Why Talon?

• Packet-based — reads movement and combat straight off the network thread, before the server even processes it.
• Server-authoritative — never trusts client-reported flags like onGround. Ground, slipperiness, fall damage and more are verified server-side.
• Latency-compensated — every combat check rewinds targets through the attacker's ping window, so laggy and strafing players are never falsely flagged.
• Validated against real cheats — checks are tuned against an actual cheat client and shipped only when they catch the cheat with virtually zero false positives.
• Drag and drop — sensible, confidence-tiered defaults out of the box. Install it and it works; tune later if you want.

Enforcement you control

• Per-check action — choose alert (staff only), setback (rubberband), or flag (punish) for every check
• Full punishment ladder — kick after X flags, ban after X kicks
• Persistent records — flag/kick counts survive restarts
• Custom messaging — your own kick & ban messages plus a branded ban-rejoin screen
• Public broadcast — optional "<player> was kicked/banned by Talon AntiCheat" message

Staff tools

• In-game GUI — toggle and tune every check with no config files (/talon settings)
• Rich alerts — hover for details, click to teleport to the suspect
• Evidence reports — a per-ban report capturing the lead-up to every punishment
• Latency compensation — laggy players don't get punished for their ping

Requirements

• Paper 26.1.x (Minecraft 26.1) — Paper required

Installation

1. Drop talon-free-1.1.0.jar into your server's plugins/ folder
2. Start the server — you'll see Talon AntiCheat enabled (Paper 26.1, PacketEvents) — Free edition
3. Config generates at plugins/Talon/detections.json — tune in-game with /talon settings or edit the file and run /talon reload

Ops are exempt by default (talon.bypass). For non-OP staff, grant permissions with a permissions plugin such as LuckPerms.


Commands

• /talon help — command menu (aliases: ac, anticheat, tac)
• /talon flags <player> — inspect a player's flags, kicks & violation levels
• /talon flagsreset <player> — clear a player's violation state
• /talon settings — open the settings GUI
• /talon reload — reload the plugin

Permissions

• talon.admin (default: op) — commands + GUI
• talon.alerts (default: op) — receive staff alerts
• talon.bypass (default: op) — exempt from checks

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