Hytale brings its third major update for the pre-release and it changes quite a bit in the sandbox game. What you should know about the changes can be found here in our overview of the patch notes.
The key changes in update 3: The founder of the Hypixel studio has already listed on X what you can expect in update 3. The list is long, so we will now list the key changes for you. After that, you will also find a complete overview of all patch notes. But now let’s get to the most important content:
- New cosmetic items
- The new necromancy ability has received improvements
- New blocks and variations of them have been added
- The performance for world generation has been improved
- Map markers and sharing set markers have been added
Patch Notes for Update 3
The patch notes have been published in English. Therefore, we have manually translated the changes and listed the German version for you. Now let’s move on to the patch notes:
MAP & NAVIGATION
- User-placed map markers have been added!
- Create custom markers anywhere on your map with customizable names, symbols, and colors.
- Share markers with other players in multiplayer mode.
- New gameplay settings to toggle the visibility of markers on the map and the compass.
- Delete markers through the context menu of the map.
- The icons of the map markers have been updated and their display resolution improved.
- Player names will now always be displayed on the map and are more legible when zooming in.
- The compass now displays different icons depending on vertical distance (above/below you).
- The teleport option is now hidden for map markers in adventure mode.
COSMETICS & CUSTOMIZATION
- New avatar customization options:
- New hat: Tweed Hat
- New top: Mage Shirt
- New shoes: Fashionable Ballerinas, Wedge Shoes
- New color variants for fashionable shoes
- New haircut added
- Updated graphic for the haircut “Morning”
- Helmet added
BATTLE & ITEMS
- Weapon adjustments & bug fixes:
- Inconsistencies in damage values and upgrade differences between some weapon tiers have been adjusted.
- The stamina values for blocking attacks, which were previously misconfigured for certain weapons available only as loot, have been adjusted.
- All spear types should now be consistently stackable and throwable up to 5 times.
- Improvements to the Grimoire of Necromancy:
- Summons no longer take damage from their summoner (and vice versa).
- Summons now react when the player is attacked, not just when they attack.
- Summons are faster and more aggressive.
- The types of summoned skeleton minions have been expanded with a ranged variant.
- Other:
- The positioning of bars and sticks in hand has been improved.
GAMEPLAY
- Doors no longer close when they are blocked by objects or players.
- Teleporters now need to cover a short distance before they can be reused.
- The sorting key binding now works in the player’s inventory.
- The “Take All” function for processing workbench output items has been added.
- Items can now be quickly transferred between inventories by holding shift while dragging.
- Carts no longer move when they get stuck.
- The requirements for the farming bank for chicken coops have been reduced from 5 to 3.
- Blocks can now be placed on large Kweebec chests.
- A bug has been fixed that caused NPCs in a coop to turn into other NPCs.
- A bug has been fixed that allowed dead NPCs to be captured with the Capture Crate.
- The quick swap in the utility wheel has been redesigned and now also includes the inactive slot.
BLOCKS & WORLD
- Glowing volcanic rocks re-added
- New block textures and variants:
- Thorium Cracks
- Basalt Cracks
- Magma Cracks
- Dry Mud Cracks
- Updated crack variants for 4 ore blocks
- Updated cobalt texture
- Magma Adamantite block tiling corrected
- Weather configurations “Default_Flat” and “Default_Void” added for respective world instances
AUDIO
- Radius of the water emitter corrected, so audio is now properly played in stereo instead of just in the left ear.
- Fixed a bug where audio emitter entities were not played correctly.
- Fixed a bug that caused liquid ambient effects not to trigger properly.
- Updated sounds for swinging and hitting with swords.
USER INTERFACE AND USABILITY
- The key binding displays for container actions have been moved to a better position.
- The tooltips for the key binding of chests/banks have been corrected when no key binding is assigned.
- The text for the connection radius of the workbench chest has been updated for clarity.
SECURITY
- A circumvention of permissions in the asset editor has been fixed, which allowed unauthorized JSON asset changes to non-standard asset packages (already patched in release builds).
STABILITY AND BUG FIXES
- Improved performance in world generation
- Fixed an issue where fill blocks were not destroyed in some cases (e.g., large doors)
- Fixed erroneous predictions in block placement
- Fixed issues with switching worlds while riding:
- Fixed a bug that did not correctly remove the status of minecart riding
- Fixed a bug that did not correctly delete the status of horse riding
- Fixed issues with screen fades that might occur during world transfers
- Fixed a problem that could lead to a deadlock when saving chunks when removing a world
Can I test the update already? Yes. To do this, please follow these steps:
- Open your launcher
- Go to settings
- Enable “Pre-Release”
This should also allow you to access the new content. If you notice any bugs, you can report them to the team. This helps ensure that the update is likely to be released over the weekend. More about Hytale can be found here: Hytale will release 2 updates in a few days, wants to slow down now so you have more time to discover everything
