Minecraft Hunger Games Server: How to Play on Complex (2026)

Short answer: Minecraft Hunger Games is a battle royale minigame: every player spawns in a ring around the middle of the map with an empty inventory, loots chests for gear and fights until only one player is left alive. On Complex Gaming (hub.mc-complex.com), type /minigames on any server, click Hunger Games, then accept the ready check with /yes and vote for a map. Each match has 8 to 12 players, a chest refill and border shrink at 5 minutes, and a deathmatch at 10 minutes. Wins, kills and chests earn XP, and every 1,000 XP gets you a free crate key.

What is Minecraft Hunger Games?​

Minecraft Hunger Games (also called Survival Games) is a classic PvP minigame. Players start with nothing, race to the chests for weapons, armor and food, and fight to be the last one standing. A shrinking border and a final deathmatch keep games short.
On Complex, you queue from any server, play on the minigames server, and get sent back to where you were when the match ends.

How to join Hunger Games on Complex​

1. Join the server: connect to hub.mc-complex.com on Java, or on Bedrock with port 19132.
2. Open the menu: type /minigames on any Complex server (or /hg to queue Hunger Games directly).
3. Click Hunger Games: the bow icon. Click again to leave the queue.
4. Wait for 12 players: you can only be in one minigame queue at a time.
5. Accept the ready check: when the queue fills, you have 30 seconds to type /yes (Java players can also click the button in chat).
6. Vote for a map: typing /yes opens the Map Voting menu with 4 random maps. Pick one to finish your ready check.

If at least 8 players accept, the match starts. If not, the ready check fails and you can queue again. Logging out removes you from the queue. You can't queue while banned, and on Prison you can't queue from Skull Island.

Hunger Games maps​

There are 12 Hunger Games maps. Each ready check shows 4 of them at random, and the map with the most votes wins. If nobody votes, a random map is picked.

How a Hunger Games match works​

The border warns you within 16 blocks and damages you every second you're outside it, more the further out you are. The game ends as soon as one player is left.

Chests and loot tiers​

Each chest rolls random loot the first time someone opens it. Chests opened in the first 5 minutes use the standard tier. After the refill, every chest rolls again from the better refill tier.

Hunger Games rules and PvP​

• No kits: everyone starts with an empty inventory and gets gear only from chests.
• No grace period: you're only protected while frozen at spawn. PvP is on as soon as the countdown ends.
• 1.8-style combat: no attack cooldown, no sword sweep attacks and no ender pearl cooldown. Shields can't be crafted.
• No building: you can't break or place blocks or use buckets.
• No flying: flight is off, and commands like /fly, /heal and /tp are blocked.
• One life: when you die, you spectate the rest of the match.

Hunger Games rewards​

Every match earns XP toward your Minigames level. Each time you level up (every 1,000 XP), you get one crate key reward to claim in the /minigames menu.
Claim rewards with the gold ingot in /minigames while you are on Skyblock, Factions, Survival or Prison. Each claim gives a random crate key for that game mode, usually Vote keys, with a smaller chance at that game mode's better crate keys. You can claim once every 15 minutes.

• Leaderboard: every reward you claim counts toward the Minigames Levels Redeemed leaderboard in /leaderboard.
• Auto requeue: when a match ends normally, you rejoin the Hunger Games queue after you get back. Type /leave to skip it.

Hunger Games commands​

Minecraft Hunger Games FAQ​

What is Minecraft Hunger Games?​

How do I join a Minecraft Hunger Games server?​

How many players are in a Hunger Games match on Complex?​

Are there kits in Complex Hunger Games?​

What do you get for winning Hunger Games?​

Can Bedrock players play Hunger Games on Complex?​