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notification
3 years ago

Updates Website

Welcome to our updates website! Come back regularly to find the latest Hive updates, or subscribe by email to get (important) updates delivered to your mailbox.

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notification
3 days ago

Development Update - March 2023

As we aim to be more transparent, we're updating you on the current state of The Hive, our company, and what we're working on. Read our full development update, for March 2023, on our website HERE.

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game update
2 weeks ago

The Bridge Quests

An update to The Bridge has been deployed to all regions. This update adds support for the following quest criteria:

  • Win x games
  • Play x games
  • Score x points
  • Use x leaps
  • Deal x arrow damage

Developer note: Although this update supports these quests, it may take a while to see available quests using these new criteria.

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game update
2 weeks ago

BlockParty Update (Quests, Custom Server Options)

An update to BlockParty is deploying across all regions. This update includes minor bug fixes, support for quests, and adds custom server options.

Custom Server Options

  • Enable/Disable Negative Powerups
  • Enable/Disable PvP Powerups (Knockback Nemo)
  • Enable/Disable Color UI Elements
  • Powerup Count (Disabled, Default, Custom between 1-10 per round)
  • Enable/Disable Color Mixing

Quest Criteria

  • Surviving X rounds
  • Outliving X players
  • Using X powerups (including per-powerup)
  • Player X games
  • Winning X games

Developer note: Although this update supports these quests, it may take a while to see available quests using these new criteria.

Bug Fixes

  • Changed the pink color to use a better color for UI rendering

We hope you like this minor update to BlockParty! If you find any bugs, please report them on Discord, or our Forums.

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maintenance
2 weeks ago

Global Maintenance - March 7th

The Hive will be down for global maintenance today, March 7th. During this time, all regions are unavailable.

This maintenance adds support for an upcoming version of Minecraft. We are NOT removing any currently supported versions. We have no plans to drop any versions in the near future.

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game updatechange
2 weeks ago

Improved In-Game Hat Support

As promised, we are expanding our support for hats in-game. Today, we have deployed an update that adds in-game hat support to the following games:

  • Murder Mystery
  • DeathRun
  • Just Build
  • Block Drop

We hope to add support for more games over time.

Additionally, Just Build contains minor bug fixes related to custom blocks:

  • Added missing wood blocks
  • Fixed placement of custom pillar blocks
  • Better organized the order of custom blocks in the creative menu


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notification
3 weeks ago

March Quest Costume Released

What's that smell? The Stinky costume can now be purchased from the Quest Store!


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game update
3 weeks ago

Just Build: Custom Blocks

A new version of Just Build is deploying to all regions. This update adds support for some of our custom blocks.

Additional blocks will be automatically available on March 3rd, and March 10th at 5PM UTC.

Custom blocks available today:

  • A selection of colored roof tiles
  • Dark terracotta brick, brick skirting, cobble, and pillar
  • Orange terracotta brick, brick skirting, cobble, and pillar
  • Terracotta brick, brick skirting, cobble, and pillar
  • Sandstone pillar
  • Stone brick tiles, skirting, and pillar
  • Andesite bricks, herringbone bricks, and pillar
  • Granite bricks, small bricks, and pillar
  • Smooth stone pillar

Next week will see a selection of new wood blocks, and the week after will introduce a range of custom flowers/plants (in a wide range of unique colors).

We hope to add more and more custom blocks over time, allowing you to continue making beautiful builds.

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feature
a month ago

Introducing Login Streak Savers

With Login Streak Savers, available on all regions starting today, we're making login streaks a bit more lenient for those with long(er) streaks. Over time, we've received a lot of feedback and support requests from those that lost their streaks due to outside factors: power and internet cuts, holidays, or simply mistiming or forgetting once.

For every 100 days, you will now receive one Streak Saver. Streak Savers stack infinitely: if you manage to get up to a 1000 days, you'll have 10 Savers. For those with an existing streak over 100 days, we'll give you the correct amount of Savers you would have earned with the new system.

If you were to lose your streak, but have a Saver available, this Saver will automatically be consumed and your streak will be saved. The maximum amount of days between your last login, and the one where you save your streak, may not exceed 7 days. In the case it's been 7 or more days, you will lose your streak as you would have on the old system.

We've added new messaging informing you about Savers. On your first post-maintenance login, we'll inform you if, and how many, Savers you were granted. Every 100 days, you'll receive a message informing you that you gained a Saver. Similarly, you'll receive messages for a Saver being used, or in the 7+ day case, that you lost your streak despite having a Saver available. 

You can get all your login streak information using the /loginstreak command, which now includes your Saver balance.

Streak Savers are completely free and automatic, and are available to all players irregardless of rank.

Learn more about login streak and the rewards HERE. Information about Streak Savers will be available on our support pages later this week.

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notification
a month ago

Skin-switching bug in latest Minecraft update

We are experiencing a (likely game-sided) bug in the latest Minecraft update, which prevents us from switching skins during gameplay. This affects switching costumes and certain games such as DeathRun and Hide and Seek. This only affects your own player skin - you can see other players including NPCs with no issues.

For those updated to the new version, we suggest you leave and rejoin the server after selecting a costume.

As this is a not a major game update, and your platform allows you to, you can avoid installing the update until this issue is resolved. We will release a new update post once this is resolved.

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