Mini games

Mini Games are a variety of modes exclusive to the Legacy Console Edition of Minecraft, first added in update TU36, CU25, 1.28, and Patch 7. Mini Games can be played solo, splitscreen on the same console, online, or with another console locally via an ad-hoc connection. The three Mini Games currently available on all versions of Legacy Console Edition are Battle, Glide, and Tumble. does not contain Mini Games.

Prior to each round, all players can freely explore a lobby and interact with various items, such as bows, fishing rods, armor, heads, Elytra, and Music Discs. Any player that wears one of the five heads in the lobby will retain that head into the next round.

Battle
Battle is most similar to the popular "Hunger Games" mode on servers. However, Battle gameplay differs from the standard "Hunger Games" in a variety of ways, such as
 * A fifteen second grace period
 * Refilling chests
 * The ability to remove all items from a chest at once
 * Armor is automatically equipped when acquired (stronger armor is prioritized)
 * Players can heal and sprint so long as they are not starving
 * A red outline surrounds the crosshair, indicating where damage was received from
 * TNT is ignited upon placement
 * "Showdown" begins after an extensive amount of time has passed, where name tags for remaining players become visible and a countdown clock begins
 * Following the completion of a round, a leaderboard is displayed, which includes the number of kills by each player and other statistics.

Up to 16 players can join a single game on Xbox One Edition and PlayStation 4 Edition, 8 players on Xbox 360 Edition, PlayStation 3 Edition, Wii U Edition, and Nintendo Switch Edition, and 4 players on PlayStation Vita Edition. A "Casual" or "Competitive" option can be chosen when creating a lobby, which can either allow or restrict the use of smaller-sized skins and can change the appearance of spectators. Spectators cannot pass through blocks, but can fly through one block tall spaces. As of TU60 and equivalent updates, the totem of undying can be found in a map's center chests, commonly in the High Power mode, occasionally in the Food Central mode, and never in the Decayed mode.

Custom Battle is an option that allows a player to change various aspects of Battle, such as:
 * Random Chest Loot
 * Normal – A standard, balanced set of items.
 * Decayed – Armor and weapons have low durability and the chance of more powerful loot is reduced.
 * No Armor – No armor appears in chests.
 * High Power – Armor and weapons are at least iron, with diamond equipment and enchanted equipment appearing significantly more often. Food also becomes exclusively rabbit stew and cooked mutton.
 * Food Central – Only chests at the center of the map have food.
 * Hunger and Regeneration
 * Normal – The standard hunger settings.
 * Anti-Camping – Hunger is lost even when standing still.
 * Always Healing – Players constantly regenerate health, but cannot sprint if low on hunger.
 * No Hunger – The hunger bar isn’t used at all, making it impossible for players to starve.
 * No Starving – Players never take damage if starving.
 * Fast Healing – Players heal faster than usual.
 * Lead Feet – Sprinting, jumping and swimming cause more rapid hunger depletion.
 * Always Hungry – Every action causes much more exhaustion than usual.
 * Spectating
 * Bat – Default appearance for spectators in a Casual match.
 * Parrot – Spectators appear as various parrots.
 * Vex – Spectators appear as a Vex.
 * Player Head – Spectators appear as a translucent version of their head.
 * Invisible – Default appearance for spectators in a Competitive match.
 * Misc. Settings
 * Random Spawn – When enabled, players spawn at various locations around the map.
 * Take Everything – When enabled, players can empty a chest in one go.
 * Small Inventory – When enabled, only the hotbar, armor, and offhand inventory slots are available.

Loot
All loot in Battle Mini Game is obtained from chests or other players. Center chests at the beginning of a round may contain high concentrations of valuable loot, such as armor, weapons, food, and potions. Other chests in the map may also contain smaller amounts of valuable loot.

The following appear more often in the High Power custom mode.

A chest in the Halloween map will always contain the following items, regardless of the mode being used.

Maps
As of TU49 and equivalent updates, there are a total of 21 maps in Battle Mini Game (excluding the Nintendo Switch Edition). The first three maps - Cavern, Cove, and Crucible - can be used by anyone, however the remaining 18 maps must be purchased through the respective Battle Map Pack or the Season Pass (excluding the Nintendo Switch Edition). Each map is based on a theme, occasionally with unique music and a texture pack. Because of this, the Texture pack cannot be changed during Battle Mini Game.

The Season Pass and nearly all DLC Battle maps are absent on the Nintendo Switch Edition, even though all other versions, including the Wii U Edition, have these maps as purchasable DLC. When asked about this during the Official Minecraft Livestream, it was stated that excluding Nintendo Switch Edition players from Battle Map DLC is "kind of intentional." This is currently still the case, where Valley is the only DLC map that is available on the Nintendo Switch Edition through the purchase of the Chinese Mythology Mash Up Pack.

As of PlayStation 4 Edition 1.90, maps with the default textures were replaced with the newer "Minecraft Classic" pack.

The current available Battle maps are as follows, with the Nintendo Switch Edition only having access to Cavern, Cove, Crucible, and Valley:
 * Cavern (Default): "This ancient looking underground structure is the perfect place to sneak up on your enemies!"
 * Cove (Default): "Try to survive in the pirate's hidden camp, full with shipwrecks and caves!"
 * Crucible (Default): "A world built deep in the Nether, with plenty of lava for your enemies to swim in!"
 * Lair (Fantasy): "Battle in the dragon's lair."
 * Medusa (Greek Mythology): "Don't look directly at her!"
 * Temple (Default): "This mysterious temple is set within the deepest jungle. Watch out for enemies lurking in the tree tops!"
 * Atlantis (Greek Mythology): "Deep beneath the ocean, a lost city lay in ruins. Atlantis awaits the battle."
 * Ruin (City): "Abandoned and left to ruin, there are still secrets left to be found. Battle for the remaining resources and survive this hazardous place."
 * Siege (Fantasy): "Brave the enemy walls or defend the keep. The siege is upon us."
 * Castle (Default): "Crown yourself in glory in the Castle's great halls."
 * Invasion! (City): "An alien attack has created a dangerous arena. Defend your rooftops but don't fall off!"
 * Shipyard (Steampunk): "A port in the sky away from the storm, but this area is anything but calm."
 * Frontier (Default): "It's high noon! Things are about to get wild in the Old West, so grab a fistful of TNT, slap on a sou'wester and prepare for an almighty dustbowl dust-up between the good, the bad, and the ugly."
 * Dig (Default):"A snowbound excavation site lies deserted. What unspeakable things did the scientists discover beneath the ice? Find out for yourself, while battling against both the elements and each other!"
 * Shrunk (Plastic):"Are you tiny or is everything else just really, really big? Be careful not to lose your sense of proportion as you fight your way across this over-sized bedroom and tidy up the competition."
 * Halloween (Halloween):"Something wicked this way comes. Full of deadly thrills and sinister shocks, it will scare you off your Minecraft blocks!"
 * Valley (Chinese Mythology):"Discover your inner self as you battle across this this ancient land of dragons! This battle map is exclusive to the Chinese Mythology Mash Up."
 * Festive (Festive) "Get together with friends and family for some Minecraft-style tussling in this special seasonal map. The more the merrier! Guaranteed to be more fun than pretending you like the socks your uncle gave you."
 * Atomics (Fallout) "Face the perils of the General Atomics Galleria! Is Mister Handy friend or foe? Will you dodge the traps rigged to blow?"
 * Libertalia (Fallout) '' Battle through the troubled waters of Libertalia! Who will captain the seas in this watery graveyard of ships?"
 * Capitol (Fallout) "Clamber through the ruins of the Capitol! Who will rise from the rubble to battle their way through the wasteland?"

DLC Packs
The current available Battle Map DLC Packs are as follows, with the Nintendo Switch Edition having access to only the Chinese Mythology Mash Up Pack:
 * Battle Mode Pack Season Pass (grants access to Battle Map Packs 1-4)
 * Battle Map Pack 1
 * Battle Map Pack 2
 * Battle Map Pack 3
 * Battle Map Pack 4
 * Festive Battle Map
 * Halloween Battle Map
 * Chinese Mythology Mash Up Pack - Contains Valley map, skin pack, and Chinese Mythology world.
 * Fallout Battle Map Pack - Contains Atomics, Libertalia, and Capitol.

Tumble
Added in the August 30, 2016 update, Tumble is more or less an official variation of the popular user-generated game "Spleef".

Much like Spleef, the object of the game is to be knock blocks out from under the other players while standing the player's own ground. The last person standing on the platform is the winner and the game cycles to the next round. In one mode of Tumble, players stand on a single, massive platform and attempt to destroy their opponents' footing with an iron shovel. In the other mode, there are three tiers of platforms that players must dig out from each other using snowballs.

Unlike traditional Spleef, the player must win three rounds to be sent back to the lobby to start the next round. Also, all blocks can be broken with one hit of a shovel (much like when in creative mode) or snowball – the sole exception being TNT blocks, which act as both pitfalls for unaware players as well as time-bombs that can be used to destroy the ground lower platforms (in snowballs mode).

Sixteen player multiplayer is not available for this game mode.

As of TU60, the custom setting allows the Standard defense, as well as fireworks and levitation potions.

Events
There are certain events that this mini game has. There are a total of two known ones that can be found. The first one was in Halloween where the maps would have their own distinctive layers and the Halloween 2015 Mash-up Texture pack was also used. This last one is available only for the Xbox 360, as this marked the 6th birthday for Xbox 360 Edition. It used the Cartoon texture pack and nothing else changed either.

Glide
Added in the March 28, 2017 update, Glide is an elytra race through tracks. There are two game modes, with one exclusive option:
 * Time attack
 * Score attack
 * Solo

There are currently 12 tracks for Glide:
 * 1) Cavern (Default)
 * 2) Kraken (Default)
 * 3) Yeti (Default)
 * 4) Temple (Default)
 * 5) Canyon (Default)
 * 6) Dragon (Chinese Mythology)
 * 7) Shrunk (Plastic)
 * 8) Body (Default)
 * 9) Mobs (Default)
 * 10) Icarus (Greek Mythology)
 * 11) Exalibur (Fantasy)
 * 12) Celts (Default)

Cavern, Temple, and Canyon are free.

Kraken, Yeti and Dragon are included in the 'Beasts Track Pack'.

Shrunk, Body and Mobs are included in the 'Giants Track Pack.'

Celts, Icarus, and Excalibur are included in the 'Myths Track Pack'.

Sixteen player multiplayer is supported by this game mode.

History
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