Ideas for identifying a griefer on my Minecraft Realm by using save games?
I run a Minecraft Realm for my children and their friends; I also play on it myself. Yesterday someone stole diamonds from someone's secret chest (breaking blocks to get into their secret room) and this morning someone exploded someone's TNT collection. At roughly the same time as the explosion someone again broke into the secret room (I know because this time they removed the blocks without replacing them). By restoring different save games, I was able to determine to within an hour at what time both of these events occurred. For both occasions, only two children had been online, the same pair both times.
Because I think I know something about the personalities of both these children, and because I have gently talked to both of them about this, I am 95% sure which of them did it. But I would like certainty.
I have downloaded the backup world files from either side of both these events and am exploring the data using NBTExplorer. An obvious clue would be that one of them had more diamonds in their inventory or store, but that was not the case. I think he might have just thrown them in the sea. Does anyone have any suggestions for what I could look for in the save game files which could help identify the culprit?
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The easiest way to know for certain is to ask them directly with their parents present, both at the same time ideally. Tell their parents that someone has been bullying other kids in the online game you host and that, based on the logs, you can determine that the only people online at the time were their kids. Then you can let the parents discuss this with their kids and take the necessary steps.
Alternatively, you say they blew something up and destroyed blocks, right? You could in theory check if one of them has lost materials that can make a button, a redstone torch or a lever, and how much durability their pickaxe and/or axe has lost. However, this would be much more intensive to check, because you also need to verify that they didn't lose that in another way.
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Take some invisibility potions and check out every house on your realm. Search for secret chests and take back what is rightfully yours (and some more). That is way better than complaining to their parents and asking them to sort it out for you.This is the cleverest and simplest way I can suggest. And learn about redstone and make your house with obsidian.IF this might seem too much, create a dozen traps. Almost anything is possible in Minecraft
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