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It's time to get your sleuth on! Murder Mystery's biggest update is here, with a brand-new microhub, challenges, new features, and an array of epic new cosmetics to unlock!

New Features

• Added Magnifying Glass for Sheriffs:

  • Inspect gravestones to reveal the Murderer's footprints and information about how the player was eliminated

  • Inspect the area around you to reveal traps placed by the Murderer

• Added Bux:

  • A new currency that spawns around the map

  • Your Bux balance persists between rounds, and you can hold a maximum of 20 at one time

• Added Bux Store:

  • A shady merchant who can be found on each map, selling various items in exchange for Bux, depending on your role

  • Items that can be purchased by the Murderer:

    • Trap: A placable trap that, when stood on by an innocent, temporarily traps them in place

    • Gravestone Smasher: Allows you to destroy a gravestone of your choice

    • Player Sonar: Briefly spawns locator beacons on each player

    • Imposter Tome: Changes your skin to throw innocents off the scent

    • Decoy Zapper: Places a fake Zapper in your hot bar

    • Knockback Nemo: A one-time use item that knocks the player you hit back

  • Items that can be purchased by Innocents and the Sheriff:

    • Body Armor: A one-time-use chestplate that blocks a single attack

    • Knockback Nemo: A one-time use item that knocks the player you hit back

    • Decoy Player: Spawns a fake player, and alerts you if it’s killed by the Murderer

    • Flash Camera: Temporarily stuns surrounding players with a bright light

    • Chorus Fruit - Teleports you to a random location

Changes

• Added the Murder Mystery Microhub

• Added the Challenge Board and Challenge Merchant: Complete unique objectives that reward Challenge Medals, which can be exchanged for exclusive cosmetics

• Added UI indicator showing the number of coins needed to unlock a one-shot zapper

• Added unique death sounds per elimination type

• Improved gravestone investigation (Sheriff)

• Added gravestone messages revealing how each player was eliminated (Sheriff)

Unlocks

• Added new Zapper unlock category

• Added custom murder weapons

New Maps

• Sunny Acres

• Tomb

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented armory keys from being picked up when a player was standing on them (Castle Town)

• Fixed a rendering bug with the tents (Nectar Lake)

Developer note: When we originally announced this update, we mentioned an accompanying limited-time mode. We know some of you have been waiting for it, and we want to be upfront about where things stand.

Over the last year, a significant portion of the team's focus has shifted toward our upcoming MMO server, Skyblock Horizons. As a result, development time for the LTM was limited, and it ultimately didn't meet the quality standards we hold ourselves to. Rather than ship something that doesn't feel right, we decided to hold it back.

We haven't shelved it for good, and we want to revisit it later on down the line. We're sorry it won't be part of this release, and we appreciate your patience and understanding. We hope you still find plenty to enjoy in the update itself!

As always, we'd love to hear your feedback! Be sure to let us know what you think by filling in the dedicated feedback form!

Good news: you're not alone in there. Bad news: you're not alone in there…

The Backroom Buddy backbling is here! They've been expecting you, and you can find them in The Hive Store for 490 Minecoins.

Know someone else who's lost in the liminal? This backbling can be gifted for just 3 Gift Tokens!

Out of the water and into the office... The Make-a-lotl costume can now be purchased from the Quest Store!

Due to an issue with a Minecraft system, purchases made on the Hive Marketplace Store with Minecoins are currently not being granted.

We expect this to be resolved shortly. Once the issue has been resolved, any purchases made will be automatically granted upon the next join to The Hive.

Minecraft Bedrock 26.20, releasing today, introduces a native Party System to Minecraft, in Beta status.

Currently, support and integration between The Hive and the native Minecraft parties is very basic: you’ll be able to see and follow the party leader into The Hive, but without features such as game and hub auto-switching. If your region is different than that of the party leader, you’ll connect to your own region, not that of the leader.

We intend to support basic auto creation of Hive parties based on your game party in the near future, which will enable server-side party auto follow.

As the game party system expands in future Minecraft game updates, we’ll fully integrate with the system for the best experience. For now, we suggest utilizing the Hive (server-side) party system to access all features.

Pastel dreams meet midnight schemes. Which side will you choose?

Purchase this ticket (1870 Minecoins) to instantly unlock awesome kawaii and gothic cosmetics, and take on exclusive quests to unlock bonus rewards, including additional in-game cosmetics, as well as special variants for the included mount, pet and hat.

This ticket will be available for a limited time; an exact end date will be announced later.

For more information on the included quests and other frequently asked questions, check out the support page. The contents of the ticket are also listed below.

Unlocked on purchase:

• Pet: Stitches (Gothic Variant)

• Hub Mount: BooBear (Kawaii Variant)

• Back Bling: Bittersweet Wings (Bittersweet Variant)

• Costume: Bitter Kitty

• BedWars Bed Set (Frame, Sheet & Pillow): Bittersweet

• Win Celebration: I'm Sat

• Hub Titles: So Kawaii! UwU & Unbothered

• Avatars: Fluttering Heart & Naptime

Unlocked by completing exclusive quests:

• Pet: Stitches (Kawaii Variant)

• Hub Mount: BooBear (Gothic Variant)

• Hat: Kawaii Cap

• Back Bling: Bittersweet Wings (Kawaii Variant)

• Back Bling: Bittersweet Wings (Gothic Variant)

• BedWars Bed Topper: Fluttering Heart

• SkyWars Death Crate: Gravewing

• Build Battle Builder Cape: Heartache

Feeling generous? This ticket can be gifted to other players for 12 gift tokens. To purchase gift tokens, use the /gift command or interact with one of the red mailboxes in the hub.

Freshly hatched and ready to cause chaos, the Baby Chick pet is here!

This tiny bundle of fluff is available now in The Hive Store, for 660 Minecoins.

Want to share the fluff? Gift one to a friend for just 4 Gift Tokens!

You can now claim a weekly FREE XP Booster from the Hive Store UI! Simply navigate to it using the /store command, or interact with the Store NPC to the left of Hub spawn. Find this and other free items in the FREE tab.

You can claim a new booster once a week, starting each Monday at midnight UTC. When a new claim is available, or if you have other unclaimed free offers, the Store NPC in Hubs will show this in its tagline. You must claim it within each week, unclaimed ones do not stack.

Activate your booster using the /booster command.

We are looking to add additional recurring free items to this tab and are open to feedback!