Iron Watch

IronWatch is a modular anti-cheat for Paper servers with ProtocolLib integration, per-player state tracking, and configurable thresholds. Designed for low false-positives and easy tuning.

Features - 55+ detections across Combat, Movement, Player - Combat: Aim (A–E), Kill Aura (A–F), Reach (A), Auto Clicker (A–B), Hitbox (stubs) - Movement: Speed (A–D), Flight (A–E), Jesus (A), Step (A), VClip (A), Strafe (A), Wall Climb (A), Fast Climb (A), Entity Speed (A) - Player: Bad Packets (A–D), No Slow (A), Timer (A–D), Inventory (A–B), Invalid (A–C), Ground Spoof (A–C), Scaffold (A) - ProtocolLib packet processing (USE_ENTITY, POSITION, POSITION_LOOK, LOOK, ARM_ANIMATION, CLIENT_COMMAND, BLOCK_DIG/PLACE) - Violation decay service to reduce false positives - Configurable limits/thresholds via `config.yml`

Requirements - Paper 1.20.1+ (Java 17) - ProtocolLib 4.8.0 (recommended)

Installation - Place `IronWatch-1.0.0.jar` in your server `plugins/` folder - Ensure ProtocolLib is installed - Start the server to generate `config.yml` - Run `/ironwatch` to view version and loaded detections

Configuration ```yaml violation: decay_per_second: 0.5 checks: flight: air_time_ms: 1500 speed: base_limit: 0.35 ice_bonus: 0.15 liquid_bonus: 0.25 ```

Usage - Command: `/ironwatch` shows plugin version and detection count - Tuning: adjust `checks.*` values to your server’s movement/combat balance - Logs: violations are logged with player name, check key, and current VL