Challenge Races are open contests with a prize. A race asks everyone to do the same thing - mine a block, harvest a crop, kill a mob or catch fish - and the first player (or island) to reach the goal wins the prize. Then the race goes on cooldown and a new round opens. Open the list with /races.
How a race works#
- Open
/racesto see every race slot: the objective, goal, the current leader and your own progress. Prize revealed on completion: the prize is hidden until someone wins. Tap a race to refresh it. - A race that has not started opens as soon as someone makes a qualifying action ("Break a qualifying natural block to begin counting", "Harvest a fully grown crop to begin counting", "Kill a qualifying mob to begin counting" or "Catch a fish to begin counting"). A broadcast announces it: "The Cobble Sprint race is open! First to break 1500x Cobblestone. Prize hidden until completion."
- Everyone's qualifying actions add to their own progress (or to their island's, for team races). The first to reach the goal wins: "{player} won the Cobble Sprint race and claimed $100,000!"
- The prize is paid at once. The race is on cooldown ("The {race} race is on cooldown for {time}.") and the winner and prize show in the menu with Reopens in. When the cooldown ends the race opens again with the next qualifying action.
Prizes pay out in money, and some also include gems. If a payout fails, the win still stands.
Commands#
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
/races | Opens the Challenge Races menu. |
What counts#
Only your own hand actions count. Robots, collectors and automated spawner reaps never count, and neither do enchant area effects such as blast or vein mining.
| Objective | Counts | Does not count |
|---|---|---|
| Mine | Natural blocks and generator blocks you break (Island Generators) | Blocks any player placed, including blocks placed and broken before; blocks moved by pistons |
| Harvest | Fully grown crops; sugar cane, cactus, bamboo, melon and pumpkin that were not player-placed; chorus plant and flowers (collapses count for the player who broke the base) | Immature crops, replanted crops, placed melons and pumpkins |
| Kill | Mobs you kill by hand (natural spawns and spawner mobs), plus mobs you reap by hand from a managed spawner (Reaping Spawners) | Mobs from spawn eggs or breeding, players, the Ender Dragon, and mobs killed by robots or collectors |
| Fish | One per fish you catch (any fish, or a specific species) | Junk and treasure; catching at a fixed spot and view with no movement between casts |
Island team races#
Team races pool the progress of every member of the island. The first island to reach the goal wins and the prize is split in proportion to each member's contribution. Visitors and co-op players do not count, and you only count for the island whose world you are in ("Your progress in {race} counts for {team} this round."). Winners see "Your team won the {race} race! Your share: ...".
Race slots#
Races on Skyblock rotate: each slot keeps its prize and cooldown, but the objective of the next round can be drawn from a pool of 49 objectives (listed below). The slots and their starting objectives:
| Race | Objective | Scope | Targets | Goal | Prize | Cooldown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobble Sprint | Mine | Solo | Cobblestone | 1,500 | $100K | 1h |
| Ore Vein | Mine | Solo | Coal Ore, Iron Ore | 300 | $150K | 2h |
| Deep Ores | Mine | Solo | Gold Ore, Diamond Ore, Emerald Ore | 150 | $400K + 250 gems | 6h |
| Harvest Moon | Harvest | Solo | Wheat, Carrots, Potatoes, Beetroots | 1,000 | $100K | 2h |
| Wart Rush | Harvest | Solo | Nether Wart | 750 | $250K | 4h |
| Chorus Climb | Harvest | Solo | Chorus Plant, Chorus Flower | 400 | $1M + 250 gems | 24h |
| Monster Hunt | Kill | Solo | Zombie, Skeleton, Spider, Creeper | 1,000 | $100K | 2h |
| Blaze Hunt | Kill | Solo | Blaze | 1,500 | $400K | 6h |
| Angler | Fish | Solo | Any fish | 75 | $100K | 3h |
| Island Quarry | Mine | Island team | Cobblestone | 8,000 | $400K | 6h |
| Island Harvest | Harvest | Island team | Wheat, Carrots, Potatoes, Beetroots, Nether Wart, Sugar Cane, Melon, Pumpkin | 6,000 | $1.5M + 500 gems | 24h |
| Island Slayer | Kill | Island team | Zombie, Skeleton, Spider, Creeper, Blaze, Enderman, Shulker | 10,000 | $1.5M | 24h |
In total the slots pay up to about $17.7M and 1,750 gems per day if every slot is won as often as its cooldown allows.
Objective pool#
Any of these objectives can be drawn for a slot. Mining pool entries need their block, for example the Nether blocks need the Nether.
| Objective | Type | Scope | Targets | Goal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobble Sprint | Mine | Solo | Cobblestone | 1,500 |
| Ore Vein | Mine | Solo | Coal Ore, Iron Ore | 300 |
| Deep Ores | Mine | Solo | Gold Ore, Diamond Ore, Emerald Ore | 150 |
| Harvest Moon | Harvest | Solo | Wheat, Carrots, Potatoes, Beetroots | 1,000 |
| Wart Rush | Harvest | Solo | Nether Wart | 750 |
| Chorus Climb | Harvest | Solo | Chorus Plant, Chorus Flower | 400 |
| Monster Hunt | Kill | Solo | Zombie, Skeleton, Spider, Creeper | 1,000 |
| Blaze Hunt | Kill | Solo | Blaze | 1,500 |
| Angler | Fish | Solo | Any fish | 75 |
| Island Quarry | Mine | Island team | Cobblestone | 8,000 |
| Island Harvest | Harvest | Island team | Wheat, Carrots, Potatoes, Beetroots, Nether Wart, Sugar Cane, Melon, Pumpkin | 6,000 |
| Island Slayer | Kill | Island team | Zombie, Skeleton, Spider, Creeper, Blaze, Enderman, Shulker | 10,000 |
| Copper Vein | Mine | Solo | Copper Ore | 1,200 |
| Lapis Vein | Mine | Solo | Lapis Ore | 1,000 |
| Redstone Vein | Mine | Solo | Redstone Ore | 1,000 |
| Quartz Vein | Mine | Solo | Nether Quartz Ore | 1,500 |
| Nether Gold | Mine | Solo | Nether Gold Ore | 1,500 |
| Basalt Quarry | Mine | Solo | Basalt | 5,000 |
| Blackstone Quarry | Mine | Solo | Blackstone | 5,000 |
| Netherrack Quarry | Mine | Solo | Netherrack | 7,500 |
| Wheat Harvest | Harvest | Solo | Wheat | 2,500 |
| Carrot Harvest | Harvest | Solo | Carrots | 2,500 |
| Potato Harvest | Harvest | Solo | Potatoes | 2,500 |
| Beetroot Harvest | Harvest | Solo | Beetroots | 2,000 |
| Cane Harvest | Harvest | Solo | Sugar Cane | 3,000 |
| Melon Harvest | Harvest | Solo | Melon | 1,500 |
| Pumpkin Harvest | Harvest | Solo | Pumpkin | 1,500 |
| Zombie Hunt | Kill | Solo | Zombie | 2,500 |
| Skeleton Hunt | Kill | Solo | Skeleton | 2,500 |
| Spider Hunt | Kill | Solo | Spider | 2,500 |
| Creeper Hunt | Kill | Solo | Creeper | 2,000 |
| Cod Fishing | Fish | Solo | Cod | 150 |
| Salmon Fishing | Fish | Solo | Salmon | 150 |
| Tropical Fishing | Fish | Solo | Tropical Fish | 150 |
| Puffer Fishing | Fish | Solo | Pufferfish | 150 |
| Island Iron Quarry | Mine | Island team | Iron Ore | 5,000 |
| Island Copper Quarry | Mine | Island team | Copper Ore | 7,000 |
| Island Lapis Quarry | Mine | Island team | Lapis Ore | 5,000 |
| Island Redstone Quarry | Mine | Island team | Redstone Ore | 5,000 |
| Island Basalt Quarry | Mine | Island team | Basalt | 15,000 |
| Island Wheat Harvest | Harvest | Island team | Wheat | 12,000 |
| Island Carrot Harvest | Harvest | Island team | Carrots | 12,000 |
| Island Wart Harvest | Harvest | Island team | Nether Wart | 10,000 |
| Island Cane Harvest | Harvest | Island team | Sugar Cane | 15,000 |
| Island Melon Harvest | Harvest | Island team | Melon | 8,000 |
| Island Zombie Hunt | Kill | Island team | Zombie | 20,000 |
| Island Skeleton Hunt | Kill | Island team | Skeleton | 20,000 |
| Island Spider Hunt | Kill | Island team | Spider | 20,000 |
| Island Blaze Hunt | Kill | Island team | Blaze | 20,000 |
Tips#
- Pick races that match what your island already produces; a generator at a high tier wins mining races.
- For solo races, hand-farm. Automation never advances a race.
- Team races reward the whole island: bring your members.