Minecraft CoreProtect Rollback Guide

CoreProtect logs every block place, break, container access and chat message. When grief happens, you roll it back , usually in seconds. This guide covers install, lookup, rollback, and how to use CoreProtect without nuking innocent edits.

1. Install

Download CoreProtect from SpigotMC. Drop into plugins/, restart. Default storage is SQLite. For big servers, switch to MySQL in plugins/CoreProtect/config.yml.

2. The wand

/co inspect

Toggles inspector mode. Left-click a block to see who placed it; right-click an air block to see what was there before.

3. Lookup before rollback

Always check before rolling back:

/co lookup u:Griefer t:6h r:50 a:block

Reads: actions by user Griefer, in the last 6 hours, within 50 blocks of you, of type block. Other useful flags:

• i:diamond_ore , only diamond ore
• e:break , only breaks
• a:container , only chest accesses
• w:world , only in this world

4. Rollback

Same flags, replace lookup with rollback:

/co rollback u:Griefer t:6h r:50

This UNDOES the changes , broken blocks return, placed grief is removed.

5. Restore (undo a rollback)

/co restore u:Griefer t:6h r:50

6. Container logging

If you suspect chest theft:

/co lookup u:Griefer a:container t:24h

Shows what items were taken from which chest. Doesn't return the items but tells you exactly what to /give back.

7. Performance

CoreProtect's biggest cost is disk. SQLite handles small servers fine; a 50-player server should be on MySQL with a fast NVMe disk. Set retention in config:

purge:
  enabled: true
  default-time: 30d

Then schedule /co purge t:30d weekly.

8. Common pitfalls

• Rolling back too wide a radius , use the smallest r: that fits the affected area.
• Rolling back time including legitimate edits , ALWAYS lookup first.
• Not logging container access in config , check blacklist: isn't excluding the container types you care about.
• Using CoreProtect as a backup , it's not. Keep file-level backups too.

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