Skip to main content

Anti-Cheat

info

Throughout this guide 'Anti-Cheat(s)' may be referred to as 'AC' or 'ACs'

ACs are an integral part of any public server and help with catching hackers, since Minecraft's built-in anti-cheat is practically useless, it's better to turn it off than to endure the constant false positives it spews out.

You should change the following settings within the server.properties file.

...

allow-flight=true

...

Within the spigot.yml file you should also set the following values.

...

     moved-wrongly-threshold: 100000.0
     moved-too-quickly-multiplier: 100000.0
     
...

For the recommended anti-xray settings click here.

Common Anti-Cheats​

This list consists common ACs and some pros and cons of each AC.

NoCheatPlus​

Pros​
  • Free and open-source
  • Good movement checks
Cons​
  • Default configuration will spam false movement positives all over the place, you should buy a good config (eg. MarkElf's) OR make your own
  • Mediocre combat checks

Grim​

Pros​
  • Open-source
  • Great movement checks
  • Predictive technology
Cons​
  • Currently WIP, not ready for production servers
  • Mediocre combat checks

Vulcan​

Pros​
  • Great movement and combat checks
  • Good default config
Cons​
  • USD 20.00

Spartan​

Pros​
  • 14-day money-back guarantee
  • Good Bedrock Checks. I wouldn't go as far as saying that you should auto-ban for violations, though.
  • Decent movement checks.
Cons​
  • EUR 22.49
  • Relatively poor combat checks.
  • Resource hog - Probably best to not use it on servers which require good performance.

Matrix​

Pros​
  • Decent movement and combat checks.
Cons​
  • Bad default config, but there are some good ones out there
  • USD 20.00 (With 95% Checks) and USD 129.00 (All Checks)
  • Dedicated Server Limit.

Themis​

Pros​
  • Free.
  • Proper Geyser-Floodgate (Bedrock Players) checks. (Only reason to use this anti-cheat.)
Cons​
  • Bad Combat & Mediocre Movement checks (Bad Elytra, Timer, KillAura Checks)
  • Lack of checks in general.

note

This anti-cheat is optimised for bedrock players.

SoaromaSAC (Config 6)​

Pros​
  • Free.
Cons​
  • Bad Checks
  • Infinite False Positives
  • Fake Open Source Link. Leads to a Rick Roll.

Negativity v1 & v2​

Pros​
  • Free & Open Source.
  • Paid Version (v2) is Open Source
  • v2 supports a lot of platforms (Minestom, Sponge, Fabric & more)
Cons​
  • Lacks some important checks. (No Elytra Checks, NoSlow Checks)
  • Poor movement and combat checks.

Astro​

Pros​
  • Great movement and combat checks
  • Good default config
Cons​
  • USD 30.00
  • Poor timer checks

Polar​

Pros​
  • Great movement and combat checks
  • Good default config
Cons​
  • Monthly subscriptions starting at EUR 19.00/Mo.
  • Player count limitations
  • Server instance limitations
  • Dedicated server limitations