The first major update for Hytale is coming and brings several changes that are intended to improve the game. One of them is particularly helpful.
What kind of update is this? The developers of Hytale plan to release the first major update for the Minecraft alternative between Friday and Saturday, January 16 to 17. Although the game has only been out for a few days, new content as well as improvements that Hytale desperately needs are already available.
The launch of Hytale was already a great success:
New content and important improvements
What’s included in the update? The developers of Hytale have not yet published official patch notes, but in recent days, the head Simon “Hypixel” has made several comments about improvements.
It has been confirmed that the upcoming patch adds dinosaurs as new NPCs in the “Zone 4 Underworld”. Zone 4 refers to the “Devastated Lands”, meaning the lava islands that you find out in the open ocean. There you can find adamantite, the ore with which you craft your endgame equipment.
Below the zone, there is another underworld where the dinosaurs are expected to spawn. However, for some players, the improvement in placing torches may be even more important. With the new patch, players should be able to easily place torches by right-clicking while holding them in their off-hand.
Also confirmed is a change to the sound effects that occur when mining. These are expected to be more rewarding to enhance the mining experience.
What else is to come? While the official patch notes are still awaited, the Hytale partner @HytaleNewsYT has posted a summary of the unofficial patch notes. It is unclear whether these will actually come to pass and how the list was generated. We have translated the list into German here and will exchange it for the official patch notes as soon as they go live. You can find the original on X.com:
Combat & Balance
- More reliable melee hits
- Burns/Lava adjustments + water extinguishes burns
- Fire creatures are now fireproof
- NPC/combat corrections + exploit fixes
Crafting & Items
- Backpacks are easier and cheaper to craft
- Workbench pulls from a larger chest radius (2x)
- Faster processing of leather (-10 s)
- Adjustments to the balance of food/agriculture
- Corrections to the physics of dropped items
- You can now place torches while wielding two weapons at once (except swords, which have priority with blocking).
Audio & VFX
- New/updated mining and ore sounds
- Improved particle effects (ore mining, food, memories, potions)
- Minor fixes to graphics and positioning
User Interface / Performance / Quality of Life
- FOV safety measures + fixes for high FOV
- Faster chunk loading at high render distance
- Warnings before release/version
- Better lag handling + minor updates to the key mapping/user interface
- Improved atmosphere/spawns in Zone 4 (sewer/volcano areas)
- Villages/outposts/dungeons repaired
- Overhaul of environmental damage
- Earlier bedtime (–1 h 30 min)
- Loot/animation corrections + minor interaction adjustments
- Dinosaur added in Zone 4
Customization & Miscellaneous
- New face/hair options (available only when the release version is released) + cosmetic fixes
- Adorable secret new NPC added for creatives and modders
Commands / Server / Stability
- Improvements to teleport/give/whitelist/ban
- Network/authentication updates + stability fixes
With the first major patch of Hytale, the team demonstrates how they intend to proceed with development in the future. Many smaller updates are to be released continuously, just like in Minecraft when the competition was still in alpha. The very first patch of Hytale actually came shortly after the release: Hytale reaches 2.8 million players at release, fixes major issues with first patch
