Hytale Update 6 Part 1 — Block Palette Presets, Server Discovery & Creative Tools

Hytale Pre-Release Update 6 Part 1 kicks off the Update 6 series with Block Palette Presets — a major quality-of-life feature for builders — along with Server Discovery improvements, enhanced Creative Tools, audio additions, and a wide range of bug fixes and modder-facing changes.

This is the foundation update that sets the stage for the rest of Update 6. Below is the complete breakdown of everything included.

Headline Features

Block Palette Presets

• New side tab in Quick Settings to manage block palettes
• Save block palettes as presets and load them at any time
• New Palette Editor with color picker and block eyedropper

World & Blocks

• Grass will no longer spread underwater — existing underwater grass reverts to dirt

UI & Quality of Life

• Server Discovery: servers with more than 4 tags show first 3 tags + overflow indicator
• Creative item library always deletes items dropped into it
• Right-click to drop items one at a time from stacks in the Creative library
• 'EU' region name updated to 'Europe'

Modding & Creative Tools

• New world setting: 'Resolve Block Spawners'
• Image and OBJ importing tools now use TextureComputedColor for more accurate imports
• New button in Asset Editor to regenerate TextureComputedColor
• Selection Tool improvements for localized text

Audio

• New break sounds for Trash Piles, Brazier, Leaves, Brambles
• New landing sounds for Cloth blocks

Bug Fixes

• Fixed player movement speed when sprinting in Creative with speed multiplier
• Fixed projectile spawn position validation — server now authoritative
• Fixed NPC and mount interaction distance validation
• Fixed blocks configured to fall not falling
• Fixed Paste Tool offset resetting after pasting
• Fixed Ruler Tool display issues
• Fixed numerous UI, rendering, and crash issues

Modders Warning Section

Deprecations & Breaking Changes

• BlockChunk#getEnvironmentChunk() and several WorldChunk methods deprecated
• PrefabSaverSettings methods removed — migrate to SupportMode enum
• Network protocol version bumped from hytale/2 to hytale/3
• Various API changes for plugin developers (see full patch notes for details)