Hytale Versions

2026.01.29-301e13929

Changelog & Release Notes

This pre-release adds user-placed map markers, new avatar cosmetics, weapon and necromancy adjustments, and a wide set of gameplay, world, audio, and stability fixes.

Map & Navigation

  • User-placed Map Markers: create custom markers anywhere with configurable names, icons, and colors; share markers in multiplayer; gameplay settings control marker visibility on map and compass; delete via map context menu
  • Map marker icons updated and display resolution improved
  • Player names always render on the map and are easier to read when zoomed in
  • Compass uses different icons based on vertical distance (above or below you)
  • Teleport option for map markers is hidden in Adventure gamemode

Cosmetics & Customization

  • New avatar options: Tweed Hat, Mage Shirt (overtop), Styled Flats, Wedge Shoes; new color variations for Fashionable Shoes; new haircut; updated Morning haircut visuals; Construction Hard Hat added

Combat & Items

  • Weapon adjustments: damage and upgrade consistency fixed across some weapon tiers; guarding stamina costs corrected for certain drop-only weapons; all spear types stack to 5 and are throwable
  • Necromancy Grimoire: summons and summoner no longer damage each other; summons react when the player is attacked, not only when attacking; summons are faster and more aggressive; skeletal minion variety increased, including a ranged variant
  • In-hand positioning improved for Ingots and Sticks

Gameplay

  • Doors no longer close when blocked by entities or players
  • Teleporters require clearing a short distance before re-use
  • Sort keybind works in player inventory; "Take All" for processing bench output; shift-dragging quickly transfers items between inventories
  • Minecarts no longer move when stuck
  • Chicken Coop farming bench tier requirement reduced from 5 to 3
  • Large Kweebec Chests support placing blocks on top
  • Fixed NPCs in a Coop transforming into other NPCs; fixed capturing a dead NPC with the Capture Crate
  • Utility wheel quick swap reworked to include the inactive slot

Blocks & World

  • Incandescent Volcanic Rock re-added
  • New or updated block textures and variants: Thorium Cracks, Basalt Cracks, Magma Cracks, Mud Dry Cracks; updated crack variants for 4 ore blocks; Cobalt texture updated; Magma Adamantite block tiling fixed
  • Default_Flat and Default_Void weather configurations added for their respective world instances

Audio

  • Water emitter radius fixed so audio plays in stereo instead of only the left ear; audio emitter entities and fluid ambient effects fixed; sword swing and impact sounds updated

UI & Quality of Life

  • Container action keybind indicators moved to a better position; chest/bench keybind tooltips fixed when keybinds are unassigned; workbench chest connection radius text clarified

Security

  • Permissions bypass in the Asset Editor fixed; it had allowed unauthorized JSON asset modifications to non-standard asset packs (already patched in release builds)

Stability & Bug Fixes

  • World generation performance improved
  • Filler blocks now break correctly in cases such as large doors; block placement mis-predictions fixed
  • Mount state fixes when changing worlds: minecart and horse mount state now clear correctly
  • Screen fade issues during world transfers fixed; chunk saving deadlock when removing a world fixed