Minigames, set in the Sift.

Grounds is a Minecraft minigame network. Duels, BedWars, SkyWars, a battle royale and training modes on one account, with tournaments anyone can host. Java Edition first; Bedrock to follow.

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Pick a mode.

All about the modes

A working list. Modes and their names will change before launch.

Gameplay screenshot or clip: DuelPlaceholder

Duel

Two players, one kit, first to two. Kits are fixed per queue: sword, bow, mace, or no armour at all. In Training you fight the clock and your own best; in Pro every duel moves your rating.

Fixed kits per queue, so the fight is about you
Best of three, about four minutes
Drills against the clock when nobody's online

Players: 2 players
Round: about 4 minutes

What you can do here.

Most of it happens in the game. The website is where you check, sign up and keep track.

Play the modes
Duels, BedWars, SkyWars, a battle royale and more. Queue alone or with your party.
See the modes
Enter a tournament
Brackets run by Grounds and by players. Register your team in two clicks.
On the stage
Host your own
Anyone can organize a tournament after a one-time approval.
Apply to organize
Climb the Echo Ring
A rating per mode, reset each season. The top sixteen get their names in the ring.
Rankings
Rebuild the city
Every match sends Vaerith to the season's city project. This season: the lift.
The city project
Find echo shards
Hidden around the lobby, each one a sentence from the Builders' time.
Shards found so far
Party up and talk
Friends, parties and party voice chat, the same on every server.
How voice works
Keep one profile
Stats, settings and privacy in one place, signed in with your Minecraft account.
Your account
Build a mode, later
Grounds Create: build your own game mode and Grounds runs it. Designed, not started.
Follow the news

On the stage.

All tournaments

Echo Ring Cup, week 3

Duel, 16 players, single elimination, best of 3.

Quarterfinals. Hallbera leads Pinecone_Jo 2–1. Organized by mossy_orla.

Live nowWatch the bracket

Werft Open

BedWars, 16 teams of 4, double elimination.

11 of 16 teamsRegister your team

Meadows Expedition

SurvivalGames, 24 players, three rounds with points.

Registration opens 20 NovDetails

The story so far.

Your lobby is the city the Ancient Builders left behind in the Sift. Step through how it got there.

New travellers

Now.

More and more travellers come through the gate and find their place in the city. They compete in the old Grounds, help Mira bring the dead machines back, and find out from echo shards what happened to the Builders. Each season brings a piece of the city back and opens another part of the Sift. Read the full chronicle

The city is rebuilding the lift.

Every match delivers Vaerith to the season's city project. The cooling line is fixed. The new core is next, and when it's in, the lift runs for the first time since the Builders left.

Read the story

63 %

Vaerith delivered this week: 184,200

“Welcome to Grounds. Just in time.”
Mira, at the gate

Training: Drills and duels against the clock. Personal numbers only, nothing feeds a leaderboard.
Casual: Every mode, no rating, no decay. Play with whoever is online.
Pro: A rating per mode, a division, and a place in the Echo Ring if you earn it.

How much a match counts.

You decide per queue. Which modes offer which way isn't settled yet.

How it works

News

All news

The Echo Ring.

All rankings

Top five in Duel, season 1
#	Player	Division	Rating	Played	Win rate	Streak
1	Hallbera Division I, 1842 rating, 88 played	Division I	1842	88	61 %	6 won
2	Dunmore Division I, 1790 rating, 74 played	Division I	1790	74	58 %	2 won
3	BrassFinchMOD Division I, 1702 rating, 101 played	Division I	1702	101	55 %	1 lost
4	Ysolde_ Division II, 1655 rating, 52 played	Division II	1655	52	58 %	1 won
5	Tovi Division II, 1610 rating, 63 played	Division II	1610	63	52 %	2 lost