Source-checkedAdmin & protection

GriefPrevention

by RoboMWM · for Minecraft

PREVENTS all forms of grief - build/break, theft, spam, spawn camping, and more without a database.

512KDownloads
7 mo agoLast updated
Spigot · PaperLoaders
26.3Latest game version

About GriefPrevention

From SpigotMC

PREVENTS all forms of grief - build/break, theft, spam, spawn camping, and more without a database.

Stop responding to grief and prevent it instead. Grief Prevention will solve your grief problems without a roster of trained administrators, without 10 different anti-grief plugins, and without disabling any standard game features. Because Grief Prevention teaches players for you, you won't have to publish a training manual or tutorial for players, or add explanatory signs to your world.

Grief Prevention stops grief before it starts automatically without any effort from administrators, and with very little (self service) effort from players. Solve all your grief problems with a single anti grief download, no database, and (for most servers) no configuration customization.

Got a question? Having problems? Check the documentation!

Got a problem or bug you can reliably reproduce? Or a feature request? Report it on the <a href="https://github.com/GriefPrevention/GriefPrevention/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;q=" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">issue tracker!

Also, you might be able to catch me/others on the #GriefPrevention IRC chat channel (or dumcord) for help (please state your question and exercise patience if you use this option).

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The Manual (Documentation)

If you're new to Minecraft servers, you can learn how to set up a Minecraft server to run GriefPrevention and other plugins here.

If you're not running a 1.8 or later server, you can get older builds of GriefPrevention on the BukkitDev page.
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Yes, everything is customizable. See The Manual
  • No database or world backups required.
  • Extremely efficient CPU / RAM usage.
  • Land claims are easy to manage.
    • New players get automatic claims around their first chests.
    • Players who ask for help in chat get an instant link to a demonstration video.
    • Resizing claims and creating new claims is done with ONLY the mouse, no slash commands.
    • When a player appears to be building something nice outside his claim, he's warned and shown his claim boundaries.
    • Claim boundaries are easy to see, and don't require any client-side mod installation.
    • Extremely easy-to-remember, single-parameter slash commands for giving other players permissions.
    • Claim subdivision and granular permissions are available to organize towns and cities.Watch this video.
  • It's IMPOSSIBLE to grief a land claim. Watch this video.
    • No building or breaking.
    • No stealing from ANY containers.
    • No sleeping in beds.
    • No button/lever usage.
    • No adjusting redstone repeaters.
    • No pushing blocks in with pistons.
    • No pulling blocks out with pistons.
    • No TNT damage.
    • No creeper damage.
    • No damage from TNT cannons.
    • No explosive damage from other plugins, like Extra Hard Mode or Magic Spells.
    • No enderman block changes.
    • All doors may be automatically locked (optional, see config file).
    • No killing or luring animals away.
    • No stealing water (e.g. buckets).
    • No trampling crops, by players, animals, or monsters.
    • No building overtop, all claims reach to the max build height.
    • No placing or breaking paintings / item frames.
    • Fluids will not flow into a claim from outside.
    • No placing blocks via TNT/Sand/Gravel cannon.
    • No placing portals without build permission (even by walking through a portal in another world).
  • Pets and death loot are protected.
    • Players can't pick up what another player dropped on death without permission.
    • All types of pets are protected everywhere, even outside of land claims (can be configured per-world).
  • Excellent anti-spam protection
    • Warns, then mutes, then may kick or ban spammers (configurable - you choose).
    • Most spammers get only one message out before they're muted.
    • Blocks server advertising (IP addresses).
    • Blocks repeat message spam.
    • Blocks ASCII art (ex. Nyan Cats) spam.
    • Blocks similar message spam.
    • Blocks unreadable (gibberish) message spam.
    • Blocks CAPS.
    • Blocks macro spam (very different messages in quick succession).
    • Blocks login/logout spam, even when the spammer has multiple accounts.
    • Blocks death spam.
    • Blocks bot team spam.

Read the full description on SpigotMC →

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 4 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.

Loaders

Runs on Spigot and Paper.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

GriefPrevention on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers, for Paper servers. We download it from SpigotMC, place it, and restart the server.
Server side
Required on the server
Server type needed
Spigot, Paper
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
16.18.7, released 2026-03-05

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Paper1.21 to 26.3 (4 versions)26.3
Spigot1.21 to 26.3 (4 versions)26.3

From 10 recorded builds of GriefPrevention.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
16.18.72026-03-051.21 to 26.3 (4 versions)Spigot, Paper
16.18.62026-02-05n/aSpigot, Paper
16.18.62026-02-05n/aSpigot, Paper
16.18.62026-02-02n/aSpigot, Paper
16.18.52025-10-06n/aSpigot, Paper
16.18.42024-06-28n/aSpigot, Paper

Run GriefPrevention on a Minecraft server

Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on SpigotMC as “Plugins”

Admin & protection

Permissions, moderation, anti-cheat and land protection for the people running the server.

Runs on your server

From source side support

SpigotMC lists GriefPrevention as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
SpigotPaper
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
26.3 and 3 earlier
Requires
One-click install needs a Paper server.

Verified at the source

  • ✓SpigotMCOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorRoboMWM, as published on SpigotMC
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

GriefPrevention, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install GriefPrevention?

SpigotMC lists GriefPrevention as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Spigot and Paper.

Is it free?

Yes. GriefPrevention is free to download from SpigotMC.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

NxLabs

Run GriefPrevention on a Minecraft server.

Deploy in about a minute from $4.99 a month, then add GriefPrevention in one click.