Survival Games was one of the Minigames of Minecraft Central. It was around from the start. There were 42 maps. A maximum of 24 players could play at one arena at the same time, and 12 players were required to start the game. Survival Games was removed on the 26th of August 2022.
The amount of required players used to be 6 but was increased to 10 at the same time when the Minigame Lobby was added to Survival Games on the 16th of June 2016. The requirement was changed to 24 with the SG update of 29th of May 2017. It was changed to 15 players on the 13th of March 2018 and to 12 players on the 21st of May 2021.
General Info[]
The idea of Survival Games was to be the last player standing. Players tried to kill others and also fight against starvation. There were chests around the maps in which players could find food, armour and weapons. There was a 15 minute time limit. The chests refilled after 10 and 14 minutes. If 15 minutes had passed and there were still over 3 players alive, an automatic deathmatch would start. Deathmatch also naturally started if there were 3 players left. If the deathmatch ended with multiple players alive, the player with the most kills won.
On the 29th of May 2017 Team Survival Games was added. The players could use /team NAME to find themselves a pair. There were 12 teams in a game of Team Survival Games. Otherwise the game worked similarly to the Solo Survival Games. Team Survival Games was removed on the 29th of January 2019 due to unpopularity.
On the 30th of May 2017 a lightning effect was added when players died. On the 31st of May 2017 an explosion sound was added to inform players of a death. The ability to vote for maps was added on the 29th of June 2017, along with a new waiting lobby.
Minigame Revamp 2021[]
Survival Games was temporarily removed for the Minigame Revamp on the 20th of May 2021. It was added back as a revamped version the next day, on the 21st of May 2021. This update brought huge changes into the Minigame. The entire backend of the game was remade and new features were added at the same time. Staff members go to beta test the new Survival Games on the 4th of May 2021. The games were made to be 15 minutes long instead of 30 minutes. The chests would also refill after 10 and 14 minutes. The amount of required players was changed to 12.
A new waiting lobby was added. This lobby had a parkour and a map voting hologram, similar to the old lobby. The chests used to be filled with SG-themed items but players couldn't edit the contents of the chests. This feature was however removed in June 2021. 14 new maps were also added, and the map Demons Breeze was added back. The chest tiering was made more clear by making the chests say if they are Tier 1 or Tier 2. The chests at spawn were always Tier 2. At the start of the game lightning effect created the spawn chests and a countdown begun. The main gameplay stayed relatively same. The several donator perks such as Wolf Spawnegg, Tracking Compass and the /workbench command were however removed. In addition, some perks which were purchasable from Merchants were removed. These included Blaze and Skeleton Spawn Eggs and the Tier 3 chest. Minigame Abilities and Perks remained available but were changed a bit.
A major change was made with spectating. Spectators could now edit their spectating settings, such as their fly speed (Speed 1, 2 or 3) and enable Night Vision. They could also view the inventories of players and disable seeing other spectators as ghosts. Spectating was also made possible for players who hadn't been part of the game. This meant that players could choose a game to spectate from the Minigame Lobby.
Many new systems, such as Quests, Minigame Achievements, Voting Villager and Tokens were added. The Minigame Cosmetics were also changed into a new system where there are many new options to choose from. More information on these features can be seen on their own pages. The beta testing phase ended on the 27th of May 2021.
On the 6th of July 2021 chest tiering was updated so that the more challenging chests were always Tier 2. In addition, Supply Drops were added. These were chests which landed on the map up to 4 times per game. The 1st one dropped 1.5 to 5 minutes from the start, 2nd one dropped 5 to 7 minutes from the start, 3rd 7 to 10 minutes and the 4th 10 to 15 minutes. These chests were Tier 2 chests with a guaranteed Diamond Helmet or Diamond Boots.
Maps[]
There were 42 maps. These were Highway, Holiday Resort, The Lost Zoo, Vareide Map 4, Vareide Map 5, Vareide Map 7, Sequia, Turbulance, Alaskan Village, Teweran Map 1, Teweran Map 2, Valleyside University, Breeze Island, Breeze Island 2, Rise of Orient, Par 72, Forlorn, Eau De Source, Moonbase 9, Highfield Estate, Chernobyl 2015, Caelum Mundi, Avaricia, San Andreas, Wyvern's Wake, Zone 85, Pirate Bay, Age of Anubis, Bayside, Downstream, Duckbill City, Esteryia, Fillte Hordes, Futuristic City, Green Grass, Holiday Resort 2, The Orion, Tresher Island, United Nation, Venezia, Zangrath and Demons Breeze.
The map Karpath Uni was removed at some point in February-March 2014. Demons Breeze was removed on the 29th of June 2017. The map Solar Frost may have been removed at the same time. The map Vareide Map 1 was removed somewhere after the revamp of Survival Games on the 21st of May 2021.
On the 21st of May 2021 14 new maps were added. These were Age of Anubis, Bayside, Downstream, Duckbill City, Esteryia, Fillte Hordes, Futuristic City, Green Grass, Holiday Season 2, The Orion, Tresher Island, United Nation, Venezia and Zangrath. In addition, the map Demons Breeze was added back.
Premium Rank Advantages[]
There were no premium rank advantages for Survival Games. Previously these were:
- Iron ranks got a Wolf Spawnegg when the game started.
- Gold ranks got /workbench. This opened up a virtual crafting table.
- Bedrock ranks got a Compass which they could use to see the distance and direction to other players.