Game mode · PvP

Duels

One on one, one kit, one winner — only how well you fight counts.

Challenge players on the Duels island or join a queue. Ranked with Elo, unranked for fun, or against a bot at your level.

Gameplay1 vs 1

GoalBeat your opponent

FocusSkill & kit choice

How a round works

To the island
/play → Duels takes you to the Duels island. Queue up at the Duels NPC.
Pick a kit
Classic, Soup, UHC, Buff, Bow, Sumo or Bridge — ranked, unranked or against a bot.
Fight
You are frozen for three seconds, then it starts. Every kit has a time limit.
Rematch
Four seconds after the end you are back on the island. /duel <player> challenges directly.

The kits

Kit	Gear	Time limit
Classic	Iron armor, iron sword, fishing rod, bow, 8 arrows	5:00
Soup	Iron armor, diamond sword, inventory full of mushroom stew — no natural regeneration	5:00
UHC	Diamond armor, diamond sword, fishing rod, bow, 3 golden apples, 1 golden head	6:00
Buff	Diamond armor, diamond sword, 16 ender pearls, healing and speed potions	6:00
Bow	Leather armor, bow with Infinity — ranged only	5:00
Sumo	nothing — whoever falls off the platform loses	2:00
Bridge	Leather armor, iron sword, bow, pickaxe, 128 clay, 8 golden apples	15:00

Tips for your first rounds

Practice new kits against a bot.
With the head in your hotbar — ten levels, no Elo lost.
Use the fishing rod.
It breaks your opponent's rhythm — gold in the Classic kit.
Soup: eat early and fast.
Whoever refills slower loses.

Every rule in detail

The complete guide — every number exactly as set on our servers.

At a glance

Goal: beat your opponent – in the kit you picked.
Players: 1 versus 1.
Length: usually under a minute, depending on the kit 2 to 15 minutes at most.
How to join: in the lobby via the navigator or with /play → Duels. You land on the Duels island.

The island

On the island you have four things in your hotbar:

Item	What it does
Iron sword (Challenge)	hit a player on the island and pick a kit – if they hit back, the duel starts
Head (Practice)	practice any kit against a bot: ten levels from Easy to Master, instantly, unranked
Clay (The Bridge)	opens the Bridge menu
Red dye	leave the queue (only while you are waiting)

To play real opponents in a queue, talk to the Duels NPC on the island.

Queues

Type	What counts
Ranked	wins and losses change your Elo in this kit
Unranked	just for fun, no Elo
Versus bot	a bot at your skill level
Random	any opponent in any kit of the same type

Humans always come first: if two players wait in the same queue, they fight each other right away. In ranked, your Elo has to be close – the allowed gap grows with every second you wait.
If nobody else is waiting, a bot at your skill level arrives after a few seconds – always after 20 seconds at the latest.

The fight

Before the start you are frozen for 3 seconds (3, 2, 1).
Every kit has a time limit. When it runs out, the fight ends in a draw – except in The Bridge, where whoever scored more goals wins.
4 seconds after the end you are back on the island. With /duel <player> you challenge them straight to a rematch.

The kits

Kit	Gear	Special	Time limit
Classic	iron armor, iron sword, fishing rod, bow, 8 arrows	the standard: honest, fast, no tricks	5:00
Soup	iron armor (Protection I), diamond sword (Sharpness I), inventory full of mushroom soup	no natural regeneration – right-clicking a soup instantly heals 3.5 hearts	5:00
UHC	diamond armor (Protection II), diamond sword (Sharpness II), fishing rod, bow (Power II), 16 arrows, 3 golden apples, 1 golden head	no natural regeneration – every heart counts	6:00
Buff	diamond armor (Protection II), diamond sword (Sharpness III, Fire Aspect II), 16 ender pearls, speed and fire resistance potions, inventory full of splash healing potions	pearls have a 15-second cooldown	6:00
Bow	leather armor, bow (Power I, Infinity), 1 arrow	ranged only – find cover, lead your shots	5:00
Sumo	nothing	no damage: whoever falls off the platform loses	2:00
Bridge	leather armor, iron sword, bow, diamond pickaxe (Efficiency II), 128 clay in your team color, 8 golden apples	see The Bridge	15:00

The Bridge

Two islands with a bridge between them. Jump into the enemy goal and you score. First to 5 goals wins.

The goal is a 5×5 hole on the opponent's side, between the bridge and their spawn.
After every goal both players stand in a glass cage on their spawn for 5 seconds.
A death only costs you the way back: you restart at your spawn with full gear.
You can only build with clay in your team color and only inside the build area (up to 7 blocks above the bridge), not in or around the goals.
You can break everything players placed and the bridge itself – never the islands.

Elo

Everyone starts every kit with 1,000 Elo.
Your first 10 ranked fights per kit are your placement – Elo moves more during them.
A ranked fight against a bot only counts half.
You can't drop below 100 Elo.

Tips

Classic: use the fishing rod to break your opponent's rhythm and the bow before they reach you.
Soup: eat early and fast – whoever refills slower loses.
UHC: golden apples are your life. Don't get caught in the open by a bow.
Buff: throw the healing potions at your feet and keep the pace up.
Sumo: stay in the middle and strike at the right moment.
Practice new kits against a bot first – with the head in your hotbar, without losing Elo.

Rewards and stats

For	Experience
Taking part	6
Win	+14

In Duels every experience point turns into 0.125 coins (The Bridge 0.2) in the lobby. Practice fights against bots give nothing. /duelstats shows your wins, losses and draws, your Elo per kit and the leaderboard.

Commands

Command	What it does
/duel <player> [kit]	challenge, accept or rematch (the request is valid for 60 seconds)
/spec <player>	watch a running fight
/duelstats [player]	your Duels stats and the leaderboard
/stats du [player]	Duels stats with Elo per kit, anywhere on the network
/hub	back to the lobby

Who is the best in the Classic kit? Post it below.