About Hawk Anticheat (MC 1.7.10 & 1.8.8)
From SpigotMCA free anticheat for legacy versions of Spigot.
Hawk does not and will never support Minecraft versions 1.9+
---> This project is no longer in active development. I haven't found the incentive to continue and I figured I will simply move on with my life. I apologize for any inconveniences. <---
Demonstration video:
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Questions, support, bug reporting, and discussion:
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What is Hawk Anti-Cheat?
Hawk is an anti-cheat plugin for Spigot servers. It attempts to verify and enforce that players' actions follow vanilla Minecraft logic. On top of that, it also attempts to detect some forms of input fabrication.
Why choose Hawk Anti-Cheat?
There are not many anti-cheat systems supporting older, yet still popular Minecraft versions (i.e. little support for MC 1.7.10). Hawk is focused on supporting these versions, which is why it is aimed to be a thorough solution to prevent cheating in Minecraft. If a bypass is found, it will become the highest priority to solve for the development of Hawk.
Hawk currently contains 29 modules which check players for suspicious combat, interaction, movement, and malicious exploitation within the protocol. Hawk's checks will only observe the players' actions and collect statistics based on the observations. No checks test for cheats by interrupting the game experience, such as spawning NPCs or applying knock-back.
By default, Hawk’s checks perform on the networking thread. This allows for precise checking without adding significant load on the main thread. In other words, when you get high traffic, Hawk won’t drop your TPS.
Asynchronous checking ability:
For users who strive for performance, Hawk is able to function on a dedicated thread, independent from the networking thread. Although this option disables the ability to prevent cheating in real time, this can be beneficial to servers with very high traffic.
Dependency free:
Hawk fully runs without any dependencies, since it takes advantage of Netty and NMS code. Say goodbye to ProtocolLib.
Free & open-sourced:
Yes! Many anticheats running at the packet level charge over 100 USD. Hawk is free, open-source, and licensed under GPLv3. If you don’t like a check or feature, feel free to modify it or contribute to the project.
Simple, but powerful framework:
Hawk’s framework allows developers to easily implement new checks and make use of powerful utilities.
Movement checking:
Hawk features strict movem ent checks to ensure players are moving correctly. It stops the exploitation of common anti-cheat bypasses such as B-Hop, Y-Port, skip phase, etc...
Combat checking:
Hawk's combat cheat detection is spectacular. In addition to blocking most combat cheats, Hawk can detect basic forms of triggerbot and aimbot within a minute, without the use of NPCs or machine learning. Using the latest methods of cheat detection, a handful of clients can be detected for killaura within a few seconds.
Mouse Recording Functionality:
Hawk features a mouse recording function which records and graphs player mouse movement. This is a new addition to Hawk which helps users manually identify combat cheaters on their server.
Detailed configuration:
From enabling or disabling to editing specific values of a check, Hawk's configuration provides the user with great freedom to modify checking behavior, messages, and the execution of punishments.
BungeeCord support:
Flags from Hawk checks can be forwarded to staff members on other Spigot servers in a BungeeCord network using HawkAlertsBungee.
SQL support:
Hawk allows logging to a SQL database server. This can be very useful for multi-server networks that wish to track violations more efficiently.
Detected or Blocked Hacks:
- Speed
- Tickrate
- Fly
- Glide
- NoSlowDown
- Jesus
- Packet sneak
- Phase
- Spider
- Blink
- V-Clip
- Scaffold
- Anti-velocity
- NoFall
- Strafe
- Omnidirectional sprint
Interaction:
- Nuker
- GhostHand
- Any other cheat interacting through walls or out of sight
- Usage Speed
Combat:
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 2 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.8.
Loaders
Runs on Spigot and Paper.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Hawk Anticheat (MC 1.7.10 & 1.8.8) 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
- BETA 2008, released 2020-09-01
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1.7 to 1.8 (2 versions) | 1.8 |
| Spigot | 1.7 to 1.8 (2 versions) | 1.8 |
From 10 recorded builds of Hawk Anticheat (MC 1.7.10 & 1.8.8).
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETA 2008 | 2020-09-01 | 1.7 to 1.8 (2 versions) | Spigot, Paper |
| BETA 1912 | 2019-12-22 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| BETA 1911 | 2019-11-07 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| BETA 1909 | 2019-09-15 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| BETA 1908.1 | 2019-08-15 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| BETA 1908 | 2019-08-15 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
Run Hawk Anticheat (MC 1.7.10 & 1.8.8) 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 catalogAdmin & protection
Permissions, moderation, anti-cheat and land protection for the people running the server.
Runs on your server
From source side supportSpigotMC lists Hawk Anticheat (MC 1.7.10 & 1.8.8) 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
- 1.8 and 1 earlier
- Requires
- One-click install needs a Paper server.
Verified at the source
- ✓SpigotMCOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorIslandscout, as published on SpigotMC
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
Hawk Anticheat (MC 1.7.10 & 1.8.8), answered
Generated from the mod’s own source data.
Do my players need to install Hawk Anticheat (MC 1.7.10 & 1.8.8)?
SpigotMC lists Hawk Anticheat (MC 1.7.10 & 1.8.8) 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. Hawk Anticheat (MC 1.7.10 & 1.8.8) 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.

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