The Gourd Avenger is a Minecraft adventure map. The protagonist is shipwrecked near the city of Xingan, but finds that a mysterious curse has turned all the inhabitants into gourds on sticks. It falls to the player to find and destroy the source of the curse.
There's also a sequel, The Gourd Avenger 2, which is much less known.
This map contains examples of:
- And I Must Scream: People being turned into gourds on sticks.
- Dug Too Deep: The Xingans discovered the Glowstone Heart during a mining operation.
- Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Xingan is a counterpart to Imperial China.
- Interchangeable Asian Cultures: Ninja show up at one point, despite Xingan otherwise being a counterpart of China.
- Kill It with Fire: Accessing the mine requires you to burn down the palace.
- Mooks, but no Bosses: Unless you count running through a handful of minions, hitting a button, and running away as a boss fight.
- Planet Heck: The area of the mine around the Glowstone Heart is being turned into Nether.
- Stuff Blowing Up: Specifically, blowing up the Glowstone Heart is the final challenge.
