Hytale Update 2 is Out Now

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Hytale’s major Update 2 is now live! Players can dive in and experience a wealth of new content, including extensive customization options and a new item that lets you raise skeletal minions with a necromancy spell, among other additions.

The road to release for Hytale was quite bumpy. It started in 2015 as a Minecraft server and eventually grew into a full game. After years of work, Riot Games canceled the project in mid-2025, but Simon Collins-Laflamme, the original founder of Hypixel Studios, bought it back. Hytale launched in early access on January 13, 2026, and quickly became very popular. Thanks to this early success, the developers have secured funding for the next few years and aren’t slowing down – they’ve already released two major updates in the two weeks since launch, with many more planned for the coming months.

Update 2 for Hytale is now live! The update includes highly requested features like the ability to hide armor. Players can also discover a new item – a grimoire – that lets them summon skeletal minions, adding a necromancy element to the game. This item is rare, dropping only from the large Praetorian Skeleton, and hints at future magical systems planned by the developers. Beyond these highlights, the update delivers numerous smaller improvements and tweaks, including changes to farming. Hypixel Studios plans to continue refining gameplay with similar adjustments in future updates to achieve the right balance.

A recent update includes a seemingly small detail that could be very important for the future of Hytale: official documentation for WorldGen V2 is now available for modders. Hytale has always been designed with modding in mind – Hypixel, the game’s developer, has even called it “by modders, for modders.” And the community has already delivered impressive mods in the short time the game has been out. With modders clearly invested in Hytale, this new documentation is a great sign. It might not seem like a big deal now, but it has the potential to significantly improve the quality of Hytale mods going forward.

Okay, so Hytale‘s future looks seriously bright! As a player, I’m hyped to hear that they’re already moving into pre-release for Update 3 next week. Even better, they’re working on a bunch of updates at the same time, which means we’ll be getting content consistently. Honestly, Hytale has already blown me away, and I can’t wait to see what they come up with for the rest of 2026 – it’s gonna be awesome!

Hytale Update 2 Patch Notes

Cosmetics & Customization

  • New Avatar customization options have been added for everyone.
  • Bandit Mask + Side Knot (Variant)
  • Blindfold + Thick (Variant)
  • Bandage Blindfold + Thick, Left Eye, Right Eye (Variants)
  • Vampire Mouth
  • Cute Mouth
  • Orc Mouth
  • Added white color to fantasy cotton cosmetic colors
  • Single Side Pigtail
  • Hair Stick Bun
  • Simple Bobcut
  • Fighter Buns
  • Smart Elven
  • Windswept
  • Added new armor slot visibility toggles next to equipped armor, accessible directly in the character panel.
  • Server hosts can disable/enable this feature to enforce rules for PvP/Immersion purposes.
  • Improved animations for capes when the player is running.

Gameplay & Balance

  • A new item was added that allows the user to raise skeletal minions from nearby bone piles.
  • Has a chance to drop from the large Praetorian Skeleton.
  • Adamantite now requires a Thorium or Cobalt pickaxe to be mined.
  • Mining and pickaxe progression has been adjusted.
  • Lower tier pickaxes now deal much less damage to higher tier ore blocks.
  • Upgrading to a higher quality pickaxe significantly reduces the amount of hits required.
  • Buffed Polar Bears.
  • More decorative light recipes have been added to the furniture bench.
  • The following NPCs will now drop Medium Hide instead of Light Hide:
  • Bison
  • Boar
  • Cow
  • Horse
  • Warthog
  • The Magma Toad has been adjusted.
  • Tongue damage has been significantly reduced.
  • It now alternates between its Tongue attack and a new ability: Headbutt
  • Petals are now craftable in the furniture bench under Textiles category.
  • This makes them renewable as Yellow Petals can be farmed from growing Sunflower Seeds.
  • All crafting requirements used to make different colored Petals are renewable resources.
  • Lighter variants for each Cloth Block can now be crafted using a combination of Petals.

World Generation

  • WorldGen V2 has been prepared for public documentation to help modders.
  • New Default_Flat & Default_Void templates have been added using World Gen V2.
  • The Creative Hub Portal now spawns with World Gen V2 flat worldgen.
  • Results in clear weather and limited fog, but only works in new creative worlds.
  • Major refactor of ore placement in all zones. –You will need to explore new chunks for old worlds to see this change.
  • Results in more ores, especially in Devastated Lands undergrounds.

Farming

  • Eternal crops no longer break from accidental weapon damage.
  • Increased tilled soil lifetime.
  • Now lasts longer between 1.2 to 1.5 days.
  • Fixed soil decay under fully grown crops.
  • You can now hold torches in your offhand while using the Hoe and Seeds.
  • Breaking fully grown Eternal crops will drop their Seeds back.
  • Harvested crops can now be placed on the ground when crouching.
  • Recipe requirement costs have been adjusted for Hoes.
  • Hoes now unlock at different farming bench tiers.
  • Copper is now Tier 2 instead of Tier 4.
  • Iron is now Tier 4 instead of Tier 8.
  • Thorium has been added at Tier 6.

UI / UX

  • Improved the editor block tooltip descriptions.
  • Tooltips will now display the name of colors when hovering over color options in the Avatar Customization menu.
  • Made improvements to the visibility of the hotbar active-slot by increasing contrast and adding a diamond indicator.
  • This makes it easier to see the hotbar active-slot, when in brighter environments like the Howling Sands.
  • The categories of Memories are now sorted alphabetically when being viewed via “The Heart Of Orbis”.
  • Scripted Brush QoL improvements.
  • Added missing entries to filters, and removed invalid blocks from filters.
  • Fixed various bugs in existing scripted brushes.
  • Added decoration and cave brushes.
  • Removed redundant scripted brushes.
  • Inventory interaction updates.
  • Better double click handling, you can now click faster.
  • Shift + Clicking on armor will now directly equip it if no armor is currently equipped in the respective slot.
  • QERT shortcut keybinds have been added for the inventory “quick actions” (put all, pull all, quickstack and sort).
  • Shortcuts now display in the tooltip when hovering over “quick action” buttons such as “Sort Items By Type (T)”.
  • An “FPS counter overlay” option has been added to the settings menu.
  • This can be found under General > User Interface.
  • The current FPS will be displayed in the top right corner of the game when this is enabled.
  • Made various improvements to player markers.
  • Player markers now display on the compass.
  • Removed “Player: ” prefix from the player markers on the map.
  • Player names will always render on the map.
  • Added toggle buttons for map/compass visibility in the maps player list.
  • Players at different heights will have a different icon (up/down indicators) in the compass.
  • Added Ophidiophobia accessibility mode.
  • This can be found under Gameplay > Accessibility.
  • Turns Snake models into Hatworms.

Audio & Visual Effects

  • Added all missing basic Rex sounds.
  • Fixed a bug in a Howling Sands cave track.

Bug Fixes, Tech & Stability

  • Introduced a server auto-update system, including configuration options and new commands for update management.
  • Added a new UpdateModule core plugin and integrated it into the server boot process, allowing the server to check for and apply updates, notify players, and handle staged updates.
  • Introduced UpdateConfig in HytaleServerConfig with fields for enabling updates, check intervals, notification preferences, patchline selection, backup options, and auto-apply modes. Includes serialization support and getter/setter methods.
  • Added a new shutdown reason ShutdownReason.UPDATE to indicate when the server should restart to apply a staged update.
  • Added new /update commands and detailed server messages for checking, downloading, applying, and managing updates, including player notifications and auto-apply warnings.
  • Made improvements to rendering shadows to fix various issues.
  • Fixed middle click “pick block” when the hotbar is full in creative mode.
  • Now when middle clicking a block in creative mode when the inventory is full, it will replace the current slot with the newly picked item.
  • The Asset Editor will now display documentation in tooltips.
  • Fixed issues with Mantling detection which resulted in many unintended behaviours.
  • Implemented a fix to persist cleared keybinds across sessions.
  • Made some adjustments to improve weather transitions to reduce jarring visuals.
  • More improvements will be made in future updates.
  • Fixed an issue when using teleporters to avoid accidental collisions by applying an offset.
  • Rail carts now consume correctly and place properly.
  • Bed respawning in unloaded chunks has been fixed.
  • Fixes an issue where the collision checks always failed if there were no loaded chunks.
  • Major server stability, validation, ECS, localization and timeout improvements.
  • Refilling containers now targets the closest block of water rather than requiring you to aim at a block behind/under water.
  • Fixed some types of items displaying oversized placement previews.
  • Fixed an issue with the Berserker haircut texture tiling.
  • Fixed glasses textures from inheriting the cosmetic colour on their lens highlights.
  • Added permissions for world map teleporting.
  • Prevents players from sending packets to the server and teleporting anywhere they want without Op.
  • Emerald Wilds dungeon and other environments have been fixed. – You might hear new soundtracks!
  • Fixed sending player marker updates while map isn’t open.
  • Fixed player markers flickering when hovered on the map.
  • Other players names are more readable when zoomed in on the map.

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2026-01-24 20:37