Welcome to the Distant Lands, a series of Complete the Monument maps designed for those new or returning to the genre, or to provide a classic experience to veterans!
Come and check out the CTM Repository for more maps like these or join the CTM Discord to chat with myself and other amazing mapmakers, players and content creators. It's the best place to be to play maps or learn how to make your own!
My difficulty scale:
I balance around what I find to be enjoyable, which tends to involve a bit of resource gathering, a little bit of death, and a lot of loot to combat all the hazards and traps you'll find. The best way to phrase my difficulty rating is "how easy is it to complete without dying".
Relaxed - Enjoyable challenge for less experienced players. A step up from vanilla minecraft. Moderate - Designed for newer or returning players looking for a challenge! Expect to find good loot to combat the tough environments and encounters. Difficult - Don't be reckless. Careful play and strategy will be needed to get through this environment.
Brutal - You'll die a lot. It's part of the process. These maps are difficult.
NOTE: Use a Vanilla server if you're playing any maps in multiplayer. Spigot servers sometimes interpret dimension files incorrectly, so manual adjustment of the nether and end files in the server may be needed. Play in the intended version of minecraft to avoid bugs.
1. Nether Breached Caverns
Ender Pelagic, a research facility researching interdimensional travel, had witnessed a disaster. Their Nether experiment had gone wrong, and now the subterranean caves have been opened up. With the dimensional link broken, going down into the caverns seems like the only promise of escape...
Minecraft Version: 1.16.5
Map Type: Open-branching (lots of areas accessible at once, but not as open as a pure open world map)
A map, a compass and a ship is all you have - well... you had a ship. You find yourself on a desert island. The sun has long set and now a blood moon hangs in the sky. Can you keep your sanity while trying to bring the sun back?
This map features no natural health regeneration. Food restores health directly. In addition, an optional sanity mechanic rewards dying less and exploring this densely populated open world!
Minecraft Version: 1.16.5
Map Type: Open World Difficulty: Difficult Objectives: 16 wool and 7 bonus heads.
A small map I made for the 32nd Strawberry Jam event, a 72 hour map making jam.
An icy valley was once home to settlers, fed by the warmth of a bird of flame. Those days have passed, and so have the residents of this quiet place. You awaken to reignite the flames of this land.
This map features no natural health regeneration. Food restores health directly.
Minecraft Version: 1.16.3
Map Type: Open World Difficulty: Moderate Objectives: 3 wool.
You should come join the CTM Community discord. It's extremely active at all times of day, and lots of veteran mapmakers are there. It's a great place to discuss making maps, playing maps, command blocks/datapacks, or just memes and general discord shenanigans.
Hey! I wanted to try your map out but theres a problem.
I dont know if its on my end, but whenever I load the map, it just spawns me into an empty world. Tried using spectator mode to fly around to find something but theres nothing there.
Oh man I have been waiting for years for another solid series of CTMs, Vechs' Super Hostiles hold a special place in my heart. Can't wait to see more progress and give them a shot!
This Nether Breached map is so fun! My friends and I have been very slowly playing through this on my realm - we've only had a problem with the Blue wool so far
We broke the spawner before the boss could spawn in the last part of the Blue area and the fix command didn't work I took a fly around in spectator to see if I could find if there was command blocks to get the boss to spawn (and then spawned in an elder guardian myself) which didnt work so we had to give ourselves Blue wool for completing the area.
Glad you're enjoying! I'll take a look at that, the spawner should have triggered as soon as you got there but it must be not primed for some reason.. I'll fix it so this hopefully doesn't happen again.
Loved the map so far, but like Nel96 the Blue wool couldn't be obtained as we broke the spawners before the boss spawned and the command didn't fix the issue. I think the issue was that we primed the boss and then left the area which must have allowed the boss to despawn, we went and crafted the blue wool to complete the Monument. Very nicely designed levels and the story line was interesting. The only minor issues with the mob spawn rates was that certain areas had hundreds of mobs spawn at one time - collecting the Pink wool was especially treacherous with over 50 Wither Skeletons ready to knock you off the platform into the void (Ghasts shooting projectiles at you go), at the same time certain areas (Gray wool) took a long while to spawn mobs and retrieving the wool was fairly simple.
Overall, good variety and interesting Story - I'm sure the 7-8 friends who participated at one time or another will agree - only problem being the Blue Wool. I'm sure we'll play more of your CTM maps in the future when they drop!
Only Wools and blocks to collect now will be; Black, Brown, Green, Red, Iron, Gold and Diamond!
Completed the Nether Breached Caverns on Version 1.2 so we ran into the blue wool issue, but it's no biggie we enjoyed the area all the same. Great level designs with a just a few little details that could be improved.
As a group, it was felt that there needs to be more explicit detail on what to do with the Iron, Gold and Diamond blocks - we crafted them, although it was felt that to improve continuity they could be obtained through other means - Perhaps the Elder Guardian, Wither and Ender Dragon could drop them. The black wool is in a great place, but with this it leads me onto my next point. There needs to be more of a satisfying conclusion, after you fill all the spots in the monument then.... what? There should be something; explosions; teleportation to a room where you reveal the play testers etc; text on screen or in the chat; something to cap off the experience. We discussed and rated the map as follows;
Mowse, my friend and I just finished playing "Nether Breached Caverns" and we loved it. I love the old school vibe. It's very reminiscent of a Super Hostile map like Legendary, Spellbound Caves, Waking Up, etc. but it stands on it's own as an original. Very well done. Thank you.
I’m really enjoying this map up to this point, but I just got enchanting and potion brewing and iron everything (working on the few Diamond pieces for proper enchanting) anyway... I still haven’t found what to do with the flowers you get in the mushroom area, it says something about putting them in a stew to make potions, but haven’t managed to do anything about them to this point. Does it happen later on in the map? I’m already over half done, I expected to use those special flower potions before getting access to the "infinite" supplies from the same area the enchanting table is.
Glad you're enjoying so far! The flowers in the mushroom area are actually just a vanilla mechanic. The tool tip hints that they can be made into a stew. A mushroom stew. If you add a flower as part of your crafting recipe for a mushroom stew it makes a suspicious stew with a beneficial property. They're honestly not that useful... The regeneration one is the only one I ended up making in my own tests and it was okay, but you can only carry a few.
Playing the Nether breached caverns right now with a few friends. We only got the first few wools, but the map is really nice. Good areas, starting was super tough but rewarding once we got through, and everything is just nice. Great map.
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We've loved playing this map so far! Blue wool never worked even with the command block, but we soldiered on!
BUT, when we jumped into the nether at the portal provided, it only generated regular Nether - no CTM trial... We've mad it so far, but there's no course for those nether wools...
We've loved playing this map so far! Blue wool never worked even with the command block, but we soldiered on!
BUT, when we jumped into the nether at the portal provided, it only generated regular Nether - no CTM trial... We've mad it so far, but there's no course for those nether wools...
Any suggestions?
It might be that way if the map creator made the map in single player. See if the nether opens fine in single player. If it does, you may have to move the nether file in the proper location it should be while being played on servers.
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Need a friend to play Minecraft with? Click me! Lots of players are looking for someone to play with as well!
Need a way to make survival more fun? Click me!
Don't know what to build? Here is a "What should I build?" generator!
hello! THANK YOU for this map, it's been an absolute pleasure.
having not done a CTM in several years, your definition of "moderate" was spot on. we (my fiance and i) do like to "play minecraft" during a ctm and are loving it.
we have just collected the blue wool, leaving green, red and black all we have left.
notes on the blue wool- we were aware of issues going in having read the posts about it, and were very careful not to trigger until we were ready, and like others it didn't spawn. we cleared out the guardians below, and on a whim, i started breaking the sea lanterns and bricks surrounding the spawner, when i'd cleared 3 of the sides it spawned immediately. seems to be on roughly a two minute timer, we waited it out and it did indeed spawn again.
which is weird, because looks like you do have it on a long distance spawn as he appeared pretty well into the main lower chamber, but the spawner didn't think it had room to activate.
hope that is helpful, thanks again for a super fun map, look forward to the next one someday ^^
notes on the blue wool- we were aware of issues going in having read the posts about it, and were very careful not to trigger until we were ready, and like others it didn't spawn. we cleared out the guardians below, and on a whim, i started breaking the sea lanterns and bricks surrounding the spawner, when i'd cleared 3 of the sides it spawned immediately. seems to be on roughly a two minute timer, we waited it out and it did indeed spawn again.
which is weird, because looks like you do have it on a long distance spawn as he appeared pretty well into the main lower chamber, but the spawner didn't think it had room to activate.
Thanks for playing! Yeah, so it's a long range spawner that spawn in the room with I think a 90-150 second delay on respawning. It's supposed to spawn as soon as you get there. What has been happening is that is spawns in the chamber while you're above, and then despawns for some reason, even though elder guardians shouldn't...
Come and check out the CTM Repository for more maps like these or join the CTM Discord to chat with myself and other amazing mapmakers, players and content creators. It's the best place to be to play maps or learn how to make your own!
I balance around what I find to be enjoyable, which tends to involve a bit of resource gathering, a little bit of death, and a lot of loot to combat all the hazards and traps you'll find. The best way to phrase my difficulty rating is "how easy is it to complete without dying".
Moderate - Designed for newer or returning players looking for a challenge! Expect to find good loot to combat the tough environments and encounters.
Difficult - Don't be reckless. Careful play and strategy will be needed to get through this environment.
1. Nether Breached Caverns
7000+ downloads!
Playthroughs:
VintageBeef & Sl1pg8tr
Oblyx (Stream)
R6Scrubs
2. Starblight Desert
A map, a compass and a ship is all you have - well... you had a ship. You find yourself on a desert island. The sun has long set and now a blood moon hangs in the sky. Can you keep your sanity while trying to bring the sun back?
This map features no natural health regeneration. Food restores health directly. In addition, an optional sanity mechanic rewards dying less and exploring this densely populated open world!
Minecraft Version: 1.16.5
Map Type: Open World
Difficulty: Difficult
Objectives: 16 wool and 7 bonus heads.
Download: https://ctmrepository.com/index.php?action=viewMap&id=476
Images:
Trailer:
Additional Credits:
Legacy Food Datapack by RenderXR:
https://twitter.com/renderXR
https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding-java-edition/maps/2295375-ctm-collection-renderxrs-untold-stories-series
Custom Map Intro Music by Jack Towse
Playthroughs:
Vertagen
BSM, KVT, RenderXR, Narfu - KVT Pov (Stream Highlights)
BSM, KVT, RenderXR, Narfu - BSM Pov (Stream)
DINOCREATOR
Team Canada (Vintage Beef, Etho, PauseUnPause)
Pho (Speedrun)
Aurabolt (Stream)
Wiccy (Stream)
Strawberry Jam #32. Rekindle
A small map I made for the 32nd Strawberry Jam event, a 72 hour map making jam.
An icy valley was once home to settlers, fed by the warmth of a bird of flame. Those days have passed, and so have the residents of this quiet place. You awaken to reignite the flames of this land.
This map features no natural health regeneration. Food restores health directly.
Minecraft Version: 1.16.3
Map Type: Open World
Difficulty: Moderate
Objectives: 3 wool.
Download. https://ctmrepository.com/index.php?action=viewMap&id=294
Images.
Additional Credits:
Legacy Food Datapack by RenderXR:
https://twitter.com/renderXR
https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding-java-edition/maps/2295375-ctm-collection-renderxrs-untold-stories-series
Playthroughs:
Anistuffs (Stream)
BSM (Stream)
IronmanBTW (Stream)
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Wow. This is actually a great map. Great work!
You should come join the CTM Community discord. It's extremely active at all times of day, and lots of veteran mapmakers are there. It's a great place to discuss making maps, playing maps, command blocks/datapacks, or just memes and general discord shenanigans.
https://discord.gg/FsSJFcv
Hey! I wanted to try your map out but theres a problem.I dont know if its on my end, but whenever I load the map, it just spawns me into an empty world. Tried using spectator mode to fly around to find something but theres nothing there.NVM I fixed it
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Just downloaded today.
Pretty good so far, but you could really tone down on the tnt traps.
Hey! I'm playing the map right now with a friend and we are definitely enjoying it! ! Good map so far!
Oh man I have been waiting for years for another solid series of CTMs, Vechs' Super Hostiles hold a special place in my heart. Can't wait to see more progress and give them a shot!
This Nether Breached map is so fun! My friends and I have been very slowly playing through this on my realm - we've only had a problem with the Blue wool so far
I took a fly around in spectator to see if I could find if there was command blocks to get the boss to spawn (and then spawned in an elder guardian myself) which didnt work so we had to give ourselves Blue wool for completing the area.
We broke the spawner before the boss could spawn in the last part of the Blue area and the fix command didn't work
Would there be any other fix for this?
We love the map so far though!
Glad you're enjoying! I'll take a look at that, the spawner should have triggered as soon as you got there but it must be not primed for some reason.. I'll fix it so this hopefully doesn't happen again.
Loved the map so far, but like Nel96 the Blue wool couldn't be obtained as we broke the spawners before the boss spawned and the command didn't fix the issue. I think the issue was that we primed the boss and then left the area which must have allowed the boss to despawn, we went and crafted the blue wool to complete the Monument. Very nicely designed levels and the story line was interesting. The only minor issues with the mob spawn rates was that certain areas had hundreds of mobs spawn at one time - collecting the Pink wool was especially treacherous with over 50 Wither Skeletons ready to knock you off the platform into the void (Ghasts shooting projectiles at you go), at the same time certain areas (Gray wool) took a long while to spawn mobs and retrieving the wool was fairly simple.
Overall, good variety and interesting Story - I'm sure the 7-8 friends who participated at one time or another will agree - only problem being the Blue Wool. I'm sure we'll play more of your CTM maps in the future when they drop!
Only Wools and blocks to collect now will be; Black, Brown, Green, Red, Iron, Gold and Diamond!
Sincerely,
A.S.S
Completed the Nether Breached Caverns on Version 1.2 so we ran into the blue wool issue, but it's no biggie we enjoyed the area all the same. Great level designs with a just a few little details that could be improved.
As a group, it was felt that there needs to be more explicit detail on what to do with the Iron, Gold and Diamond blocks - we crafted them, although it was felt that to improve continuity they could be obtained through other means - Perhaps the Elder Guardian, Wither and Ender Dragon could drop them. The black wool is in a great place, but with this it leads me onto my next point. There needs to be more of a satisfying conclusion, after you fill all the spots in the monument then.... what? There should be something; explosions; teleportation to a room where you reveal the play testers etc; text on screen or in the chat; something to cap off the experience. We discussed and rated the map as follows;
Martyn4700 - 8/10
WittyBandit - 7/10
Wizarin - 7/10`
Evansd1999 - 7/10
We really enjoyed parts of the map and are really looking to playing through Rekindle! Hope Starblight Desert drops in the near future!
I'm having trouble downloading this map. It is said that this site can't be reached. help
I found a way so thank you!Mowse, my friend and I just finished playing "Nether Breached Caverns" and we loved it. I love the old school vibe. It's very reminiscent of a Super Hostile map like Legendary, Spellbound Caves, Waking Up, etc. but it stands on it's own as an original. Very well done. Thank you.
I’m really enjoying this map up to this point, but I just got enchanting and potion brewing and iron everything (working on the few Diamond pieces for proper enchanting) anyway... I still haven’t found what to do with the flowers you get in the mushroom area, it says something about putting them in a stew to make potions, but haven’t managed to do anything about them to this point. Does it happen later on in the map? I’m already over half done, I expected to use those special flower potions before getting access to the "infinite" supplies from the same area the enchanting table is.
Glad you're enjoying so far! The flowers in the mushroom area are actually just a vanilla mechanic. The tool tip hints that they can be made into a stew. A mushroom stew. If you add a flower as part of your crafting recipe for a mushroom stew it makes a suspicious stew with a beneficial property. They're honestly not that useful... The regeneration one is the only one I ended up making in my own tests and it was okay, but you can only carry a few.
Playing the Nether breached caverns right now with a few friends. We only got the first few wools, but the map is really nice. Good areas, starting was super tough but rewarding once we got through, and everything is just nice. Great map.
Need a friend to play Minecraft with? Click me! Lots of players are looking for someone to play with as well!
Need a way to make survival more fun? Click me!
Don't know what to build? Here is a "What should I build?" generator!
We've loved playing this map so far! Blue wool never worked even with the command block, but we soldiered on!
BUT, when we jumped into the nether at the portal provided, it only generated regular Nether - no CTM trial... We've mad it so far, but there's no course for those nether wools...
Any suggestions?
It might be that way if the map creator made the map in single player. See if the nether opens fine in single player. If it does, you may have to move the nether file in the proper location it should be while being played on servers.
Need a friend to play Minecraft with? Click me! Lots of players are looking for someone to play with as well!
Need a way to make survival more fun? Click me!
Don't know what to build? Here is a "What should I build?" generator!
hello! THANK YOU for this map, it's been an absolute pleasure.
having not done a CTM in several years, your definition of "moderate" was spot on. we (my fiance and i) do like to "play minecraft" during a ctm and are loving it.
we have just collected the blue wool, leaving green, red and black all we have left.
notes on the blue wool- we were aware of issues going in having read the posts about it, and were very careful not to trigger until we were ready, and like others it didn't spawn. we cleared out the guardians below, and on a whim, i started breaking the sea lanterns and bricks surrounding the spawner, when i'd cleared 3 of the sides it spawned immediately. seems to be on roughly a two minute timer, we waited it out and it did indeed spawn again.
which is weird, because looks like you do have it on a long distance spawn as he appeared pretty well into the main lower chamber, but the spawner didn't think it had room to activate.
hope that is helpful, thanks again for a super fun map, look forward to the next one someday ^^
Thanks for playing! Yeah, so it's a long range spawner that spawn in the room with I think a 90-150 second delay on respawning. It's supposed to spawn as soon as you get there. What has been happening is that is spawns in the chamber while you're above, and then despawns for some reason, even though elder guardians shouldn't...
It looks awesome! I'll try it out
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