ability to place lava blocks.

Ability to build admincrete.

Ability to delete or replace admincrete.

Ability to view extended information about other players.

Ability to see any players' IP addresses.

Ability to edit the player database directly. This also adds the ability to promote/demote/ban players by name, even if they have not visited the server yet. Also allows to manipulate players' records, and to promote/demote players in batches.

Ability to use /Say command.

Ability to use /Timer command.

Ability to read /Staff chat.

Ability to use color codes in chat messages.

Ability to use color codes in chat messages.

Ability to move at a faster-than-normal rate (using hacks).

Ability to kick players from the server.

Ability to ban/unban individual players from the server.

Ability to ban/unban IP addresses from the server.

Ability to ban/unban a player account, his IP, and all other accounts that used the IP.

Ability to promote players to a higher rank.

Ability to demote players to a lower rank.

Ability to appear hidden from other players. You can still chat, build/delete blocks, use all commands, and join worlds while hidden. Hidden players are completely invisible to other players.

Ability to use drawing tools (commands capable of affecting many blocks at once). This permission can be overridden by world-specific and zone-specific building permissions.

Ability to use advanced draw commands: sphere, torus, brushes.

Ability to copy (or cut) and paste blocks. The total number of blocks that can be copied or pasted at a time is affected by the draw limit.

Ability to undo actions of other players (UndoArea and UndoPlayer).

Ability to undo actions of everyone at once, regardless of UndoOthersActions limit.

Ability to teleport to other players.

Ability to bring/summon other players to your location, or to another player.

Ability to bring/summon many players at a time.

Ability to patrol lower-ranked players. "Patrolling" means teleporting to other players to check on them, usually while hidden.

Ability to use /Spectate.

Ability to freeze/unfreeze players. Frozen players cannot move or build/delete.

Ability to temporarily mute players. Muted players cannot write chat messages or send PMs, but they can still type in commands, receive PMs, and read chat.

Ability to change the spawn point of a world or a player.

Ability to lock/unlock maps. "Locking" a map puts it into a protected read-only state.

Ability to manipulate zones: adding, editing, renaming, and removing zones.

Ability to manipulate the world list: adding, renaming, and deleting worlds, loading/saving maps, changing per-world permissions, and using the map generator.

Ability to flush pending draw commands with /WFlush.

Ability to enable/disable, clear, and configure BlockDB.

Ability to import rank and ban lists from files. Useful if you are switching from another server software.

Ability to reload the configuration file without restarting.

Ability to shut down or restart the server remotely. Useful for servers that run on dedicated machines.