Hytale Patch Notes - Update 2

Cosmetics & Customization

• New Avatar customization options have been added for everyone.
• Bandit Mask + Side Knot (Variant)
• Blindfold + Thick (Variant)
• Bandage Blindfold + Thick, Left Eye, Right Eye (Variants)
• Vampire Mouth
• Cute Mouth
• Orc Mouth
• Added white color to fantasy cotton cosmetic colors
• Updated visuals for the following haircuts:
• Single Side Pigtail
• Hair Stick Bun
• Simple Bobcut
• Fighter Buns
• Smart Elven
• Windswept
• Added new armor slot visibility toggles next to equipped armor, accessible directly in the character panel.
• Server hosts can disable/enable this feature to enforce rules for PvP/Immersion purposes.
• Improved animations for capes when the player is running.

Gameplay & Balance

• A new item was added that allows the user to raise skeletal minions from nearby bone piles.
• Has a chance to drop from the large Praetorian Skeleton.
• Adamantite now requires a Thorium or Cobalt pickaxe to be mined.
• Mining and pickaxe progression has been adjusted.
• Lower tier pickaxes now deal much less damage to higher tier ore blocks.
• Upgrading to a higher quality pickaxe significantly reduces the amount of hits required.
• Buffed Polar Bears.
• More decorative light recipes have been added to the furniture bench.
• The following NPCs will now drop Medium Hide instead of Light Hide:
• Bison
• Boar
• Cow
• Horse
• Warthog
• The Magma Toad has been adjusted.
• Tongue damage has been significantly reduced.
• It now alternates between its Tongue attack and a new ability: Headbutt
• Petals are now craftable in the furniture bench under Textiles category.
• This makes them renewable as Yellow Petals can be farmed from growing Sunflower Seeds.
• All crafting requirements used to make different colored Petals are renewable resources.
• Lighter variants for each Cloth Block can now be crafted using a combination of Petals.

World Generation

• WorldGen V2 has been prepared for public documentation to help modders.
• New Default_Flat & Default_Void templates have been added using World Gen V2.
• The Creative Hub Portal now spawns with World Gen V2 flat worldgen.
• Results in clear weather and limited fog, but only works in new creative worlds.
• Major refactor of ore placement in all zones. - You will need to explore new chunks for old worlds to see this change.
• Results in more ores, especially in Devastated Lands undergrounds.

Farming

• Eternal crops no longer break from accidental weapon damage.
• Increased tilled soil lifetime.
• Now lasts longer between 1.2 to 1.5 days.
• Fixed soil decay under fully grown crops.
• You can now hold torches in your offhand while using the Hoe and Seeds.
• Breaking fully grown Eternal crops will drop their Seeds back.
• Harvested crops can now be placed on the ground when crouching.
• Recipe requirement costs have been adjusted for Hoes.
• Hoes now unlock at different farming bench tiers.
• Copper is now Tier 2 instead of Tier 4.
• Iron is now Tier 4 instead of Tier 8.
• Thorium has been added at Tier 6.

UI / UX

• Improved the editor block tooltip descriptions.
• Tooltips will now display the name of colors when hovering over color options in the Avatar Customization menu.
• Made improvements to the visibility of the hotbar active-slot by increasing contrast and adding a diamond indicator.
• This makes it easier to see the hotbar active-slot, when in brighter environments like the Howling Sands.
• The categories of Memories are now sorted alphabetically when being viewed via "The Heart Of Orbis".
• Scripted Brush QoL improvements.
• Added missing entries to filters, and removed invalid blocks from filters.
• Fixed various bugs in existing scripted brushes.
• Added decoration and cave brushes.
• Removed redundant scripted brushes.
• Updated the JumpIfBlockType node to use a single offset instead of a list of offsets.
• Inventory interaction updates.
• Better double click handling, you can now click faster.
• Shift + Clicking on armor will now directly equip it if no armor is currently equipped in the respective slot.
• QERT shortcut keybinds have been added for the inventory "quick actions" (put all, pull all, quickstack and sort).
• Shortcuts now display in the tooltip when hovering over "quick action" buttons such as "Sort Items By Type (T)".
• An "FPS counter overlay" option has been added to the settings menu.
• This can be found under General > User Interface.
• The current FPS will be displayed in the top right corner of the game when this is enabled.
• Made various improvements to player markers.
• Player markers now display on the compass.
• Removed "Player: " prefix from the player markers on the map.
• Player names will always render on the map.
• Added toggle buttons for map/compass visibility in the maps player list.
• Players at different heights will have a different icon (up/down indicators) in the compass.
• Added Ophidiophobia accessibility mode. 
• This can be found under Gameplay > Accessibility.
• Turns Snake models into Hatworms.

Audio & Visual Effects

• Added all missing basic Rex sounds.
• Updated the bones item drag/drop inventory sound.
• Fixed a bug in a Howling Sands cave track.
• Updated all food particle tints.

Bug Fixes, Tech & Stability

• Introduced a server auto-update system, including configuration options and new commands for update management.
• Added a new UpdateModule core plugin and integrated it into the server boot process, allowing the server to check for and apply updates, notify players, and handle staged updates.
• Introduced UpdateConfig in HytaleServerConfig with fields for enabling updates, check intervals, notification preferences, patchline selection, backup options, and auto-apply modes. Includes serialization support and getter/setter methods.
• Added a new shutdown reason ShutdownReason.UPDATE to indicate when the server should restart to apply a staged update.
• Added new /update commands and detailed server messages for checking, downloading, applying, and managing updates, including player notifications and auto-apply warnings.
• Updated the release workflow to include launcher scripts (start.sh, start.bat).
• Made improvements to rendering shadows to fix various issues.
• Fixed middle click "pick block" when the hotbar is full in creative mode.
• Now when middle clicking a block in creative mode when the inventory is full, it will replace the current slot with the newly picked item.
• The Asset Editor will now display documentation in tooltips.
• Fixed issues with Mantling detection which resulted in many unintended behaviours.
• Implemented a fix to persist cleared keybinds across sessions.
• Made some adjustments to improve weather transitions to reduce jarring visuals.
• More improvements will be made in future updates.
• Fixed an issue when using teleporters to avoid accidental collisions by applying an offset.
• Rail carts now consume correctly and place properly.
• Bed respawning in unloaded chunks has been fixed.
• Fixes an issue where the collision checks always failed if there were no loaded chunks.
• Major server stability, validation, ECS, localization and timeout improvements.
• Refilling containers now targets the closest block of water rather than requiring you to aim at a block behind/under water.
• Fixed some types of items displaying oversized placement previews.
• Fixed an issue with the Berserker haircut texture tiling.
• Fixed glasses textures from inheriting the cosmetic colour on their lens highlights.
• Added permissions for world map teleporting.
• Prevents players from sending packets to the server and teleporting anywhere they want without Op.
• Emerald Wilds dungeon and other environments have been fixed. - You might hear new soundtracks!
• Fixed sending player marker updates while map isn't open.
• Fixed player markers flickering when hovered on the map.
• Other players names are more readable when zoomed in on the map.