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This Week in Hytale: Apr 10 - Apr 17, 2026
Friends lists go live, Hypixel tackles a copycat Switch game, and the community gets creative with Pokémon battles and backpack mods.
This Week in Hytale: Mar 27 - Apr 3, 2026
Update 5 hits pre-release, the modding contest announces winners, and the community keeps building wild stuff while waiting for full release.
Update 4 Final Pre-Release: 500 New Blocks and a Week to Prepare
Simon drops the final pre-release before Update 4 launches March 26th. Server owners and modders have one week to test their setups, but local mod tes...
Hytale's Pre-Release Update 4.4 Brings Voice Chat Upgrades and New Modding Tools
Update 4 Part 4 dropped with zero new content blocks, but the community's reaction reveals something interesting about what actually makes server host...
This Week in Hytale: Feb 27 - Mar 6, 2026
Hypixel drops a massive $100K modding contest, proximity voice chat hits pre-release, and the community goes wild with seal models and Blood Ravens. P...
Hytale Just Got Voice Chat (And Players Are Already Testing the Limits)
Simon's proximity voice chat promise is here. Pre-release players are diving in with feedback about volume controls and spatial audio quirks.
This Week in Hytale: Feb 20 - Feb 27, 2026
Update 4 pre-release brings emotes and creative mode changes. Plus Pokemon and Stardew mods blow up, and Hypixel warns about temporary features.
Hytale's New Emote System Shows How Mod-Friendly the Game Really Is
The latest pre-release update adds emotes to Hytale, and the mod structure is ridiculously simple. Here's what the community is already asking for.
Hytale's Update 4 Part 1 Drops With Builder-Friendly Tweaks (And a Mod Stability Warning)
Simon drops a lighter pre-release patch focused on building improvements and world recovery tools, while developers set expectations about mod compati...
Hytale Update 3: Animal Taming, Fire Spread, and the Path to Full Release
Update 3 drops animal taming, custom map markers, fire spread, and reveals how chapters will unfold the Cursebreaker arc through Early Access.
Hytale's Update 3 Rollout: Breaking Down Three Weeks of Pre-Release Features
Simon Hypixel dropped three major pre-release patches over three weeks, revealing custom map markers, avatar presets, new fire physics, and early tami...
Hytale's January 2026 Hotfix: What the Performance and Stability Updates Mean
Hytale Team rolled out a batch of critical fixes addressing NVIDIA stuttering, server stability, and gameplay bugs. Here's what changed and why it mat...