One or more Speedrunners race to kill the Ender Dragon. One or more Hunters, armed with a tracking compass, try to kill them first.
Data pack only — no mod, no plugin, no server software. Minecraft Java Edition 26.2. Works in singleplayer, on LAN and on a dedicated server.
manhunt folder into your world's datapacks/ directory./reload — the settings and role screens are dialogs, and Minecraft only builds those when a world loads. Using /reload instead makes every screen look broken while the rest of the pack works fine.Nothing in your world changes until a match is started.
Optional: the companion manhunt-lang resource pack translates the mode into 12 languages. It is never required — without it everything reads in English.
Everything an operator does lives behind one command:
/function manhunt:admin/panel
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Roles | Assign sides. Start here — see below |
| Start match | Refuses, with the reason, unless at least one runner and one hunter are online |
| Settings | Every option, in game. Survives /reload and a restart |
| Status | Prints phase, timers and outcome to chat |
| Force end | Ends with no winner and puts everything back |
| Rematch reset | Clears the match, keeps the teams. One click to play again |
| Full reset | Clears the match and every role. Settings are kept |
Each button is also a plain function under manhunt:admin/action/, so a command block or another pack can drive the same thing.
The usual flow is two clicks in Roles:
Because step 2 draws from the hunters, the previous runner stays a runner across a rematch. For a clean redraw press Clear all roles first, then repeat both steps.
