MazeRunners
by knechterus
MazeRunners is a Fabric minigame in which players race through large procedurally generated mazes, with traps, effects and tactical items along the way.
What it does
Mazes are generated for each round and filled with traps, status effects and items that players can use to slow rivals or speed themselves up. A global timer and a leaderboard track performance across several tournament stages, and a boss bar shows the running clock to everyone in the match.
Tournaments run in brackets of 32, 16, 8 and 4 players, and server admins control the flow from a maze menu: opening a maze, allowing players to join, starting the next stage and resetting statistics. A spectator mode lets staff or viewers follow matches, which suits livestreamed events on competitive servers.
The mod is server-side only, so players join a server running it without installing anything. It is published for Fabric and 1.21.11 only, with the latest Fabric file V2 dated 2026-02-09, and it is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Procedural mazes
Each maze is generated for the round, with large layouts that change from one match to the next.
Traps and tactical items
Traps, effects and items are placed through the maze, so routes can be blocked, slowed or sped up mid-race.
Tournament brackets
Brackets of 32, 16, 8 and 4 players can be started in sequence, with a global timer and a leaderboard of times across stages.
Admin event control
A maze menu lets admins open a maze, allow players to join, prepare a tournament and reset statistics.
Spectator mode
Spectators can follow a running event, which suits broadcasts and events hosted on competitive servers.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners and admins who host competitive maze events, and players who join those tournaments. The mod is built around admin-controlled events rather than casual single-player play.
How it compares
The Trial Maze is also server-side only and under the MIT License, but it is published for 1.21.11 alone. Lost Mazes runs client-side only on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.8, so it cannot be used on a server that needs the maze tournament logic. The Craft Combat (Ibai's Velada VI) requires both client and server for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 and is under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MazeRunners | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-02-09 |
| The Trial Maze | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-02-05 |
| Lost Mazes | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Client-side only | 2026-02-08 |
| The Craft Combat (Ibai's Velada VI) | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-07-28 |
Questions
Does a player need MazeRunners installed?
Which loader and version does MazeRunners use?
Can the tournament be run in stages?
In the catalog
MazeRunners is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Maze Runners is a competitive Minecraft Fabric mod that turns procedurally generated mazes into a full tournament-style minigame. Players race through large mazes filled with traps, effects, and tactical items while a global timer tracks performance across multiple tournament stages.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mazerunners
- Owner
- knechterus
- Published
- 2026-02-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15