This is a minigame initially made while manhunts were popular, as an alternative version for those who aren't good enough at minecraft for manhunts to work. The game and balancing was slowly iterated over several months to what this datapack is now. It was largely made for personal use, but I figured I might as well share it.

This is a multiplayer game that works for any number of players ≥2, although 3-8 is recommended. You can modify the settings to fit whatever player count or game pacing you like. Players can spectate simply by going into spectator mode.

Rules

Players are split into 2 teams: Hunters and Runners. Your aim is to be the Runner for as long as possible,

As a Hunter, killing a Runner will turn you into one. On the other hand, dying as a Runner will revert you back into a Hunter!

You'll get 20 seconds of buffs when you turn into a Runner. In addition, Hunters have some passive buffs and are given the coordinates of a Runner at all times.

The first person to survive as a Runner up until the goal time is the winner!

Setup

Players can do /trigger hunt_instructions at any time to view the instructions.

The minigame can be setup and played with /trigger hunt_menu. This brings up a menu in chat for resetting the game, starting the game, and changing settings.

To prepare for a new game,

Find and stand at a good spawn
Click [Reset Game] in the hunt menu
Click [Start Game] when ready

Settings are:

World Border Size (start and end of the game)
Score steal percent (score steal when a hunter kills a runner)
Toggle Catchup score multiplier (runners behind the lead player gain bonus time for every player ahead)
Toggle requiring runner kill to win (after reaching the goal, the runner must additionally kill a hunter to win)
Toggle commencement chicken (First runner is selected by killing a chicken that spawns on the surface at a random location. If disabled, runner is selected randomly.)
Toggles for saturation, night vision, fire resistance for hunters, auto-smelt, friendly fire, nether
Custom kit

Custom Recipes and Loot Changes

Some mechanics are modified for better balancing, mostly to allow more strategies to be valid, and to discourage camping.

Cheaper Crafting

Item	Recipe
Book	1 Paper / Leather
Bookshelf	1 Book
Enchanting Table	1 Book + 3 Planks
5 TNT	1 Gunpowder + 1 Sand
Crossbow	3 stick + 2 string
4 Arrow	Stick + 2 Feathers/Flints/Copper Ingots, flint always drops from gravel
Firework Rockets	No firework star required for explosion

New Recipes

Item	Recipe
4 String	Any Wool
Leather	4 Rotten Flesh
Chipped Anvil	3 Copper Blocks + 4 Copper Ingots
Experience Bottle	3 of any mob drop
Breeze Rod	3 Gold Ingots (gives 3) / 3 Quartz (gives 1)
Eye of Ender	4 Spider Eyes + Blaze Powder
Obsidian	4 Coal Blocks (gives 4) / 4 Redstone Blocks (gives 1)
Blaze Rod	1 Obsidian
Popped Chorus Fruit	8 Crops/Food + 1 Bone Block
Allay Spawn Egg	1 Diamond/Emerald + 2 Copper Blocks + 2 Copper Blocks/Amethyst Shards

Loot Changes

Mob	Change
Drowned	Large chance to drop a Trident, may have Loyalty
Enderman	Drops 1 Pearl and 1 Eye of Ender
Spider / Cave Spider	Guaranteed to drop 1 Spider Eye
Blaze	Drops 1 Blaze Rod + 1 pearl + 3 Nether Warts, spawns anywhere in the nether
Fishing	Drops buffed, often fish up multiple items

In addition, all structure chests can contain heavy cores, and Wind Burst can appear in enchanting tables

Special

Mechanic	Info
Smite / Bane of Arthropods	Applies weakness / slowness
Impaling	Works on any mob in water or rain
Specialised Protections	Buffed, Fire and Blast protection are combined.
Potions	Crafted, stack to 16, slightly rebalanced, some potions have alternate ingredients
Fire Charge	Throw as a fireball projectile
Popped Chorus Fruit	Teleport through blocks in the direction you're facing (max 100)
Eye of Ender	Teleport to the leading Runner
Allay Spawn Egg	Slowly flies to the closest Runner to steal their time. Lasts 60s (-5s per steal).