Hytale

Hytale Pre-Release Update: Patch Notes, Gameplay Changes, & More

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A new update for the Hytale Pre-Release Branch is live, and it brings many new features, balance changes, and overall gameplay improvements. For instance, become a lord of darkness with your own undead army with the improved Necromancy Grimoire. If you’re ready to learn more about this update and perhaps try its offerings out in their unstable states, keep reading.

Hytale Pre-Release Changes: Changes & Optimizations

Simon Collins-Laflamme, CEO of Hypixel, recently posted information about the recent update for the Pre-Release Branch of Hytale. This latest patch contains several improvements, balance changes, and bug fixes to the game, improving performance and overall quality of life. For starters, it’s now possible to place map markers, allowing players to chart different sections of Orbis. Doing so also promotes quick remembrance of various points of interest, including enemy and ore locations. These markers are also great in multiplayer Hytale servers, as new players can follow previously placed indicators for faster farming runs. Apart from the map, additional enhancements help redefine the game’s core gameplay loops. One notable mention is the revamped Necromancy Grimoire introduced in Update 2. Before, players could use the Necronomicon to summon standard skeleton soldiers. This time, it’s now possible to summon aggressive new ranged variants, turning your undead army into a formidable force. Then there are various quality-of-life improvements, particularly the addition of different controls for inventory and storage management. For instance, players can now shift-drag items and use the new “Take All” button to help reduce, and perhaps even eliminate, countless inventory micromanagement sessions.

Hytale Pre-Release Update Patch Notes (Full) – January 29, 2026

Find out more about this latest update for the Hytale Pre-Release Branch by reading the full patch notes below:

MAP & NAVIGATION

User-placed Map Markers have been added!
Create custom markers anywhere on your map with customizable names, icons, and colors
Share markers with other players in multiplayer
New gameplay settings to toggle marker visibility on map and compass
Delete markers via the map context menu
Updated map marker icons and improved their display resolution
Player names are now always rendered on the map and are more readable when zoomed in
Compass now shows different icons based on vertical distance (above/below you)
Teleport option is now hidden for map markers when in Adventure gamemode

COSMETICS & CUSTOMIZATION

New Avatar customization options:
New Hat: Tweed Hat
New Overtop: Mage Shirt
New Shoes: Styled Flats, Wedge Shoes
New color variations for Fashionable Shoes
New haircut added
Updated visuals for the Morning haircut
Added Construction Hard Hat

COMBAT & ITEMS

Weapon Adjustments & Fixes:
Adjusted damage value inconsistencies and upgrade differences across some weapon tiers
Adjusted the guarding stamina costs that were previously misconfigured for certain drop-only weapons
All spear types should now consistently stack up to 5 and be throwable
Necromancy Grimoire Improvements:
Summons no longer take damage from their summoner (and vice versa)
Summons now respond when the player is attacked, not just when attacking
Summons are faster and more aggressive
Added variety to the types of skeletal minions that are raised, including a ranged variant
Misc: Improved in-hand positioning for Ingots and Sticks

GAMEPLAY

Doors no longer close when blocked by entities or players
Teleporters now require you to clear a short distance before re-use
Sort keybind now works in the player's inventory
Added "Take All" functionality for processing bench output items
Shift-dragging now quickly transfers items between inventories
Minecarts no longer move when stuck
Reduced farming bench tier requirement for Chicken Coop from 5 to 3
Large Kweebec Chests now support placing blocks on top
Fixed NPCs in a Coop transforming into other NPCs
Fixed being able to capture a dead NPC with the Capture Crate
Reworked utility wheel quick swap to include the inactive slot

BLOCKS & WORLD

Re-added Incandescent Volcanic Rock
New block textures and variants: Thorium Cracks Basalt Cracks Magma Cracks Mud Dry Cracks
Updated crack variants for 4 Ore blocks
Updated Cobalt texture
Fixed Magma Adamantite block tiling
Added Default_Flat and Default_Void weather configurations for their respective world instances

AUDIO

Fixed water emitter radius so audio plays properly in stereo instead of just the left ear
Fixed audio emitter entities not playing correctly
Fixed fluid ambient effects not triggering properly
Updated sword swing and impact sounds

UI & QUALITY OF LIFE

Moved container action keybind indicators to a better position
Fixed chest/bench keybind tooltips when keybinds are unassigned
Updated workbench chest connection radius text to be clearer

SECURITY

Fixed a permissions bypass in the Asset Editor that allowed unauthorized JSON asset modifications to non-standard asset packs (already patched in release builds)