We are looking for players to help us test the Hytale Pre-Release first update via the launcher!

If all goes well, we will release this patch in a couple of hours! Please reply to this post, and I will review the reports in a couple of hours. Thank you! Let’s hope it’s stable enough to launch before the weekend!

Here are the notes to help you test things out! (not in full detail; awaiting team members to confirm).

Combat & Balance

• More reliable melee hits
• Burn/Lava tuning + water clears burns
• Fire creatures now fire-immune
• NPC/combat fixes + exploit fixes

Crafting & Items

• Backpacks are easier + cheaper to craft
• Benches pull from a larger chest radius (2x)
• Faster hide to leather processing (-10s)
• Food/farming balance tweaks
• Dropped-item physics fixes
• You can now place torches while dual-wielding (except sword, it prioritize block)

Audio & VFX

• New/updated mining + ore sounds
• Improved particles (ore breaking, eating, memories, potions)
• Small visual/positioning fixes

UI / Performance / QoL

• FOV safeguards + high-FOV fixes
• Faster chunk loading at high view distance
• Pre-release/version warnings
• Better lag handling + small keybind/UI updates

World & NPCs

• Improved zone 4 atmosphere/spawns (sewers/volcanic areas)
• Villages/outposts/dungeons repaired
• Environmental damage rework
• Earlier sleep time (-1h30m)
• Loot/animation fixes + minor interaction tweaks
• Added dinosaurs in Zone 4

Customization & Misc

• New face/hair options (unavailable until it goes to release build) + cosmetic fixes
• Cute secret new NPC added for creatives and modders

Commands / Server / Stability

• Teleport/give/whitelist/ban improvements
• Networking/auth updatesrash + stability fixes

Source: Simon’s X account