Waychest Flight
Waychest Flight is a custom minigame used to discover Waychests in the world. In a Waychest Flight, players are equipped with a temporary Elytra and a regenerating set of firework rockets. Each player must pass through floating rings which reward XP and ultimately lead towards an undiscovered Waychest.
A pair of Waychest Wings can be consumed anywhere above ground to start one Waychest Flight towards the nearest discoverable Waychest. Any number of players may join the flight started by a single pair of wings.
Pre-Flight
While standing with clear line-of-sight to the sky, a player holding Waychest Wings in their hand can right-click to open a “pre-flight” menu. This player will become the “host” of the flight.
While the pre-flight menu is open, a floating pair of Waychest Wings and a set of gray rings will appear around the host. Any other players who enter these gray rings will be included in the flight. Everyone will fly to the same Waychest destination when the flight starts.
The Waychest Wings are not consumed until the host clicks “Start” from the pre-flight menu. When the host starts the flight, it will count down from 3 before launching all players into the air, equipping everyone with a temporary Elytra, and giving a number of firework rockets based on the difficulty they selected.
Difficulty
Each player may choose a difficulty for their flight by clicking one of the squares at the top of the pre-flight menu. Each player picks their own difficulty, but everyone will fly to the same destination.
Difficulty affects the number of firework rockets given, the size of the rings, and other traits of the flight. Hover over a difficulty option in the pre-flight menu for a complete list of modifiers. Difficulty also affects the amount of XP earned on the flight — the harder the flight, the more XP each ring will give.
Shortcuts
The pre-flight menu shows the approximate distance between the host and the destination that a flight would lead to.
Sometimes a shortcut is available, displayed under the distance in the pre-flight menu. When this appears, it indicates that a warp you previously unlocked is significantly closer to the destination than your current position. For a shorter flight, cancel the flight by clicking “Done” below the book, then warp to the shortcut and start the flight there. A shorter flight earns less XP than a longer one, so consider whether the shortcut is worth the tradeoff.
Waychest Flight
After the flight begins, a series of procedurally-generated orange rings will appear in the sky, one at a time. The goal is to pass through each ring before a 20-second timer runs out. Passing through each ring provides a small speed boost, resets the timer, and generates a new ring. It also rewards XP and replenishes firework rockets on a “perfect pass”.
The flight considers a “perfect pass” to be any time a player passes through a ring on the first attempt. If you fly past a ring without going through it, you can no longer earn a perfect pass for that ring. Only perfect passes through rings reward XP and refill firework rockets.
On Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulties, missing a ring causes the next ring to appear. On Spicy and Brutal difficulties, every ring must be passed through, and circling back to a ring will not replenish firework rockets or reward XP.
When flying with friends, each player has their own set of rings to pass through. “Your” rings are indicated by vertical beams above and below the ring; rings belonging to other players appear faded and do not have beams. Flying through another player’s ring has no effect.
Ending a Flight Early
To end a flight immediately and remain in place, click the Elytra in the inventory’s chestplate slot. This immediately revokes your Elytra, destroys the active ring, and applies a slow falling effect that wears off after you touch the ground. Unlike failing a flight, you do not return to the start if you end a flight early, nor do you lose XP earned.
Ending a flight early consumes the Waychest Wings used to start the flight.
Flight Failure and Spectating
If you run out of time or run out of health during a flight, you will fail the flight. Failing a flight forfeits all XP earned on that flight plus a penalty of 1 level, and either brings you back to where the flight started or begins a spectate session of anyone else who is still flying.
If the player you are spectating completes their flight, you will be placed back into the world at the destination. If everyone fails before reaching the destination, all players and spectators will return to the start location.
If no one completed the flight and no one ended it early, the Waychest Wings will be returned as an item.
Flight Completion
An undiscovered Waychest sits at the end of every flight. A flight is successful after you pass through the last ring in the sequence. This is indicated by the timer bar turning green with an accompanying message.
After passing through the last ring, a “finish line” beam appears on top of the Waychest to indicate its location. Moving close to this beam or allowing the green timer to run out dismisses the beam and fully ends the flight, revoking all temporary items.
Free Flight
Equipping a real Elytra obtained from an End city activates the option to start a “free flight” in all standard warp menus.
Free flights provide replenishing firework rockets, but they do not give a temporary Elytra. This means that your real Elytra can become damaged and run out of durability mid-flight if it is not enchanted with Mending.
Rings in free flights give the same amount of XP as flights started with Waychest Wings. However, free flights always lead to a known location, so Waychest Wings are still useful even after obtaining an Elytra.
Like in standard flights, you can end a free flight early by clicking the Elytra in your chestplate slot. This is especially useful for free flights since ending the flight early does not consume any Waychest Wings.
