Looking for Hytale patch notes for the Early Access release? After more than eight years of development (and having been saved from the brink of death), the highly anticipated survival-crafting RPG has finally launched in Early Access. As the developers have clearly stated, the game is still unfinished, meaning regular updates are to be expected. In this article, you’ll find the Hytale Day 1 update patch notes, covering bug fixes, balance changes, QoL improvements, new content, and more.
Hytale Day 1 Update Patch Notes
Hytale is now live in Early Access, and the game is avilable for everyone on PC via the game's official launcher. The developers have also shared Hytale Day 1 patch notes, highlighting all the last-minute changes and fixes ahead of the early access launch. Without further ado, here are the latest Hytale Patch Notes:
Connectivity
- Added message after server boot if authentication is required.
- Client now switches to offline mode when session becomes invalid.
Stability
- Fixed a crash that could occur when selecting certain hair styles followed by eyebrows in character creation.
- Fixed a crash when taking screenshots for people with non-English folder names.
- Fixed an issue preventing our Norwegian friends from launching the game.
- Fixed a crash when using buckets. This broke some workbenches, they will need to be destroyed and placed back down to resolve the issue.
- Preventing left mouse button from being bound to some actions.
- General stability improvements.
Launcher
- Added a warning to inform players if their computer time is out of date. This fixes certain authentication issues.
- Fixed an authentication issue that happened sporadically when logging in.
Services
- Patched a vulnerability that allowed players to spoof their username. (purely visual)
- Improved caching of game patches globally.
- Improved email sending service to handle larger volumes of emails.
Hytale Early Access Content - What to Expect?
As stated numerous times since the game's resurrection, the version we’ll be playing in Early Access is far from the developers’ envisioned final product. Many features are not yet ready for release, a significant amount of content remains unfinished, and several game modes are still unimplemented.
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The developers want to focus on completing the game’s core mechanics and systems before expanding it with new content. Below is what’s planned for Early Access, as shared by the developers:
- Platform: Windows at launch (Hytale launcher, no Steam or Epic Games Store), Linux and Mac will be attempted, other platforms, such as consoles and mobile, at a much later date.
- Early Access state: The developers state you should expect bugs, glitches, rough edges, unbalanced content, unfinished elements, and frequent updates that break more things.
- Early access duration: Expected to last at least a few years. The studio has no desire to rush to 1.0. version.
- Launch content: Exploration Mode, Creative Mode, and Modding.
- Not at launch: Minigames and Adventure Mode (both will come later with a dedicated team for minigames).
- Game build: Using the previous engine from the original trailer (The Legacy Engine, C#/Java, PC-only), enabling faster development and immediate playability.
- Modding: Available at launch. Run your own servers and create custom content.
Hytale Patch Notes FAQ
The latest update is the Day 1 Early Access patch.
The game will update automatically the next time you launch the Hytale launcher.
Right here. We will regularly update this article as soon as there's a new Hytale patch.
In the first few months of early access, the focus will be on fixing bugs, polishing the game, balancing gameplay, completing the already implemented content, and making other changes and improvements to the core systems and mechanics.
The developers will deploy updates weekly, and even daily when needed for hotfixes and urgent patches.
So there you have it, the latest Hytale patch notes, covering all recent changes, fixes, balance updates, new content, and more. If you want to learn more about Hytale, be sure to check out our dedicated Hytale hub, where you’ll find guides, recipes, tier lists, walkthroughs, how-tos, and more.
Nikola is a Senior Staff Writer at Pro Game Guides with over 13 years of experience in gaming journalism. He has been playing video games since his father bought him an NES and a Sega Mega Drive in the early 1990s. Over the years, he has mainly become a PC gamer with a love for narrative-driven RPGs, real-time strategy games, and psychological/survival horror titles. Still, he enjoys any game that’s worth his time.