Hytale Update 7 and Chapter 1: Released October 12, 2026
Hytale Chapter 1 came out on October 12, 2026. Hypixel Studios calls it Chapter I: Out of the Breach, and it shipped as Update 7, the game's first content chapter. Update 7 opened on the pre-release branch on September 3, 2026, took five weekly parts there (the last on October 1), and shipped to every player on October 12. This page covers what the chapter added and what changes for anyone running a server. The source is Hypixel's Chapter I announcement and full changelog, read alongside its modder-facing notes for Update 7.
Every server has to update. Update 7 changed the network protocol, so a player on the new client cannot join a server still running the Update 6 build. Existing worlds carry over: Hypixel says Chapter I starts on an existing Exploration Mode save as well as a new one. Saved worlds also move to a smaller format the first time they load on Update 7, so take a backup before that first start.
What Chapter 1 adds
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Where it starts | Something stirs at the Forgotten Temple: explore the new Goblin Lab there to unlock the chapter. A Chapter screen lists the objectives and what each one unlocks. |
| The Goblin Breach | A temporary portal opens into a fragment of Orbis held by the goblins, which regenerates on every visit while the Void pushes you out on a timer. Fighting the Void back and upgrading the Goblin Breach Console in the Goblin Lab buys more time. Breaches start after a few nights, or after a player investigates the Forgotten Temple. |
| The Guttering Hollows | A new biome inside the breach with predators to track and trap, Void assassins, treasure chests that spring enemy waves, and puzzles. Hunts on the far side of a breach need a Voidheart, and hunt sites have their own map icon. |
| Goblins and the dungeon | Over 20 new and reimagined NPCs, among them a completely revamped goblin faction. The Deepworks is Hytale's first handcrafted dungeon, with the Elite Goblin Feastmaster and, at its end, the Gobliterator, the first multi-phase boss fight. A button beside the boss chamber entrance makes it harder. |
| Runestones and abilities | An ability system built on Runestones, slotted into a Runebinder's Lattice. Seven Ability Runestones (Fireball, Ground Slam, Wind Strike, Enrage, Imbue Poison, Chain Hook, Charged Shot) and eight Modifier Runestones. An Avatar equips up to two Ability Runestones; abilities cost mana, which regenerates on its own. Ability Runestones take 2 Runestone Shards to craft and Modifier Runestones 1. |
| Goblin gadgets | Scrap Drill (a 2x2 patch of blocks at once), Scrap Glider, Rocket Boots (double jump), Hookshot with Hook Anchors, Spyglass, the Bangstick, and a Goblin Repair Kit that repairs without lowering maximum durability. |
| Minigames | Prop Hunt and Shuffle Jam (12 microgames), played from Minigames on the main menu through matchmaking, solo or as a party. Hypixel said they open shortly after the chapter launches, and that a Minigames tab is coming to the Mod Browser for playing minigames locally or with friends in closed groups. |
| Also new | Two new portal worlds, over 100 cosmetic options (the Scrap Arcanist and Junk Pilot sets unlock through the chapter), Enkindled Copper, Enkindled Iron and Goblin Iron blocksets, and French and Spanish as game languages. |
What changes for servers
- Protocol. Clients and servers must run the same build. Until a server is updated, updated players cannot join it; see version mismatch.
- Worlds. Saved worlds take less disk space and upgrade themselves the first time they load. Servers also compress world data more efficiently as it saves, which lowers memory use on busy servers.
- Boot check. The server refuses to boot when its working directory,
--universe,--prefab-cacheor--backup-dirwould sit inside the launcher's install folder, which every update patches or wipes. It prints how to move them and exits with code 11.--allow-install-dir, or thehytale.allow_install_dirsystem property, overrides it for anyone who accepts the risk. A self-hosted server that stops with exit code 11 after the update hit this; see Hytale server won't start. - View distance. Capped at 32 chunks. A
MaxViewRadiusoutside 1 to 32 inconfig.jsonno longer stops the boot: it is clamped in memory with a warning and the file keeps what you wrote. The max view radius command rejects anything above 32. - Rules apply live. Server rule changes reach connected players at once: health bars, combat text, armour hiding and the rules for placing or breaking blocks update without a rejoin.
- World events. They can be switched off per world in the custom world settings or with
/worldevent enable, which takes true or false. New Creative worlds start with them off. - Commands renamed.
/leavebecame/portal leave,/cursethisis now/ephemeral, and/eventtitletakes--stylein place of--major;/portalcan also be typed instead of/fragment, which keeps working. Scripts and permissions that name the renamed commands need updating. - Sign-in and moderation.
/auth login browserand/auth login devicework while already signed in, keeping the current session until the new one completes. Bans and kicks now close every connection an account has open, Asset Editor connections included. - Fixes worth knowing. One player's connection can no longer break networking for everyone else, a freshly started server no longer freezes when several players join at once, servers close connections cleanly on shutdown, and certain cosmetic choices no longer stop a player connecting.
For plugin and mod developers
Update 7 breaks more plugin code than most updates. The items most likely to stop a plugin compiling or loading, from Hypixel's modder-facing notes:
- Block writes moved onto sections. The remaining
WorldChunk.setBlockoverloads,WorldChunk.breakBlockandIChunkAccessorSync.breakBlockare removed; useBlockOperationson the section reference fromChunkStore.getChunkSectionReferenceAtBlock.ChunkAccessor.performBlockUpdateandWorldChunk.setTickingare gone. - The
ShowEventTitlepacket droppedIsMajorfor anEventTitleStylefield, which breaks any plugin that builds the packet by hand. ClientFeatureno longer carries the health bar, combat text, armour hiding or block rule flags; they live in theGameplayConfigasset, replicated by a newWorldGameplayConfigpacket.- Charging NPCs use
ChargeAccelerationDistanceandChargeDecelerationDistancein blocks: a role that still setsChargeAccelerationonly warns at load and loses the behaviour, andRemovedBlockSetis folded intoIgnoredBlockSet. - Encounter asset files must declare the top-level
Classkey, the old audio timing spellings no longer decode, glider tuning moved toTemplate_Glider,Spectre_VoidisVoid_Spectre, and the treasure map objective is gone with everything it used. - Density nodes were renamed (SmallerThan to LessThan, SmallerOrEquals to LessOrEqual, Select to Selector), and some of the tree prefabs copied into
Prefabs/Orbis/Treesnow start their growth stages atStage_0rather thanStage_00.
Updating a server to Update 7
- Back up the world before the first start on the new build, because saves upgrade themselves on first load.
- Update the server files; until you do, updated players cannot join. Self-hosted servers fetch them with the downloader CLI.
- Check the data directories against the boot rule above, or expect exit code 11.
- Update or remove plugins built against Update 6 before they load.
- Replace
/leaveand/cursethisin scripts, rules and permissions.
For what comes next see the Hytale roadmap; for an earlier cycle, the Update 4 server guide; and for public servers, the Server Discovery guide.
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Frequently asked questions
When was Hytale Chapter 1 released?
On October 12, 2026. Hypixel Studios released Chapter I: Out of the Breach as Update 7, after five weekly pre-release parts between September 3 and October 1.
What is Hytale Update 7?
Update 7 is the update that delivered Chapter I: Out of the Breach on October 12, 2026: the Goblin Breach and the Guttering Hollows biome, the Deepworks dungeon with the Gobliterator boss, the Runestone ability system, goblin gadgets, the first minigames, new blocksets, cosmetics, and French and Spanish. It also changed the network protocol, the world save format and several server commands.
Do I need a new world for Chapter 1?
No. Hypixel says Chapter I starts on an existing Exploration Mode save as well as a new one: go to the Forgotten Temple and explore the new Goblin Lab. Saved worlds upgrade to a smaller format the first time they load on Update 7, so back the world up first.
Does a Hytale server need to update for Update 7?
Yes. Update 7 changed the network protocol, so clients and servers must run the same build, and a player on the new client cannot join a server still on Update 6. Update the server, check its data directories against the new install-folder boot check, and update plugins built for Update 6.
Can I play the new minigames on my server?
Prop Hunt and Shuffle Jam are played from Minigames on the main menu through matchmaking. Hypixel says a Minigames tab is coming to the Mod Browser so minigame experiences can be played locally or with friends in closed groups, followed later by a framework for building minigames.
What changes for Hytale server operators in Update 7?
Clients and servers must match builds. Saves upgrade themselves on first load. The server refuses to boot from inside the launcher's install folder, exits with code 11 and prints how to move, with --allow-install-dir to override. View distance is capped at 32 chunks and an out-of-range MaxViewRadius is clamped with a warning. /leave became /portal leave and /cursethis became /ephemeral, and /portal can be typed instead of /fragment. Rule changes apply without a rejoin, and bans and kicks close every connection an account has open.