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Hytale Update Timeline
Every Hytale Early Access update on one page, newest first, with what it means if you run a server. Stand: October 16, 2026. The discussion and the newest notes live in our Patch Tracker thread. Official source is always hytale.com/news.
Server owners: current must-knows
- Update 7 bumped the protocol again: client and server must be on the same build, plugins have to be rebuilt (big chunk/block API removal). Update 7 for server owners
- Back up
universe/before the first boot on Update 7: worlds are upgraded to a new format that older servers can't open. - Server refuses to boot from inside the launcher folder (exit code 11) unless you pass
--allow-install-dir. - Java 25,
java -jar HytaleServer.jar --assets Assets.zip, port UDP 5520 (QUIC, no TCP). Start script generator - Run 0.7.2 (Oct 14): fixes a world crash that disconnected everyone on worlds from before Update 7, and a Linux crash with RocksDB chunk storage.
Update 7 hotfixes
- 0.7.1: joining a world hosted on Windows no longer times out after 30 s, reconnect after an IP change works again
- 0.7.2: world crash that disconnected everyone (old goblin spawn beacon from Update 6) fixed, plus a Linux crash with RocksDB chunk storage
Update 7 · Chapter I: Out of the BreachSTABLE
- Goblin Breach: temporary portal into a goblin-held Orbis fragment that regenerates each entry, new biome Guttering Hollows
- Deepworks dungeon with Elite Goblin Feastmaster and the multi-phase Gobliterator (hidden hard mode)
- Runestones: 7 abilities + 8 modifiers, two abilities at once, Mana-based
- Gadgets: Scrap Drill, Scrap Glider, Rocket Boots, Hookshot, Spyglass, Bangstick, Goblin Repair Kit
- Minigames: Prop Hunt and Shuffle Jam (12 microgames)
Update 6 hotfixes
- Sep 7: automatic port forwarding gives up less early
- Sep 10: client memory leak on joining/switching fixed, plus a server leak where unloaded worlds stayed in memory
- Sep 14: random crash on Intel integrated graphics fixed
Update 6STABLE
- Spectator mode: dead players stay and can follow survivors or fly freely
- Hardcore options at world creation: Permadeath, Three Strikes, Nine Lives, Soulbound
- In-game Mod Browser (no paid mods in it)
- Standing on and getting pushed by entities with hard collision: moving platforms
- Creative tools: Color Tool, palette presets, selections up to 16 million blocks, Point Tool
- STUN/TURN networking: far fewer NAT connection failures (double NAT still doesn't work)
hytale/2 → hytale/3, servers and plugins have to be rebuilt. Client needs OpenGL 4.1. Details: Update 6 for server owners.Chapter 1 announced
First handcrafted dungeon with multi-phase bosses, a goblin faction and gadgets, carryable objects, rune abilities and world events like the Goblin Breach. Rough timing given: Chapter 1 and minigames "within 2–3 months", crafting rework moved to Chapter 2.
Update 5 hotfix (v0.5.7)
Security fix for a PNG image vulnerability between client and server. Still on an older 0.5 server? Update.
Update 5 (v0.5.0)
- In-game Community Server Discovery: find and join servers from inside the game
- First controller support, Trigger Volume Tool for creators
- Over an hour of new music with audio occlusion, social sidebar and friends list
Update 4
- 500+ new blocks, proximity voice chat, emote wheel, 7 hairstyles, the Revolve creative tool
Update 3
Content additions plus a wave of fixes and quality-of-life changes.
Update 2
- Avatar cosmetics (masks, blindfolds, mouth options), mining progression overhaul, balance and QoL
Update 1
First post-launch update: new content alongside fixes and QoL.
Early Access launch
Hytale went into Early Access with an older, skeletal build. Adventure Mode and most of the world-gen rework were still to come.
Missed something? Tell us in the Patch Tracker thread. New updates also land in our Discord in #patch-notes.