In Minecraft though, the laws of gravity are different. In fact, they’re so different that islands don’t even need water to float. They can do it in mid-air.
And this strange phenomenon has inspired many great maps.
This map is a fun parkour challenge where you’re tasked with beating 10 sky islands.
It starts off easy but it doesn’t stay that way! The map gets progressively more challenging to keep you engaged.
This map also makes use of many of Minecraft’s features, such as elytras. Even if the increases in difficulty aren’t enough to keep you engaged, being able to glide definitely will!
If you’re into completing parkour maps as quickly as possible, this map has a timer to help you keep track of how long you’re taking too!
The best way to bond with your friends is to use each other as archery practice. In Minecraft, of course.
I don’t think your friends would appreciate real arrows in their real knees.
Arrow Fight is a map where two teams must shoot arrows at each other from their respective floating islands. Just like the superhero Arrow, these arrows have superpowers. For example, there’s a TNT arrow, which spawns ignited TNT wherever it hits.
Imagine being in shock after being hit by an arrow, only for ignited dynamite to materialize in front of you. At that point, I would just accept that my limbs and the rest of my body weren’t meant to be together.
But Arrow Fight isn’t some schoolyard brawl.
You only win once the enemy team is dead.
So get your bow ready, get your magic dynamite-spawning arrows ready, and go shed some (virtual) blood.
This map puts you on a floating island, similar to the one in SkyBlock.
There are also other floating islands scattered around you. Each floating island has a villager that you can trade with, and this is the basic concept of the map.
To advance, you need to do a lot of trading.
Make the right trades and eventually you’ll be able to get some ender eyes to find the end portal!
I’ve always found that when PvP is taken to the heights, it becomes even more enjoyable.
There’s a certain satisfaction that I get when I watch my enemies plummet into the void because I threw a single egg at them.
This is actually a common occurrence when playing the minigame skywars.
In the game, each player gets their own little skyblock-type island with only an abyss of death to separate them.
There’s also a middle island with tons of loot. This encourages players to be proactive instead of making a house, a cobblestone generator, and a family from the safety of their island.
If you want to make a family, you better do it on the battlefield.
Players can use the blocks they get to build bridges to other islands.
This is the scariest part of the game. It’s even scarier than melee combat with swords. When you’re making a bridge, all it takes is one outstanding egg toss and you’ll be falling into oblivion.
Bedwars is a minigame where you must destroy the enemies’ beds while protecting your own. Your bed is what lets you respawn, so if your bed breaks, your next death becomes permanent.
Most bedwars maps contain several floating islands, each belonging to a player (or a team).
This one though? This one also contains floating islands.
But now, there are pumpkins.
Pumpkin bedwars is the classic minigame but with a darker and spookier atmosphere. In this game, the monsters aren’t under your bed – they’re bridging towards it.
This is a super cute map where you play as a chicken who’s getting bored with its regular life. You want to get off your floating island.
You want to fly.
It involves a great story, interesting dialogue, puzzles, and exciting boss fights!
Oh, and parkour, of course.
What would a floating island map be if there wasn’t a risk of falling into the darkness below?
The parkour on this map is interesting because your chicken character has a flap mechanic that allows you to stay in the air for a couple seconds. This mechanic must be used to complete the parkour. Flappy Bird may have died, but now we have a flappy chicken instead.
