Each layer of Raven Anticheat explained the way we run it in production: architecture, heartbeat, Lua executor detection, server-side event validation, and the Global Ban Database.
Raven runs client-side and server-side detection in parallel by default. Bypassing either layer leaves the other one watching, which is what stops most modern FiveM cheats from going undetected.
A heartbeat loop continuously reports client-side runtime state to the server. If the heartbeat stops, falls behind, or returns wrong values, the server treats the client as tampered and acts.
Lua executors inject arbitrary scripts into the running FiveM client. Raven detects them through signature matching, runtime integrity checks, and server-side validation of impossible Lua-driven actions.
Server-side event validation rejects events from disallowed sources, blocks event payloads outside plausible bounds, and pattern-matches event sequences against known exploits - even when every client check is bypassed.
A cheater banned on one Raven server is flagged on every other Raven server. Bans are evidenced (detection trace + screenshot) so other admins can verify before honoring them.
Raven Mind is the AI layer inside Raven Anticheat. It scores every detection, replays how the network handled the same pattern before, clears the false positives on its own, and only asks a human when a call is genuinely close.
A practical buying guide for FiveM server owners. The things worth checking before you pay for any anticheat, and how to test each one on your own server instead of trusting a feature list.
