Story Mode:Episode 8: A Journey's End?

The five (Jesse, Petra, Lukas, Ivor, and Harper) head up a stairway to a door. Suddenly, Harper betrays them, pushing Jesse, Petra, Lukas, and Ivor off the platform, causing them to fall into an ongoing spleef game. Depending on the player's choices, either Ivor or Petra and Lukas die, and Jesse is warned that using his/her sword is illegal. The Old Builders (Hadrian, Otto, and Mevia) stop the game and inform Jesse of the "rules." Fortunately, the others respawn and are forced to work in the mines, while Jesse and one other are allowed to stay in the competitors' village.

In the village, Jesse and their companion try to get along with the other competitors, learning about the legend of Tim, the supposed only winner of the games. After securing bread for Facemeat, one of the gladiators, Lukas and the other friend are released from the mines. Harper and Otto also show up, siding with Jesse's group. The four rest for the night.

The next day, Jesse and their companion compete in the games. The Green Team proposes a truce, which Jesse can accept or reject. The games begin with a race, leading to Gladiator Junction. Jesse barely survives and helps Nell from the Green Team win. Unbeknownst to Jesse, Emily from the Green Team had made a deal with Hadrian to eliminate Jesse but doesn't follow through. Slab, a gladiator, orders Jesse to meet Hadrian, who explains that Tim is a fabrication meant to motivate competitors. Hadrian reveals he has captured Olivia, Axel, and Reuben (the usher from the first episode), then changes the terms: if Jesse wins, Olivia and Axel will work in the mines forever; if Jesse loses, his/her friends go free but Jesse stays. Jesse can agree or decline and returns to the village, informing the competitors that the games are rigged and possibly revealing that Tim isn't real.

The next day, everyone competes in the final day of the games, "The Walls," where Jesse is thrown into a dirt-and-gravel area. After the walls come down, the participants team up, and the gladiators defect, giving Jesse and the others victory. Just as Otto is about to give Jesse the Atlas, Hadrian and Mevia trap Otto in obsidian and battle Jesse. Jesse wins thanks to "Tim's armor" and is given the Atlas. Otto plans to make the games fair, and Jesse can convince Emily to either go home, help Otto with the games, or join him/her. The six (Jesse, Axel, Petra, Lukas, Olivia, and Ivor) return home and display their souvenirs. As they prepare to leave, they notice Ivor has run off with the Atlas and the enchanted flint and steel. Jesse can choose to pursue him or let him go.

In a post-credits scene, Hadrian and Mevia find themselves in a bedrock world filled with chicken-sized zombies or zombie-sized chickens (depending on Jesse's first episode choice). With no way out, Hadrian relieves Mevia of her enforcer duties.