Floating Islands

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Floating Islands as seen from the entrance bridge

Floating Islands (Often abbreviated FI) is located extremely far in the North to the East of Mining Town. It is positioned high over a large void in the terrain. Reaching the top means completing a lot of parkour, which is fatal if failed due to the void. There is an abundance of zombie and zombie pigman spawners, as well as a Giant placed directly in the player's path. The largest structure on the islands is the ruined top of the Earth Spire which contains 4 special spire chests.

General Information
Coordinates: (2000, -3800)
Location Message: Skylands Sealing Spire
Number of Buildings: Multiple Ruined Structures
Zombie Threat: Very High - Zombie and Zombie Pigman Spawners.
Giants
Number of Chests: 43
Lootable Graves: None
Risk of Bandits: Low




General Resources
Water bottle.png Water Refill
Crafting TableHD.png Crafting Table
New FarmHD2.png Farm 2 Melons
Brewing stand.png Brewing Stand
Lit Furnace HD.png Lit Furnace

Potion Loot
Potion Drink Health.gif Common Chests
Potion Splash Health.gif Uncommon Chests 1
Glowstone Dust.png Rare Chests 3
Military Loot
Arrow.png Common Chests
Sugar.png Uncommon Chests
Ender pearl.png Rare Chests
Gunpowder.png Epic Chests 30
Diamond axe.png Mythic Chests 5
Spire Loot
Agni symbol.png Fire Spire Chests
Pluvia symbol.png Water Spire Chests
Therum symbol.png Earth Spire Chests 4
Simoon symbol.png Wind Spire Chests



Loot Chests

Note: Due to the massive amount of chests, currently only the top island is listed.

  • Top Island
    • 4 spire_earth
    • 4 mil_mythic
    • 2 mil_epic


Travel Advisory/Warnings

Note: Most of this information is outdated.

  • During the day, this location is relatively safe, since the zombie spawners are generally not active. At night however, all of the zombie spawners activate, meaning you must log out or find high ground to avoid them.
  • Water refills are available in several places, including the top.
  • The only island without zombie spawners is Island 4, which also has a water refill. This is the safest island, and a good spot to wait out the Night.
  • Giants spawn on Island 3. Note that the giant will follow you up the paths, so be very careful to not draw its attention unless you want to fight it.
  • Be careful when ascending the waterfall to Island 8, players and pigmen can ambush you and knock you down.
  • If you need to log out for a while, make absolutely sure you log out on a full solid block. If you leave while standing on a slab or stair, you could die when you log back in.
  • Getting here will require lots of food, as it is located very far north amidst an area of uneven terrain.
  • All of the bridges have parkour. Do not come here if you aren't good at it.
  • Most islands spawn lots of zombies. You have the best chance of survival, if you run past all islands, ignoring zombies and quickly breaking loot chests.
  • The Floating Islands are beatable in leather armor, but only if you can think sharp and stay frosty. Remember, the strategy here is to avoid mobs, not to fight them.
  • Island 8 has the spire chests, there are 4 of them surrounding the Lore Block. The zombie pigman spawners were replaced by zombie spawners in the chest area, so although it is not as dangerous as it used to be, getting in and out of the spire bowl as fast as possible is highly suggested.
  • Island 8 has one zombie pigman spawner when coming up the waterfall, so get out of that area as fast as you can.
  • Having a good keyboard is recommended, as if you wobble jump or fail to sprint jump, then death is almost certain.
  • If you have a grapple, you can grapple up to the top of the big tree on Island 8, however 5 zombie pigman spawners await you.
  • The parkour itself is not really hard, just dangerous and long.
  • The amount of zombie pigman spawners has been greatly reduced, so most of the islands are easily lootable.
  • Most of the potion chests are located in trees which require a couple of jumps to reach. The only exception is the potion chest on Island 1, which is located in the dried-up fountain.
  • Zombies can very easily pull or push you into the void near island edges and ESPECIALLY on bridges.
  • There are 2 paths to get from Island 5 to Island 7. Going left on the pathway leads to Side Islands 6 and 7, while going right leads to Island 6. It is not recommended to go through the Side Islands route as the parkour is more risky.

Trivia

  • For Christmas 2015, the majority of the terrain had been replaced with ice, snow and quartz.
  • In the past, only 13 islands were accessible.
  • This location was among many that were rebuilt in the MineZ: Origins update.


Lore

  • There is a Lore Block under the sphere of the Spire.


Lore Block

The Spire of Therum is a sealing stone of the Goddess of Earth, Therum.
This spire has experienced significant damage on the protective later weakening the hold on the gods.
This spire is rather fitting to represent Therum, a slow moving but extremely deadly hunk of earth wavering through the Floating Islands.