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[Noobcrew]

NEW SkyBlock 2.0/2.1 with Hardcore versions.


Changes from SkyBlock 1.0/1.1 to SkyBlock 2.0/2.1

Travel to the nether!
Make your way to the floating sand island.
Begin with a bucket of lava and a block of ice. (The other items are spread out upon the sand island and the island in the nether)
More challenges to complete.

You spawn on a small floating island in the middle of no where.

SkyBlock 2.1

Download SkyBlock 2.1
Download SkyBlock 2.1 Hardcore

SkyBlock 2.0

Download SkyBlock 2.0
Download SkyBlock 2.0 Hardcore

Challenges & Rules for 2.0/2.1:

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Rules:
Do NOT purposely jump off the island to regenerate your health.
Do NOT make a bridge to the mainland.
NO Mods, Hacks, Flying, etc.
Play on at least easy difficulty.
Post pictures of your achievements and progress!
Have FUN!

Challenges:
1) Build a Cobble Stone generator.
2) Build a house.
3) Expand the island.
4) Make a melon farm.
5) Make a pumpkin farm.
6) Make a reed/sugarcane farm.
7) Make a wheat farm.
8) Make a giant red mushroom.
9) Craft a bed.
10) Make 64 stone brick's.
11) Make 20 torches.
12) Make an infinite water source.
13) Craft a furnace.
14) Make a small lake.
15) Build a platform 24 blocks away from the island, for mobs to spawn.
16) Make 10 cactus green dye.
17) Make 10 mushroom stew.
18) Craft 10 Jack 'o' lanterns.
19) Craft 10 bookcases.
20) Make 10 bread.
21) Collect 10 Ender-pearls.
22) Cook 10 fish.
23) Craft 10 Black Wool.
24) Craft 10 Gray Wool.
25) Craft 10 Light Gray Wool.
26) Craft 10 Lime Green Wool.
27) Craft 10 Red Wool.
28) Craft 10 Yellow Wool.
29) Craft 10 Pink Wool.
30) Craft 10 Green Wool.
31) Craft 10 Orange Wool.
32) Craft 10 Snow Golems.
33) Craft 20 Paintings.
34) Build and light a nether portal.
35) Craft 5 Gold Ingots.
36) Craft 16 Glass Panes.
37) Collect 50 birch logs.
38) Collect 64 arrows and craft a bow.
39) Craft 10 stone buttons.
40) Craft 30 stone slabs.
41) Craft 10 signs.
42) Craft 20 ladders.
43) Craft 20 fences.
44) Craft 20 fence gates.
45) Craft 10 levers.
46) Craft 10 trapdoors.
47) Craft 10 stone pressure plates.
48) Craft 10 wooden pressure plates.
49) Collect 64 bonemeal.
50) Craft 20 cobblestone stairs.

Version 1.0/1.1

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Download 1.0
Download 1.0 Hardcore
Download 1.0 Hardcore Pro

SkyBlock 1.1
Land mass increased.

Download 1.1
Download 1.1 Hardcore
Download 1.1 Hardcore Pro

Contents inside of the chest for both 1.0 and 1.1


Contents inside of the chest for Hardcore Pro

Can you survive with one life and your hunger depended on melons?
Note: Some challenges for Hardcore Pro are not available. Since the items are different, Hardcore Pro is more of a Bonus challenging version.

Rules:
Do NOT leave the island.
NO Mods, Hacks, Flying, etc.
Post pictures of your achievements and progress!
Have FUN!

Hints:
Lava + Water = Cobblestone.

Challenges:
1) Build a Cobble Stone generator.
2) Build a house.
3) Expand the island.
4) Make a melon farm.
5) Make a pumpkin farm.
6) Make a reed farm.
7) Make a wheat farm.
8) Make a giant red mushroom.
9) Build a bed.
10) Make 40 stone brick's.
11) Make atleast 20 torches.
12) Make an infinite water source.
13) Build a furnace.
14) Make a small lake.
15) Make a platform 24 blocks away from the island, for mobs to spawn.
16) Make 10 cactus green dye.
17) Make 10 mushroom stew.
18) Make 10 Jack 'o' lanterns.
19) Build 10 bookcases.
20) Make 10 bread.
21) Collect 10 Ender-pearls.
22) Cook 10 fish.
23) Craft 10 Black Wool.
24) Craft 10 Gray Wool.
25) Craft 10 Light Gray Wool.
26) Craft 10 Lime Green Wool.
27) Craft 10 Red Wool.
28) Craft 10 Yellow Wool.
29) Craft 10 Pink Wool.
30) Craft 10 Green Wool.
31) Craft 10 Orange Wool.
32) Craft 10 Snow Golems. (1.9 Pre Release only, it does not snow if you play on 1.8)
33) Craft 20 Paintings.

Older downloads

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As requested, the first versions of SkyBlock.

First version of SkyBlock 1.0

Download

First version of SkyBlock 1.1

Download

Rules:
Do NOT leave the island.
NO Mods, Hacks, Flying, etc.
Post pictures of your achievements and progress!
Have FUN!

Hints:
Lava + Water = Cobblestone

Challenges:
1.Build a Cobble stone generator.
2.Expand the island.
3.Make a mushroom farm.(1.0)
4.Make some glass.
5.Make a reed farm.
6.Make a cactus farm.
7.Make a wheat farm.
8.Make some bread.
9.Make a bed.
10.Build a forest.
11.Build a house.
12.Make a small waterfall and a lake.
13.Make atleast 5 torches.
14.Make a infinite water source.
15.Make a furnace.

Optional Master Challenge:
Make an area for mobs to spawn at-least 24 blocks away from the island.

Thank you TheJupiterSailfish for the first series of SkyBlock!
Check out his channel for part 2,3, etc.


Note: Removing the block that you spawned on, and not placing a block back (So if there is no block on your spawn point) then dieing may spawn you elsewhere as it is too small to pick a spawn close by. So it will spawn you on the mainland, and it will be impossible to get back. Be careful! (This problem is fixed for the versions that are above this spoiler.)

Instructions on how to install the map and if you are having trouble downloading the map:

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Place what version you downloaded in the saves folder, to reach your saves folder follow the instructions below.

Windows:
%appdata%\.minecraft\saves

Windows XP/Vista:
%appdata%\.minecraft\saves

Windows 7:
C:\Users\*YourName*\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\saves

Mac:
Users/*YourName*/Library/Application Support/Minecraft/Saves

Linux:
Go to view options
Check the 'show hidden folders' box
Go to your home directory
Open '.minecraft'
Open
'Saves'

Windows:


Mac:



Are you having issue's downloading the map?

You might click download in mediafire and it will just refresh the page, and not let you download or just show the ?processing download request? instead of providing an option to download. This occurs because mediafire is prohibiting some countries from downloading at a certain time. You can easily solve this by deleting your browser cookies.

Google Chrome Users: Click on the Customize button -> Option -> Under the hood -> Clear browsing history -> Make sure Delete Cookies and other site data is checked -> Click Clear browsing data

Internet Explorer Users: Go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Delete? -> select only Cookies -> Delete

Mozilla Firefox Users: Go to Tools -> Options -> Privacy tab -> Show cookies -> Scroll down and look for mediafire cookies folder and delete it

If you are using other browsers, just find a way to eat the cookies.

Change the biome for SkyBlock 2.0/2.1:

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To switch the snow biome to a non snow biome.
Download the level.dat that corresponds with the version of SkyBlock you are playing, and replace it.

2.0: http://mediafire.com...fono1f2g7mpbyxb
2.0 Hardcore: http://mediafire.com...6irv2leok9l9k4r
2.1: http://mediafire.com...2ydk4db417hou91
2.1 Hardcore: http://mediafire.com...e2cciicgw0863pb

Note: You will have to skip challenge #32.
Make sure you replace the level.dat before you start the map, or place everything that is in your inventory in a chest. If you do not do so, your items in your inventory will be gone.
Let me know if you have any problems.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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Read the title of each spoiler. View the contents of a spoiler to answer your questions. Not everything will be here, as this map is meant to be a challenge, so not everything can be answered.

Here is a video from KerflumexedPenguin about the basics of SkyBlock. Thanks

"How do I keep my water from re-freezing?"

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This is a very simple fix. To stop your water from re-freezing, as this is in a Tundra (snow) biome, simply place a block above your water source, or a torch next to the source. There are alternative downloads for the level.dat file, but this will eliminate a challenge and therefore you can't complete them all.

Alternative level.dat downloads
Version 2.0 -> http://mediafire.com...fono1f2g7mpbyxb
Version 2.0 Hardcore -> http://mediafire.com...6irv2leok9l9k4r
Version 2.1 -> http://mediafire.com...2ydk4db417hou91
Version 2.1 Hardcore -> http://mediafire.com...e2cciicgw0863pb
Note: This will take out challenge #32, (32) Craft 10 Snow Golems.) If you have any problems, check in with Noobcrew.

"How do I light a Nether portal without Flint & Steel?"

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This is very simple to do, but it may take a few tries. The basic idea is to get your lava to light a piece of wood or something else flammable, and have the fire spread through the portal frame so it ignites, therefore activating it.
Step-by-step guide by iiTzWho

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How to light the portal without Flint & Steel

It is actually really easy, if the wood burns out before it lights, try again

The rest will be in spoilers, each step in a separate spoiler


First Step

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First, set up the portal (I wasn't in SkyBlock for this, therefor had 14 obsidian not 10)

Second

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Set up the wood, and a little barrier so the lava doesn't go everywhere

Third

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Place the lava down, let it catch fire to one of the planks, then grab it back up

Fourth

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Both planks should be burning..

Fifth

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The portal should be lit, if not - try again

Hope this helped somehow, good-luck with SkyBlock

TL;DR - Set up portal, put wood at base and back of portal, light wood at base, let it spread to back, BAM portal lit.

"How can I make an infinite water source with only one ice block?"

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You can't. The solution is to go to the Nether, using the guide(s) above - once you're there you will find a chest with the second ice block, and many more necessary items to finish all of the SkyBlock challenges. (Items included in the Nether are 27 blocks of glowstone, brown and red mushrooms, the chest, second ice block, sugar cane, and birch sapling).

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"My Sand island fell ... can you put a layer of sandstone on the bottom?"

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This is a very easy fix as well. If you want to be able to collect of your sand (to finish challenges), build down below the layer of the spawn island with the bedrock by 2 levels. You can do this by using "water scaffolding" (If you don't know what this is, YouTube or Google it) then build over to the sand island. Once your over there, build a 3x3 or larger platform directly under the sand, and it will all fall down onto your platform where you can safely collect it.
Note: Be careful while using water scaffolding! Make sure the water can't form back into ice or you will fall into the void! Also, make sure you collect the cactus block on the sand island, or it may fall into the void when the sand falls.

"Can you fix the snow biome please?"

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It's actually not broken, it's meant to be in one to replace it, read the spoiler above - "How do I keep my water from re-freezing?"

"Can you reduce the amount of wool for the tasks?"

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There are easy ways to get all of the wool you need, and more! You can create a spawner designed just for spiders to get plenty of string.

Here is somewhat a guide by PopuptwoRS. Thanks
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=incnUSSbCN0

"How do I get gold ingots?"

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Go to the Nether (with guide above) and make a platform there for zombie pigmen to spawn on. Kill them for gold nuggets. Once you have 9 gold nuggets, place them in a crafting table in a 3x3 fashion, which creates one gold ingot.

If you love this map, and wish to support, copy the code below and place it in your signature. =)

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[imshanedulong]

Holy crap... now THATS a survival map.

[Skilz9]

w00t how do you want the surive if you are on a flooting island with by the looks only a tree 9 dirt 9sand 9stone !!


Edit: i think i cane see some coal on the left side

[Cornshot1]

Wow, this is quite the map.
It's so simple yet quite the ingenious idea.

[Otto von Bismarck]

Notch should design the game so that every once in a while, the game rejects your seed and spawns you in something like this.

OT: I actually like this quite a bit. I desperately need more dirt and sand though.

[Noobcrew]

Cornshot1, on 04 September 2011 - 06:19 PM, said:

It's kinda difficult to make a forest, a wheat farm, and a reed farm with only 9 pieces of dirt (8 for me since 1 fell into the void). Would it be possible to add a way to get more dirt? And possibly more sand?

Edit: Figured it out. Remove the dirt after the tree grows

Btw: The feathers are useless without a way to get flint.

Yeh, any ideas on how I can add more dirt and sand? Cobble stone/stone you can make with water and lava. and such should I just add sand and dirt to the chest?

[Cornshot1]

Noobcrew, on 04 September 2011 - 06:51 PM, said:

Yeh, any ideas on how I can add more dirt and sand? Cobble stone/stone you can make with water and lava. and such should I just add sand and dirt to the chest?

Maybe 1-4 blocks of dirt in the chest would be nice. Any more and they would be used mostly as platform blocks. It is posssible to complete all of the challenges with the provided blocks. Just some of them not very well.

[Lithuen]

This looks like fun! I'm off to see how I do, and perhaps post some pics when I've accomplished a fair bit. Definitely going to start on peaceful though. I don't want to imagine the destruction a creeper could cause on this island

[Noobcrew]

Lithuen, on 04 September 2011 - 10:30 PM, said:

This looks like fun! I'm off to see how I do, and perhaps post some pics when I've accomplished a fair bit. Definitely going to start on peaceful though. I don't want to imagine the destruction a creeper could cause on this island

Awesome

[DarkMark3]

Amazing work you did here.

From the "cobblestone generator" I came up with an idea for an SMP auto-cobble factory.

[Noobcrew]

Thank you guys for the great feedback!

[Wafflekins]

Everyone reading this topic has to try this map.. you wouldn't believe how much fun it is making a cobblestone generator on a precarious little platform of dirt! Very fun map for something so simple. It also made me realize how quickly you can multiply the blocks that you have.

The only real problem was that you had a limited amount of sand, dirt and ores. My suggestion would be to put more different blocks into the platform. Or maybe another island to get to?

Again, great idea for a map can't wait to see more variations

I don't know how to hide the picture so I'll post the link for anyone to see what I did for the cobblestone generator. http://i55.tinypic.com/25g44mx.png

[TheOnlyAlex]

Wafflekins, on 05 September 2011 - 01:15 AM, said:

The only real problem was that you had a limited amount of sand, dirt and ores. My suggestion would be to put ... another island to get to?

I was thinking the same thing!

[Kitten_Eater]

Nice. You should add this to your website.

[Noobcrew]

Wafflekins, on 05 September 2011 - 01:15 AM, said:

The only real problem was that you had a limited amount of sand, dirt and ores. My suggestion would be to put more different blocks into the platform. Or maybe another island to get to?

In 1.1 I added some more dirt and sand.
I was thinking of adding some more islands for 1.2 or something like that.
THANK YOU for your feedback, it helps

[M906LU5FD]

this is fun and really hard i bawsed it up when i combined water with lava D: so i restarted and died from falling into the void

[Orbaz]

WARNING: YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE ASHIEN'S SURVIVAL ISLAND BEFORE TRYING THIS ONE...IF YOUR A SURVIVAL EXPERT! -Israphel- -Creeper Boss- -Zombie Boss-

[Boutei]

Version 1.1 was a lot of fun. It was a challenge getting the dirt out from the bottom to make a generator. Here's a picture of my beautiful sky island.



This is the download for my map for those who want to explore.

Overall, I'd have to give this map 10/10.
It was challenging, but not impossible. I also have never seen anything like this map, so it's original in my eyes. (I don't know if there's a map like this)

[Allegog]

looking into it

[MinecraftTrolledMe]

Downloading right now.. this is awesome!

Edit: Fell off the map while building my cobblestone farm