Can I get just player data back to recover a player's lost items?

When a single player loses their items, you usually don't need a full server rollback. There are two focused ways to get just their data back, and this article walks through both.

Your two options

• From a backup — restore only that player's file.
• With CoreProtect (if it was installed beforehand) — roll back the changes that lost the items.

How to recover player data

1. From a backup: on your server's Backups page, pick a backup from before the loss and restore it into a new folder (or extract your own saved copy), then copy just that player's file from world/playerdata/ back into place via Files or SFTP. Note you'll lose other changes made since that backup.
2. With CoreProtect: run /co rollback to undo block and container changes, helping recover items without a full restore.

With automatic backups twice a day, CoreProtect plus those backups is the best safety net.

Tip: Re-uploading playerdata rolls that player back to the copy's state — warn them they'll lose anything gained since then.

Frequently asked questions

Can I restore one player without affecting others? Yes — re-upload only that player's file from world/playerdata/. The rest of the world is untouched.

Does CoreProtect recover items or just blocks? It rolls back logged block and container changes, which often recovers items — but only if it was logging before the incident.

What if I have neither a copy nor CoreProtect? Check the Backups page — every server is backed up automatically twice a day. If there's no backup from before the loss, recovery may not be possible; open a ticket and we'll check.