Not directly related to Hytale but I thought this was a pretty good read. We already know most of this but it's nice to hear the perspective of somebody that is actually in those investor meetings and hearing them talk about AI and replacing creators. Very disgusting stuff.

Our VFX artist, Ellie, has recorded an excellent tutorial demonstrating how to mod a sword impact in Hytale. Watch the whole process, from texture creation to binding it in-game! 🔥

Watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE5jtNQLytQ

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HEADLINE FEATURES

• Added Avatar Presets
  • Edit, save, and swap between up to 10 Avatar customizations
• Added new fire spread system (fluid ticker) and Goblin Flamethrower
  • Can be used to unleash flames upon nearby foes
  • Creative mode only for now
• Added Bed sleeping notifications
  • Notifications and SFX now play when other players attempt to sleep
• Expanded Avatar customization options:
  • 2 additional Eye Shapes
  • 2 new Makeup Variations (Blush and Eyeliner)
  • 5 new Haircuts:
    • Spikey Mohawk
    • Magical Pigtails
    • Double Braided Ponytail
    • Long Braided Ponytail
    • Puffy Bubble Braids
  • 4 new Facial Hair Styles:
    • Split Moustache
    • Pinstripe Moustache
    • Anchor Beard
    • Viking Beard
  • Spiked Bracelets
  • Hairband
  • 2 new Skirts (Plaid and Punk)
  • Shaped Sneakers
• Added Black and Red Iron color variation for metals
• Added Font Fallback Support
  • Client now fetches glyphs from fallback fonts when missing
  • Enables support for non-Latin languages
• Improved World Configuration Reliability
  • Atomic file saving
  • Updated backup handling
  • Corrupted worlds now display warnings and modal dialogs

CONTENT

• Added complex spawn locations in the Taiga region, especially near rivers
• Added Lime block variants:
  • Lime Gravel
  • Lime Rock
  • Lime Rubble
  • Medium Lime Rubble
  • Lime Stalactite (Large and Small)
• Improved weather VFX for Zone 1
• Standardized spawn marker deactivation range to 150
• Added T2 Furnace
  • New model, textures, and animations
• Updated visuals for T1 Furnaces
• Increased max instance limit for Furnace opening sounds
• Refactored Rhino Toad attacks
• Improved Fluid, Mounts, and Crafting systems
• Improved multiple modules:
  • Teleporter
  • NPCReputation
  • NPCObjectives
  • Farming
  • Memories
  • Camera
  • Bed
• Optimized client asset sizes
• Updated ranged weapon aiming ballistics
  • Improved accuracy
  • Added randomized hitbox offsets
  • Added VisAiming debug flag
• Ophidiophobia mode now replaces Hatworm with Larva_Silk model
• Dough now produced using refillable Tankard
  • Tankard now crafted via Farming Bench
• Klops Merchant no longer trades signs
• Integrated new Outlander village environment
• Refactored encounters across all zones
• Added new encounter environments:
  • Zone 3 Trork
  • Zone 4 Village and Forest
  • Zone 4 non-Forest and non-Swamp biomes

MODDING AND TOOLS

• Added mod enable and disable support from UserData/Saves//mods
• Added server version checks for plugins and asset packs
• Added 3D audio source visualization for debugging
• Added NPC sensor and view debugging visualization
• Newly created asset packs are now enabled by default
• Added parameter to toggle replacing empty block materials
• Added option to skip mod validation in single player
• Mod validation issues now block server startup unless flagged
• MapEditor and ListEditor now use correct models
• Added Test NPC for showcasing multi-interaction setups

WORLDGEN V2

• Added exact rotation support for Materials
• Added Bound PositionProvider for Spawn Meshes
• Added YSampled Density node
  • Performance optimization for WorldGen V2
• Added configurable spawn positions for portal biomes

UI AND UX

• Added Window Size option in video settings
• Updated feedback interface
  • Bug reports separated from other feedback
• Warps are now sorted alphabetically in Teleporter UI
• Added /layer command
  • Applies layering to selected areas
• Updated Paste tool:
  • Hold-down key support
  • Undo and redo
  • Smoother multi-directional movement
• Reduced context menu background opacity
• Updated Player, Spawn, and Home icons
• Improved World Map marker text clarity
• Cleaned up text and fixed death messages
• Implemented HideFromTooltip in EntityStatType

BUGFIXES AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS

• Fixed sharp biome interpolation
• Fixed localization issue with maximize window setting
• Fixed tooltip name wrapping issues
• Fixed spawn seeds initializing to zero
• Fixed multiple Null Pointer Exceptions
• Fixed crash when overriding read-only asset packs
• Fixed Volcanic Cobble incorrect spawning
• Fixed upside-down stair connections
• Fixed Slothian gradient mapping
• Fixed dropped item IDs for BottleTree and Crystal Trunk
• Fixed pickup items missing components
• Fixed WorldStructure spawn Y constraints
• Fixed cosmetic ordering issues
• Fixed EntityTrackerSystems validation gaps
• Fixed crop hitboxes and produce resource types
• Fixed incorrect mod list display
• Fixed Ocean Clay Brick typo
• Fixed interactions without entities
• Removed hardcoded keybindings
• Fixed manual spawn beacon command
• Fixed missing biomes on biome map
• Fixed Darkwood Decorative Block drops
• Fixed MaterialCache prefab loading
• Fixed V2 WorldGen environment saving
• Added duplicate plugin detection warnings
• Fixed plugin-related world crash handling
• Added startup exception handling for plugins
• Fixed Outlander house anchor offsets
• Fixed extreme audio panning with HTRF
• Fixed ambient and bench sound origins
• Fixed Teleporter name overrides and SFX
• Improved null and data-flow handling
• Fixed Machinima player teleport behavior
• Fixed Camera Translation Gizmo mode
• Fixed performance metrics affected by FPS cap and VSync
• Fixed advanced workbench model display
• Fixed directory traversal vulnerabilities in worlds and prefabs

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Pre-Release Patch Notes - January 29, 2026

Enable via Launcher → Settings → Pre-Release

MAP & NAVIGATION

• User-placed Map Markers have been added!
  • Create custom markers anywhere on your map with customizable names, icons, and colors
  • Share markers with other players in multiplayer
  • New gameplay settings to toggle marker visibility on map and compass
  • Delete markers via the map context menu
• Updated map marker icons and improved their display resolution
• Player names are now always rendered on the map and are more readable when zoomed in
• Compass now shows different icons based on vertical distance (above/below you)
• Teleport option is now hidden for map markers when in Adventure gamemode

COSMETICS & CUSTOMIZATION

• New Avatar customization options:
  • New Hat: Tweed Hat
  • New Overtop: Mage Shirt
  • New Shoes: Styled Flats, Wedge Shoes
  • New color variations for Fashionable Shoes
  • New haircut added
  • Updated visuals for the Morning haircut
  • Added Construction Hard Hat

COMBAT & ITEMS

• Weapon Adjustments & Fixes:
  • Adjusted damage value inconsistencies and upgrade differences across some weapon tiers
  • Adjusted the guarding stamina costs that were previously misconfigured for certain drop-only weapons
  • All spear types should now consistently stack up to 5 and be throwable
• Necromancy Grimoire Improvements:
  • Summons no longer take damage from their summoner (and vice versa)
  • Summons now respond when the player is attacked, not just when attacking
  • Summons are faster and more aggressive
  • Added variety to the types of skeletal minions that are raised, including a ranged variant
• Misc:
  • Improved in-hand positioning for Ingots and Sticks

GAMEPLAY

• Doors no longer close when blocked by entities or players
• Teleporters now require you to clear a short distance before re-use
• Sort keybind now works in the player's inventory
• Added "Take All" functionality for processing bench output items
• Shift-dragging now quickly transfers items between inventories
• Minecarts no longer move when stuck
• Reduced farming bench tier requirement for Chicken Coop from 5 to 3
• Large Kweebec Chests now support placing blocks on top
• Fixed NPCs in a Coop transforming into other NPCs
• Fixed being able to capture a dead NPC with the Capture Crate
• Reworked utility wheel quick swap to include the inactive slot

BLOCKS & WORLD

• Re-added Incandescent Volcanic Rock
• New block textures and variants:
  • Thorium Cracks
  • Basalt Cracks
  • Magma Cracks
  • Mud Dry Cracks
  • Updated crack variants for 4 Ore blocks
  • Updated Cobalt texture
  • Fixed Magma Adamantite block tiling
• Added Default_Flat and Default_Void weather configurations for their respective world instances

AUDIO

• Fixed water emitter radius so audio plays properly in stereo instead of just the left ear
• Fixed audio emitter entities not playing correctly
• Fixed fluid ambient effects not triggering properly
• Updated sword swing and impact sounds

UI & QUALITY OF LIFE

• Moved container action keybind indicators to a better position
• Fixed chest/bench keybind tooltips when keybinds are unassigned
• Updated workbench chest connection radius text to be clearer

SECURITY

• Fixed a permissions bypass in the Asset Editor that allowed unauthorized JSON asset modifications to non-standard asset packs (already patched in release builds)

STABILITY & BUG FIXES

• Improved world generation performance
• Fixed filler blocks not breaking in some cases (e.g. large doors)
• Fixed block placement mis-predictions
• Fixed issues when changing worlds while mounted:
  • Fixed minecart mount state not being removed correctly
  • Fixed horse mount state not clearing correctly
• Fixed screen fade issues that could occur during world transfers
• Fixed an issue that could cause chunk saving to deadlock when removing a world

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Performance

• Fixed shadow display issues
• Reduced stuttering and input lag on NVIDIA graphics cards

Stability

• Fixed several crashes, including ones related to weather, armor equipping, and disconnecting
• Improved login reliability and server stability

Gameplay

• Fixed compass not pointing to the correct location
• Improved block placing in creative
• Improved teleporter logic to prevent infinitely teleporting
• Fixed crossbow misfires and other interaction

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Do you still have a YouTube-, Discord-, X-, Instagram-, Facebook-, TikTok-, or Bluesky- account? Ask Hytale to join the Fediverse or at least activate the Bluesky Bridge!

Why? Hypixel Studios is #Canadian. It doesn't need US software. It also runs on Linux. It does not belong to Microsoft, like Minecraft.

Server tutorial by @hetzner:

https://community.hetzner.com/tutorials/game-server-hytale

#DiDay #UnplugTrump #ElbowsUp #DanmarkSkifter #LinuxGaming #SocialMedia #DigitalSovereignty #Hytale #EndOf10 @hytale @Endof10

I was out looking for more thorium and went down a hole I found between an Azure Forest and some ice. There was no ~~thorium~~ cobalt to be found, so I started to dig up out of the cave system. I encountered some tam blocks, sandstone maybe, and copper. I was unable to mine either. I tried with my ~~thorium~~ cobalt pickaxe, as well as a crude pickaxe I had found.

They show no signs of being struck. Also the bald head is gone again.

I'm using the Hardwood Fence to build pens for animals, but they all seem to hop right over them unless I build the fence two high. Anyone else having this problem? What am I doing wrong?

I decided to improve my outdoor crafting area and possibly enclose it. I tore down my tier 5 farmer's workbench to put cobblestone under it, and when I replaced it, it is now tier 1.

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Cosmetics & Customization

• New mask face accessories (available for all editions)
• Armor slot visibility toggle (host-enforced for PvP/immersion)
• New mouth variants: Vampire, Cute, Orc (all editions)
• Berserker haircut tiling fixed
• Updated haircuts, cape animations, petals & cloth visuals

Gameplay & Balance

• New magic! Necromancy grimoire! Drops from Skeleton Praetorian, lets you raise up to 5 skeletal minions from bone piles (5-min duration or until summoner dies)
• Adamantite now requires a Thorium or Cobalt pickaxe
• Pickaxe progression reworked: mining speed now scales with pickaxe quality
• Faster rail karts (still not great, but faster!)
• Tower exploit fixed (NPCs can now throw rocks at players)
• Buffed polar bears and multiple skeleton types
• All crops can now place produce in the world
• Missing decorative light blocks added to furniture bench
• Adjusted hide drops (Light → Medium for some NPCs like cows)
• Added permission for world map teleporting
• Magma Rhino Toad attack updates (…maybe accidental buff)

World Generation

• WorldGen V2 prepared for public documentation (modder support)
• New Default_Flat & Default_Void templates using WorldGen V2
• Hub Portal now spawns with V2 flat worldgen (clear weather, limited fog, new worlds only)
• Major ore placement refactor in all zones
– More ores, especially in Devastated Lands underground
– Requires new chunks in existing worlds
• Zone 1 dungeon environment fixes + new environment fixes (you might hear new soundtracks)

Farming

• Eternal crops no longer break from weapon damage
• Increased tilled soil lifetime
• Fixed soil decay under fully grown crops

UI / UX

• Improved editor block tooltips
• Clothing color tooltips added
• Better hotbar active-slot contrast (diamond indicator, helpful in Howling Sands)
• Memory categories sorted alphabetically
• Scripted Brush QoL improvements
• Inventory interaction updates (e.g. new keybind to pull all items from chests)
• Optional FPS counter overlay
• Player markers added to compass
• Ophidiophobia accessibility mode

Audio

• Added basic Rex sounds + additional audio fixes

Bug Fixes, Tech & Stability

• Server self-updater
• Shadow improvements
• Pick block works when hotbar is full
• Asset editor documentation fixed
• Mantling fixes
• Keybind persistence fixed
• Improved weather transitions (still not perfect, but smoother)
• Teleporter offset fixed
• Rail karts now consume & place correctly
• Bed respawn in unloaded chunks fixed
• Food particle tint updates
• Major server stability, validation, ECS, localization & timeout improvements

Important Notes

We aim to release this update this weekend. Please help us test and report bugs (in-game or reply here if you find something major)! If all goes well, we will update everyone on Friday or Saturday!

Update 3 is already in the works, and we are planning a longer pre-release period to give modders and servers time to catch up and update. As more and more modders and servers create content, we want to make our updates more predictable to maintain stability across the ecosystem.

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I really hope the developers change this. Having a different avatar for each world or server I play on just seems like a no-brainer to me. I'm sure the devs are planning to implement this sooner or later.....right??

Absolute insanity. To think this was done one week after the game came out, and without any official documentation yet.

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It's been one week since Hytale released and there's already a bustling mod community. Anyone else playing with loads of mods? Which ones are you rolling with currently?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/c/ethoslab/p/462412/etho-plays-hytale-2-exploring-the-mineshaft

• Invidious
• Youtube

I just finished my first house in the game, and also wanted to share it!

I have started on the interior, but it's still a work in progress

Huge update!

We are looking for players to help us test the Hytale Pre-Release first update via the launcher!

If all goes well, we will release this patch in a couple of hours! Please reply to this post, and I will review the reports in a couple of hours. Thank you! Let's hope it's stable enough to launch before the weekend!

Here are the notes to help you test things out! (not in full detail; awaiting team members to confirm).

Combat & Balance

• More reliable melee hits
• Burn/Lava tuning + water clears burns
• Fire creatures now fire-immune
• NPC/combat fixes + exploit fixes

Crafting & Items

• Backpacks are easier + cheaper to craft
• Benches pull from a larger chest radius (2x)
• Faster hide to leather processing (-10s)
• Food/farming balance tweaks
• Dropped-item physics fixes
• You can now place torches while dual-wielding (except sword, it prioritize block)

Audio & VFX

• New/updated mining + ore sounds
• Improved particles (ore breaking, eating, memories, potions)
• Small visual/positioning fixes

UI / Performance / QoL

• FOV safeguards + high-FOV fixes
• Faster chunk loading at high view distance
• Pre-release/version warnings
• Better lag handling + small keybind/UI updates

World & NPCs

• Improved zone 4 atmosphere/spawns (sewers/volcanic areas)
• Villages/outposts/dungeons repaired
• Environmental damage rework
• Earlier sleep time (-1h30m)
• Loot/animation fixes + minor interaction tweaks
• Added dinosaurs in Zone 4

Customization & Misc

• New face/hair options (unavailable until it goes to release build) + cosmetic fixes
• Cute secret new NPC added for creatives and modders

Commands / Server / Stability

• Teleport/give/whitelist/ban improvements
• Networking/auth updatesrash + stability fixes

Source: Simon's X account

Hi! I just wanted to share my first house in Hytale, thats it. Here's a look from the inside:

Thanks for reading!

cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/c/ethoslab/p/457014/etho-plays-hytale-e1-bear-belly-battles

• Invidious
• Youtube

Of course, it's a Minecraft-like game so I decided to mod it ASAP. It's been a little over 2 days and people are already making incredible stuff! Here are some mods I'm playing with that I would totally recommend.

• Mining Hammers - Adds hammers that can mine 3x3 blocks
• Ymmersive Melodies - Adds instruments that let you play any MIDI file
• The Pickaxes Place Torches - Lets you place torches by right clicking when holding a pickaxe
• Simply Trash - Adds a trash can you to quickly dispose of items
• Wayback Charm - A craftable item that instantly teleports you home
• JEI Lumenia - Lets you browse every item in the game and see data on each one, including how to craft them.
• HideArmor - A command that lets you hide your armor
• BetterMap - Various important improvements to the world map
• Leather+ - Lets you convert leather between different tiers. Nigh essential considering medium leather is too rare.

Hytale has been out for almost 10 hours now! What does everyone think of the game so far?

My thoughts:

• Surprisingly polished and stable, even on Linux. I expected way worse - but it doesn't seem as early as I thought it was.
• Love how many building options there are, the block workbench allowing you to turn most blocks into cut versions of it is awesome. Roof tiles are very cool as well.
• Combat seems way too easy, at least in the first two zones. It seems you can just 100% block any damage source without consequence. It felt weird that I could just tank a polar bear then attack it whenever it's not attacking. Definitely something the team can work on.
• I'm excited for world generation v2 that the devs talked about, since the current map is a bit too flat and predictable.
• Having a map is nice but some people pointed out that it shows you WAY too much of the world around you, kind of making exploration unnecessary considering you can just open the map and see all the biomes around you.

The devs are expecting over 1 million players on launch, which is absolutely massive for an early access title released outside of Steam. You can download the launcher now by going to https://hytale.com/download to be prepared!

From the technical director of the game. Very nice to see they're working on a Flatpak version - that'll save so much heartache.