Tumble

This feature is exclusive to Legacy Console Edition.

 

Tumble^[1][2] is a mini game most similar to the popular "Spleef" mode on Java Edition servers, where players aim to cause others to fall off of an arena by using snowballs, shovels, or other items to mine the ground below them. Tumble was added to the Legacy Console Edition on August 30-31, 2016.

Similar to Battle, a Tumble game is divided into three rounds. The object of the game is to remove blocks from under other players, causing them to fall in a last-person-standing scenario. The default Tumble mode encompasses a single, large platform where players use shovels to remove blocks. Other modes include competing on three smaller platforms, throwing snowballs, using firework rockets, or throwing splash potions with the Levitation effect. All blocks are broken immediately by a shovel, snowball, or potion. The sole exception is TNT, which act as both a pitfall and an explosive that can be used to destroy lower platforms, if enabled.

Up to 8 players can join a single game on most platforms, with PlayStation Vita Edition allowing a maximum of 4, as the only exception.

• Shovels, where everybody has shovels, one life, and a single layer.
• Snowballs, where everybody has snowballs, one life, and 3 layers.
• Mixed, where in the lobby people can vote either to play snowballs or shovels.

As of TU58 and equivalent updates (Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Nintendo Switch) the "Custom" game type allows the host to change these settings:

• Lives per Round (1 through 10)
• Spectator Mode (Invisible, Bat, Parrot, Vex, Head)
• Item Set (Shovels, Snowballs, Fireworks, Levitation Potions)
• Layer Scale (Auto, ×1, ×1.25, ×1.5, ×1.75, ×2)
• Layer Count (Auto, 1 through 8)
• "Spectator Participation" checkbox. When enabled, spectators can slowly break blocks.

After a certain amount of time, Showdown mode begins, like in Battle mode. Player names are shown during this period. When shovels (including Custom games) are enabled, they are replaced with snowballs.

Leading players will have a particle effect on them.

Various special events can occur in the Tumble mini game with themed layers and an applied Texture/Mash-up pack. The event theme is decided by the host of the game's local date. All players in that session will also have the event applied regardless of their local date.

• The Halloween Arena is displayed around Halloween, from an October 20 to November 3, and uses the Halloween 2015 Mash-up pack.
• The Festive Arena is displayed from Christmas (December 24) to January 2 and uses the Festive Mash-up. The weather is forcefully set to snow and is made translucent to not obstruct the view of players.
• The Birthday theme is displayed for Xbox Editions around May 9 (Xbox 360 Edition's release date) and uses the Cartoon Texture Pack.
  • The same is applied for PlayStation Editions and Nintendo Editions from December 17 (the release date for both PlayStation 3 Edition and Wii U Edition) to December 23.

Tumble has a feature for data driven layer shapes for the arenas in place of the embedded schematics that the game uses for special occasions. Of all of these layers, only random_points is used and appears in all three special arenas' game rules data. The sprites act as masks to filter certain blocks and spaces. The Halloween arena stores several unused layer shapes of varying resolutions, which is inline with each schematic having a small, medium, and large variant.

A soundtrack featuring the music from the Tumble mini game by Gareth Coker was released on December 22, 2020.

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  Battle & Tumble album cover.

The song "Double Time" from the Tumble mini game plays in the trailer for Java Edition 1.12.

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	ID	Name	Description
	N/A	No Medal	This player did not participate in the latest match.
	24	Ninja
	26	Explorer
	28	Camper
	35	Digger
	36	Conservationist
	37	Baller
	38	Hot Head
	39	Effortless
	40	Gold Digger
	41	Silver Digger
	42	Bronze Digger
	43	Jump around
	44	Diver
	45	Highest Dive
	46	King of the Hill
	47	Underdog
	48	Survivor
	49	Already Dead
	50	Death from... below!
	51	Professional
	52	Quantity, Not Quality
	53	Unlucky
	54	Fast Learner
	55	Quick Descent
	56	Playing Safe
	57	I too like to live dangerously
	58	Against All Odds
	59	Needs a parachute
	60	Skydiver

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability			Gamerscore earned (Xbox)	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Nintendo
	Underdog	Win a Tumble game while on the lowest layer in a Snowball Tumble mini game.	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	15G	Bronze
	Hotshot	Hit a player with a snowball while falling into the lava.	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	40G	Silver
	S-no Throw	Win a single round of Snowball Tumble without throwing any Snowballs.	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	40G	Silver
	Overlord	Stay on the top layer while winning a round in a Snowball Tumble mini game.	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	15G	Bronze
	Snowplough	Push three players into lava using snowballs in a single public round.	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	15G	Bronze
	Snow Storm	Hit a single Player with 25 Snowballs in a single public round.	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	40G	Silver

• A player joining a game with fireworks enabled in Tumble can perform a laggy "burst" shot, that can launch the player into the sky if timed correctly or if the client or host is laggy.
• In Tumble, having lives remaining after destroying all the blocks has players spawn on sponges which they can sometimes fall through and die.
• Due to a bug, players who are not the host can sometimes see phantom random blocks. They are mostly located on the edge of the island.
• The arena is located exactly in the middle of the world.

• Despite the initial casual nature of the mini-game, it has developed its own cyber-sport community.
• There were previously plans to add several unused item sets: Bows and Knockback Arrows - All players have a Bows with an unlimited supply of Knockback Arrows. They will destroy blocks but also push players off the edge. TNT - All players have unlimited TNT. They can place it to destroy all blocks nearby. There is also a feature responsible for the explosion effect on projectiles. It might have been intended for the "Exploding Grenades" item set or served as an early version of "Fireworks".

• Unused custom settings - "Layer Decay" checkbox. When enabled, layers will decay over time.

• Internally, the default arena is called "Basic" and its description is "So basic!".^{[note 1]}

• For the Halloween, Festive, and Birthday event maps, the description is "A [event] themed Tumble map!", with their respective names.^{[note 1]}

• The kill boxes in the Tumble arenas have unused special death messages:^{[note 1]}Basic: "Player tried to escape!" Halloween: "Player was spooked to death!" Festive: "Player was naughty!" Birthday: "Player left the party!"

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  Tumble Mini Game key art.
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  Tumble Mini Game square key art.
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  Holiday key art.
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  Tumble Mini Game icon.
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  Snowball mode icon.
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  Shovel mode icon.

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  Random points layer, used by all event arenas
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  Bat layer (small) designed for the Halloween arena but unused.
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  Bat layer (medium), ditto
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  Bat layer (large), ditto
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  Cat layer (small), ditto
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  Cat layer (medium), ditto
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  Cat layer (large), ditto
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  Creeper layer (small), ditto
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  Creeper layer (medium), ditto
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  Creeper layer (large), ditto
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  Creeper face layer (small), ditto
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  Creeper face layer (medium), ditto
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  Creeper face layer (large), ditto
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  Pumpkin layer (small), ditto
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  Pumpkin layer (medium), ditto
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  Pumpkin layer (large), ditto
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  Scary face layer (small), ditto
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  Scary face layer (medium), ditto
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  Scary face layer (large), ditto