What to know
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Part 1 pre-release launches Thursday, February 19, keeping weekly cadence strong.
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Builds on Update 3’s backups, taming, fire, and climbing overhauls.
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Media remote teases in-game YouTube/Twitch viewing revival.
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CurseForge mod partnership arrives March 3 for creators.
Hytale‘s evolving world is soon getting Update 4 pre-release, building on the momentum from recent patches. This keeps the early access pace brisk, letting you test fresh tools while the team refines stability.
Hytale Update 4 Launch Details
Update 4 pre-release part 1 arrives Thursday, February 19, maintaining Hypixel Studios’ weekly testing rhythm post-Update 3’s stable release on February 17. Developers commit to this pace, planning full updates every 2-6 weeks while staying 1-3 weeks ahead in QA pipelines. Access requires enabling pre-release branch in launcher settings gear icon, then restarting to download.
The drop aligns with recent announcements, emphasizing uninterrupted progress despite early access challenges.
Recap of Update 3 Foundations
Update 3 merges three pre-releases into stable, introducing animal taming for select creatures, fire spread physics, and goblin flamethrower in creative mode. Rope climbing expands with sideways movement, sprint speedups, crouch drops, and ladder improvements. Map system upgrades include customizable markers, higher-res icons, player name rendering, and grass spreading.
Inventory, presets, block variants, and cosmetics receive tweaks alongside combat balance and performance optimizations like atomic saving and world gen efficiency. Bug fixes target memory leaks, crashes, exploits, and corruption.
World Backup Innovations
Navigate to dedicated settings tab to manage backups – toggle enable/disable, set frequency, cap storage percentage.
Scan worlds for bad chunks or corruption, auto-restoring from latest viable save. This safeguards against testing bugs, with launcher warnings for pre-release risks.
Pre-release users gain early exposure, but stable players stay protected. Full notes consolidate prior patches.
Media and Streaming Revival
Media remote item surfaces in builds, enabling YouTube and Twitch embeds on billboards or events—reviving prototyped social features. Place and interact for seamless viewing during play. Rollout ties into update 4 testing phases.
Modding and Partnerships
CurseForge becomes official mod hub March 3, streamlining downloads and sharing. Expect integrated launcher support for custom content, aligning with Hytale’s creator tools legacy.
Community Extras
Hytale OST on Spotify expands, Discord gains emotes, Valentine’s raptor postcards return. Server hosts like Apex support event scaling. Fan art showcases and dev blogs keep engagement high.
Detailed Patch Breakdown
| Category | Highlights |
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| Creatures/Gameplay | Taming, fire/flamethrower, grass spread, climbing (sideways, sprint, crouch) |
| UI/Map | Markers, icons, names, inventory QoL |
| Tech/Fixes | Backups, atomic saves, leaks, crashes, exploits |
| Creative | Cosmetics, presets, blocks, balance |
Pre-Release Setup Steps
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Launch Hytale client.
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Gear icon opens settings.
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Select pre-release branch.
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Restart, download update 4 part 1.
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Test worlds cautiously, use backups.
Broader Roadmap Insights
World Gen V2 demos galaxy-scale realms, dream biomes like yellow forests, taller Emerald trees. Prior cadence: Update 1 dinosaurs, Update 2 necromancy. Weekly drops fuel feedback loops for stable polish.
Preparing for Update 4 Impact
Jump into pre-releases to shape features, leverage backups for safety, and watch mod ecosystem explode with CurseForge. Steady updates redefine sandbox expectations.
