About Packet Limiter
From SpigotMCSimple plugin to prevent individual players from spamming packets
Overview
Spigot/Vanilla does not provide any level of protection against packet spam. As such, individual players can send as many packets as they want.
I found that while testing on 1.13, I could send about ~40,000 move packets to the server and either take it down or make it lag very hard due to the processing of the move packets on the server thread.
The solution was to limit the maximum packets/s a client could send.
Dependencies
Requires https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/protocollib.1997/
Configuration
The configuration is simple, containing a max packet rate and the interval that rate is measured over. The kick message is also configurable.
In general, raising the interval will allow higher peak packet rates, which will be better for players with very poor networking. Lowering will have the opposite effect.
The defaults are targeted at preventing obvious packet spam, like my example, while still leaving good room for players with really bad networking.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 5 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.16.
Loaders
Runs on Spigot and Paper.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Packet Limiter 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
- 1.0.1, released 2019-08-13
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1.12 to 1.16 (5 versions) | 1.16 |
| Spigot | 1.12 to 1.16 (5 versions) | 1.16 |
From 2 recorded builds of Packet Limiter.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.1 | 2019-08-13 | 1.12 to 1.16 (5 versions) | Spigot, Paper |
| 1.0.0 | 2019-08-09 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
Run Packet Limiter 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 Packet Limiter 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
- 1.16 and 4 earlier
- Requires
- One-click install needs a Paper server.
Verified at the source
- ✓SpigotMCOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorSpottedleaf, as published on SpigotMC
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
