BetterGuard
by SOLEA PIXEL
BetterGuard is a server-side anti-cheat that watches player movement, combat, world edits and network packets, and flags or blocks clients running banned mods.
What it does
Installed on a server alone, BetterGuard checks players for speed, flight, fall-damage evasion, abnormal jumps, water walking, timer tampering and predicted motion anomalies, along with combat reach, automated attacks and rapid clicking. Players join without installing anything, so a survival or PvP server can enforce its rules without asking everyone to add a client-side anti-cheat pack.
Beyond movement and combat, the mod watches world interaction for rapid block breaking, mass block removal, bridging scaffolds and bedrock breaking in survival, and it looks for X-Ray methods including see-through overlays, detached camera views, suspicious channel traffic, decoy ores and classic block removal. Network checks flag invalid packets and bad positions or rotations. Checks follow one of three profiles, STRICT, NORMAL or LENIENT, and the mod works alongside Protection, Anti-Cheat and Anti-X-Ray. BetterGuard is published for Fabric and NeoForge on 1.21.1 only, with version 0.5-1.21.1 as the latest file. It is licensed under a custom license and is not open source.
Key features
Movement checks
Detects speed, flight, fall-damage evasion, abnormal jumps and timer tampering on the server.
Combat checks
Flags reach, automated attacks and rapid clicking patterns in player attacks.
World and X-Ray checks
Catches rapid breaking and bridging activity, plus X-Ray methods including detached camera views and decoy ore tricks.
Adjustable profiles
Three profiles, STRICT, NORMAL and LENIENT, set how aggressively the checks act.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners running survival or PvP servers who want anti-cheat enforced on the server side, without requiring each player to install a client mod.
How it compares
X-SHIELD is an anti-cheat for NeoForge only, on 1.21.1, with client and server environment and all rights reserved. Meow Anti-Xray is server-side only, targets 26.1 – 26.3 on Fabric and NeoForge, and is open source under the MIT License, so it covers only X-Ray. Fiw AntiCheat runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.11, with the client and server environment and all rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BetterGuard | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-05-25 |
| X-SHIELD (anti cheater) | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-22 |
| Meow Anti-Xray | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.1 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-10 |
| Fiw AntiCheat | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-08-28 |
Questions
Does BetterGuard need to be installed on player clients?
Which loaders does BetterGuard support?
Can server owners pick how strict the checks are?
In the catalog
BetterGuard is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Server-side anti-cheat for Minecraft 1.21.1 — Fabric & NeoForge. Players do not need the mod on their client. Drop the JAR in your server mods folder and you're set.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/betterguard
- Owner
- SOLEA PIXEL
- Published
- 2026-05-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15