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Grief Scan

Catch griefers in real time: lava, TNT, arson, chest raids, and multi-location theft. Discord + Folia.

PluginsFree1.19 – 26.x
by K1zik · listed from Modrinth
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Direct download from Modrinth · 7 downloads

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What it does

Grief Scan is a plugin for Paper / Spigot servers, made by K1zik. Catch griefers in real time: lava, TNT, arson, chest raids, and multi-location theft. Discord + Folia.

It supports Minecraft 1.19 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 7 times on Modrinth. That puts it at #114 of the 158 protection and land claim plugins listed here. The last update came out on Oct 1, 2026.

Supported versions

26.x1.211.201.19

Release history

The newest is 1.0, released on Oct 1, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.19 – 26.1.2. It runs on Folia, Paper, Purpur and Spigot. The download is 114 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
1.0Oct 1, 20261.19 – 26.1.2Release

Commands

The commands named on the Modrinth page of Grief Scan:

/griefscan/gs/grief

Permissions

Permission nodes named there, to give with a plugin like LuckPerms:

griefscan.bypassgriefscan.admin

Latest release on GitHub

Grief Scan is open source. Its newest release on GitHub is GriefScan 1.0, published on Oct 1, 2026.

Description from the author on Modrinth

GriefScan

Anti-grief scanner for suspicious player actions — one JAR for Paper, Spigot, and Folia (1.19–26.1).

GriefScan watches the usual grief patterns in real time: lava and TNT dumps, arson, chest breaking, villager kills, and players looting valuables from many distant containers. When something looks wrong, staff get an alert in console, admin chat, Discord, or an optional website webhook.


Features

  • Configurable filters — place/break blocks and place/kill entities, with limits, time windows, worlds, and optional height ranges
  • Anti-theft — flags suspicious valuables taken from many distant containers (own shulkers are ignored)
  • Playtime exemption — skip trusted veterans (playtime: 30h)
  • Auto-ban — optional ban after repeated violations
  • Localization — en, ru, es, zh, hi, ar, fr, de, ja, pt
  • SQLite persistence — violations stored in violations.db
  • Alert cooldown / anti-spam — no Discord flood
  • Bypass — griefscan.bypass plus exempt player/UUID lists
  • Integrations — CoreProtect and LiteBans quick commands in Discord embeds
  • Folia-safe scheduler
  • Clickable teleport coords for admins (Adventure)
  • */griefscan inspect * — session violation summary

Built-in filters

Filter · What it watches
LAVA_PLACEMENT · Placing lava
TNT_PLACEMENT · Placing TNT
ARSON · Setting fire
CHEST_BREAKING · Breaking chests / barrels
FRAME_BREAKING · Breaking item frames
VILLAGER_KILLING · Killing villagers

You can add your own filters in config.yml (armor stands, custom blocks, extra entities, etc.).


Installation

  1. Download GriefScan.jar
  2. Put it in plugins/
  3. Start the server once to generate config and message files
  4. Edit plugins/GriefScan/config.yml (Discord webhook, filters, worlds)
  5. Run /griefscan reload

Supported servers: Paper / Folia / Spigot
Minecraft: 1.19.x, 1.20.x, 1.21.x, 26.1.x
Java: 17+ (use the JVM required by your server)

Soft-depends: CoreProtect, LiteBans


Commands

Aliases: /gs, /grief
Permission: griefscan.admin (default: op)

Command · Description
/griefscan reload · Reload config and messages
/griefscan status · Active filters and log stats
/griefscan toggle · Enable or disable a filter
/griefscan logs report · Write a violations report
/griefscan logs clear [player] · Clear all or one player's stats
/griefscan logs stats [player] · Overall or player violation stats
/griefscan antitheft status · Anti-theft status
/griefscan antitheft clear · Clear player anti-theft history
/griefscan antitheft clearall · Clear all anti-theft history
/griefscan language · Change language
/griefscan inspect · Session violation summary

Permissions

  • griefscan.admin — all commands (default: op)
  • griefscan.bypass — skip filters and anti-theft

Configuration

plugins/GriefScan/config.yml

language: en # en, ru, es, zh, hi, ar, fr, de, ja, pt

notify:
console: true
discord: true
webhook: 'discord.com/api/webhooks/...';
website: false

filters:
LAVA_PLACEMENT:
enabled: true
limit: 5
time_window: 30
blocks: [LAVA]
action: notify
worlds: [world]

anti_theft:
enabled: true
min_containers: 3
min_locations: 3
min_distance: 20
time_window: 300

auto_ban:
enabled: false
violations_threshold: 3

playtime: 30h

Written by K1zik. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Grief Scan

  1. Make sure your server runs Paper and Spigot on Minecraft 1.19 – 26.x.

  2. Download the .jar file from Modrinth and put it in the plugins folder of your server.

  3. Restart the server. Avoid /reload, many plugins do not handle it well.

  4. Type /plugins in the console: Grief Scan should be listed in green. Its config files are created in the plugins folder on the first start.

Full guide: How to install plugins on a Minecraft server

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19
Runs on
Paper, Spigot
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
License
MIT
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 14, 2026)

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Questions

Does Grief Scan work on Minecraft 26.x?

Yes. Grief Scan supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19.

Is Grief Scan free?

Yes. Grief Scan is free to download from Modrinth.

Which server software does Grief Scan run on?

Grief Scan runs on Paper and Spigot servers.

Is Grief Scan still updated?

Yes. The last update came out in the past day.

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