How to play
Everything you need for your first game: joining, the game timeline, soup, the compass, combat and the rules.
Join the server
Play on Java Edition or Bedrock Edition: PC, phone, Xbox, PlayStation or Switch.
Java Edition PC · Mac · Linux
- Open MinecraftLaunch Java Edition 26.3 and click Multiplayer.
- Add ServerClick Add Server and give it a name.
- Enter the IPType mc-hg.org as the address, then click Done.
- Pick a kitJoin, choose a kit with /kit and wait for the countdown.
Bedrock Edition Windows · iOS · Android
- Open MinecraftTap Play, then open the Servers tab.
- Add ServerScroll down and tap Add Server.
- Enter the detailsAddress play.mc-hg.org, port 19132.
- Save & playTap Save, then join and pick a kit with /kit.
Consoles Xbox · PlayStation · Nintendo Switch
Consoles can't add servers directly, so use the free BedrockOnline app on your phone to make the server show up on your console.
- Get the appInstall BedrockOnline for iPhone or Android.
- Add the serverIn the app, add a server with address play.mc-hg.org and port 19132.
- Same Wi-FiKeep your phone on the same Wi-Fi as your console, with the app open.
- Join on consoleOpen Minecraft, tap Play and join the LAN game that appears.
Not showing up? Restart Minecraft and try again. More help at bedrockonline.app, or ask in our Discord.
From lobby to last one standing
Each game runs for up to an hour on a brand-new map.
Wait and pick a kit
Choose a kit with /kit <name> or the chest in your hotbar. /spawn teleports you somewhere random to scout. Nobody can be hurt or break blocks yet. Once enough players are online the countdown starts.
The games begin
Everyone is brought to spawn and gets a compass plus their kit items.
Invincibility
Two minutes where nobody can take damage. Spread out, collect mushrooms and wood, and make soup.
Mini-feasts
Small platforms with 4 chests around an enchanting table, announced to the nearest 100 blocks. They hold soup ingredients and Kit Packages that give your starting items back.
The feast is announced
The coordinates are repeated for 5 minutes, then 12 chests of top gear appear around an enchanting table. Use /feast to see where it is. Expect a fight.
Bonus feast
A secret extra feast appears somewhere on the map with no announcement. Keep your eyes open.
Final warning
Five minutes until the pit. Heal up and stock up on soup.
The pit
Everyone still alive is teleported into the pit at the centre of the map to fight to the death.
Game over
If more than one player is somehow left, the winner is decided by kills, then health, hunger and XP. A new game on a new map starts right after.
The forcefield: the map ends at 500 blocks from spawn in every direction. Stay outside it and you'll take damage. There's no diamond ore and no Nether or End, so the feasts are where the best gear is.
Soup is life
Right-click a soup to heal 3.5 hearts instantly. At full health it fills your hunger instead. Fast souping wins fights, but macros aren't allowed.
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Mushroom Stew
Red mushroom + brown mushroom + bowl
++Cacti Juice
2 cactus + bowl
+Chocolate Milk
1 cocoa bean + bowl
The compass
Everyone gets a compass when the game starts. Right-click it to point at the nearest player who is more than 25 blocks away, and chat tells you who: Compass pointing at Steve. The needle doesn't follow them, so click again to update it.
Being tracked? Keep moving, use the terrain, and remember that teams show up on the compass too.
1.8 PvP
Combat works like Minecraft 1.8: no attack cooldown, no sweeping edge and no offhand. Right-click with a sword to block, and fishing rods knock players back. Sword damage and crits use the original server's values:
| Sword | Hit | Critical (125%) |
|---|---|---|
 Wood | 2  | 2.5 |
 Stone | 2.5 | 3 |
 Iron | 3 | 3.5 |
 Diamond | 3.5 | 4 |
Damage against an unarmoured player. Armour, Strength and Protection work like 1.8 too.
When you die
- You're out. There's no spectating, so a dead teammate can't call out positions. Jump into the next game instead.
- Logging out mid-fight doesn't save you. You leave an NPC behind for 10 seconds, and if it's killed, you die.
- Stay away too long and you're eliminated, so a game can't stall.
- Kit items can't be stored in chests.
Play fair, play hard
Breaking these can get you kicked or banned. Staff have the final say. Think a punishment was wrong? Appeal it here.
- 1No hacks or unfair modsKill aura, reach, fly, x-ray, auto-clickers and anything else that gives you an unfair advantage are banned.
- 2No macrosThat includes soup macros: anything that soups for you automatically is not allowed.
- 3No bug abuseFound a glitch or exploit? Report it on Discord instead of using it.
- 4Be respectfulNo harassment, hate speech, threats or spam in chat. Trash talk is fine; being cruel isn't.
- 5Teaming is allowedJust like the original. Some kits are made for teams, and others are made to break them up.
- 6No advertisingDon't post links to other servers or anything you're selling.