How to Play BedWars in Minecraft (+ Easy Tips to Win)

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In Bed Wars, players spawn on an island and collect resources to obtain items such as swords, blocks, tools, and other special items. Players also have a bed that they must protect, as the bed breaking results in players no longer being able to respawn. When all players of a team are killed without beds, the team will be eliminated. The last team standing wins. There’s so much that goes into Bed Wars, including strategies and different game modes. This article will teach you everything you need to know about the Minecraft minigame, including strategies that can be used in order to secure victory!

What is Bed Wars in Minecraft?

Bed Wars is a player vs. player Minecraft custom game where players spawn on an island with the goal of building to other islands and breaking their beds. Players are supposed to collect resources to obtain items like swords, blocks, and tools, all of which will help them protect their beds, beat other players, and win the game.

Section 1 of 9:

Joining Bed Wars

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  1. In order to play Bed Wars, you will need to join a server. One of the most common Bed Wars servers for java edition is Hypixel. After you load up Minecraft, click on "Multiplayer", and then click "Direct Connect". Then you will need to type in "mc.hypixel.net". [1]
    • For Bedrock Edition, "The Hive" is a provided server that has a Bed Wars game mode. To play in “The Hive”, press the "Servers" tab, then scroll to find “The Hive” server.
    • You can also try “Nether Games” on Bedrock. To play Nether Games, press “Add Server” at the bottom of the server tab. then enter play.nethergames.org.(Port:19132) Enter the server, click with the compass then click Bed Wars.
  2. This will open the game navigator, then click on the bed to go to the Bed Wars lobby. [2]
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  3. You can join Solo, Doubles, 3v3v3v3, or 4v4v4v4, based on how many teammates or opponents you want. Other versions, like Dream Modes (which rotate weekly based on a set schedule) or 4v4s also exist. [3]
  4. You can engage in friendly conversation with other players in the lobby by pressing T to enter the chat. You may make a new friend, as well as a potential teammate on your team.
    • If you're a beginner, join 4v4, where you play with 3 teammates and are against a single team. If you play in teams at the start, you can boost your stats which will help you in later games.
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Section 2 of 9:

Speed Bridge, Slang, & XP

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  1. Speed bridging is a method of bridging where you sneak (also known as 'crouching' or 'shifting') when at the edge of the block, then unshift when placing a block. You can bridge while sneaking the entire time, but it's a lot more effective to speed bridge. [4]
    1. Speed bridging gets you to other islands before players can knock you off!
  2. The most common slang terms are:

    Slang Meaning
    Def Defense/defend
    Pot Drink potions
    Invis Invisibility/Invisible player attacking
    Obi/Ob/Obby Obsidian
    Sweaty/Sweat Sweaty/Sweat
    Stacked Having good gear
    Mid Middle
    Dias Diamonds
    Ems Emeralds
    Rush Quickly target a certain team before they have time to defend their bed.
    Inc Another team is coming to your base to kill you or destroy your bed.
    Prot Protection for the team's armor
    Sharp Sharpness for the team’s swords
    Strat Strategy for winning the game
    Gen Resource generator
    TC Team chest
    EC Ender chest
    Teamwipe Breaking a team’s bed then final killing all of them.
    Camp Stay at your base for a long time or the whole game.
    Clutch Winning the game without a bed and/or placing a block to prevent falling into the void.
    Carry One person does most of the work for the win.
    Butterfly A bed defense where you surround your bed in a layer of endstone, with a layer of glass on top.
    Sandwich A bed defense where you surround your bed with wood, adding a layer of wool and topping it off with wool.
    SG Split gen (see tips on how to do that)
    FKDR Final Kill-Death Ratio. This is the ratio of kills and deaths that you’ve had throughout the game.
    Fours This is another way to refer to the 4v4v4v4 game mode.
    Void Killing The process of knocking a player into the void, and then mining their bed defense and breaking the bed before they die, so that they die as a final kill.
    Gapple Golden Apple
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    Bed Wars Experience and Stars are different measures of experience. Stars show how much time you’ve dedicated to the game, while Bed Wars Experience (XP) represents your skill level. Increase your XP by breaking more beds, raising your FKDR, and winning more matches. Increase your stars by playing longer games. [5]
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Section 3 of 9:

Starting Your First Game

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  1. Parties are groups of players that play in a team, but are chosen to be in the party by the party host. Players looking for parties are usually found in the Bed Wars Lobby #1. Type in the chat that you're looking for a party, then wait for a request. Accept it and read the party chat. [6]
    • Use /pchat to tell the party members if you want to defend, rush, etc. Then, wait for the party host to warp you into a game.
    • Most of the time party hosts ask for a certain amount of stars, given when you win games and get kills. These hosts preferably want 400+ stars, which can take around a week worth of constant playing to get. You might just find a nice party host that will invite you, though!
    • To create a party, type /p add then insert the player names of the people you’d like to create a party with. [7]
  2. Go into the lobby for Bed Wars and choose a mode, or wait for your party host to warp you.
  3. This is located at the back of your spawn cave, where, hence the name, you spawn. This generator gives you iron and gold ingots, which can be traded for blocks, weapons, armor, and spawn eggs.
  4. You can use wool, as it only costs 4 iron ingots. It is extremely important you get wool early on so you can defend your bed, build to other team's bases, collect more resources, and so on.
    • Once you gain more resources, buy stronger blocks to defend your bed.
  5. If your bed is destroyed, you won't be able to respawn. Then, if all your team dies, you lose! So, use blocks like end stone, wood, and blast-proof glass to keep your bed protected. The area around your bed should be big with plenty of layers, not hollow. Avoid using hardened clay.
    • Beware of tools, they will mine certain blocks quicker.
    • If you collect 8 emeralds, you can add obsidian to the bed as well!
    • Don't build a cube around your bed. Instead, put one block on each side of the bed, not including the corners, then sneak to put 2 blocks on top of the bed. Add from this first layer by putting blocks on the side and on top of any visible blocks on the previous layer.
    • Add water to the top of the bed defense to prevent TNT explosions. A bucket of water costs 8 gold and will push enemies away from the bed. Be careful, though, as this strategy makes it harder to defend your bed.
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Section 4 of 9:

Tips for Winning Your First Bed Wars Game

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  1. This is important because if you communicate with your teammates, they are more likely to help you out or even play more games with you in parties!
  2. Use these to buy iron armor, a stone sword, and other tools. Buy these as soon as possible but don't waste time getting them at the start of the game. These cost 12 gold and 10 iron respectively, but it will keep you protected from enemies. Be sure to buy the armor first, though. [8]
  3. You'll need diamonds for Team Upgrades, which help defend your team from your enemies. Use diamonds to purchase things like the miner fatigue trap, protection 1 and sharpness, which can help you win. [9]
  4. This is really important if you want better speed, jump boost, and invisibility potions, obsidian, and ender pearls. Invisibility and pearls are the most expensive, invisibility costs 2 emeralds, and ender pearls cost 4 emeralds.
  5. This gives you 4 extra health points and absorption, so you have a better chance of winning fights. A good strategy is "pre-gapping," where you eat the golden apple before the fight to be able to take more damage. [10]
  6. You can do this in multiple different ways, but the main strategy is to target a team, kill them, mine through their defense while they're dead, then kill them again when they respawn. After killing an entire team, move onto the next one. If you can't kill a team when they respawn, try these methods:
    • Build up and drop TNT on top of the bed defense. This is good if they don't have blast-proof glass, water, or obsidian on the bed. After you drop the TNT, wait until it explodes, then drop down and break the bed,
    • Throw fireballs at the bed defense from far away. This will keep them distracted while you run over and break the bed.
  7. Save iron, gold, diamonds, and emeralds. Use iron for blocks and tools, gold for bows, arrows and the last upgrades of the tools, diamonds for protection and sharpness, and emeralds for potions, pearls, and if appropriate, bridge eggs. [11]
  8. Sudden Death is the phase after Bed Gone, where team's ender dragons swoop down and break everything in sight, including blocks not placed by players. Using bridges of any kind isn't worth the risk because of fireballs, bow and arrows, players, and the ender dragons.
    • Instead, to reach other players, buy a lot of ender pearls and teleport to wherever you want to go. Avoid getting to this phase at all costs! [12]
    • During this phase, use up all of the previous items you saved. The most important items are ender pearls, dream defenders (which can be hard to defend against), and bow and arrows.
    • Place all of your dream defenders about 30 seconds apart.
  9. Say "gg" and "gf" in the chat at the end of the game. "gg" will grant you 5 karma, but "gf" won't (which does absolutely nothing except look cool), plus making you a good sport. [13] Say this no matter if you lost or won. Note: the higher your rank the more karma you get every time (VIP=10 karma VIP+ =15 karma MVP=20 karma and MVP+ = 25 karma).
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Section 5 of 9:

Leveling Up In Bed Wars

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    Play 4x4x4 to gain the most stars. Stars help you raise your rank, and you can gain them by playing longer matches. 4x4x4 will last the longest, since there are more players, so play it to level up faster. [14]
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    Go for the wins, as they count towards your XP level. Since your XP level is based on skill, winning more matches will help raise it. You can gain more XP by simply playing matches, but you gain more XP when you win. So, go for the wins. [15]
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    Do quests if you’re playing on the Hypixel server. Quests offer more experience and stars than average matches. Once you have queued up a game, click on the iron sword in your inventory to see what quests are available. Activate the quest you’d like to do and complete it to increase your rank. [16]
    • Quests range from winning a certain amount of games to breaking a certain amount of beds.
    • There are daily and weekly quests. Daily quests are usually easier to complete and give smaller rewards. Weekly quests are usually harder and offer larger rewards.
    • You can gain stars faster by queuing all the quests using the quest villager in the lobby before you play.
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    Regularly play the game. The more you play Bed Wars, the more your stars will go up. Your stars are based on the amount of time you’ve dedicated to the game, regardless of the types of matches you play. [17]
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    Use the ticket machine. Located in the Slumber Hotel in the lobby, the ticket machine lets you exchange 75 tickets for random rewards. When you use the ticket machine, you have the chance of winning XP, figurines, or other useful items. The XP can help you rank up faster. [18]
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Section 6 of 9:

4v4v4v4 Strategies

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    Have three rushers and one defender on your team. Have the rushers buy either tools or TNT and wool, then quickly rush enemy teams. Rushers can throw iron or gold to each other, thus making it possible to have one or two people bridge while the others have TNT and are following behind.
    • The rushers can attack enemy teams through diamond generators or emerald generators before the enemy team is ready. If the rushers bridge through the middle, one rusher can collect 2 emeralds to buy an invisibility potion.
    • The defender may toss gold to rushers to speed up the process. The defender will create a butterfly defense, then place the extra two glass into the team chest for replacements.
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    Try IYN strategy. This strategy focuses on breaking enemy beds as soon as possible. In this strategy there are two rushers and two defenders. Each rusher is paired up with a defender. The rushers save up to either 24 or 28 iron, then give all of their gold to their defender and spend all their iron on wool. [19]
    • Rushers quickly bridge to left and right diamond generators and then build up above the enemy beds that are in those directions.
    • The defenders save up to 36 iron. One defender will buy TNT, 12 endstone, and 4 glass, and the other will buy TNT and 12 glass. Then, construct the butterfly defenses quickly, rush and follow behind their rusher with TNT.
    • After the defenders TNT the enemy beds, they and the rushers drop down, break the bed, and fight. If they die before finishing off the adjacent enemy teams, keep trying to eliminate them. Once the adjacent enemy teams are eliminated, the whole team attacks the last team.
    • This strategy is mainly used by high level players because if one player messes up, the whole strategy can fall apart.
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Section 7 of 9:

Doubles Strategies

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  1. Give one player two gold and the other player 4 iron. Have the first player save up 12 iron total, then buy 48 wool and rush (bridge) to the closest team (some of the maps only need 32 blocks, such as Solace, and Lighthouse).
    • Once the second player has acquired 4 gold, they buy TNT and spend the iron buying as much wool as possible to create a 1-layer wool defense.
    • Then, they quickly follow behind the bridger with their TNT. They TNT the enemy team, break their bed, and eliminate them.
    • After the first rush is eliminated, the pair will split up and attack enemy teams in a circle, one going clockwise, and the other counterclockwise, collecting emeralds if necessary.
Section 8 of 9:

Clutch Strategies

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    Use 4v4v4v4 or 3v3v3v3 clutches. Here, the whole team stays in their base to prevent being knocked off, and everyone gets decent gear (iron armor and a stone sword at least). Then, travel to the middle island, and as a team, collect emeralds. Once you have 2-4 emeralds for every enemy team remaining, head back to the base.
    • After getting back to the base, buy an invis potion for every enemy team, and extra jump or speed potions.
    • Have the players with the invis potions rush the enemy teams and break their beds. After the enemy beds are broken, collect more emeralds and use potions to defeat the remaining enemies.
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    Solos or Doubles clutches. These are basically the same as 4v4v4v4 or 3v3v3v3 clutches, but you and your teammate don't have to stay together all the time. You can also move from base to base to get to the enemy bed.
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Section 9 of 9:

Defensive Strategies

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    Use the butterfly defense. It requires 12 endstone and 16 glass, which adds up to 72 iron total. Using the 12 endstone, make a pyramid shape around the bed. Place your last 4 pieces of endstone on the sides of the bed to create a butterfly shape. Place the 16 pieces of glass on the front, top, and back of the bed. Use an extra layer of wool and wood for added protection. [20]
    • Butterfly defense is usually only used in the 3v3v3v3 or 4v4v4v4, but it can be used in all modes. [21]
    • The extra layer of wool and wood requires 32 blocks, which cost 8 iron (wool) or 8 gold (wood).
    • With the butterfly defense, the enemy team cannot easily break the blocks with TNT. If they do, it is still extremely difficult for them to break the bed. Additionally, you can block off the opening with wool.
    • Using endstone makes it hard for the defense to be broken without a pickaxe.
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    Use the Wood Defense. It requires 16 wood and 10 wool, which, in total, costs 4 iron and 4 gold. Using the 16 wood, place 4 pieces on each side of your bed, 4 pieces above your bed, and 2 pieces at the top and bottom of your bed. Then, place the wool around the sides and top of your bed in a pyramid shape.
    • This defense is useful in Solos and Doubles because it doesn't require too many resources and the enemy won't be able to void kill you with tier 1 tools.
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    To speed bridge, place a block and then un-shift until you reach the end of the block, where you shift again. This will take some practice, though; until you get really good at this, try moving to the side of the block and holding "S" and a strafe key to go a bit faster than normal shift bridging.
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    Go to Multiplayer, click Add Server, put "mc.hypixel.net" and enter this server. Right click the compass, click on the anvil, and left click on the person wearing pajamas with a tag saying, "BED WARS, CLICK TO PLAY."
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      • If you have high-cost items on you, such as an axe, pickaxe, TNT, or Emeralds, try to make that life count. Dying in that situation can cost you some high-level resources!
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      • Toxic players who insult you after losing may just be venting frustration. Reply with an "L" or clever quip if you want, but don't take it personally.
      • When rushing, Tier 3 tools mine beds fastest for low cost. Gold pick and iron axe can chew through defenses, even obsidian, quickly.
      • Upgrade your forge using diamonds so it starts passively generating emeralds, allowing you to gear up without the mid risk.
      • If an enemy approaches, don't just watch. Knock them off bridges with fireballs or arrows before they can reach your base.
      • Diamond upgrades like Reinforced Armor and Sharpened Swords make you stronger in PvP battles. Don't ignore diamond gems.
      • If facing a skilled opponent, it's best to destroy their bed before direct confrontation since they likely excel at PvP.
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