
Bongo
The bingo minigame for recent minecraft versions.
About this Mod
Bongo
Bongo is a bingo minigame for recent minecraft versions. The goal is to collect items and advancements, kill entities and travel to biomes that show up on the bongo card. The team that completes 5 tasks in a row, a column or a diagonal wins the game.
Play
To play bongo you need to run some commands. The commands to create, start and stop games need op-permission / cheats enabled:
/bingo create tasks_id settings_id: Creates a new bingo. Thetasks_idspecifies what tasks definition should be used (Which tasks show up on the bingo card). Those can be added by datapacks. Bongo has three builtin bongos:bongo:easy,bongo:normalandbongo:hard. Thesettings_iddefines the settings for the game. Bongo has two builtin settings:bongo:defaultandbongo:pvp. In default you're invulnerable and in pvp you're not and a task will be locked when a player dies. Also in pvp mode you'll start with leather armor and a stone sword./bingo join <team>: Every player that wants to participate in the game has to join a team. There a 16 different teams you can join./bingo start: Starts the game. This will clear the inventory and the advancements of all players.
There's a keybind (Defaults to Y) to make the bingo card extend over the whole screen and show item names. You can also customise the size of the bingo card in the client config.
Hint: To get all bingo items in JEI you can search for #bingo
Commands
- /bingo backpack or /bp: Opens a backpack while the game is running. All members of a team share the same backpack so you can exchange items easily.
- /bingo teamchat or /tc: Toggles TeamChat mode. While in TeamChat only your team members will receive your chat messages.
- /bingo leave: Leaves a team.
- /bingo stop: Stops the current game and hides the bingo card.
- /bingo spread
: Distributes all players into mostly equal-sized teams. You can specify the amount of teams you want to create by setting the teams value. - /bingo teams: Lists all teams with all their members.
TeamChat is only available if MineMention is not installed. With MineMention you can use the @team mention to send messaged to your bingo team.
Create custom bingos
See here
Available Versions
How to Install Bongo on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set forge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Bongo". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.20.1, 1.19.4, 1.19.3 (+5 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Bongo server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong forge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.20.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Bongo compatible with forge?
Bongo officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.19.4, 1.19.3. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Bongo – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Bongo consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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