Wanderlust is a nickname coined by redditor superguh for a specific type of minecraft survival map play that does not involve actually downloading any minecraft survival maps. The rules of Wanderlust are as simple as they are demanding, as complex as they are cheese (which is not at all) and as fun as they are rules (which is 100%.)

When I stumbled across this survival mode of play I thought it quite genius and invigorating, especially for those of us for whom Minecraft has recently become rather confusingly bat-filled. To play a game of Minecraft Wanderlust as laid out by the aforementioned superguh, you must perform the following actions:

• Every night you must sleep in a bed. It can be the same bed but it can not be in the same place twice. You must move your bed to an entirely new area every evening. If you do not sleep, you lose the game. That’s because sleep is important if you want to grow up to be a big strong Steve.
• Every night you must build a new shelter to house you and your bed, Wilson.
• Mining is strictly forbidden in this style of minecraft, that is to say, digging a mine is forbidden. All minerals must be found on the surface of things. Say hello to a lot of fast paced spelunking if you have ambitions of finding diamond.
• Once a structure is built, you must leave it be. You can take only your bed, your furnace and your workbenches. Okay, maybe a torch or two – and that painting you put on the mantelpiece. But that’s all!

And that’s it. Those are all the rules. Pack up your pickaxe and grab a few stalks of sugar cane to nourish you along the way. (Ha! Jokes on you, minecraft sugar is inedible!)

The Program minecraft survival map takes the minecraft universe and turns it into a metaverse, that is, a world where you must end the simulation that is minecraft by slaying the Ender Dragon. Actually it’s a little more complicated than that. You see a computer has been hacked into your brain.

Your actions in the simulation produced by this computer (aka The Program) will influence the real world because in the real world The End has broken out of The End and is leeching through reality. The only way to stop The End from taking over reality is to kill the Ender Dragon. Still a less convoluted and ridiculous plot than The Matrix.

Before killing the Ender Dragon you must complete certain challenges, like make an animal farm, enchant ‘something’, get 64 pieces of rotten flesh, get every color of wool, the list goes on. So although every second you’re in the simulation is another second that The End is destroying the world, you still have time to collect a rainbow of wool and dye sheep jolly colors and sit around with your thumb up your posterior.

So there we go, save the world and stuff around at the same time! The perfect solution for a gamer.

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Bonsai! The art of being tiny in a large world. Or the art of making usually large things tiny so you can fit them into your claustrophobic apartment. Whatever. In this survival map the trees are tiny and so are you and if you can manage to get by in a word where the kitchen sink represents an ocean crevasse deeper than the Mariana Trench, then you have what it takes to be America’s Next Top Minecraft Survivor.

This minecraft survival map has been made available in both Spanish and English, so you can learn another language whilst you try to work out how to survive in a tiny garden and a massive kitchen, respectively. Whilst this might seem like another gimmicky map, there’s actually quite a lot to explore in this map. It’s not all ‘ooh, what a cool giant stove’ and ‘ooo what a tiny tree’. If you need a exploration tip, I can tell you only this: look for the holes – because this little apartment has a whole lot more surprises than your average super sized dwelling.

To survive in Bonsai, you must be like a mouse – ever seeking, ever vigilant, never satisfied with mere scraps of cheese. Those who follow instructions and work hard will be rewarded. Those who do not can make a boat and sail around in a bowl of soup. Either way, you win.

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I don’t know about you, but I like my minecraft survival maps sparse. I like them hot and dry. I want to feel my lips crack as my tongue swells with dehydration. From the moment I spawned in Stonecraft, I knew I was in for a challenge. Like me, you’ll be greeted with an almost alien landscape where sand and stone reign supreme. The only green you’ll find hereabouts are the cacti and well, they ain’t exactly good eating now, are they?

Perhaps you’re hoping for a starting chest to get your adventure off on the right foot. Well think again partner, there are a couple of chests, but they don’t contain much in the way of survival supplies – unless you reckon chewing the leather pants will provide you with nutrition.

Of course, if you happen to turn around from the spawn point, you’ll spot a small oasis of grass in the middle of the big island. That means you’ve got enough dirt to fill your belly for a month – or until the first livestock magically spawns, just the way real animals don’t.

If you play this map on anything other than peaceful, you’re going to have a hard time. And don’t even begin to think about changing your game mode to creative and hacking yourself some enchanted diamond armor in, because cheats have been disabled. You have to do this the old fashioned way, crying and swearing whilst being exploded at regular intervals.

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As an orphaned victim of a shipwreck, you must climb the sheer cliffs of the inhospitable island you find yourself marooned upon. There are no tropical island coves or sandy beaches for you, just a climb straight up into the great unknown. This is a simple minecraft survival map set in a landscape that is lush, but not at all forgiving. One slip and you’ll find yourself at the wrong end of a long fall.

What adventures will come when you descend into the valley below? Only time will tell. One thing is for certain – both danger and reward lurk beneath the green grass and trees are not always what they seem. Are you brave enough, bold adventurer? Will you make this island your home, plumb its depths and create a place where sheep graze on wide pastures? Or will you fall prey to the horrors of the end?

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