Slowdown

Slowdown

Stop speedrunning. Start playing.

Slowdown turns Minecraft into a journey through the ages. You start with wooden tools only, and every new tier of gear (and every dimension) unlocks once you've completed real early-game goals. No rushing iron in 10 minutes or a Nether portal in 20. Build, farm, explore, and earn your progress.

The Ages

Click an age to see the goals that unlock it.

🌱 Exploration: you start here with wooden tools only.

🪨 Stone Age: unlocks stone tools

• Minecraft: get a crafting table
• Stone Age: mine stone with a wooden pickaxe
• A Seedy Place: plant a seed
• Sweet Dreams: sleep in a bed

🟠 Copper Age: unlocks copper tools & armor

• Getting an Upgrade: craft a stone pickaxe
• Monster Hunter: kill a hostile mob
• Fishy Business: catch a fish
• The Parrots and the Bats: breed two animals
• Shiny Find: get raw copper

⚙️ Iron Age: unlocks iron tools & armor

• Copper Clad: wear a piece of copper armor
• Acquire Hardware: smelt an iron ingot
• Best Friends Forever: tame an animal
• Wax On: wax a copper block with honeycomb

💎 Diamond Age: unlocks diamond tools & armor

• Isn't It Iron Pick: craft an iron pickaxe
• Suit Up: wear a piece of iron armor
• Hot Stuff: fill a bucket with lava
• Diamonds!: mine a diamond
• Armored Companion: put Wolf Armor on your tamed wolf
• Uh Oh: let a Sulfur Cube absorb TNT
• Tactical Fishing: catch a fish with a bucket
• The Cutest Predator: catch an axolotl in a bucket

🔥 The Nether: unlocks Nether portals

• Cover Me with Diamonds: wear a piece of diamond armor
• Ice Bucket Challenge: get obsidian
• Enchanter: enchant an item
• Under Lock and Key: open a vault with a Trial Key

🌌 The End: unlocks the End portal

• A Terrible Fortress: find a Nether Fortress
• Those Were the Days: find a Bastion Remnant
• Into Fire: get a blaze rod
• Local Brewery: brew a potion
• What a Deal!: trade with a villager
• Sneak 100: sneak near a Sculk Sensor or Warden
• A Throwaway Joke: throw a trident at something
• Hero of the Village: win a raid
• Crafting a New Look: trim a piece of armor
• Bring Home the Beacon: build a beacon

Features

• Gear tiers are locked: you can't craft stone, copper, iron or diamond tools & armor until you reach that age. Ores can still be mined and smelted.
• Portals turn you away until you've unlocked their dimension. No early Nether/End trips and no advancements for getting in.
• /trigger slowdown shows your current age and a ✔/✘ checklist of what's left.
• Own advancement tab with a title, sound and chat message for every new age.
• Configurable: turn off the gear locks, or enable shared progress (when one player reaches an age, everyone does).
• Creative & spectator players are never blocked.

Setup

Drop the zip into your world's datapacks folder and run /reload. Server ops can run /function slowdown:admin/help for settings and admin commands.

Notes

• Gold gear, shields, buckets and shears are never locked.
• Crafter is also locked, it is unlocked in diamond phase.