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Whether it’d be going on small quests to stop a village’s destruction or embarking on towards lands of ancient evil, Minecraft is no stranger to having storytelling told within its code. Many players seem to enjoy playing these different adventures and partaking in the longest journeys there is. There’s a lot to encounter and a lot of creative storytellers doing their best to use the game as their medium.
These adventures tend to be called “Adventure Maps” and come in a huge variety. Seeping into the lands of horror, coming with the pleasant journeys, or even making silly trolling shenanigans. You can find all sorts of craziness within this vanilla game.
With StickyPiston, we provide these journeys for you, the player, to be able to have fun with friends or be able to experience a taste of what these adventures. Using the trials to experience this small taste or using the One Click Installer to add it to your server, it’s best to give credit to each mapmaker who has put their artworks and stories. This is what we consider the Top 10 of these maps.
Table of contents
- 10. Pokemon Cobalt & Amethyst by Phoenix SC
- 9. Overthrow Jevin by TheblueMan003
- 8. Cake Team Towers by Swanlet & The Cake Team Crew
- 7. Verticuloid by FingerMaps
- 6. Shadow of the Skeleton King by Mundi Maps
- 5. Undertale in Minecraft (UTMC) by UTMC Team
- 4. Herobrine’s Mansion by Hypixel
- 3. Terra Swoop Force by Noxcrew
- 2. Dirge of the Sky by Ash_47 & ChaoticImme
- 1. Across The Time 2 – Time For Regrets by Team Adventquest
10. Pokemon Cobalt & Amethyst by Phoenix SC
MC 1.8.8 Profile | Can be played for 1 Player
You would think you aren’t able to find a custom Pokemon experience for vanilla Minecraft. Well you’d be wrong! Phoenix here introduces an entirely new Pokemon game in the form of a Minecraft map. With a bunch of new Pokemon, an entirely new region, a fun battling system, and even challenging gym leaders; this experience will take you on a journey like no other in vanilla MC.
Play Pokemon Cobalt & Amethyst
9. Overthrow Jevin by TheblueMan003
MC 1.16.5 Profile | Can be played for 1 Player
On December 31st, 2020 a meteor was headed straight for Planet Earth. Solar Tech Corp sent its best agent to save the world, but he ended up failing and was knocked out. A dog-man by the name of Jevin Sprint had an idea to rid the ash that brought on a cold winter from the entire world. Because this ridiculous idea ended up somehow working, he became the leader of the world. Him becoming leader was not even a smart idea. So the agent mentioned before must stop Jevin before humanity is wiped out.
8. Cake Team Towers by Swanlet & The Cake Team Crew
MC 1.19.4 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 4 Players
Optifine is required in this map, but for how much there is hidden around in this roguelike map, you will find a bunch of things to collect and secrets to find. Your goal is simple – reach the top of the tower. There’s over 15 playable characters and so many new custom items and bosses. You will find the dungeons randomized and gain a new experience each time.
7. Verticuloid by FingerMaps
MC 1.19.4 Profile | Can be played for 1 Player
This map introduces an interesting mechanic of never being able to jump. While you can’t jump, you will be tested on your ability to use your arms and killing the boss that stands in your way. End this torture and overcome the disability to jump.
6. Shadow of the Skeleton King by Mundi Maps
MC 1.21.1 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 2 Players
This map was introduced as the last map for the anniversary of Mundi Maps. While it was the last introduction, it doesn’t make it any less special. The Skeleton King has seized control of the land and it’s up to the player to stop him.. or become the new ruler. Find allies across the map to help with puzzles and to get you to defeat this tyrant.
Play Shadow of the Skeleton King
5. Undertale in Minecraft (UTMC) by UTMC Team
MC 1.20.4 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 4 Players
This map is honestly pretty simple in concept – it takes the entire game of Undertale and puts it into Minecraft! Now while that may not sound fun, re-journeying through the same game again, this iteration of the game adds more charm and gives that Minecraft feel to it. It makes everything feel more alive and gives each scenery a new amazing and whimsical view.
4. Herobrine’s Mansion by Hypixel
MC 1.7.10 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 4 Players
One of the classic adventure maps created by Hypixel. Find yourself journeying to Herobrine and fighting across some of the earliest kinds of bosses Minecraft had to offer. You’ll be going all the way from caves to the corners of his mansion in order to stop this legendary figure. Don’t forget to upgrade your gear the more you progress too.
3. Terra Swoop Force by Noxcrew
MC 1.11.2 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 10 Players
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Your mission as a Terra Swooper is to find out what happened to the bore-drill and its crew thirty years ago. The special task force you are with was employed by Geo Descent Labs with cutting edge Thermal Flight armor. Reach the top speeds a human can get to and go to the center of the earth, gather Noxesium, and uncover the story of what happened.
2. Dirge of the Sky by Ash_47 & ChaoticImme
MC 1.20.1 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 6 Players
Out of all maps on this list, this map has to be one of the most unique experiences ever seen out there. A cooperative map where you need to work together with the best class combinations? Being able to go through tons of bosses and experience a new and fun combat system? There’s just so much here that feels like we’re playing through those old raids from World of Warcraft or even some superbosses from Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy.
1. Across The Time 2 – Time For Regrets by Team Adventquest
MC 1.20.2 Profile | Can be played between 1 to 3 Players
Honestly going into this map, there wasn’t a whole lot of expectations for this sequel. The original map was a fun journey, but asides from being grand in builds and being fun to utilize spells, there really wasn’t that much it had to offer over any other Adventure Map at the time.
This time your heroic acts have led to you partaking in a curse and will have to travel through the land of Silberland to get rid of this evil. With new custom loot, ton of secondary objectives, a bunch of side quests, many new cutscenes, and tons of new spells that can scale across 10 different levels.. you will have so many new things to experience that change everything up. You may just want to order a server in order to experience this map to its fullest!