Tutorials/Manhunt

A manhunt is a fun twist on Minecraft speedrunning. Rather than trying to beat the clock, you have to stay alive while a variable amount of hunters chases you down and tries to kill you. This form of play was popularized by Dream with his first manhunt video. Since then, additional forms of manhunt have been added by Dream and others. Some of the variants Dream added were an assassin who could instantly kill the runner with a hit to the back but is immobilized of the runner looked straight at them, a full-diamond juggernaut, increasing the amount of hunters chasing him,      and even a Terminator that uses Baritone.

This page will give you some tips on how to set up the manhunt, how to survive as a runner, and how to kill the runner as a hunter.

Setting up
Invite 2–4 friends (recommended for manhunts, but can invite more) tell them the plan and how its going to go and tell them that its a manhunt make sure they know how to do a manhunt, and then you can start and say start when ready.

As the runner
As the runner, you need to start by getting as far away from the hunter(s) as fast as you can because even if you kill them once near the beginning of the challenge, they will respawn immediately and could come to attack you again.

After you get away at the start, you need to look for a cave and take about 36 iron and if you find some, diamonds are very useful too.

When going into the Nether, make sure to take a lot of food because you might be staying there searching for a fortress for a long time.

Always remember to look out for the hunter because he has the element of surprise, so watch out.

When being chased by the hunter, never stop moving, and use boats whenever possible. If you stop you might give the hunter a chance to kill you.

Also if you have low health, you should not stop to eat/heal, you can do it when the hunters get stuck.

Good luck!

As the hunter
Your goal is to kill the runner. You are able to respawn, so even if you get killed by the runner, you still have a chance. I'd recommend getting iron armor as soon as possible, yet try to stay near the runner. Normally, you'd have a compass that points in the direction of the runner. Use that to your advantage. I believe it respawns in your inventory after your death. So don't worry about that! If you have a group of hunters, try to have one of you collecting resources and materials that can be used later. The other part of the group should trail the runner and try to stop them from progressing. Remember: if you're the hunter, kill the runner before they kill the ender dragon, or you lose!