Mini games

This feature is exclusive to Legacy Console Edition.

Mini games menu as seen on the *PlayStation 4 Edition*.

Mini games are a variety of modes exclusive to the Legacy Console Edition of Minecraft. 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, Tumble, and Glide.

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 who wears one of the six heads in the lobby retains that head into the next round.

Lobby

Upon creating or joining a server, the player spawns in the lobby. It is a small "town" in the middle of a superflat world. All players are in adventure mode and are immune to damage (just like in creative mode). When playing with other players, the next game starts within one minute, although the player can create an invite-only game to gain the freedom to explore the lobby.

Exploration

The mini-game lobby is complex. There are many redstone puzzles scattered around. The main collectables and secrets of the lobby are getting the music discs, getting all of the armor sets, the hidden old lobby, and the mob head hunts to get the dragon's head.

Escaping the lobby

In older versions like PlayStation 3, escape was possible with an elytra or fishing rod.

The modern lobby can also be escaped by going through the nether portal gate. Sometimes the nether gate blocks (and presumably the water gate blocks, but there is no evidence of those having this issue) can glitch out of existence. Then the player can use an elytra to go down the 1×1 hole, either in the 1×1 space in the area above the barrier, or in one of the 1×1 spaces used for the redstone under the map. However, there are barrier blocks that prevent the player from going any further down. Escaping the map this would can also give the player the "supersonic" achievement.

Battle

Battle is a mini game most similar to the popular "Hunger Games" mode on Java Edition servers, where players compete in a "last man standing" or "deathmatch" style game. Battle was added to the Legacy Console Edition on June 21, 2016.

Tumble

Tumble is a mini game most similar to the popular "Spleef" mode on Java Edition servers, where players aim to cause others to fall off of an arena by using snowballs, shovels, or other items to mine the ground below them. Tumble was added to the Legacy Console Edition on August 30 and August 31, 2016.

Glide

Glide is a mini game where players maneuver through a track while wearing an elytra, aiming to finish in the fastest time or score the most points by flying through colored rings. Glide was added to the Legacy Console Edition on March 28, 2017 (March 29, 2017 for Wii U Edition).

Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability			Gamerscore earned (Xbox)	Trophy type (PS)
Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Xbox	PS	Nintendo	Gamerscore earned (Xbox)	Trophy type (PS)
	The Student...	Win a public Battle mini game.	—	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	25G	Silver
	...has become the master	Win 3 public Battle games in a row.	—	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	60G	Gold
	'Tis but a scratch	Take 100 damage in a round of a public Battle mini game.	—	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	40G	Silver
	Cupid	Kill 2 players in a round of a public Battle mini game using a bow and arrow.	—	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	20G	Bronze
	Hunger Pain	While starving, kill a player in a Battle mini game.	—	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	20G	Bronze
	Mine!	Open every chest in a Battle mini game arena in one round.	—	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	20G	Bronze
	Underdog	Win a Tumble game while on the lowest layer in a Snowball Tumble mini game.	—	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	15G	Bronze
	Hotshot	Hit a player with a snowball while falling into the lava.	—	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	40G	Silver
	S-no Throw	Win a single round of Snowball Tumble without throwing any Snowballs.	—	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	40G	Silver
	Overlord	Stay on the top layer while winning a round in a Snowball Tumble mini game.	—	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	15G	Bronze
	Snowplough	Push three players into lava using snowballs in a single public round.	—	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	15G	Bronze
	Snow Storm	Hit a single Player with 25 Snowballs in a single public round.	—	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	40G	Silver

History

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU36	CU25	1.28	1.28	1.28	Patch 7	1.0.1	Added Battle mini game.
TU39	CU27	1.31	1.31	1.31	Patch 10		Disabled "Take Everything" in the lobby.
TU41	CU30	1.33	1.33	1.33	Patch 11		Added Tumble mini game.
TU41	CU30	1.33	1.33	1.33	Patch 11		Introduced a "vote to kick" system for mini games. When there are more than three players in a public game, a player will be kicked from the game when they have received three votes. This scales down when there are less players.
TU42	CU32	1.35	1.35	1.35	Patch 12		Removed vote-to-kick function.
TU51	CU41	1.44	1.44	1.44	Patch 20	1.0.3	Added Glide mini game.
TU51	CU41	1.44	1.44	1.44	Patch 20	1.0.3	Added a new lobby.

Trivia

There was once a feature planned to allow alliances and teams in the battle mini game, however this idea was scrapped.^[1]
There was once a toggle-able altimeter planned for the glide mini game, however this idea was scrapped.^[2]