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Today we've released SkyWars: Kits Duos, and the first of our brand new collector bundles: the SkyWars Collectors Bundle.

SkyWars Collectors Bundle

Introducing the SkyWars Collectors Bundle, the first of our brand new collector bundles!

Purchasing the SkyWars Collectors Bundle will grant you access to the following 12 exclusive cosmetics:

• Dark Magma Death Crate
• Golden Pegasus Death Crate
• Pirate Tavern Island Flag
• Daisy Island Flag
• Sunflower Island Flag
• Confetti Kill Effect
• Hearts Kill Effect
• Flower Power Projectile Trail
• GG Projectile Trail
• Hoverbike Spawn Vehicle
• Pegasus Spawn Vehicle
• The Collector Hub Title

Check it out: https://mcstore.io/the-hive/skywars-collectors-bundle

We plan to release collectors bundles for more of our games in the near future, be sure to let us know which games you'd like to see a collectors bundle for next!

SkyWars: Kits Duos

SkyWars: Kits Duos is now available to play!

You can access it by using the game selector, or by typing /queue SKY-KITS-DUOS in chat.

We've started granting the new Hive+ cosmetics to those that already have Hive+. You'll be granted these unlocks automatically when you join.

Around 5PM UTC tomorrow, the original Hive+ cosmetics will no longer be available to new purchasers. Starting then, buying Hive+ only grants you the new cosmetics. Players that purchase Hive+ before 5PM UTC tomorrow will gain access to both the original and new cosmetics.

The Hive plans to use new blocks and functionality from modern Minecraft versions. As such, we are removing support for the following versions:

• 1.16.x on December 3rd
• 1.17.0, 1.17.1 and 1.17.2 on December 9th

We will be supporting recent 1.17 versions for the foreseeable future.

On Windows 10 and experiencing input delay and/or pink glitch? Check out our tutorial on installing non-Renderdragon Minecraft HERE.

Mojang has released Minecraft 1.18 today, November 30th. As usual, the Hive has full support for this version of Minecraft.

If you wish to play without the RenderDragon engine on Windows 10, we've updated our support page with the download link for 1.18. You can also obtain the 1.18 32-bit non-RenderDragon directly HERE.

Please note that due to our wish to use new features, blocks and items from Minecraft 1.17, The Hive will be dropping support for 1.16 versions of Minecraft on or after the 3rd of December. We will be supporting 1.17 versions of the game for the foreseeable future, but generally advise the most recent version of the game.

To prepare for an upcoming version of Minecraft, our North America and Europe regions will be temporarily unavailable for maintenance. Players will connect to Asia during this time.

Back by popular demand: The Hive Block Friday sale! Save on many Hive store offers this weekend:

• 50% off ALL regular costumes!
• 30% off Hive+!
• 50% off Hive booster!

For costumes and Hive+, this sale also applies to Gift versions.

Hive+ sale ends early Saturday, November 27th. Costume and booster sale ends early Monday, November 29th.

In the coming week, Hive+ will be updated. The hub titles, avatars, and costume will be replaced with newer, better ones.

Anyone who has already purchased Hive+ will keep the current cosmetics and receive the new ones free of charge when the offer is updated.

As a result, these are the last few days new Hive+ purchases will receive:

• Royal Melon Costume
• "The VIBee" Hub Title
• "The OG" Hub Title
• "The Supporter" Hub Title
• Oinky Avatar
• Hopper Avatar
• Quackers Avatar
• Moorisson Avatar

We understand a specific subset of players collects cosmetics, so consider this a last-chance notice before these cosmetics will no longer be collectible.

You're going to love the new cosmetics!

For those affected by performance issues, input delay, and "pink glitch" on Windows 10, we now provide a tutorial on installing the non-RenderDragon version of Minecraft Bedrock Edition. Whilst we can't guarantee this resolves all 1.17 issues for all players, it is worth trying this if you are affected by the aforementioned bugs.

Find the tutorial here.

Despite 1.17 having been released almost 6 months ago, up until now, The Hive has continued to allow players to play on some 1.16 versions of Minecraft.

Whilst we understand that a small number of players have continued to use 1.16 in order to avoid bugs that have been introduced in some of the more recent versions of Minecraft, continuing to support these older versions would leave us unable to use any of the new features that the newer versions of Minecraft bring.

The Hive will be dropping support for 1.16 versions of Minecraft on or after the 3rd of December.

From this point onwards, you will need to update to a 1.17 version to be able to join The Hive.