Announcement MineZ 2025 Changelog

MineZ Team · Feb 4, 2025

Hello Survivors!

Below is a comprehensive list of all of the changes in MineZ for the year 2025. The purpose of this thread is to keep players up-to-date on the changes and rebalancing coming to MineZ. If you are looking for previous changelogs, you can find them linked below. If you'd like to give feedback or discuss latest changes, please join us in our MineZ Community Board Discord!

MineZ 2020 Changelog

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MineZ 2022 Changelog

MineZ 2023 Changelog

MineZ 2024 Changelog

5/7/2025 (5.5.3)

Gameplay Changes:

The MineZMap has been updated!

Graves now emit particles when a player is nearby and holding a shovel

Players no longer spawn with component bags

Changed the text color of some chest UIs to reflect their rarity

Shovels can now be crafted

Map Changes:

Meridian

Added unique paintings to the Bank

DCS decor has been reverted

Al Hasa:

Added a Grenade Wall

Bazel:

Minor build tweaks to make Bazel brighter and fix paintings

Dungeon Changes:

Desert Canyon Sanctuary:

Fixed one of the mob spawn points not spawning mobs after boss

Fixed an issue causing zombie spawn points to stop spawning mobs in boss room

Fixed magma blocks popping off of the raft after completing the dungeon

Minor build changes at one of the fireballs before loot room

Many more misc. optimizations around the whole dungeon

Players can now enter the portal after boss parkour once given a sword regardless if they accidentally lost the sword

TNT blast radius in TNT quadrant 2 -> 4

Increased resistance (4 -> 10) during platform destruction in boss

Made raft deploy logic after boss more sensitive and consistent

Minor build changes in mini-boss room to remove safe spots

Minor build changes in mini-boss room where silverfish could get stuck

Minor build changes in challenge room 2 (maze)

Moved the TP location of zombies coming out of the spawn point at the map in challenge room 2

Minor build changes in challenge room 1 to remove a skip

Fixed a bug in boss where players wouldn't get sent to platform after losing their sword

Necromancer Tower:

Anvils Removed

Balance Changes:

Altin:

+2 tool_common

+1 tool_uncommon

+1 mil_rare

+1 pot_uncommon

Anvalia:

+1 food_common

Fixed chests that were stuck in walls

Arbreton:

A few chest locations have been adjusted

Barathrum Caverns:

+1 pot_rare

Camp Kharj:

-1 mil_rare

+1 mil_epic

Desert Canyon Sanctuary:

+4 dcs_swag (Main Loot Room)

+6 desert_canyon_sanctuary

Ragtag's Cove:

-2 gold_standard_refill

fiends_mirage:

Golden Apple: 3% -> 4%

Splash Potion of Healing II: 6% -> 7%

Arrow x15: 6% -> 5%

Potion of Healing II: 11% -> 10%

desert_canyon_sanctuary:

Grapple (24 durability): 4% -> Removed

Iron Boots (Feather Falling IV): 1% -> 2%

Diamond Axe: 2% -> 3%

Lingering Potion of Healing II: 4% -> 5%

Splash Potion of Healing: 8% -> 9%

Potion of Healing II: 11% -12%

Small Bag (Yellow): 1% -> Removed (dcs_swags added to main loot room)

gold_standard_refill

Respawn time: 120s -> 150s

wizard_tower:

Splash Potion of Healing I: 8% -> Removed

Bow (Power I, Punch I): 6% -> 5%

Splash Potion of Healing II: 4% -> 5%

Iron Armor (Each): 3% -> 4%

Grenade: 2% -> 3%

Arrows x10: --> 3%

Bugfixes:

Fixed various crafting related errors and exploits

Fixed an issue with Headhunts not working when in Dungeons

Fixed an issue with players getting stuck in Warped Ruins

Fixed an issue where players could place cakes and webs in dungeons

Fixed an issue where players could hold multiple bags

Fixed an issue where players could dupe with component bags

Fixed issues with Tenseiga not using the correct durability and going on cooldown incorrectly.

Fixed the Firework Spark Snowball Trail cosmetic

Fixed an issue with zombies and items spawning in the ground when gravedigging

4/20/2025 (5.5.2)

Gameplay Changes:

Mobs once again have a penalty to aggro range at nighttime

Added a rotten flesh pickup toggle

Dungeon Changes:

Desert Canyon Sanctuary:

Small nerf to orange pane boss room parkour difficulty

Bugfixes:

Various performance enhancements to Desert Canyon Sanctuary

Fixed DCS Instance exit range

Fixed a bug with grenades sometimes not throwing or being consumed

Fixed a dupe exploit

Updated in-game chat message changelog link to the correct version (this one!)

4/18/2025 (5.5.1)

Balance Changes:

byesford_labs:

Gunpowder: 1% -> 2%

Iron Sword (Smite III, Kb I): 3% -> 5%

Iron Sword (Smite IV, Kb I): 1% -> 2%

Lingering Potion of Healing II: --> 3%

Weak Grapple (24 durability): --> 3%

Iron Sword (Smite II): 7% -> removed

Iron Sword (Smite II, Kb I): 3% -> removed

Bugfixes:

Performance enhancements to Desert Canyon Sanctuary

Patched a few exploits in Desert Canyon Sanctuary

4/17/2025 (5.5)

Gameplay Changes:

Desert Canyon Sanctuary has been reworked!

Five new supply drops have been added to the weekly rotation!

Two new dungeon headhunts have been introduced!

Ghost Ship has set sail...

A Gold Standard has been seen in Valar!

A Gold Standard has been found in a dungeon!

Added '/clearpvptag' command

Shovels no longer have a stun functionality

Smite damage is no longer tied to Northern Zombie values

Mobs now properly aggro on players that hit them

Bow headshots now kill regular zombies in one hit in elite dungeons

Map Changes:

The previous version of Desert Canyon Sanctuary has been renamed to "Fiend's Mirage" and moved to a new location

The old exit for Desert Canyon Sanctuary has been removed

Meridian has received a few temporary cosmetic changes

Added boulders next to Giant's Rage to assist in crossing the water

Dungeon Changes:

Desert Canyon Sanctuary:

Completely reworked

Axis Mundi:

Guarantees 1 Smite V variant and 1 Sharpness V variant

Eclipsed Ruins:

Added a recovery spot for levitation parkour

Rising Sand formations are now a static cycle

Paluster Shrine:

Slightly reduced pigman count in water maze

Path of Light:

Added Legacy support for old Dusk Fragments

Undermines:

Underminer Boss HP reduced: 300 -> 200

Balance Changes:

Food:

Raw Fish:

Stack: 1 -> 2

Mantle

+2 mil_epic

Sharif:

Increased item counts in potion chests

aeternalis_crypt:

Melon x4: 6% -> Removed

Bow: 6% -> Removed

Bow (Power I, Punch I): --> 6%

Potion of Healing II: --> 3%

Iron Sword (Smite II): --> 2%

Iron Sword (Smite II, Kb I): --> 1%

body_offload:

Bread: 2% -> Removed

Cookies x4: 2% -> Removed

Carrot: --> 4%

desert_canyon_sanctuary:

Chests have been completely reworked

ghostship_mil:

gunpowder: 4% -> 2%

flash grenade: 2% -> 3%

fire grenade: 2% -> 3%

ghostship_refill:

Flash Grenade: 2% -> 3%

Fire Grenade: 2% -> 3%

Glowstone: --> 3%

Potion of Healing II: 20% -> 19%

Snowballs: 5% -> Removed

gold_standard_refill:

Bread 1x -> 2x

Arrows 7x -> 10x

Snowball x2: 7% -> 5%

Potion of Healing I: 10% -> 5%

Splash Potion of Healing II: 8% -> 14%

Button: 2% -> 3%

mil_mythic:

Arrows: x5 -> x10

supply_high:

Simoon's Song: 6% -> 2%

Exalted Gatestone: 3% -> 2%

Gatestone (8/8.): 10% -> 8%

Tenseiga: --> 4%

Diamond Axe (Smite 2): --> 3%

Vampyr: --> 5%

Adventurer's Pack: 3% -> Removed

Bottle O' Souls: 2% -> Removed

supply_low

Iron Armor (per piece): 5% -> 6%

Quiver (45/45): --> 3%

Golden Apple: --> 3%

Chunk of Iron: 3% -> removed

Flail: 4% -> Removed

Gatestone (6/8.): 3% -> Removed

tool_rare

Arrows x5 -> x10

Piece of Iron: 8% -> 4%

Iron Shovel (Fortune II): 10% -> 12%

Fishing Rod (Lure II): 10% - 12%

Legendary Changes:

Flail:

Damage: Decreased by 1.5

Rocksteady:

Swapped effects with Therum's Power

Moved to Fiend's Mirage

Therum's Power:

Swapped effects with Rocksteady

Bugfixes:

Updated Meridian Town Crier to link to correct changelog

Fixed Bug in Zerbia that didn't allow all boat parts to be right clicked or dropped to build the boat

Fixed Shotbow XP Bug

Fixed a bug in Frostbain Catacombs Boss Room

Fixed Shrine of the Dusk exploit

Fixed a bank error caused by Knoxmoor Digsite

3/7/2025 (5.4.30)

Bugfixes:

Fixed issues with players being teleported and/or stuck when running on ice or in lava

2/27/2025 (5.4.29)

Map Changes:

Aurora:

Minor build adjustment to button room

Meridian:

Now has a ceiling - no more escape artists!

Meteor Crater:

Magma has been replaced with glass

Balance Changes:

Supply drop loot tables have been reworked!

Supply High:

Gatestone (8/8 ) - 10%

Simoon's Song - 6%

Stomper - 6%

Corsair's Edge - 6%

Slow Bow (14d Expiry) - 6%

Void Bow (14d Expiry) - 6%

Oni Mask (14d Expiry) - 6%

Gamble (Iron) - 5%

Seal of Entropy - 5%

Seal of Time - 5%

Named Book (Smite V, KB I) - 4%

Named Book (Sharpness V, KB 1) - 4%

Heal Bow - 4%

Earth Shaker (Diamond) - 4%

Overkill (Smite I) - 3%

Corsair's Curse x2 - 3%

Fuse Box - 3%

Small Bag - 3%

Adventurer's Bag - 3%

Exalted Gate Stone - 3%

Bottle o' Souls - 2%

Zombie Head - 1%

??? - 0.1%

??? - 0.01%

Supply Low:

Potion of Healing II - 7%

Splash Potion of Healing II - 6%

Helm Splitter - 6%

Iron Armor (each) - 5%

Weak Grapple (4 uses) - 4%

Bread x3 - 4%

Rabbit Stew - 4%

Speed II Potion - 4%

Bow (Power I, Infinity) - 4%

Frost Walker - 4%

Masamune - 4%

Flail - 4%

Alchemist's Kit - 3%

Fuse Box - 3%

Gatestone (6/8 ) - 3%

Manzana Cider - 3%

Revenant's Remedy - 3%

Corsair's Curse - 3%

Chunk of Iron - 3%

Flash Grenade - 3%

Gunpowder - 3%

Bow (Power II, Infinity) - 2%

Bugfixes:

Fixed Wind Spire instance entrance/exit.

Removed Uncommon Presents from Frozen Giant loot table.

Fixed some graves not properly updating after their removal.

2/4/2025 (5.4.28)
Wonderland has been reverted.

Gameplay Changes:

A Gold Standard has been seen in Valar!

A Gold Standard has been seen in a dungeon!

The Ghost Ship has set sail...

Claws of Dentril have begun to appear in the caves...

Expiring items are now replaced with their base item upon expiry (Swords, bows, armor, axes)

Iron Ingots can be broken down into nuggets.

Map Changes:

Wonderland has been reverted to the normal MineZ Map.

Fire Spire:

Parkour has been adjusted to be easier.

Mantle:

The terrain around mantle has received minor adjustments to be more easily navigated.

Meridian:

Added a button to the bank table (fun!)

Ravine:

Jump across the bridge has been made easier.

Concord:

Parkour has been made slightly easier

Somnia:

Parkour has been made easier

Dungeon Changes:

Dark Mansion:

Gold Standard has arrived inside Dark Mansion!

Changed button in Dark Mansion to pressure plate (Solo-able with Zombie Bow)

Blood Bag: -> 4%

Splash Potion of Healing II: -> 4%

Lingering Potion of Healing I: -> 2%

Iron Axe: -> 7%

Raw Porkchop: -> 3%

Potion of Healing II: 6% -> 8%

Grenade: 3% -> 4%

Iron Sword (Smite II): 4% -> 6%

Iron Sword (Smite II, Kb I): 3% -> 5%

Bow (Power I): 4% -> 6%

Bow (Power I, Punch I): 3% -> 5%

Arrows x10: 4% -> 6%

Pristine Chain Armor: 6% -> 7% (each)

Aloe Vera -> Removed

Healing Ointment -> Removed

Antibiotics -> Removed

Revitalizer -> Removed

Stimulant -> Removed

Bandage -> Removed

Heal Kits -> Removed

Frostbain Catacombs:

Boss Room door now closes after 20 seconds.

Necromancer Tower:

Added Witch Time: 0% -> 5%

Grenade: 3% -> 4%

Bow (Power I Punch 1): 6% -> 5%

Pristine Chain Boots (Feather Falling II): 5% -> 6%

Pristine Chain Boots: 6% -> Removed

- 4 Necromancer Tower (top of tower)

+ 4 Necromancer Tower Highs (top of tower)

Sunken Mire:

Spider Snare (Tinsel Snare): --> 4%

Mushroom Stew: --> 3%

Iron Armor: 5% -> 6% (each)

Splash Potion of Healing II: 3% -> 5%

Iron Sword (Smite II): 7% -> 5%

Iron Sword (Smite II, Knockback I): 5% -> 4%

Bow (Power I): 7% -> 5%

Bow (Power I, Punch I): 5% -> 4%

Cobweb: 7% -> 5%

Carrot: 5% -> Removed

Wizard Tower:

Warding Concoction: -> 2%

Transmutation Elixir: -> 2%

Pristine Chain Armor: 7% -> 6% (each)

Zerbia:

zerbia_swag

Fuse Box: --> 5%

Diamond Axe: 13% -> 10%

Grenades: 15% -> 14%

Golden Apple: 15% -> 14%

Balance Changes:

Food:

Baked Potato

Hunger: 4 -> 5

Beetroot:

Water restored: 0 -> 2

Beetroot Stew:

Water restored: 0 -> 10

Cooked Fish:

Saturation: 6 -> 5

Stack: 1 -> 2

Cooked Meat (all types):

Hunger: 6/8 -> 8

Saturation: 5/6 -> 8

Rabbit Stew:

Hunger restored: 10 -> 14

Ghost Ship:

Loot tables have been reworked.

Gravedigging:

Grave loot has been completely reworked.

Tier 3 Graves now have a chance to drop rare items.

Digging up a grave now uses durability.

Supply Drops:

Supply Drops have been reverted to their pre-wonderland rotation.

Supply Drop High/Lows have been reworked.

food_rare

Egg: 8% -> 4%

Pumpkin: 8% -> 4%

Wheat x2: 18% -> 12%

Mushroom x2 (Red/Brown): 5% - > 4%

Baked Potato: 5% -> 6%

Bread x1: --> 3%

Cooked Fish: --> 6%

Cooked Porkchop: --> 6%

mil_epic

Weak Grapple (8 durability): 4% -> 6%

Weak Grapple (16 durability): 2% -> 3%

Iron Sword (Smite II): 6% -> 5%

Bow (Power I): 6% -> 5%

Arrows x5: 10% -> 9%

mil_mythic

Iron Axe (Smite I): 8% -> 6%

Grenade: 6% -> 8%

room_high

Pumpkin: 4% -> Removed

Egg: 4% -> Removed

Grenade: -> 4%

Snowball x3: -> 4%

room_low

Pumpkin: 3% -> Removed

Egg: 3% -> Removed

Potato x2: 5% -> Removed

Sugar: 7% -> 6%

Snowball x3: 7% -> 6%

Iron Armour (each): 3% -> 4%

Baked Potato -> 5%

Grenade -> 4%

Aurora:

-1 mil_uncommon

+1 tool_uncommon

Button Room:

Now requires one button instead of two

-1 pot_uncommon

room_high min/max 4 -> 3

pot_rare min/max 4 -> 3

Barathrum Caverns:

+2 mil_mythic

+2 mil_epic

Boggy Den:

+ 1 room_high

Camp Azara (Grenade Wall):

-1 mil_epic

+1 room_high

mil_mythic minimum 1 -> 2

Cannibal Hideout:

-1 mil_rare

+1 mil_epic

+1 tool_rare

Canyon Camp

+2 graves

Castle Wayvernia

+1 civ_rare

+1 food_uncommon

+2 mil_rare

-2 mil_epic

-1 mil_rare

Concord:

+2 mil_mythic

min/max increased

Clarce:

-1 mil_rare

+1 civ_rare

+1 pot_uncommon

pot_uncommon min: 1 -> 2 (Church Tower)

Crymoore Pond:

-1 civ_uncommon

+1 food_uncommon

mil_epic min/max 4 -> 3

Ephirion:

food_rare minimum 1 -> 2

Exolesco:

+1 food_rare

Fort Saward

+1 mil_epic

+2 mil_mythic

Frostbain

+6 graves

+2 room_high (clocktower)

Hell Tree:

+ 1 pot_helltree

Lost Village:

-1 civ_uncommon

+1 civ_rare

Civ chests min/max increased

Mantle:

+1 mil_epic

+2 mil_rare

Manzana:

+ 2 wheat

Medusa Lake:

-2 mil_epic

+2 mil_mythic

Mining Town:

Item chest min/max increased (caves)

Sanctuary of Peace:

-21 graves (No graves with player signs have been adjusted)

+1 pot_rare (tower)

mil_mythic (tower) min: 2 -> 3

Secret Meeting Place:

+1 room_high

Somnia:

-8 mil_epic

+8 tool_rare

+3 mil_rare

+2 tool_uncommon

+1 wheat

Button Room:

-1 food_common

-1 mil_common

+2 room_low

+1 room_high

mil chests min/max increased

St. Roseluck Island:

-1 food_common

+1 civ_common

Stillwater Motte:

+1 room_high

Tristitia:

+2 pot_uncommon

Whispering Dead:

+3 mil_epic

Potion chests min/max increased

Wind Spire:

-1 mil_epic

+1 mil_mythic

mil_epic maximum: 2 -> 3

Wind Spire (chest):

Speed II Potion (30s): 2% -> 5%

Iron Sword (Smite I): 5% - > 4%

Bow (Power I): 6% -> 5%

Weak Grapple (16 durability): 5% -> 4%

Chest Minimum 1 -> 2

Yongton Abbey (Grenade Wall):

+2 pot_uncommon

Zerbia:

Chests min/max increased

Legendary Changes:

Agni's Fury:

Durability usage: 9 -> 6

Binding Helmet:

Chance to activate: 10% -> 15%

Corsair's Curse:

Duration: 2s -> 3s

Flail:

Damage: Increased by 1.5

Durability usage: 3 -> 2

Absorption gained on break: 2 hearts -> 3 hearts

Muramasa:

Cooldown: 30s -> 25s

Night's Shadow:

Cooldown: 60s -> 45s

Peace:

Durability usage: 1 -> 3 on player hit

Pluvia's Rain:

Cooldown: 30s -> 25s

Robber's Blade

Now has 3 uses

Rocksteady:

Durability usage: 1 -> 2 per shot

Tinsel Snare:

Renamed to Spider Snare

Zombie Bow:

Chance to activate: 25% -> 30%

Bugfixes:

Fixed an issue where Gamble was giving more items than intended.

Reduced particle counts in Ghost Fleet instance in an attempt to mitigate lag spikes.

Fixed a number of non-functioning graves at Sanctuary of Peace and Death Mansion.

Removed some floating snow that caused players to get stuck.

Fixed an issue where some shovels couldn't be used to dig up graves.

Fixed an issue where cobwebs could not be broken by shovels.

Misc bug fixes for wonderland builds for next time!

Announcement MineZ 2025 Changelog

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