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It's time to discuss the future of our oldest game, Treasure Wars. Big changes are coming. Read our full post on our main website.

Showing off your statistics, checking in on the competition or browsing some lockers; it has become a whole lot easier (and prettier) with our new website profiles!

Check them out today - using the magnifying glass in the top right to switch profiles.

A new SkyWars Custom Server option is now available: Ore Drop Randomization.

This option allows you to control how ore drops are randomized between players.

All Random is the default option, in which all drops are fully random.

Equal Random (Player) gives all players the same random starting point, but the order in which you mine ore types matters. If two players mine the same ore types in a row, they get the same drops, but any deviation will change this. Use this setting to make the random more based on the player's actions, rather than pure luck.

Equal Random (Ore) gives all players the same random, regardless of the order they mine ores. For example, two players mining a sequence of diamond ores, iron ores and gold ores will receive the same drop, even if they mine them in different orders.

Please note that this update is deploying as this post releases, and might not yet be available in your custom server.

Can you find all of the Golden Cubees that have been hidden around the hub?

Players that manage to find all 24 will receive an exclusive hat!

The Golden Cubees won't be around forever, so make sure to find them all while you can!

Happy hunting! 🐝

Lettuce taco 'bout it! The Burrito Buddy costume can now be purchased from the Quest Store.

It's time for a Hide and Seek update! This update brings six new maps and lots of quality-of-life changes and features!

New Maps

• Boardwalk
• Tuscany
• Harborstead
• Facility
• Construction
• Tropica

Changes & Features

Improved messaging, UI, and feedback:

• Block selector now shows rendered images of the blocks in a custom Hive UI grid menu
• Added UI element for showing "Taunt Ready" and "Taunt Cooldown"
• Added a sound effect for when a taunt cooldown has expired
• Modified chat message colors to modernize and improve readability (including removal of all gold text)
• Added Hive Notifications during key events
• When a seeker is randomly chosen, it displays who it was instead of stating they've died
• Changed message shown when a hider leaves the game to "has left the game" instead of "died"
• Added countdown sound effect when there are 10 seconds left of the game

Revamped taunt system:

• Taunt modal has been updated with the Hive UI grid 
• Removed old balloon, emote, and particle taunts
• Added 22 new taunts
• Additional cosmetic taunts can now be unlocked

New Quests:

• Use a taunt x amount of times
• Use a balloon taunt x amount of times
• Use an emote taunt x amount of times
• Deal x amount of damage to a seeker
• Outlive x amount of hiders

Miscellaneous Changes:

• Added support for Hive custom blocks
• Updated the textures of more than 50 hidable blocks
• Added direction hiding - blocks that support rotational values now have support to calculate their direction based on the direction a player is looking
• Added 'Seeker Smasher 5000' custom server option (Sharpness II Iron Sword)

Map Fixes:

• Fixed missing ladders and added barriers to the statue on Kingston
• Opened birch doors leading to the kitchen on Nexus City
• Opened a trapdoor on Goldrush
• Opened birch doors that were blocking a bathroom on China Town

Unlocks & Cosmetics

This update brings 25 new levels, each with new unlockable cosmetics:

Block Eyes:

• Chicken Face
• Panda Face
• Night Vision Goggles
• Mysterious Mask
• Imposter Disguise

Hats:

• Chicken Hat
• Panda Ears
• Snoozing Sniffer Hat
• Pirate Captain Hat
• Soda Drink Hat

Legs:

• Panda Feet
• Double Peg Legs
• Hover Tech
• Big Red Boots
• Bamboo Raft

Kill Particle (New):

• Butterflies
• Kaching
• Hearts
• Rainbow Burst
• Explosion
• Confetti

Kill Sound (New):

• Endermen Portal
• BLEH
• Burp
• Anvil Land
• Ow
• Mwahaha

Hub Titles:

• The Camouflage
• Going Incognito
• Chameleon
• Sneak 100

Avatars:

• Side Eye
• Surprised

As mentioned in our previous update post, due to a recent multiplayer authentication change by Minecraft, players have been unable to join The Hive when playing on versions below 1.20.

As a result of this change, and in the interest of the safety of our players, The Hive has now discontinued support for versions below 1.20.

Whilst we are aware that some players have been able to join on older versions using modified clients, we cannot verify the safety of such modifications, and the files used to achieve this. Continuing to support these versions would encourage players to seek out these methods, and potentially put them at risk of downloading malicious content.

Whilst we regret the way this change was pulled forward, we are now able to fast-track the use of features and blocks released in Minecraft versions newer than 1.18.

Please note we are not accusing any existing modifications and/or clients of being malicious - we are unable to check every such modification, and even if this was possible, we would be unable to ensure that future updates to these modifications remained safe.

We are aware that players on 1.18 and 1.19 versions are receiving a "Sorry, we couldn't validate your login" error.

This is outside of our (The Hive's) control, and present on all (featured) servers. This is the result of a multiplayer authentication change on the Minecraft side.

We have raised this issue with the correct people. As The Hive has no control over this, we ask everyone to be respectful to our staff as we push for a solution.