Body Relay

What is it?

A Minecraft challenge where multiple players share one body and only one person is in control at a time. Every 60 seconds, control swaps to someone else and they have to deal with whatever situation the previous player left them in. This was the mod created for

Everyone shares the same inventory, health, hunger, XP, status effects, position, dimension, and other important player state throughout the challenge.

How It Works

• One player is selected to control the shared body.
• Everyone else is placed into Spectator Mode and follows the active player's point of view.
• When the timer runs out, control passes to another player who inherits the shared body's current state.
• Spectating players can see the active player's HUD, hotbar, inventory, crafting, and supported vanilla container screens.
• The player rotation is randomized so everyone gets a turn before the pool resets.
• If the active player dies, the relay pauses while they respawn.
• If someone disconnects, the relay automatically handles the remaining players.
• The challenge continues until you stop it manually or complete whatever goal you set for yourselves.

Commands

/bodyrelay start
Starts Body Relay using the currently configured swap timer.

/bodyrelay start
Starts Body Relay with a custom swap timer.
Example: /bodyrelay start 30

/bodyrelay start shuffle
Starts Body Relay with a shuffled initial player order.

/bodyrelay next
Immediately switches control to the next player.

/bodyrelay pause
Pauses the control swap timer.

/bodyrelay resume
Resumes the control swap timer.

/bodyrelay status
Shows the current controller, next player, and remaining swap time.

/bodyrelay config swaptimer
Changes how long each player stays in control.
Example: /bodyrelay config swaptimer 60

/bodyrelay refresh
Reconnects your spectator camera to the active player if your view becomes detached.

/bodyrelay repair
Runs a full Body Relay resync without restarting the challenge.

/bodyrelay stop keep
Stops Body Relay while keeping everyone's current state.

/bodyrelay stop restore
Stops Body Relay and restores everyone to their state from before the challenge started.

/bodyrelay help
Displays the available Body Relay commands.

Config / Customization

• Swap Time: Default is 60 seconds.
• Minimum Swap Time: 10 seconds.
• Maximum Swap Time: 3600 seconds / 1 hour.
• Player Rotation: Players are randomized so everyone gets a turn before the pool resets.
• Restore Behavior: When ending a challenge, choose whether players keep the current shared-body state or return to their original state.