## V1.80 — Smarter Bot Detection
**Detection suite: 19 → 27 checks**, with 8 new checks targeting bot naming patterns — keyboard walks (`qwerty`, `asdfgh`), digit-stuffed names, `xX_Name_Xx` wrappers, impersonation of default names (`Player123`, `Guest42`), attack-tool vocabulary, and counter-driven name floods (`name1`, `name2`, `name3`...).
**AccountGuard reworked** — previously tracked everything by player name, so bots using a fresh unique name every connection reset its memory each time. It now also tracks reputation per subnet (IP range), so repeat bad behavior from the same source is actually remembered.
**How enforcement works now:**
- 🟢 **Allow** — normal players, untouched
- 🟡 **Verify** — suspicious activity silently triggers a Mojang ownership check. Real players pass invisibly; offline/spoofed bots don't.
- 🔴 **Block** — a single name is blocked briefly (60s) for hammering; a whole subnet is only blocked (30s) for extreme, sustained floods
**Legitimate players are protected** — returning regulars skip extra scrutiny entirely, and nobody is blocked just because someone else on their subnet is misbehaving.
**Also fixed:** connection frequency is now actually used in scoring (previously tracked but ignored), short-session detection can properly escalate again, and a memory cap was added to stop flood attacks from bloating server memory.
No config changes needed — just update and go.
Developer information
Projects on Modrinth are automatically available through a Maven repository for use with JVM build tools such as Gradle.
maven { name = "Modrinth"; url = "https://api.modrinth.com/maven" }
