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The Pit
Game Type	Persistent
Status	Available
Menu Icon	Dirt
Release Date	February 26, 2018 (PTL) April 21, 2020 (v1.0)

The Pit (or The Hypixel Pit) is a persistent game where players frop into a map and battle in a free-for-all scenario, level up, and obtain more items. It was released into the Prototype Lobby on February 26, 2018, and was released as a full game on April 21, 2020.

Gameplay

The Pit spawns players in a persistent minigame complete with levels, items, and perks purchasable in the mini-lobby above the map before dropping from the lobby into the map. Players start out with a combination of Chainmail and Iron Armor (excluding a helmet), an Iron Sword, a Bow, and 32 arrows. Players can drop into the map or use a slime launcher to battle other players and obtain XP and Gold to progress in the game.

Levels

Levels are a ranking system for The Pit that are advanced by earning XP. Each level requires an ascending amount of XP to advance, with low levels requiring small amounts of XP and higher levels requiring large amounts. As you prestige further, every level's XP requirement increases by a %, depending on the prestige. XP can be earned by killing players or participating in occasional Events, as well as the free participation XP earned randomly while in a lobby. When a player reaches level 120, they may advance to the next prestige if they have met the gold requirement.

Prestige

Prestige is a mechanic that resets a player's level and Gold upon reaching Level 120. Each Prestige requires a specific amount of gold to be held by the player, and upon advancing to the next Prestige, the player's Level, Gold, Inventory, and Perks are reset. Enderchest items, Mystic Items, Items with the "Kept on death" tag, Renown, and Renown perks are kept when advancing to the next Prestige. A Prestige-specific bracket color appears around the player's level in chat and the player menu, along with a roman numeral signifying the player's current Prestige when they send messages in chat. Prestige bracket colors change every 5 levels, and non-prestiged players will have gray brackets.

Gold

Gold is the main currency of the pit. It is used to purchase items and upgrades at their respective NPCs. Gold can be obtained by killing players, picking up gold drops, participating in events, completing Contracts, and completing Quests. Gold is reset upon advancing to another Prestige. To prestige, you also need to have grinded a certain amount of gold in that prestige, however you don't need to have that amount on you, just to have grinded it.

Bounties

Bounties are gold bonuses placed on players with high kill-streaks. This bounty will increase as the player earns a higher streak. When a player kills someone with a bounty, they will earn the gold reward from the bounty. Bounties max out at 5000g, with exceptions. The megastreak Highlander doubles this limit, and the Minor Event Everyone gets a bounty! ignores this limit and can increase a bounty indefinitely.

Items and Perks

Items and perks are game-changing characteristics which can be purchased using gold from villagers in the spawn tree. Items can be bought in the non-permanent shop. These items are lost after death.

Non-permanent Items

Item	Cost	Ability
Diamond Sword	150g	+20% damage versus bountied, 7 attack damage.
8 Obsidian Blocks	50g	Remains for base 120 seconds.
Diamond Chestplate	500g	Auto-equips on buy!
Diamond Boots	300g	Auto-equips on buy!
Iron Pack	150g*	Auto-equips on buy! (Iron helmet, chestplate, boots, leggings)
Obsidian Stack (64)	280g	Remains for base 120 seconds
Diamond Leggings	1200g	Auto equips on buy!
Combat Spade	750g	Deals +1 damage per diamond armor piece on the victim
Bounty Solvent	575g	Bounties give +50% gold, and recieve -30% damage from users with a bounty of 1000g or more
First Aid Egg	200g	Heals 2.5 Hearts on use, 10s cooldown
Golden Pickaxe (Efficiency VII)	250g	Has 10 uses
Jump Boost IV	750g	Grants Jump boost 4 for 30 seconds
Tactical Insertion	1000g	Allows the user to set their spawn point once instead of spawning at spawn.
Pants Bundle	50g	Stores 10 fresh pants upon use. Can store all types of pants, consumed when emptied.

Passive Upgrades

XP Boost - Earn +10% XP from all sources.

Tier	Cost (gold)	XP Boost
I	500	+10%
II	1,000	+20%
III	2,500	+30%
IV	10,000	+40%
V	25,000	+50%
VI	100,000	+60%

Gold Boost - Earn +10% gold (g) from kills and coin pickups.

Tier	Cost (gold)	Gold Boost
I	1,000	+10%
II	2,500	+20%
III	10,000	+30%
IV	25,000	+40%
V	40,000	+50%

Melee Damage - Deal +1% melee damage.

Tier	Cost (gold)	Melee Damage
I	450	+1%
II	1,050	+2%
III	1,500	+3%
IV	2,250	+4%
V	3,000	+5%

Bow Damage - Deal +3% bow damage.

Tier	Cost (gold)	Bow Damage
I	450	+3%
II	1,050	+6%
III	1,500	+9%
IV	2,250	+12%
V	3,000	+15%

Damage Reduction - Receive -1% damage.

Tier	Cost (gold)	Damage Reduction
I	450	+1%
II	1,050	+2%
III	1,500	+3%
IV	2,250	+4%
V	3,000	+5%

Build Battler - Your blocks stay +60% longer.

Tier	Cost (gold)	Build Battler
I	750	+60%
II	1,750	+120%
III	2,750	+180%
IV	3,750	+240%
V	5,000	+300%

El Gato - First kill each life rewards +5g +5 XP.

Tier	Cost (gold)	El Gato
I	1,000	First kill
II	2,000	First 2 kills
III	3,000	First 3 kills
IV	4,000	First 4 kills
V	5,000	First 5 kills

Perks

Level	Name	Cost	Ability
10	Golden Heads	500g	Golden apples you earn turn into Golden Heads. Which can be eaten instantly and grants you with Speed I (7s.) + Regeneration II (5s).
10	Fishing Rod	1,000g	Spawn with a fishing rod.
10	Lava Bucket	1,000g	Spawn with a lava bucket.
20	Strength-Chaining	2,000g	+8% damage for 7s after every kill. If you get another kill within the 7 seconds it increases the strength level along with resetting the timer to 7 seconds again. Capped at strength 5.
20	Endless Quiver	2,000g	Get 3 arrows on arrow hit.
30	Mineman	3,000g	Spawn with 24 cobblestone and a diamond pickaxe. +3 cobblestone on kill.
30	Safety First	3,000g	Spawn with a helmet.
40	Trickle-down	1,000g	Gold ingots picked-up from the ground award you with 10g and 2❤.
40	Lucky Diamond	4,000g	30% chance to upgrade dropped armour pieces from kills to diamond.
40	Spammer	4,000g	Double base gold reward on targets you've shot an arrow in. +2g on assists.
50	Bounty Hunter	2,000g	4g on all kills. Earn bounty assist shares. +1% damage/100g bounty on target.
50	Streaker	8,000g	Triple streak kills XP bonus.
60	Gladiator	4,000g	Receive -3% damage per nearby player. 12 blocks range. Minimum 3, max 10 players.
60	Vampire	4,000g	Don't earn golden apples. Earn 0.5❤ on melee hit. Earn 1.5❤ on a fully charged arrow hit. Earn regeneration II (5s) on kill.

Permanent Prestige Perks

• Prestige perks are unlocked through the Renown Shop. The Renown Shop is unlocked after reaching Prestige I.

Prestige	Level	Name	Gold	Renown	Ability
P1	70	Overheal	6,000g	10	Double healing item limits.
P2	30	Barbarian	3,000g	10	Replaces your sword with a stronger axe.
P2	60	Recon	6,000g	10	Every fourth arrow shot at someone rewards +40 XP and deals +50% damage.
P2	70	Dirty	8,000g	15	Gain Resistance II (4s) on kill.
P3	70	Rambo	6,000g	15	Don't earn golden apples. Max health 8❤. Refill all health on kill.
P4	70	Olympus	6,000g	20	Golden apples are replaced with Olympus Potions which gives you Speed I (24s) and Regeneration III (10s) and Resistance II (4s) and 40 XP when drank. Only hold one.
P5	50	Assistant (to the) Streaker	8,000g	15	Assists count their participation towards killstreaks.
P5	80	First Strike	8,000g	25	The first hit on a player deals +35% damage and gives you Speed I (5s).
P9	40	Kung Fu Knowledge	10,000g	40	Melee weapons deal 0 damage but fists deal as much damage as a diamond sword (7.4 attack damage). Gain Speed II (5s) every 4th hit.

Renown Shop

• Besides than the items that disappear on death, and the perks that are reset on prestige, are the Renown Shop perks. These perks are truly permanent and do not reset after prestige.
• The currency used in the Renown Shop is called Renown and is earned upon prestige. Becoming prestige 1-4 gives you 10 renown on prestige, becoming prestige 5-10 gives you 20 renown, becoming prestige 11-14 gives you 30 renown and becoming prestige 15+ gives you 40 renown.

Prestige	Name	Ability	Cost
P1	Tenacity	Heal 0.5❤ on kill.	Tier 1 - 10 renown Tier 2 - 50 renown Tier 3 - ???
P1	Scam Artist	Items and contract purchases are -5% the price.	Tier 1 - 10 renown Tier 2 - 20 renown Tier 3 - ???
P1	Renown Gold Boost	Earn +2.5% gold (g) from kills and coin pickups.	Tier 1 - 5 renown Tier 2 - 10 renown Tier 3 - ???
P1	Renown XP Bump	Earn +1 XP on kill.	Tier 1 - 5 renown Tier 2 - 10 renown Tier 3 - ???
P1	Perk Unlock: Overheal	Unlocks the Overheal perk.	Tier 1 - 10 renown
P1	Mysticism	Unlocks the Mystic Well and the ability to rarely find mystic items from killing players.	Tier 1 - 10 Renown
P2	Barbarian	Unlocks the Barbarian perk.	Tier 1 - 10 Renown
P2	Contractor	Earn +1 daily contract limit.	Tier 1 - 5 renown Tier 2 - ???
P2	Superb Launch Trail	Gives you a rainbow trail when using the launchers.	Tier 1 - 10 renown
P3	Extra Perk Slot	Perk Slot #4 available at level 100.	Tier 1 - 40 renown
P3	Impatient	Gain Speed II in the spawn area.	Tier 1 - 10 renown
P3	Rambo	Unlocks the Rambo perk.	Tier 1 - 15 renown
P4	Extra Hearts	Permanently gain an extra heart.	Tier 1 - 20 renown Tier 2 - 100 renown
P4	Armoury	+8 arrows on spawn.	Tier 1-3 - 5 renown
P25	Celebrity	Literally earn 2x gold from kills.	300 renown

~~IN PROGRESS~~

Events

Minor Events

These events occur every 10-15 minutes. Most of these events are specific to areas.

Event Name	Description
King of the Ladder (KOTL)	A ladder is created in the said area. The players on the top of the ladder earn gold scaled on the number of players on top. All players inside the ladder area have permanent Regeneration IV.
King of the Hill (KOTH)	A platform made out of diamond blocks appears, rewarding 4 times the base amount of gold and experience points earned on it.
Care Package	A supply drop comes in from the sky. After players right-click on it 200 times, the chest can be opened with several items inside of it. These items include 100g, 100XP or either a Fresh Mystic Sword,Fresh Mystic Pants(Any Color) Or a Mystic Bow.
Dragon Egg	A dragon egg spawns. Players clicking on the egg will be rewarded with gold and XP. Every 5-9 clicks, the egg will move to a different location.
Giant Cake	A giant cake will appear, rewarding gold to players who eat pieces of it. Within the cake, "cherries" can be found in the form of red clay blocks that reward +100g. "Chocolate Chips" can also be found, these reward 100xp. Finishing a full cake will give the player extra hearts and more gold.
Double Reward Area	An area becomes enchanted, rewarding double gold and experience points to all action taken in it.
Auction	An item is released on the auction, usually Prestige ones. Players can bid on the items for huge amounts of gold, at a minimum of 5,000g.
Everyone Gets A Bounty	Everyone gets a 100g bounty.

Major Events

Every 45-55 minutes, a random major event occurs; changing, limiting or modifying the whole map. These events are notified to the players by a message 5 minutes prior. They often have generous awards to the participants in gold and experience points(XP).

Name	Description
Pizza Place	A pizza place is built in an area. Getting pizza from the place and delivering them to villagers spawned in several locations awards the player with cash. This cash can be registered in by going back to the pizza place. Killing a player steals their cash stored in them.
Spire	All launchpads are disabled, and the pit is replaced by a portal. Jumping into the portal teleports you to the first floor of the spire. Each player is equipped with a wooden sword, and weak armor. Getting a kill teleports you to the next floor of the spire, fully healing you, upgrading your items, and giving you an item that functions similarly to a golden head. Higher floors are considerably smaller to make up for the fact that less players will be there. Dying on any floor other than the first sends you down one level, and downgrades your equipment. Your final score is not based on your current floor, it is based on the highest floor you reached, and on how many kills you got total.
Squads	You squad up with 3 people, trying to control the many banners created on the map. If a player stands near a banner for a few seconds, that banner becomes controlled until another team stands near it. Every banner awards points over time to the team that controls it. The squad with the most points at the end of the event wins.
Robbery	Upon start, everyone recieves 100g as their "stash". Hitting other players takes away a few gold, and killing them takes around half. The objective of the event is to get the highest balance, of which will be given to you upon the event end. Respawn is disabled.
Rage Pit	All launchpads are disabled and the pit becomes surrounded with glass. Every kill awards the player with a "Rage Potato". If the number of total kills exceeds the prize count (usually ~600), every player gets a reward. The objective of the event is to get as much damage dealt as possible.
Beast	Up to 3 players are selected as the "Beast", getting double health and full diamond armour and a diamond sword. The player killing the beast becomes the new beast, having the same traits. The player who was the "Beast" for the longest time wins. The leaderboard, and objective of the event is to get as many kills while being a beast.
Team Deathmatch	All players are equally divided into 2 teams. Fighting with each other. The team with the most amount of kills and assists wins.
Blockhead	Each player is assigned a block. The objective here is to paint the floor with the assigned block, by killing or collecting such power-ups.

Mystic Well

• The Mystic Well is unlocked after players unlock Mysticism in the Renown Shop.
• Mystic Items have a chance to be obtained after killing a player. Unenchanted (also known as fresh) mystic items have the "kept on death" tag in their lore, which means that they are not lost on death.
• Putting a mystic item into the well will cost 1,000 gold for the first tier, 4,000 gold for the second tier, and 8,000 gold + a specific color of Fresh Pants for the third tier.
• Mystic swords and Mystic bows can be enchanted to Tier 3 only once mysticism 4 is unlocked. Mystic pants can only be enchanted to tier 3 once mysticism 9 is unlocked.
• A mystic item can have a maximum of 8 enchant tokens. Tokens are separate enchant levels, one being occupied for every enchant value (e.g. Gold Boost II occupies 2 tokens). Additionally, items can only have a maximum of 4 "RARE!" tokens. Items can have a maximum of 2 tokens on tier 1, 4 tokens on tier 2, and 8 tokens on tier 3.
• Mystic items are given "lives" each time they are enchanted. When a player dies with an enchanted mystic item, the item will lose one of its lives. A Funky Feather can be used to protect the mystic items' lives, in which the Funky Feather will be consumed after death.
• Currently, there are 3 mystic items, those being the Mystic Sword, Mystic Bow, and Mystic Pants.
• The mysticism upgrade can be purchased and upgraded with renown to increase the chance of finding a mystic item on kill. Its upgrades are listed below.

Level	Price	Chance
Level I	10 renown	10%
Level II	5 renown	30%
Level III	5 renown	50%
Level IV	10 renown	150%
Level V	10 renown	200%
Level VI	10 renown	250%
Level VII	20 renown	300%
Level VIII	20 renown	350%
Level IX	20 renown	400%
Level X	30 renown	400%

Some special items such as Aqua pants and Sewer pants have the "bypasses mysticism" tag in their lore which allows them to be enchanted even if players do not have mysticism unlocked.

Achievements

There are 97 Achievements in The Pit, giving a total of 1,080 Achievement Points.

Challenge Achievements

Name	Description	Points
All hail the King!	Complete the King's Quest on the Castle map	20
Auctioneer	Bid in an Auction	5
Baker	Bake a cake	10
Big Belly	Eat a Golden Apple, Golden Head, Steak, an Olympus Potion and Soup within 5 minutes	5
Big Time	Max out the renown shop	25
Bounty Claimed!	Claim a bounty	5
Bounty Hunter	Claim 30 bounties of at least 500g while using the Bounty Hunter perk	20
Businessman	Trade with another player	5
Demon Incarnate	Reach Tier VII of the Demon Faction in the Genesis map	15
Did I see some blue?	Earn your first Mystic item	10
Fast Contract	Complete a contract within a minute of starting it	5
Fast Pass	Unlock the Fast Pass renown upgrade	5
Full Storage	Fill out your Ender Chest	5
Fully Upgraded	Max out all passive upgrades	5
Furious Clicking	Reach top 3 in a Rage Pit event with at least 50 players	10
Genius Tier	Answer a Quick Maths question within 2.5 seconds	5
Glass Ceiling	Reach floor 9 in the Spire event	10
God Walking amongst Mortals	Reach a kill streak of 50 kills	10
Gold Magnate	Have 250,000g	10
Golden Age	Collect 1,000 extra gold with the Trickle-Down perk	10
Golden Treat	Consume 1,000 Golden Heads	10
Guaranteed Delivery	Deliver 35 pizza in a single Pizza event	10
Guardian Angel	Reach Tier VII of the Angel Faction in the Genesis map	15
I bought a thing!	Win an item in Auction	10
I'm Mining Here!	Break 100 blocks of obsidian	5
In the Club	Obtain aqua pants from fishing	10
Infinite Quiver	Recieve 1,500 arrows from the Spammer perk	10
Ingots Collector	Pickup 2,000 gold ingots from the ground	10
King of the XP	Get 10,000 XP from kills and assists in a single KOTH	15
Locked In	Place 50 obsidian in a single life	5
Loot with Care	Collect something from a Care Package	5
Lucky Diamond!	Obtain 50 diamond armor pieces from the Lucky Diamond perk	10
Maximizado	Max out El Gato	5
Monster Within	Kill 25 players as beast in a single Beast event	10
Nosferatu	Heal 15,000 HP with the Vampire perk	10
Not much of a Hill	Stay on a single KOTH for 200 seconds on a server with at least 50 players	10
Obelix	Hold a stack of cobblestone	10
One small step for Pants	Enchant a Tier III mystic item	10
Paint Job	Color your Fancy Hat	5
Pentakill	Kill 5 players consecutively for a pentakill	5
Podium Position	Reach top 3 in a Major event	10
Poet	Complete a Night Quest	5
Powerful	Kill a player while having Strength V	5
Pure Skill	Earn a jackpot in a Raffle event with at least 50 players	10
Purple Egg	Reach 25 clicks in a Dragon Egg event	5
Raging Hunger	Eat a total of 100 rage potatoes	10
Rambo	Get a kill streak of 10 using the Rambo perk	10
Rare!	Enchant a RARE! mystic item	10
Scam Artist	Unlock the first tier of the Scam Artist renown upgrade	5
Self-Checked	Use Self-checkout III once you reach a 5,000g bounty	5
SkyWars	Fall into the void	5
Slaying Beasts	Kill two beasts in a single Beast event	5
Sugar Rush	Earn 5,000g from a Giant Cake	5
Team Effort	Earn 8,000 points in a Squads event	10
The Punch	Hit a player with The Punch	5
The Streak	Reach a kill streak of 10 kills	5
The XX	Reach Restige XX	25
They're after me now...	Reach a 5,000g bounty	15
Thief	End a Robbery event with a 10,000g stash	10
Triple Digits	Reach level 100	5
Tryhard down!	Kill a player with a 5000g bounty	5
Up on top	Spend at least 20 seconds on the top of a single KOTL	10

Tiered Achievements

Name	Tier	Description	Points
Contracts	I	Complete 5 contracts	5
	II	Complete 25 contracts	10
	III	Complete 100 contracts	15
	IV	Complete 250 contracts	20
	V	Complete 500 contracts	25
Events	I	Participate in 3 major events	5
	II	Participate in 10 major events	10
	III	Participate in 25 major events	15
	IV	Participate in 100 major events	20
	V	Participate in 500 major events	25
Gold	I	Earn 10,000 total gold	5
	II	Earn 100,000 total gold	10
	III	Earn 1,000,000 total gold	15
	IV	Earn 10,000,000 total gold	20
	V	Earn 30,000,000 total gold	25
Kills	I	Kill 200 players	5
	II	Kill 1,000 players	10
	III	Kill 5,000 players	15
	IV	Kill 25,000 players	20
	V	Kill 100,000 players	25
Mysticism	I	Enchant 10 items	5
	II	Enchant 50 items	10
	III	Enchant 100 items	15
	IV	Enchant 250 items	20
	V	Enchant 1,000 items	25
Prestige	I	Prestige 1 time	5
	II	Prestige 2 times	10
	III	Prestige 5 times	15
	IV	Prestige 10 times	20
	V	Prestige 15 times	25
Renown	I	Earn 10 renown	5
	II	Earn 50 renown	10
	III	Earn 200 renown	15
	IV	Earn 500 renown	20
	V	Earn 2,000 renown	25

Trivia

• The Pit is the first game released under the Persistent Minigame genre on the Hypixel Network.
  • With the full release of The Pit on April 21, 2020, The Pit is now the first and only full persistent game on the Hypixel Network.
• The Pit is the longest minigame to be in a prototype status, being in the Prototype Lobby for two years, one month, and twenty-four days before its full release.
• The Pit was the first and only Prototype Lobby game to feature Quests.
  • The Pit is also the first game to feature Quests, but not Challenges.