The Grindatron presents a new goal every few hours in the form of a block or item that needs to be provided at the spawn point. Provide the item in time, you get points! However, each action you perform (moving, digging, placing blocks) drains your energy, which is limited!
¶ How It Works
Every four hours, a new target is given. For example, "2 x bread", "64 x dirt", or "1 x gold pickaxe". Your goal is to obtain this item and place it in the enderchest that's located at the spawn point, near coordinates 0, 0. If you do it right, you'll get a confirmation and can either continue freely playing to gather more supplies, or wait until the next target appears. You can get a confirmation of the current target at any time by entering /target.
When you're ready, drop the item(s) that are part of the current target in the enderchest, in a single stack. If you're correct, the items will disappear and you'll get a confirmation. Be careful: any and all objects placed in the enderchest at that time will be removed, including those that are not related to the current target!
You only have a limited amount of energy available, which refills at the end of each cycle. The following actions will cause an energy drain:
- Moving around
- Riding a vehicle cuts the drain by half
- Elytra glyding cuts the usage by four
- Breaking blocks
- Placing blocks
- Dying (large penalty)
- Fishing
Once you run out of energy, you'll move way slower, won't be able to break some blocks, and all around will be exhausted. Don't get caught in the open when that happens, or deep in a cave! Drinking milk buckets is not possible when exhausted, so you can't clear the effects temporarily, and fishing will no longer return items.
¶ The Interface
Here's a look at what your gameplay screen will look like:
- Top: energy remaining, progression of the cycle and current target
- Right: score of all connected players
¶ Daily Connection Bonus
For each day that you connect to Kenorland during the month, you'll get a bonus item to help you out. Every consecutive daily connection improves the bonus item. Joining multiple days in a row also increases your maximum amount of energy, up to 25% more.
If you break your streak, the bonus will restart from day one. Staying online doesn't count, as well as accessing other worlds: you need to leave and rejoin the Grindatron for your presence to be counted.
¶ The Targets
The targets are generated automatically on the fly and pool from almost every Minecraft block and item available, along with a random quantity that must be provided. Each item has been assigned a rarity value to ensure that things like "64 x Nether star" never happen. "64 x stone" is definitely an option, though!
¶ The gates
Adding to the grinding factor, the following actions won't be possible until you've completed a certain number of targets:
- 10 targets: access the Nether; craft or equip diamond equipment
- 20 targets: craft or equip netherite equipment
- 30 targets: access the End; equip elytras
¶ Prizes
Each successfully completed target will net you one Merit Point, giving you a chance to increase your score very quickly! Remember that we've got plenty of uses for the points, too!