Master Tao

Master Tao is an NPC found in the, on the Crimson Isle. He offers challenges for players, which reward the player points. After a certain challenge is completed, the player will be rewarded the number of points they earned during the challenge.

Dojo Tasks
To begin a challenge, the player must speak to Master Tao. The player starts off with only the Test of Force unlocked. To start doing a challenge, the player must not have any items in their inventory or have armour equipped. Pets are disabled during a challenge.

When a player starts a challenge, they will have a brief moment of blindness, before being teleported to the Dojo Arena. The Skyblock Menu will be replaced with a item. The player can click with this item to leave the chlallenge at any point in time, however, cancelling a challenge will be marked as a.

There is a leaderboard tracking the Top 10 best scores of each challenge. The player can toggle the leaderboard to show the top scores for each challenge.

Test of Force
Challenge Rules: Knock mobs into the lava. Some mobs give more points than others. Avoid negative point mobs!

The player spawns on a platform, where zombies spawn. The zombies do not damage the player. The aim of the challenge is for the player to hit as many zombies into the lava, without hitting negative point mobs. Zombies with leather helmets reward the player 10 points, zombies with gold helmets reward the player with 20 points, and baby zombies with diamond helmets reward the player with 30 points. The zombies also display how many points they give above their heads. Hitting a negative point zombie will subtract the points it removes from the player's current score.

Test of Stamina
Challenge Rules: Jump through the open holes in the moving walls. Earn points by staying on the platform. Don't get pushed into the lava!

The player spawns on a platform where moving walls cross it every few seconds. The challenge gets increasingly difficult, with the colour of the walls changing respectively to the current difficulty. There are holes in through with the player must walk through or jump through. Getting pushed into the lava will end the challenge. The player earns points throughout the time they stay on the platform.

Test of Mastery
Challenge Rules: Shoot the targets before they disappear. targets are worth points. targets are worth points. targets are worth points.

The player spawns on a small platform, with a bow in their inventory. Surrounding the platform are wooden pillars, upon which Green wool spawns on. After a few seconds, the Green wool will become Yellow. After a few more seconds, the Yellow wool becomes Red, just flr a few seconds before it disappears. The player must shoot these wool blocks to earn points. After 2 minutes, the challenge ends.

Test of Discipline
Challenge Rules: Hit the mob with the correct sword. Every 30 seconds, gain a new type of sword. Don't hit the mob with the wrong sword.

The player spawns on a large platform upon which zombies spawn. The player is automatically given a Wooden Sword. After some time, they are given an Iron Sword, then a Gold Sword and finally a Diamond Sword. The player must hit the correct zombie with the correct sword type. A zombie with a Leather Helmet must be hit with a Wooden Sword, a zombie with an Iron Helmet must be hit with an Iron Sword, a zombie with a Gold Helmet must be hit with a Gold Sword, and a zombie with a diamond helmet must be hit with a Diamond Sword.

Test of Swiftness
Challenge Rules: Temporary blocks will spawn to stand on. If the block is red it'll disappear soon. Don't stand around and fall into the lava!

The player spawns in a cage of barrier blocks, over a pool of lava. After a few seconds, the cage opens, and a block of green wool spawns. The player must stand on it. Green blocks keep on spawning, forming a snake-like pattern. After a block spawns, the previous one will turn orange, indicating it should not be stood on. After another block spawns, the orange block will turn red, indicating that it will disappear soon. After time, the task will be more difficult, with players having to jump 1- and 2-blocks across lava to reach the green wool.

Test of Control
Challenge Rules: Stare directly at a moving NPC. The longer you look do, the more it moves. Don't take your gaze away for more than 2 seconds!

Test of Tenacity
Challenge Rules: A ghast shoots fireballs at you. Earn points by avoiding fireballs over time. Don't trip and fall into lava!

The player spawns on a circular platform, with a ghast in one corner of the Arena area. The ghast will shoot fireballs at the player, which destroy the block they hit. After a certain amount of time, a message in chat will appear saying "". Another ghast will spawn, and both will shoot fireballs at the player. After some more time, another ghast will spawn, and afterwards, another. The player will need to try and stay on the platform without falling into the lava for as long as possible.

Milestones
Achieving a large number of points rewards the player with Belt upgrades and Skill EXP. The Belts rewarded are atomatically.


 * You were not good enough. Come back when you've trained more.


 * Hardly skilled, but I'll let it pass. Come talk to me for your net challenge, and do better in the future.


 * That was pretty good! Please come by again for a new challenge.


 * Wow, that was really impressive. Come talk to me to view your next challenge

Trivia

 * The Dojo and Master Tao is likely a reference to real-life Dojo arenas.
 * The different coloured Belts are likely a reference to the different tiers of belts in Karate.