diff --git a/eternalcombat-plugin/src/main/java/com/eternalcode/combat/config/implementation/RegionSettings.java b/eternalcombat-plugin/src/main/java/com/eternalcode/combat/config/implementation/RegionSettings.java
index d5551cb..84c05b5 100644
--- a/eternalcombat-plugin/src/main/java/com/eternalcode/combat/config/implementation/RegionSettings.java
+++ b/eternalcombat-plugin/src/main/java/com/eternalcode/combat/config/implementation/RegionSettings.java
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class RegionSettings extends OkaeriConfig {
     @Comment({
-        "# List of regions where combat is restricted.",
-        "# Players in these regions will not be able to engage in combat."
+        "# Regions that combat-tagged players may not enter, even where the pvp flag allows PvP.",
+        "# A higher-priority region that explicitly allows PvP still wins over a listed region."
     })
     public List<String> blockedRegions = Collections.singletonList("your_region");
 
diff --git a/eternalcombat-plugin/src/main/java/com/eternalcode/combat/region/worldguard/WorldGuardRegionProvider.java b/eternalcombat-plugin/src/main/java/com/eternalcode/combat/region/worldguard/WorldGuardRegionProvider.java
index 26c2e31..27fd121 100644
--- a/eternalcombat-plugin/src/main/java/com/eternalcode/combat/region/worldguard/WorldGuardRegionProvider.java
+++ b/eternalcombat-plugin/src/main/java/com/eternalcode/combat/region/worldguard/WorldGuardRegionProvider.java
@@ -86,19 +86,27 @@ public class WorldGuardRegionProvider implements RegionProvider {
             return true;
         }
 
-        // A region in the blockedRegions list applies here, but never treat a spot as restricted when
-        // a higher-priority region explicitly allows PvP. Otherwise a large umbrella region (e.g. a
-        // world-spanning "spawn" listed in blockedRegions) would also block the warzone/arenas nested
-        // inside it.
-        if (pvpState != StateFlag.State.ALLOW) {
-            for (ProtectedRegion region : applicableRegions.getRegions()) {
-                if (this.regions.contains(region.getId())) {
-                    return true;
-                }
+        // A listed region restricts this spot unless a higher-priority region explicitly allows
+        // PvP. A listed umbrella region (a world-spanning "spawn") therefore never blocks the
+        // warzone nested inside it, while a listed arena outranks the warzone it sits in.
+        int listedPriority = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+        for (ProtectedRegion region : applicableRegions.getRegions()) {
+            if (this.regions.contains(region.getId())) {
+                listedPriority = Math.max(listedPriority, region.getPriority());
             }
         }
 
-        return false;
+        if (listedPriority == Integer.MIN_VALUE) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        for (ProtectedRegion region : applicableRegions.getRegions()) {
+            if (region.getPriority() > listedPriority && region.getFlag(Flags.PVP) == StateFlag.State.ALLOW) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
     }
 
     // Per-region check used only for border rendering, where there is no single query point.
diff --git a/eternalcombat-plugin/src/resources/config.yml b/eternalcombat-plugin/src/resources/config.yml
index fbb377d..699c3ee 100644
--- a/eternalcombat-plugin/src/resources/config.yml
+++ b/eternalcombat-plugin/src/resources/config.yml
@@ -246,23 +246,23 @@ admin:
 # Settings related to regions.
 # Configure region-specific settings and behaviors for combat.
 regions:
-  # List of regions where combat is restricted.
-  # Players in these regions will not be able to engage in combat.
+  # Regions that combat-tagged players may not enter, even where the pvp flag allows PvP.
+  # A higher-priority region that explicitly allows PvP still wins over a listed region.
   blockedRegions:
   - spawn
   - market
-  - colosseum
-  - atlantis
-  - olympus
-  - ender
-  - cave
-  - blizzard
-  - fungi
-  - hell
-  - castle
-  - frozone
-  - sewer
-  - chasm
+  - arena-colosseum
+  - arena-atlantis
+  - arena-olympus
+  - arena-ender
+  - arena-cave
+  - arena-blizzard
+  - arena-fungi
+  - arena-hell
+  - arena-castle
+  - arena-frozone
+  - arena-sewer
+  - arena-chasm
   # Prevent players from entering regions where PVP is disabled by WorldGuard.
   # Set to 'true' to enforce this restriction, or 'false' to allow PVP in all regions.
   preventPvpInRegions: true