With its uniquely limitless potential for creation, it only makes sense thatMinecraftwould birth a community of avid map-makers. In return, those mapmakers have had a major influence on not only players ofMinecraft, but the game itself.
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Mojang has added dozens of tools and mechanics for map creators to use in the creation of new experiences, including allowing players onconsoles and mobileto play custom maps thanks to the Minecraft Marketplace. With the thousands of maps available to players, some stand out among the sea of creativity as legitimate masterpieces.
10A Gift For Allay
A 2D-Platformer in Vanilla Minecraft
Map Creator
Loy, zhvsjia, KevinCreeper
Update Version
A Gift For Allay
A Gift For Allayis an entirely standalone 2D Platformer game built inside of vanillaMinecraft, cashing in the check that Mojang wrote so many years ago with the introduction of command blocks. This “map” (if you can even call it that) is exactly how it sounds: an entirely different game playable in Minecraft.
With on-screen tutorials, self-designed graphics and customized gameplay, it’s such a unique project that it’s sure to breathe new life into theMinecraftmap-making community. There are over forty levels, a fully-functioning level selection menu, and to top it all off, it’s insanely cute!
9Herobrine’s Mansion
An adventure map of epic proportions
Hypixel, Gazamo
Herobrine’s Mansion
With the introduction of the command block in version 1.4.2 ofMinecraftway back in 2012, it was only a matter of time before content creators started innovating the way we played the game. The first map to realize the full potential of command blocks wasHerobrine’s Mansion, Hypixel’s boundary-breaking adventure map that brought dozens of new possibilities to the spotlight.
Customized enemies with pre-set spawn locations were just one of the new possibilities explored in this map, making it a smash hit upon its release. And if you recognize the name Hypixel, you may know them from their public Minecraft server of the same name, one of the most popular servers in the entire game to this day.
8BuildTheEarth
This one looks familiar…
Admin&Build Teams
Build The Earth
Building a replica of your real house inMinecraftis one thing, but building a replica of your entire planet is another. The team at Build The Earth, made up of hundreds ofMinecraftplayers, is setting out to recreate the planet Earth, to scale, inside of vanillaMinecraft.
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This is still an ongoing project (and considering how large a goal they’ve set for themselves, it may never end), but the work being done here is truly mind-blowing. Build The Earth is always looking for volunteers to help build the earth, so if you’re interested, check out their site at the link above!
7Super Hostile
Enchanted signs for days!
Multiple, Some Modded
Super Hostile Series
Vechs began theSuper Hostileseries of maps in 2011, a massively-influential collection of brutally-difficult adventures that spawned an entirely new genre ofMinecraftcustom maps. Known as “Complete The Monument” maps, these custom experiences push players to collect all pieces of a pre-built monument (usually made of the game’s various colors of wool blocks) from dungeons full of monsters and traps.
Vechs’s series ofMinecraftmaps have millions of downloads, all available for free to anybody who ownsMinecrafton PC. TheSuper Hostileseries has continued evolving its formula for over a decade, with Vechs implementing a custom modpack of his own creation for later installments in the series.
6Diversity 3
A little bit of everything
Map Creators
abrightmoore, AdamDJM, ColdFusion, Jigarbov, Noodlor, qmagnet, qwertyuiopthepie, The1Kwa1Jsucsh, renderXR
Diversity 3
Taking inspiration from every corner of theMinecraftmap community, qmagnet and his team of designers have created a penultimate adventure map experience in their series ofDiversitymaps, withDiversity 3delivering the best experience of the trilogy. Diversity 3 is a Complete The Monument map that swaps survival-mode dungeons for 10 smaller maps, each taking on a different genre ofMinecraftcustom map.
Diversity 3takes players on a highly-polished tour of Adventure, Arena, Puzzle, Elytra, Dropper, Boss Battle, Escape, Parkour, Trivia and Survival maps, each with their own separate theming and structure. First-time custom map players will find no better place to start thanDiversity 3!
5The Dropper
Falling… with style!
BIGRE, Tobleron80
The Dropper
Minecraftis such an open-ended game, it allows players to design their own games within itself. One of the best examples of this is BIGRE’sThe Dropper, which tasks players with simply falling into a pool of water from a tall height.
What’s the catch? Every level inThe Dropperis difficult to navigate to the bottom of, making these seconds-long falls more and more difficult as you progress through the map. Without spoiling the surprises of the levels, the level of creativity in this simple idea is pushed to the limit by expertly using perspective tricks and optical illusions.
4Drehmal: Primordial
An open world brimming with secrets
Keeko & Rift
With a truly unbelievable level of scale and attention to detail, it should come as no surprise thatDrehmal: Primordialhas lead creators Keeko & Rift down a path to developing their own standalone games. The map is aMinecraftsurvival experience like no other, taking inspiration from open-world games likeElden Ringtoemphasize explorationand freedom for players.
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Drehmalis an ambitious project, with ideas so far-reaching that the creators have their own custom installer for downloading the map and all of its required mods. It has seen numerous content updates and expansions since its initial release and each one brings even more high-quality content to the map.
Simple, but perfect
Skyblockis one of the smallest maps ever made forMinecraft, and yet it’s also one of the most popular ones. Players spawn on a small island in the void with some dirt, a tree and a chest containing a block of ice and a bucket of lava, and are tasked with the same goal as any normalMinecraftworld: survive.
By manipulatingMinecraft’sdeeper mechanics, such as creating a cobblestone generator with water and lava, players are encouraged to break the game in the creation of their own completely self-designed world. It’s a relaxing (and addictive) survival experience, showcasingMinecraft’simpeccable design while rewarding innovative thinking and creativity.
2The Survival Games
The original Battle Royale game
Vareide, Soart, Cataclisto, The_Tactical_Joe, Gillner, MaGezky, FreeFallFun, dieter01234, riftripper8, Arton123, Aelic, laubori, Captain_Scorpio, Alpaka1993, Xyckno, AAmdahl, xErikox, XxXloverXxX, Gold_Solace, alfred1188, AJScraft, Pedro6285
The Survival Games
With the intense popularity of theHunger Gamesfranchise in 2011, Vareide and his team of designers set out on recreating the last-person-standing PvP experience portrayed in the books and films. The result wasThe Survival Games, a custom map so enthralling and addictive that it spawned the Battle Royale craze, spreading across the gaming industry like wildfire.
The Survival Games' excellent proof-of-concept undoubtedly made way for best-selling titles likeFortnite, PlayerUnknown’s BattlegroundsandCall of Duty: Warzone.The Survival Gamesis by far the most influential Minecraft map of all time,and quite possibly the most influential piece of player-created content in a video game, period.
1Ragecraft IV: Underworld
A breathtakingly dense souls-like, made in Vanilla Minecraft
heliceo & Suso, cocoacollei, David Fesliyan, AnonymousBadger
Ragecraft IV
Topping the list isRagecraft IV, the jaw-droppingly dense Complete The Monument map created by heliceo & Suso. Utilizing every tool the game has to offer,Ragecraft IVpushes vanilla Minecraft to its absolute limits, giving players a soulslike adventure spanning well over fifty hours of content.
Ragecraft IVis nothing short of a masterpiece, with heliceo and Suso integrating dozens of mechanics so deep, they each could serve as their own standalone mod. With colossal builds, a stunning open world, unique enemies, brutal boss battles, custom enchantments and special abilities, and a staggering level of quality,Ragecraft IVisMinecraftmapmaking at its finest.
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