There are plenty of Minecraft survival maps that are incredibly fun. I chose some of my favorites I wanted to put in this post. They’re survival maps that follow various themes and challenges which are very fun to do. Surviving in vanilla Minecraft is fun, but it gets boring after a while. So why not give one of these maps a try to spice up your gameplay?
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16 Dyes Survival
16 Dyes Survival is a simple SkyBlock map with a fun challenge. There are 16 islands and 16 dyes you need to collect in order to win the map. Each island is unique and has its quirk. This map isn’t focused on providing a challenge to the player, but rather on getting you to explore fun SkyBlock islands, and later when you finish the challenge, you can continue like it’s normal survival.
Phobos – Apocalyptic Survival
I really love it when zombie apocalypse scenarios are made in Minecraft. Since one of the main enemies in the game is a zombie, it’s really nice to see how they adapt certain zombie apocalypse settings to Minecraft. Phobos is an apocalyptic map of a ruined city, with interesting custom commands and concepts that utilize thirst, hypothermia, alcohol, and all other realistic stuff. You can play it with your friend too.
Coarse Sands
Getting into a plane crash must be a really bad situation, especially if it crashes in the middle of a desert. This map covers a scenario where a plane has crashed into the middle of a desert, and like-wise most people have died on board. You’re completely alone, and you need to take care of water, food, and shelter in order to survive. The map can be really fun if you can come up with a roleplay scenario in your head.
Stranded Raft
Remember Stranded Deep? It’s a survival game that was really popular back in the day, and at that period this Minecraft map was made. You’re stranded on a raft somewhere in the Pacific Ocean and you must navigate through other small islands in order to survive. You’re completely on your own and that makes the map really fun, considering you can also get hypothermia or die from dehydration. It’s realistic and it can be a challenge.
ARCTIC
ARCTIC is another fun survival map where you’re completely stranded. You accidentally end up in the middle of the Arctic while running away from Loan sharks, and now it’s on you to survive the frozen wasteland. There are plenty of challenges to do so you never get lost in case you don’t know what to do on the map. And the whole scenario is really fun and worth checking out – it looks really fun to be stranded in the Arctic honestly.
Stoneless World Survival
Have you ever thought how it is to live in a world without stone? I haven’t really thought about that ever, but this Minecraft map will bring you a very unique experience. A unique experience in a 480 x 480 world, without stone. There are plenty of things and fun stuff to explore, not to mention how weird it’d be to play Minecraft.. without that much mining.
Chunk Error
Imagine a Minecraft world that only consists of one chunk. That’s basically this Minecraft map and it’s on you to escape this glitched world. Do quests and travel across the new flying that spawns with each completed quest and try to survive. There are plenty of fun challenges to do and things to collect, it’s a fun progress system.
2D Survival!
Terraria is a fun game but imagine what would happen if Minecraft and Terraria had a baby. Minecraft in 2D is really fun, and it’s more challenging than your average Minecraft gameplay. It’s a large world with biomes, there are plenty of dungeons and caves you can explore. You can even play with friends if you want to.
Toilet Survival
Living on a toilet sounds like the best thing in the world. I don’t think this is a reference to the Skibidi toilet, but Toilet Survival is a Minecraft map that gives you the ability to have a survival world on a Minecraft toilet. There’s even a Nether toilet, along with plenty of quests and secrets you can discover on this map.
Border Survival 2
SkyBlock can sometimes be boring as it doesn’t have a set goal, and not too difficult challenges to complete. Border Survival 2 takes you to a place in the sky with a lot of islands to explore and see, that are contained in a restricted border area you can’t leave. It’s a relaxing map and the possibilities can be endless even though you’re not able to go past a certain point.
Fork Planet Survival
Surviving on a toilet is fun, but have you ever tried surviving on a Minecraft fork? If you ever thought about that now it’s your time to try out this great Minecraft map where you’re forced to live your life on a fork floating in the air. The fork island is full of stuff, it even has multiple biomes and there are other floating islands around you can check out for extra stuff.
Volcanic Island Survival
Let’s end the list with a relaxing Minecraft map that takes place on a mysterious tropical island with a huge volcano on it. It’s full of stuff and wilderness to explore and it’s generally a nice map for a relaxed type of survival. You’re only left with a raft and a few items, and now it’s on you to utilize whatever resources you have to make sure you survive your new life on this island.
