Mission 527
Ball Run: Rivers, Drops and a Bubble Rocket
Badge: Gravity Wizard
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Build a ball run with water, drops and a bubble lift up to a GOAL lamp.
Drop a slimeball. Watch it ride rivers, plunge down drops, rocket up a bubble lift and hit the GOAL light.
- New skill Moving items with water and bubble columns
- Level 6 · Inventor's Lab
- Difficulty Intermediate
- Mode Creative
- Time 45–60 min
- Ages 13+
What you’ll build
Design a ball run that carries slimeballs along water rivers, over drops and up a roaring bubble lift. At the end a hopper and comparator light a GOAL lamp. Launch, time and fix the trouble spots until every ball reaches the goal.
Finish line: Your ball run carries every ball through rivers, drops and a bubble lift to light the GOAL lamp.
Bonus challenge: Build a second lane beside the first and race two balls side by side. Can you make the longer lane win?
You’ll need
- Slimeballs
- A dropper
- Water buckets
- Soul sand
- Glass
- Hopper and comparator
You choose
- My ball run's name
- My ball (slimeball or something sillier)
- My craziest feature
Stuck?
- Water only flows about 7 blocks on flat ground. Add a small drop to keep it moving further.
- Ball stuck? Look for a spot where two flows meet or water is still.
- Dropped items vanish after about 5 minutes, so don't leave balls sitting for long.
For grown-ups
Get this mission
This mission is in Mission Pack 52. Each printable has the full steps, a Plan & Log page and a parent page.
Print one mission at a time. You never need to print everything.
Played on Minecraft Bedrock on iPad. Buttons can differ on other devices and versions.