In Parkour Races, you can go up against a fellow player in a race to the finish. For these races, you can either bet Mana or have a no-stakes race for fun!
When you enter a race, you will lose access to ender pearls. However, you will still be able to use potions and Pegasus boots during the race.
TIP: Curious to see how many races you and other players have won? Do
/race stats
or/race stats (ign)
!
To send someone a race request, type /race (username)
. This will bring up a menu which will allow you to customize your race!
The menu will have all the maps you can race on. To pick a map, click on the block corresponding to the map. More maps can be found on the next page by clicking. After choosing which map you'd like to play on, you will then be taken to the next menu. This menu will allow you to bet, turn on speed and turn on pvp. Press the green head to confirm or the red head to cancel.
Speed and PvP can severely affect the outcome of the race, so be warned...
In order for the race to start, the player who received the invite must accept by clicking the invite text in chat or typing /race accept (username)
If the player accepts the invite, both you and the player will be teleported to the beginning of the map. A 10 second countdown will start and once it reaches 0, you will begin racing to the finish. The first person to jump on the pressure plate at the end of the course wins the race. The winner of the race will gain any mana from placed bets and the results will be announced in chat!
If you wish to leave the race at any point, use the command /race leave
. Please be aware that leaving the race will result in a loss, and you will lose mana if you placed any bets.
CAUTION: Be aware that accepting a race invite will set your checkpoint at the beginning of the race map, you may lose progress on your previous checkpoint.
There are 54 different maps of all difficulties that you are able to race on. These maps are listed below.