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Our take on the Skywars game-mode - featuring the Angel of Death. Each player/team spawns on its own island and the aim is to be the last player or team alive. Kill players using a weapon or knock them off. With each kill, you will be rewarded with a soul. You can use souls to unlock many kits and perks to improve your game experience.

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SkyWars is a survival game where players use kits and loot to kill other players across floating islands. It was released on June 14, 2015.^[1]

Gameplay[]

Players spawn above small islands containing a few chests with loot such as weapons, armor, tools, blocks, and other items inside. All blocks including ones making up the map can be placed or destroyed. Players can then build and traverse to other islands to get more loot or engage in fights with other players who drop their loot when killed. Chests at the middle of the map contain stronger weapons, enchanted armor, better tools, and other advanced items.

If the game runs long enough, chests will refill, introducing more and stronger items. A later second chest refill will also place ender pearls in every chest. After the second refill, a Doom event occurs which spawns Ender Dragons to attack players until either one player remains or time runs out.

Modes[]

Normal[]

Solo Normal and Doubles Normal are the two core SkyWars modes and share the same maps and gameplay with solo having one player per island and doubles having two. Chests contain weaker items and gear overall. Spawn island chests usually contain leather, chainmail, gold or iron armor; stone or iron swords; and unenchanted bows. Middle chests contain enchanted diamond helmets and boots, enchanted iron chestplates and leggings, 1-2 ender pearls, 1-3 golden apples, weaker knockback rods, and other useful tools and items. This mode uses the "Normal" kits and perks.

Solo Insane[]

Solo Insane is an enhanced and overpowered version of SkyWars solo sharing the same maps as Normal mode. Chests contain stronger items and gear. Spawn island chests usually contain iron/diamond armor and swords, enchanted bows, and potions. Middle chests contain enchanted diamond gear (excluding leggings), stronger variants of items like the knockback rod, and more amounts of items such as ender pearls, golden apples, etc. This mode uses the "Insane" kits and perks.

Mega Doubles[]

Mega Doubles is a supersized version of SkyWars with bigger maps and up to 40 players per game in 20 teams of two. It came as a smaller replacement for the removed Mega mode which had teams of five. Its loot is similar to that of Insane mode, though middle chest items contain slightly weaker enchantments. This mode uses the "Mega" kits and perks.

Mini[]

Mini SkyWars is a smaller version of SkyWars with small maps and only four players in solo teams. It came as a reintroduction of the maps from Ranked SkyWars, only without its divisions or cosmetic rewards. Its loot is similar to that of Insane mode.^[Confirm?] This mode uses the "Mini" kits and perks.

Laboratory[]

Laboratory is a collection of experimental gamemodes all based on the original SkyWars, though with added twists for each mode. These modes used to rotate weekly, similar to Bed Wars Dreams, however all mode except Lucky Blocks were locked behind private games. There are four Laboratory modes: Lucky Blocks, TNT Madness, Slime, and Rush.

Lucky Blocks[]

Lucky Blocks is a chaotic SkyWars Laboratory mode.

Kits and perks[]

Kits & Perks is a menu in the SkyWars shop for each mode in SkyWars. Modes with unique kits and perks include Normal, Insane, and Mega modes. Kits can be rolled in the Soul Well for all modes or purchased with prices varying by rarity, though Mega SkyWars has tiered kits that can be upgraded for better items.

SkyWars Menu[]

The SkyWars Menu contains links to systems such as kits & perks, the Soul Well, Angel's Descent, and Angel's Brewery as well as a shop for buying cosmetics. The SkyWars shop uses SkyWars coins for gameplay upgrade purchases such as kits, SkyWars tokens for cosmetic purchases, and opals for prestigious purchases like in Angel's Descent.

Cosmetics[]

Cosmetics are visual changes or effects to many aspects of SkyWars from kill effects, cages, balloons, and more. They do not grant in-game advantages and can be obtained through purchasing with tokens, from Angel's Descent, and the event shop. Cosmetics are found under "My Cosmetics" in the SkyWars menu.

SkyWars Level Progression[]

The SkyWars Level Progression menu contains a progression path and displays the rewards that are unlocked with each SkyWars level up to level 500.

Angel's Descent[]

Angel's Descent is an end-game reward system released on July 27, 2020.^[2] It is created as an advanced upgrade route for experienced players which gives new cosmetics, buffs, and perks. The menu is accessed through the Soul Well within the Prismarine Shard. Players progress through this system by collecting excess Souls from a full Soul Well and extracting them into Opals. It is unlocked at SkyWars level 15.

Angel's Brewery[]

Angel's Brewery is a system where plays can brew potions to give them buffs for the following 50 games they play. It is unlocked at SkyWars level 25.

Settings[]

Soul Well[]

The Soul Well is an item-earning system in the SkyWars lobby. Players can roll the Soul Well using Souls obtained from killing players, winning games, or from The Delivery Man's daily rewards. Each roll costs 10-50 souls depending on the slots toggled for each use. Players could purchase Double Fortune for the Soul Well with 1,000 Hypixel Credits, though Double Fortune is now always active. Rewards from the Soul Well consist of kits and perks for all modes except Ranked SkyWars. Bags of SkyWars coins in varying sizes are also available. Soul upgrades can also be purchased with SkyWars coins to obtain or hold more souls when playing SkyWars.

Soul Upgrades[]

Name	Description	Cost (Coins)
Hire: Warlock	Hire a Warlock to go to battle and harvest 5 Souls for you.	600
Hire: Necromancer	Hire a Necromancer to go to battle and harvest 10 Souls for you.	1,000
Hire: Death God	Hire a Death God to go to battle and harvest 50 Souls for you.	4,500
Xezbeth Luck	Get 1 / 2 / 3 extra souls on win.	2,500 / 5,000 / 7,500
Harvesting Season	Increase the maximum number of souls you can have to 130 / 160 / 190 / 220 / 250.	50,000 / 100,000 / 150,000 / 200,000 / 250,000

Angel of Death offerings[]

Players can make offerings containing large sums of coins to the Angel of Death at the Soul Well to increase their chance of triggering a corrupted game in Solo/Doubles modes. Corrupted games drop the heads of players in a game, which increase in SkyWars Experience based on the main kills a defeated player has, and also adds them to a personal head collection that can be used to unlock exclusive Mythical Kits. Corrupted game chances can be upgraded 1% at a time, increasing in price each time and giving a special prestige icon for each upgrade.

Head Flavour	Requirement	Reward
Eww	0 kills	+1 XP
Yucky	50 kills	+2 XP
Meh	200 kills	+3 XP
Decent	500 kills	+4 XP
Salty	1,000 kills	+5 XP
Tasty	2,000 kills	+6 XP
Succulent	5,000 kills	+7 XP
Divine	10,000 kills	+10 XP
Heavenly	25,000 kills	+15 XP
Ethereal	50,000 kills	+20 XP
Indescribable	100,000 kills	+25 XP
Special	[YOUTUBE] Rank	+25 XP
Sweet	[GM] or [ADMIN] Rank	+25 XP

Leveling[]

Levels are a system introduced to SkyWars on December 18, 2018.^[3] They act similar to Bed Wars levels, though with several changes in level requirements and earning experience. Levels are advanced through SkyWars Experience earned by killing players or winning games. Each level after 12 requires 10k XP to advance to the next level, and players achieve a new prestige every five levels. There are 11 prestiges, not including 1-4 star (since it is not a prestige yet) and 100+ star, where bolded characters are introduced (note that it is not a prestige, despite changing the appearance of the prefix slightly).

Name	Star Requirement	Preview
Stone	1-9	[1✯]
Iron	10-19	[10✯]
Gold	20-29	[20✯]
Diamond	30-39	[30✯]
Ruby	40-49	[40✯]
Crystal	50-59	[50✯]
Amethyst	60-69	[60✯]
Opal	70-79	[70✯]
Topaz	80-89	[80✯]
Jade	90-99	[90✯]
Mythic I	100-109	[100✯]
Bloody	110-119	[110✯]
Cobalt	120-129	[120✯]
Content	130-139	[130✯]
Crimson	140-149	[140✯]
Firefly	150-159	[150✯]
Emerald	160-169	[160✯]
Abyss	170-179	[170✯]
Sapphire	180-189	[180✯]
Emergency	190-199	[190✯]
Mythic II	200-209	[200✯]

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Ranked[]

Ranked SkyWars was a 1v1v1v1 mode that ranked players monthly with rating based on their wins/losses. The mode had unique kits and perks that were all fully unlocked and upgraded for everyone. The mode lasted 76 monthly seasons between its release on April 7, 2022 and its removal on August 1, 2022.

Mega[]

Mega SkyWars is a teams mode consisting of 100 players in teams of 5. Loot is similar to that of Insane mode, though with loot in the middle having slightly weaker enchantments. Mega SkyWars has unique tiered kits and perks available in the lobby shop.

On August 9, 2022, Mega SkyWars was removed as a regular gamemode, however it is still accessable on weekends from 12pm-6pm American EST.

Loot Chests[]

Loot Chests are cosmetic boxes that drop cosmetic or Token drops when opened. Loot Chests are obtained from the Weekly "Free Loot Chest" quest, or from seasonal events. When opened, Loot Chests will drop three items consisting of either cosmetics or bags of Tokens. Duplicate cosmetics will reward 10% of their shop price in Tokens.

Seasonal Loot Chests[]

Seasonal Loot Chests are special Loot Chests available exclusively during seasonal events. They have a chance of granting exclusive seasonal cosmetics that are usually only available during their event period. In SkyWars, Seasonal Loot Chests can only be obtained once from the Shopkeeper during each event or through the Hypixel Store.

As of 2021, Lunar Loot Chests have been phased out. Lunar cosmetics are now available in the shop and regular Loot Chests year-round.

Name	Release Date
Lunar Loot Chests	January 21, 2020^[4]
Easter Loot Chests	April 1, 2018^[5]
Spooky Loot Chests	October 4, 2019^[6]
Merry Loot Chests	December 2, 2019^[7]

Maps[]

There are various maps created for SkyWars listed on SkyWars/Maps.

Quest and challenges[]

Quests[]

Type	Title	Description	Rewards
Daily	SkyWars Solo Win	Win a game in Solo Mode	3,300 Hypixel Experience 1,500 Skywars Coins 1 Soul
	SkyWars Solo Kills	Kill 15 players in Solo Mode	3,300 Hypixel Experience 1,500 Skywars Coins 1 Soul
	SkyWars Doubles Win	Win a game in Doubles Mode	3,300 Hypixel Experience 1,500 Skywars Coins 1 Soul
	SkyWars Doubles Kills	Kill 15 players in Doubles Mode	3,300 Hypixel Experience 1,500 Skywars Coins 1 Soul
	SkyWars Lucky Win	Win a game of SkyWars Lucky Block Mode	3,300 Hypixel Experience 750 Skywars Coins 3 Souls
	SkyWars Corrupted Win	Win a corrupted game	3,300 Hypixel Experience 750 Skywars Coins 3 Souls
	Tokens!	Kill 10 players in Solo or Team Mode	2,000 SkyWars Tokens
Weekly	SkyWars Weekly Kills	Kill a total of 150 players in any mode	19,800 Hypixel Experience 5,000 Skywars Coins 3 Souls
	SkyWars Scientist	Win 10 games of Lucky Block Mode	11,000 Hypixel Experience 3,500 Skywars Coins 5 Souls
	More Tokens!	Win 3 games in Solo or Team Mode	10,000 SkyWars Tokens

Challenges[]

Title	Description	Rewards
Feeding the Void	Kill 2 players by knocking them into the Void in a single match.	3,700 Hypixel Experience
Rush	Be the first player to open a middle chest.	3,700 Hypixel Experience
Enderman	Have a total of 8 Ender Pearls inside your inventory.	3,700 Hypixel Experience

Achievements[]

There are 133 Achievements in SkyWars, giving a total of 1,580 Achievement Points.
There are 7 legacy Achievements in SkyWars, giving a total of 65 legacy Achievement Points.

Challenge achievements[]

Name	Description	Points
2Fast3Furious	Get a kill in the first 10 seconds of the game	10
3; 2; 1; GO	Be the first player to open a chest	5
Archer Challenge	Win a game doing the Archer Challenge	5
Attention Seeking	Have a bounty placed on you in Lucky Block Mode	10
Baller!	Get 2 snowball kills in one game	5
Challenge Master	Win a game while doing 7 or more SkyWars Challenges	15
Challenge Pro	Win a game while doing 3 or more SkyWars Challenges	10
Corruption Lord	Win a Corrupted game	5
Criminal	Use the robbery perk to drop an item from another player	10
Ender Party	Have a corrupted, time warp, and normal ender pearl in your inventory at the same time	5
Enderdragon	Play a Game with an Enderdragon	10
Fist of Fury!	Kill someone with your bare hands	10
Gapple!	Eat a Golden Apple	10
Going Ham	Win a game of solo SkyWars having 8 or more kills	5
Gone Fishing	Get a Fishing Rod kill	5
Gotcha!	Kill someone while you have less than 1 heart left	10
Half Health Challenge	Win a game doing the Half Health Challenge	5
Happy Meal	Obtain a Divine Head or better	10
Hasta la Vista	Punch someone into the void with a punch bow	5
Is this a Portal game?	Obtain a stack of ender pearls	5
Kill Streak	Get 5 kills in 15 seconds	10
Killstolen	Get 5 assists in a single game of SkyWars	10
Kit Connoisseur	Win a game of solo normal/insane SkyWars with every single kit	15
LEGENDARY!!!	Obtain a Legendary item in the Soul Well or by purchasing one from the shop	10
Lucky Souls	Obtain 5 Mega Perks	5
Max Perk!	Max out a tiered perk	10
Max Soul Well	Max out the capacity on your soul well	10
Mega Warrior	Kill 20 players in a single Mega game or 12 players in a single Mega Doubles game	10
Mob Spawner	Spawn a mob	5
Mythical	Unlock a Mythic Kit	5
Nick Cage	Unlock Nicolas Cage	15
No Block Challenge	Win a game doing the No Block Challenge	5
No Chest Challenge	Win a Mega game without opening any chest	10
No Chest Challenge	Win a game doing the No Chest Challenge	5
Now I'm Enchanted!	Enchant a Diamond Sword	10
Peacemaker	Win a game without killing anyone	10
Playing it safe	Win a game of Lucky Block Mode while only opening Insane Lucky Blocks	10
RNG	Win a game using a random kit	5
Rookie Challenge	Win a game doing the Rookie Challenge	5
Shiny Stuff	Wear a full Diamond set of armor	10
Skewered	Kill a player by pricking them to death with a cactus	10
Slow and steady wins the race	Win a game using the sloth kit	10
Sniper	Get 30 bow hits in one game	10
So much choice	Use the map selector	5
Sold Your Soul	Make a donation to the Angel of Death	5
Solo warrior	Win a Mega game while joining without a party	10
Speed Runner	Win a Mega game before the last chest refill	10
Teamwork	Win a Mega game with all your teammates alive	5
Teamwork makes the dream work	Win a game of teams SkyWars with 15 or more kills across your team	5
The Angel's Journey	Complete the Angel's Descent	25
The siege	Get the final kill of a game in your spawn island	10
Touch of Death!	Knock someone into the void with a single punch	10
Trolololololol	Win a game with the Troll Kit	5
UHC Challenge	Win a game doing the UHC Challenge	5
Uh oh...	Spawn the mystery mob using the zookeeper kit	15
Ultimate Warrior Challenge	Win a game doing the Ultimate Warrior Challenge	5
Well, well	Use the Soul Well	5
Who needs teammates?	Summon a skeleton and a blaze	5

Legacy challenge achievements[]

Name	Description	Points
Ashes to Ashes	Begin harvesting Shards	5
Fear me mortals	Max out a Mega Kit	15
Max Perk!	Max out a tiered perk	10
Money well spent!	Get Lucky Charm to level 20	15
Paper Challenge	Win a game doing the Paper Challenge	5
Speed Run	Win a Ranked game in less than a minute	10
Well deserved	Gain a reward from a Ranked Season	5

Tiered achievements[]

Name	Tier	Description	Points
Cage Hoarder	I	Unlock 1 cage	5
	II	Unlock 5 cages	10
	III	Unlock 10 cages	15
	IV	Unlock 15 cages	20
	V	Unlock 20 cages	25
Head Hoarder	I	Gather 5 Heads	5
	II	Gather 25 Heads	10
	III	Gather 100 Heads	15
	IV	Gather 250 Heads	20
	V	Gather 1,000 Heads	25
Kit Hoarder (Insane)	I	Unlock 1 Insane kit	5
	II	Unlock 5 Insane kits	10
	III	Unlock 10 Insane kits	15
	IV	Unlock 15 Insane kits	20
Kit Hoarder (Mega)	I	Unlock 1 Mega kit	5
	II	Unlock 5 Mega kits	10
	III	Unlock 10 Mega kits	15
Kit Hoarder (Normal)	I	Unlock 1 Normal kit	5
	II	Unlock 5 Normal kits	10
	III	Unlock 10 Normal kits	15
	IV	Unlock 15 Normal kits	20
Mega Killer	I	Kill 50 players in Mega mode	5
	II	Kill 250 players in Mega mode	10
	III	Kill 1,000 players in Mega mode	15
	IV	Kill 5,000 players in Mega mode	20
	V	Kill 10,000 players in Mega mode	25
Mega Winner	I	Win 10 games in Mega mode	5
	II	Win 50 games in Mega mode	10
	III	Win 100 games in Mega mode	15
	IV	Win 250 games in Mega mode	20
	V	Win 500 games in Mega mode	25
New Day, New Challenge	I	Complete 10 in-game challenges	5
	II	Complete 25 in-game challenges	10
	III	Complete 50 in-game challenges	15
	IV	Complete 100 in-game challenges	20
	V	Complete 200 in-game challenges	25
Opal Obsession	I	Earn 2 Opals	5
	II	Earn 4 Opals	10
	III	Earn 6 Opals	15
	IV	Earn 8 Opals	20
	V	Earn 10 Opals	25
Scientist	I	Win 10 games in any Lab modes	5
	II	Win 50 games in any Lab modes	10
	III	Win 100 games in any Lab modes	15
	IV	Win 500 games in any Lab modes	20
	V	Win 1,000 games in any Lab modes	25
Solo Killer	I	Kill 50 players in Solo mode	5
	II	Kill 250 players in Solo mode	10
	III	Kill 1,000 players in Solo mode	15
	IV	Kill 5,000 players in Solo mode	20
	V	Kill 10,000 players in Solo mode	25
Solo Winner	I	Win 10 games in Solo mode	5
	II	Win 50 games in Solo mode	10
	III	Win 100 games in Solo mode	15
	IV	Win 500 games in Solo mode	20
	V	Win 1,200 games in Solo mode	25
Team Killer	I	Kill 50 players in Team mode	5
	II	Kill 250 players in Team mode	10
	III	Kill 1,000 players in Team mode	15
	IV	Kill 5,000 players in Team mode	20
	V	Kill 10,000 players in Team mode	25
Team Winner	I	Win 10 games in Team mode	5
	II	Win 50 games in Team mode	10
	III	Win 100 games in Team mode	15
	IV	Win 500 games in Team mode	20
	V	Win 1,200 games in Team mode	25
Tonic Taker	I	Brew 1 time in the Angel's Brewery	5
	II	Brew 5 time in the Angel's Brewery	10
	III	Brew 25 time in the Angel's Brewery	15
	IV	Brew 50 time in the Angel's Brewery	20
	V	Brew 100 time in the Angel's Brewery	25
You're a Star	I	Reach SkyWars level 3	5
	II	Reach SkyWars level 6	10
	III	Reach SkyWars level 9	15
	IV	Reach SkyWars level 12	20
	V	Reach SkyWars level 15	25

Trivia[]

The maximum amount of SkyWars experience obtainable in one game is 341, requiring 22 kills in a corrupted Doubles game with every player having a "Heavenly!" head and winning with the "Favor of the Angel" Tournament perk.
The maximum amount of Shards obtainable in one game is 10516, requiring 95 lucky kills in a Mega SkyWars game with maxed Shard Seek and Grand Slam perks.
Mega SkyWars games cannot be corrupt games.

Sources[]

↑ New Game! SkyWars by Simon
↑ SkyWars Update - Angel's Descent by erosemberg
↑ SkyWars Update - Leveling/Experience, Corrupted Games, Mythic Kits, & Much More by aPunch
↑ Happy Lunar New Year and Year of the Rat! by Sylent
↑ SkyWars & BedWars Easter Loot Chests by Externalizable
↑ Spooky Halloween 2019 on Hypixel by Externalizable
↑ Happy Holidays from Hypixel! by Externalizable

[1] New Game! SkyWars by Simon

[2] SkyWars Update - Angel's Descent by erosemberg

[3] SkyWars Update - Leveling/Experience, Corrupted Games, Mythic Kits, & Much More by aPunch

[4] Happy Lunar New Year and Year of the Rat! by Sylent

[5] SkyWars & BedWars Easter Loot Chests by Externalizable

[6] Spooky Halloween 2019 on Hypixel by Externalizable

[7] Happy Holidays from Hypixel! by Externalizable

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