Mission 521
Whack-a-Mole: Bonk the Moles Before They Vanish
Badge: Mole Bonker
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Build a 5-hole whack-a-mole with pop-up moles, then battle your family.
Five holes. One sneaky Mole Master. Moles pop up for a split second… and you've only got snowballs.
- New skill Pop-up sticky pistons and target blocks
- Level 6 · Inventor's Lab
- Difficulty Intermediate
- Mode Creative
- Time 40–50 min
- Ages 13+
What you’ll build
Build an arena of mole holes, each with a sticky piston that pops a target block up from the floor. A hidden control room runs the moles while the player throws snowballs, and lamps flash on every hit. Battle it out, then swap roles.
Finish line: Your whack-a-mole arena pops moles from a hidden control room, flashes on every hit and has a champion.
Bonus challenge: Add a note block beside each hole that goes BONK on a hit, then a sixth secret mole that's worth double points.
You’ll need
- Sticky pistons
- Target blocks
- Buttons
- Redstone lamps
- Redstone dust
- Snowballs
You choose
- My mole's name
- My machine's name
- Easy mode (wooden buttons) or hard mode (stone buttons)
Stuck?
- Mole stays down? Check its button's dust reaches the piston under the floor.
- No flash on a hit? The lamp must touch the target block when it's popped up.
- Hard mode: stone buttons pop moles for less time than wooden ones.
For grown-ups
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This mission is in Mission Pack 52 (Level 6: Inventor's Lab). Its printables arrive in the store soon. We release about one level a month.
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Played on Minecraft Bedrock on iPad. Buttons can differ on other devices and versions.