AdvancementHunters

What is Advancement Hunters?

Compete as a team to earn the most advancements within the time limit! All advancements are worth 1 point each, so your team must decide which advancements to go for and when to get the most out of your time. Hostable at any time by Zesty+ Subscribers.

Gameplay

A key part of doing well in Advancement Hunters is knowing what advancements to go for, which to prioritise and which to avoid. Many advancements can be easily obtained for simple things such as planting a seed or eating some food but others take serious dedication, like serious dedication. The following section will list the advancements available as of 1.15.2 and thier implications to Advancement Hunters.

Obtainable Advancements

These advancements are (given enough skill) consistently obtainable through the course of the game and should be considered a priority.

Advancement	Conditions	Implications for Advancement Hunters
Minecraft	Obtain Crafting Table	First step to any world.
Stone Age	Obtain Cobblestone	Cobble is known to be the best block in the game.
Getting an Upgrade	Obtain Stone Pickaxe	You had to ruin cobble for this, you monster!
Aquire Hardware	Obtain Iron Ingot	Iron is needed for many advancements and should be a priority.
Suit Up	Obtain any iron armor	Iron Boots are the cheapest. A full suit is not important unless going into the nether.
Hot Stuff	Obtain Lava Bucket	A bucket is very useful as it can give this, Tactical Fishing and be used to access the nether without diamond.
Isn't It Iron Pick	Obtain Iron Pick	Needed for obtaining diamond.
Not Today, Thank You	Deflect Arrow with Shield	Shields are generally useful and only cost one iron.
We Need to Go Deeper	Enter the Nether	Can be done very quickly using buckets to place lava into a portal frame. Unless this is the only nether advancement you are going for, it is wise to come better prepared than that. As the world is small most players will end up in the same portal. The first in has a major advantage.
Nether	Enter the Nether	Root of the Nether advancement tree and usually obtained immediatly after We Need to Go Deeper.
Adventure	Kill or Be Killed	This root advancement can be obtained simply by being afk.
Monster Hunter	Kill a hostile monster	Needed to obtain string, among other things.
Ol' Betsy	Shoot a Crossbow	Hitting anything with it is not required.
Sweet Dreams	Sleep in a bed	Wool is easily obtained from sheep. This is an easy one but gains no other benifits.
Take Aim	Shoot something with a Bow	You actually have to hit something for this one. String required for bow.
Hired Help	Summon Iron Golem	36 iron is needed for this, and a carved pumpkin (requiring shears). A use for all that iron you'll find.
Sniper Duel	Kill a skeleton with a projectile while being at least 50 blocks away horizontally	Tricky but can be consitently obtained.
Husbandry	Eat Anything	Peice of Cake!
The Parrots and the Bats	Breed two Animals	Most easily obtained by breeding chickens with seeds while running around for other things.
Best Friends Forever	Tame an Animal	Sitting on a Horse or Llama is the easiest way to get this.
Fishy Business	Catch a fish with a rod	String required for fishing rod.
A Seedy Place	Plant a Seed	Easily forgotten but very easy.
Tactical Fishing	Catch a fish with a bucket	The second reason buckets are useful. Fish can be hard to find so best to get this as early as possible.

(Slightly) Randomness Dependent Advancements

These advancements can usually be obtained but sometimes despite best efforts are not gained.

Advancement	Conditions	Implications for Advancement Hunters
Diamonds!	Obtain Diamonds	Required for many advancements in this section but it can be difficult to get enough.
Ice Bucket Challenge	Obtain Obsidian	Requires mining obsidian with a diamond pick (3 diamonds).
Cover Me With Diamonds	Obtain Diamond Armor	Boots are cheapest at 4 diamonds.
Enchanter	Enchant an Item	Requires 2 diamonds, obsidian (and pick to get this...) leather and paper.
Return to Sender	Kill a Ghast with a Fireballl	Usually not too tricky to get if you get a ghast firing at you.
A Terrible Fortress	Enter a Nether Fortress	Can require a lot of finding but opens up more advancements.
Into Fire	Obtain Blaze Rod	Easy to get if a fortress is found. Best to get 2-3 of these for other advancements.
Local Brewery	Brew a Potion	Netherwart is not required, a water bottle can be placed and removed in the output. Or brew a mundane potion.
What a Deal!	Trade with a Villager	Finding a village is the tricky bit here. Once found they usually have piles of hay bales which can be broken down into wheat to trade with a farmer.
Bee Our Guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Bottle without aggravating the bees	Finding a hive can be difficult and bees often forget where they live and wander off, making this unreliable.

(Very) Randomness Dependent Advancements

These advancements are obtainable but have very low chances of success for various reasons.

Advancement	Conditions	Implications for Advancement Hunters
Zombie Doctor	Cure a Zombie Villager	This advancement requires a lot of work and things to go right to get. Or just find an igloo.
Spooky Scary Skeleton	Obtain Wither Skull	Drop rate of wither skulls is very low.
Withering Heights	Summon the Wither	Requires 3 skulls, each of which has a very low drop chance. Killing it would be tricky.
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Time Dependent Advancements

These advancements can be obtained without much difficulty but are often a waste of time that leads to a lower overall score.

Advancement	Conditions	Implications for Advancement Hunters
Subspace Bubble	Use the Nether to travel 7 km in the Overworld	Travelling 1000 blocks in the nether and then either making a portal and going through it or dying will net you this. Can possibly do other nether things on the way.
Serious Dedication	Exhaust the durability of a diamond hoe, breaking it.	Can be useful to put excess team members on this menial task. Beware, as another team killing your hoe breaker and taking it have wasted a lot of your time and gained a lot.