Puzzle maps are all about using your head to gather clues and find a solution for whatever predicament you're in— however, that doesn't mean you should have to put on your detective hat just to find a map to play.
We've put together this list of the best puzzle maps to provide you with five unique map options so that you can save your best detective work for the game.
Best Minecraft Puzzle Maps
Chromaticity II: Luminosity
Download Page: minecraftmaps.com
Version: 1.20.2
Chromaticity II is the sequel to ZlijahMaps' original Chromaticity, and is a puzzle map all about color theory! In Primaries Mode, you charge pillars by walking into them while holding their respective colors. To change colors, you must use the limited RGB pillars available to collect either red, green, or blue and add them to the color you're currently holding to charge the next set of pillars. There are plenty of levels to play through, plus a second mode called "Spectrum Mode" to play through.
Illusion Map
Illusion Map Download Page: 9minecraft.net
Version: 1.19.4 to 1.20.2
Wildcat10's Illusion is a puzzle map that includes story-telling elements reminiscent of an adventure map. Each chapter has you searching diligently for clues to escape your current circumstances while also providing you with books containing memories of your past. Find the clues and solve the puzzles that stand before you in order to reveal your past—hopefully, it's something that you won't mind remembering.
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Nightmarish Maze
Nightmarish Maze Download Page: 9minecraft.net
Version: 1.19.4 to 1.20.2
This horror-themed puzzle map revolves around escaping from the Nightmarish Maze. After awakening in a strange maze, you find a note from someone who was there before you. You traverse the maze, picking up supplies and passing skulls and redstone blood on the floor while avoiding the monster lurking in the distance. Just what has been living here, and will you be able to escape despite its presence?
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Placeholder Download Page: minecraftmaps.com
Version: 1.19
This wonderful map includes a thorough, voice-driven story that adds to the atmosphere and makes it more immersive than most maps you'll play. When you play, you are challenged to use abstract thinking and come up with outlandish solutions to difficult puzzles. Each level presents an incomplete building site and you must explore your way and find the solutions!
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The Hauntpuzzled House
The Hauntpuzzled House Download Page: curseforge.com
Version: 1.20.1
If you are looking for a puzzle map that might get your heart pounding, you'll enjoy The Hauntpuzzled House. In this spooky map filled with demonic sounds and ghastly apparitions, you're not just solving your way through puzzles. You are trying to survive deadly traps—and time is not on your side! You must be both clever and brave to survive within the house, or else you may never be able to leave.
Enjoy a good story and puzzles in Minecraft, but want a stronger, more put-together story? Check out our list of The Best Minecraft Adventure Maps on Pro Game Guides to satisfy your Minecraft desires!
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