If it happens to be possible to obtain wool blocks from a place not from the required branch (for example obtaining yellow wool in another branch that is not arena), will it be valid? Just asking so I know whether to spend time searching for such an exploit.

There is not rule that I can find against that, so yes, it would be valid, however the only branch where we can technically get to the hub without losing our inventory is Survival. This means that we could in theory get all or some of the wool from the survival branch without breaking any rules, except for rule 1. It is implied that we are not supposed to alter the bedrock box in any way. As such, there will be a misc. category devoted to this, but it will not be allowed in glitchless.

EDIT FROM THE FUTURE: This is the OLD THREAD, please refer to the new thread which is stickied.

perhaps do the longest 4 branches using this exploit?

Well the reason the exploit is being limited so much is because it isn't technically allowed, although it's a huge grey area because there are rules clearly stating that messing with the bedrock box from the inside is forbidden, so one would assume that accomplishing the same goals from the outside is implied as taboo. You are implied to not do that. Survival Branch Only is more of a meme category in my opinion that a legitimate one. But again, huge grey area, but I believe it is covered by rule 1 of the map, so there isn't really a combination available between getting some of the wool, but not all, from the survival branch.

also, is it even possible to get every wool from the survival branch since we would need green?

Yea, I don't think its possible. You may want to search "diversity minecraft 15 minutes" on youtube, where someone got all but 2 wools from survival branch (even though its not valid as he placed blocks in the bedrock chamber).

Yes it is, if you explore south west you can find cactuses for the Lime and Cyan wools. There is a large bedrock wall surrounding the entire Survival Branch area, and as long as you stay within that, you are fine.

Timing starts on movement and ends upon respawning on top of the wall facing the Diversity logo. You must get every wool from the Survival Branch. But anyway the first white wool should be collect with the pressure plate(before that survival is not unlocked). So can only take one there?

The White Wool doesn't count, as you need to get it before you can enter the survival branch. The rules have been changed to clarify this.

I meant you can get more than one white wool from the tutorial, but only insert one. Is it required to take only one white wool there?

Is multiplayer allowed for speedrun as it's allowed in the rule?

Multiplayer would be it's own separate category. And you can get more than one white wool from the tutorial, but that is useless as you lose all items upon switching to a new branch.

So no doing multiple branches at once? Would be cool to do so

The cb says all are teleported together, thus no multi

Would make things like survival faster :P

it should be the 1st time to go in the level for level speedrun?

EVERYONE asking questions about preserving items from the survival branch, please refer to the first post in this thread. It has been edited to explain what is and is not allowed.

No BREAKING or PLACING items unless instructed or implied, yet nothing said on EDITING THE CONTENT. Crossing blocks is also only treated as glitch in Minecraft, so there's no place saying "that method used isn't allowed." Banning every placed block from touching the bedrock room means you are not allowed to place ladders up or any back-to-hub way. That means you're forever stuck in the branch. Also there's no rules specifying a visible timer is necessary

Guys please, the mod has spoken :P

If a visible timer wasn't required, then how would we ever know what your time was? And like I said, this is a highly grey area. If there were more mods, we'd discuss it and come to a group consensus/ Unfortunately, it's just me. I didn't even ask for the job, I just showed up one day to find that someone appointed me mod without even asking or informing me. I know this is a large grey area, but I'm doing the best I can. And the main reason isn't "blocks touching the bedrock", it's "implied intent". It is very clearly implied that you are supposed to get into the bedrock box via the hole in the bottom. The issue comes from rule #1, the word "implied" is highly subjective to interpretation. What is implied? What isn't implied? With the creator of the map, we can only guess based on the wording of the map. Another way we can tell is by strong words specifically stating "You MAY do this, you may NOT do this", etc etc. Editing the content of hoppers is perfectly allowed, it's the only way to skip the Boss Battle Branch. The issue comes from having to place blocks to accomplish this goal. The exact wording is that "you may place blocks on, below, or around the island". We were never given permission to place blocks ABOVE the island, except to enter the bedrock box. And even then, it's implied that we aren't supposed to be able to alter the redstone in the bedrock box when it says that we cannot place blocks inside the bedrock box. Why else would he say that unless it was to stop us from editing the redstone?

Again, highly subjective, but I believe this is the best interpretation. And also, we can still use the arrow method, which works perfectly fine to preserve one item at a time.