Preventing X-Ray on a Minecraft server maintains a fair and enjoyable gameplay experience for everyone. Using X-Ray modifications provides an unfair advantage by allowing players to easily find valuable resources, undermining the game's core principles of exploration and resource gathering. Most servers consider X-Raying cheating and enforce rules against it, often resulting in a ban. By using anti-x-ray plugins, server administrators can ensure a level playing field and preserve the intended challenge of the game.

Note: Keep in mind that this is not a foolproof method and other anti-x-ray plugins are available.

How To Prevent X-Ray on a Minecraft Server (PaperMC)

Step 1. Log in to the MelonCube Games panel.

Step 2. Stop the server.

Step 3. Go to the Files tab on the left.

Step 4. Choose the config folder.

Step 5. Open paper-world-defaults.yml.

Step 6. Find the anti-xray: section.

Step 7. On the enabled: line, set the value to true.

Step 8. On the engine-mode: line, choose a value of 1 to alter visible blocks to stone or 2 to add random fake ores.

Step 9. Click the Save Content button.

Step 10. Start the server.

How to Prevent X-Ray on a Minecraft Server (Plugins)

Step 1. Download an Anti X-Ray plugin. OreAnnouncer is used in this example.

Step 2. Log in to the MelonCube Games panel.

Step 3. Stop the server.

Step 4. Go to the Files tab on the left.

Step 5. Choose the plugins folder.

Step 6. Upload the file from Step 1.

Step 7. Start the server.