Hytale Chapter 1: Gobliterator, Goblin Breaches and Rune Abilities

The first big content update since Early Access launched is here: a handcrafted dungeon, a multi-phase boss, and a new ability system.

On October 12, 2026, Chapter 1 arrives in Hytale (also listed as Update 7 in the patch notes). It brings the first handcrafted dungeon, the first multi-phase boss, Goblin Breaches, and rune abilities. Important for server owners: your server has to be updated to the new version, otherwise players on the updated client can no longer join.

• First handcrafted dungeon: it ends in a fight against the Gobliterator.
• Gobliterator: a goblin mech built from scrap and the first multi-phase boss in Hytale. The fight runs on the new Encounter Manager system.
• Goblin Breaches: a new world event with temporary portals into unstable fragments of Orbis.
• Rune abilities: abilities and modifiers via runestones, placed in a Runebinder's Effigy.
• Goblin gadgets: Scrap Drill, Spyglass, Scrap Glider, Rocket Boots, and Hookshot.
• Chapter screen: tracks your objectives and rewards completed tasks with cosmetics.

After you start the chapter at the Forgotten Temple, the first handcrafted dungeon leads you to the Gobliterator. The boss fights in several phases, summons enemy waves, and changes the arena. Enemies include the Scrapper, Miner, Guardian, Lobber, Burner, and the elite Feastmaster, who calls in reinforcements mid-fight. Not every goblin is hostile: one of them even runs a shop.

Game director Simon Collins-Laflamme has also announced a bounty: $15,000 for the first streamer to defeat the Gobliterator on hard mode, in Hardcore, without armor or potions.

Once you have started the chapter at the Forgotten Temple, a temporary portal can appear in your world. It leads to an unstable fragment of Orbis with goblin-held biomes and a growing Void presence. According to the pre-release, you will find predators to track and trap, Void assassins, treasure chests that trigger enemy waves, and puzzles guarding areas you cannot dig into.

Runes unlock active abilities. An Ability Runestone (rare) selects the ability, and a Modifier Runestone (uncommon) changes how it behaves. As of the October 1 pre-release, these abilities and modifiers exist (they may still change before release):

• Abilities: Enrage, Fireball, Imbue Poison, Ground Slam, Wind Strike, Chain Hook, Charged Shot.
• Modifiers: Expansion, Extended Duration, Fork, Ricochet, Wither, Rend, Quickening.

• French is added as a game language.
• Creative worlds get a toggle for world events.
• Health and stamina potions share their cooldown.
• Enchantments are not planned for Chapter 1. According to the roadmap, minigames follow next (no date), and Chapter 2 brings a crafting rework and companions.

• Update your server: client and server must be on the same protocol version. A server on the old version rejects updated clients.
• Back up first: back up the universe folder with your worlds and player data before you update.
• Check plugins and asset packs: Update 7 renames several asset types and changes the protocol. Since Update 3, Hytale refuses to start servers with mod validation errors. Update or remove anything that fails to load.
• Breaches are optional: according to the pre-release notes, you can switch Goblin Breaches on or off per world with /worldevent enable true or false.
• Hardcore: the mode can only be selected when a world is created, existing worlds cannot be switched over.

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