Bridges and Stairways

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The Bridges and Stairways consist of minor structures that connect the different areas and locations in the MineZ world, mainly a single staircase and multiple bridges found in the plateaus up north, the staircases found in the northeastern jungle and the singular Continental Bridge that connects Romero and Carmi with Birch Tree's island found in between. There are also various smaller bridges found around the map.

Continental Bridge

The Continental Bridge as seen from the northeast, with Romero visible in the background

It is a large and ruined stone brick bridge that connects the towns Romero and Carmi together, making it a good way to go from the South Eastern part of the map to the Middle-South part of the map. The bridge has some torches on the sides that light up the path and it is slightly ruined, having leaves covering some parts of it and certain parts of it are completely destroyed leaving holes that can potentially be fallen through.

It is not recommended to jump down into the water even when running away from danger as the only way back to land is to swim back to the middle island, Romero or Carmi.

General Information
Coordinates: (2200, 505)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Medium
Number of Chests: 2
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: None (Below PvE Line)



Travel Advisory/Warnings

Going to Birch Tree is not worth the trip as it contains a single food chest. If done so, might as well swim up to St. Roseluck Island, which is located to the north from there.

Plateau Bridges

The bridge north of Pirate Ship

These small wooden bridges connect the different plateaus in the canyons. They are extremely useful when traversing this area and because of this they're very popular, mostly amongst groups of bandits. There are a total of 9 bridges, but one of them (Death Mansion - Fort Kharj) is broken down and cannot be crossed.

The Floating Islands - Dragon's Pass bridge has holes while the rest do not contain any holes but can easily fall off and die when fighting against other players on them.

Floating Islands - Dragon's Pass Bridge

General Information
Coordinates: (2141, -3421)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Very Low
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: High



Information

  • A lot of players walk on this bridge when going to Floating Islands. Stay alert.
  • This bridge was added mainly because the waterfall near it has been changed to be harder to swim up through as players could use it to leave the canyons with ease.
    • The new look of the waterfall includes a small cavern with some torches, behind the bottom of the waterfall, and some flowers and grass, similar to Cave of the Dead Lady's waterfall. located on the opposite side of the canyons.
  • It is known as the 'Waterfall Bridge' for obvious reasons.

Death Mansion - Shrine of the Dusk Bridge

General Information
Coordinates: (582, -3375)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Medium
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Medium



Information

  • There might be players here coming from Shrine of the Dusk, through Death Mansion and go down the canyon, to go to Abandoned Farm.

Al Hasa - Sunken Tower Bridge

General Information
Coordinates: (1720, -2885)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Medium
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Very High



Information

  • It is common to find groups of bandits fighting near these bridges as it is very popular.
  • It is known as the 'Short Bridge' for many players.

Al Hasa - Camp Kharj Bridge

General Information
Coordinates: (1350, -2885)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Low
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: High



Information

  • Similar to the previous bridge, this one is called 'Long Bridge' by many players, mainly PvP groups.

Camp Kharj - Al Hasa Quarry Bridge

General Information
Coordinates: (1365, -2525)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Low
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Very High



Information

  • It is likely to see players on this bridge. In many PvP situations, players will run to this bridge to obtain an edge over their opponents. It is likely that most players crossing this bridge will kill on sight.
  • It is also known as "The Connector" by PVP groups.

Camp Kharj - Shrine of the Dusk Bridge

General Information
Coordinates: (665, -2605)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Low
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Low



Information

  • A small naked tree with some leaves on a barren terrain can be seen south from the bridge, at the bottom of the canyons. It is known as Spooky Wagon. Every Halloween, this place will get a small wagon along with some pumpkins, haybale, and a tent. Every other time of the year, this location is completely barren.

Camp Kharj - Pirate Ship Giant Tree Bridge

General Information
Coordinates: (775, -2330)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Low
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Low



Information

Shrine of the Dusk - Pirate Ship Giant Tree Bridge

General Information
Coordinates: (485, -2555)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Low
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Low



Information

  • It is next to a Cave System Entrance.
  • It is probably the longest bridge out of the 9.

Noodle Bridge

General Information
Coordinates: (878, -3200)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Low
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Low



Information

Plateau Stairway

Inside the stairway
General Information
Coordinates: (975, -2155)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Medium
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Medium



This stairway near Knoxmoor descends into the canyons in a spiral-like way. A lot of people using this one due to its proximity to Eillom.

It is one out of the six common ways used to get out or into the canyons; the others being: Cave of the Dead Lady's waterfall, Zerbia's waterfall, two Cave System Entrances and the gravel slope that starts east of Abandoned Farm to the Al Hasa plateau.

Jungle Stairways

Tanglevine Pathway as seen from the south

There are a few stairways in the northeastern jungle which players can use to ascend the cliffs found there.

Sercaul Stairway

General Information
Coordinates: (3255, -2679)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Low
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Medium



Information

  • This stairway is just northwest of Sercaul, players can be found here going to and from the town.
  • It is a very common point of entry to the jungle for players coming from the south.

Tanglevine Pathway

General Information
Coordinates: (3217, -3554)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Very Low
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Low



Information

  • This stairway is commonly used to reach Treetops Shelter and Agni Ignis from the southwest.
  • There is a ruin on this stairway which contains a crafting table and some chests.

Roundrock Point

General Information
Coordinates: (3927, -3053)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Very Low
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Very Low



Information

  • This stairway is to the southeast of the jungle and is often used to reach Agni Ignis by players coming from Kauri.

Smaller Bridges

There are a couple of small bridges found on the map which usually connect 2 different biomes.

Ridgevale Bridge

General Information
Coordinates: (831, -367)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Very Low
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Medium



Information

  • This bridge connects the southern forest to the snow biome.
  • It is common to find players here coming to and from Ridgevale.

Grandfather's Curse Bridge

The southeastern bridge as seen from the southeast, with Scorched Camp visible in the background
General Information
Coordinates: (2786, 155)
Location Message: N/A
Number of Buildings: 1
Zombie Threat: Very Low
Number of Chests: None
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Very Low



Information

  • This bridge connects the southeastern forest to the grasslands.

Trivia

  • North of the Southern Stairway on the plateau's wall there's the Dragon Wall Carving. It is a small, animated stone brick dragon. It spews "fire" out of its mouth and blinks. Getting too close to it will make it growl like an Ender Dragon.
    • Around 2013, the dragon used to have gold blocks instead of red-stained clay and it wasn't animated.
  • Aside from the Spooky Wagon tree, there used to be another tree located under the Long Bridge. Unlike Spooky Wagon, it had some flowers around it.
  • The plateau bridges have received at least 2 small changes through the years.
    • The first was the holes in them being "patched" to make walking on them less dangerous. This, in the end, made fighting on them a bit easier and have fewer casualties.
    • The second change was adding spruce wood planks to some of them and later on to all. The first was the three out of four bridges that connect to Al Hasa's plateau.
  • Wizard's Pass is considered another passageway as all of the others mentioned on this page. It has its own page due to its unique name, purpose, and style when compared to the bridges and stairways.
  • The Southern Stairway used to be made out of stone brick and, at some point, some stone slabs. It went straight down into the bottom of the canyons instead of being built into the walls of the canyon.
  • A large figure resembling a penguin with an open orange beak and bloodshot eyes performing what seems to be a 'T-Pose' surrounded by snow is often seen in and around the canyons and even other locations in the Christmas season. Its name is Waddles and multiple versions of it have been spotted on Christmas. Its true purpose is unknown besides looking comically disturbing to many.
  • Close to Death Mansion there used to be a Northern Stairway and the North Bridge (Death Mansion - Fort Kharj). These were both removed during the PTR for the Re-Code Update to make getting to the volcano area from the canyons not as easy.
    • The bridge wasn't completely erased from the map. Instead, it was simply "destroyed" and it went through 3 versions during PTR.
  • The Continental Bridge was rebuilt for the Re-Code Update. The old one was decorated with lapis lazuli and some emerald blocks; water could also be seen flowing inside the bridge itself.

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