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Thank you for all the great feedback on SkyWars: Kits so far. We will continue updating this new type as time goes on.

Builder:

• Now spawns with a Diamond Pickaxe.

Void Walker:

• Removed Ender Pearl on spawn.

Trapper:

• Receives a new Invisibility Book 15 seconds after using the last one. This does not stack (you can only have 1 book at a time).
• The golden shovel has been replaced by a diamond "Elite" shovel.

Panik:

• Added in-game messages when the Shield is activated and when it expires.

General bug fixes:

• Invisibility Books no longer spawn in chests.
• You can no longer (attempt to) use a Bridge Builder during warmup

It's time for the second part of our major SkyWars update: SkyWars: Kits!

SkyWars: Kits

In SkyWars: Kits, you can choose to play with one of five unique kits:

Void Walker

• Gives you an enderpearl when you spawn.
• Falling into the void grants you a second chance (once per match).
• Soul Harvest: Grants you an enderpearl upon each kill.

The Baller

• Gives you 8 snowballs when you spawn.
• Provides you with an additional 4 snowballs every time you get a kill (up to a maximum of 8).

The Trapper

• Gives you a golden shovel when you spawn.
• When a player hits you, there is a 1/6 chance that 50% of the damage will be deflected back to them.
• Spell of Invisibility: Grants you a one-time-use spell of invisibility (based on feedback, we may make this regenerate after use).

Panik Kit

• When on critical health (4 hearts) you are granted a temporary speed boost.
• Shield Cocoon: Grants you 3 spellbooks that spawn an invulnerability shield around you for 5 seconds. The shield explodes upon breaking, dealing knockback to nearby players (knockback increases based on the damage that the shield takes).

The Builder

• Gives you a Bridge Builder (64 blocks) when you spawn.
• Provides you with an additional 4 blocks of cobblestone every 15 seconds (up to a maximum of 16).
• Hard Hat: Grants you a Protection II golden helmet.

Statistics

Because of the major differences between this mode and regular SkyWars, the statistics for SkyWars: Kits are separate from that of the base game.

Leveling is shared between SkyWars and SkyWars: Kits.

Feedback and Balancing

SkyWars: Kits is subject to a lot of change, and we plan to release several fast-follow balancing updates throughout next week, based on community feedback.

Based on feedback and suggestions, individual kits will be modified, added, or removed.

Be sure to let us know your thoughts on our Discord server and forums!

Today we're releasing the first part of our biggest SkyWars update yet! This update brings two brand new modes, 12 new maps, 35 additional levels, and lots of quality of life improvements.

SkyWars: MEGA

This exciting new SkyWars mode consists of four teams of 7 players; last team standing wins.

SkyWars: MEGA launches with 5 brand new maps:

• Monument
• Shrine
• Gardens
• Rocky Heights
• Sky Kingdom

New Levels & Unlocks

This update adds 35 new levels to SkyWars, bringing the maximum level up to 75.

These levels come with a set of brand new unlockable cosmetics to discover and collect, including hub titles, avatars, custom particle trails, and two brand new cosmetic types: death crates and kill effects.

Additionally, there is a new costume for those that reach level 75!

Maps

There are several brand new maps for each SkyWars mode:

Solo

• Balance
• Woodpine
• Volcano

Duos

• Calor
• Capacity

Trios/Squads

• Alpine
• Sunset City
• Flower Pots

Changes

• Added a victory screen to be shown to winners.
• Replaced the Sharpness II iron sword found in the Mystery Chest or by breaking emerald ore with a Sharpness I diamond sword (same damage).
• Modified the Fire Trail Spell to prevent the player using it from being ignited.
• Killing the kill leader now grants additional XP.
• The team's island flag(s) will now disappear when the team is eliminated.
• Added new items to the emerald ore loot table including several armor pieces, and a golden shovel.

As always, if you have any feedback or suggestions, please let us know on our Discord server or forums!

Tomorrow, we'll release the second part of this major update: SkyWars: Kits!

It's time for the second of our four Friday updates... Welcome to the Hive Replay Cinema!

This article is just the key details - be sure to check out our blog post for everything you need to know about the Hive Replay Cinema!

What is the Hive Replay Cinema?

In the Hive Replay Cinema, you can watch back all of your SkyWars, Survival Games, and Treasure Wars matches as soon as they've ended.

Controls & Settings

In the Hive Replay Cinema, you have access to a range of controls and settings, allowing you to pause, rewind, speed up or slow down, and even view gameplay in reverse!

By using the menu, you can also jump to a given timestamp, or view certain events within the game (such as kills, or treasure destroys).

Replay Pass

To access the Replay Cinema, you'll need to purchase a Replay Pass from the Hive Store, for 830 Minecoins.

The Replay Pass gives you access to the Replay Cinema for 365 days.

Purchasing the Replay Pass will also give you access to the following exclusive cosmetics:

• Replay Raccoon Costume
• It's rewind time! (hub title)
• Lights, Camera, ACTION! (hub title)
• Action (avatar)

Feedback & Future Updates

As always, this feature is still subject to change, and we'll be looking for feedback and suggestions from the community - be sure to let us know your thoughts!

It's time to get spooky! Hive-o-ween is back, and better than ever! 

The Ancient Vault

Whilst our builders were getting the hub ready for this year's Hive-o-ween festivities, they stumbled upon what appeared to be the entrance to a mysterious Ancient Vault, hidden underground...

Do you think you have what it takes to unlock the mysteries of the Ancient Vault? Click here to find out more!

Ghost Invasion Returns

The ghosts are back! Ghost Invasion has returned once again, bringing with it a brand new set of cosmetics for you to unlock!

Unlocks

• 6 Ghost Characters
• 5 Ghost Pop Designs
• 4 Zapper Rays
• 4 BRAND NEW Halloween Hub Titles
• 4 BRAND NEW Halloween Avatars

And...

• Over 30 seasonal maps and lobbies, including the return of Haunted (TreasureWars:Solo) and two BRAND NEW SkyWars:Solo maps: Crypt and Village
• Over 100 spooktacular Just Build themes (coming later on this evening)

Happy sp00ping! 👻

Reporting replay IDs can be... difficult at best. To help you share them easier, and to make it easier for our staff to handle them, we're introducing improved Replay IDs.

Magic!

Improved Replay IDs are available today on our Europe and North America regions, with Asia coming next. Stay tuned for more replay updates!

The Hive has a large number of non-English players - especially in our ever-growing Asia region. Over the last few months, we've been working on making it easier to manage our translations, to ensure players worldwide have the best possible experience.

As of today's update, we have near 100% translation coverage across all games and social features in:

• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Brazilian Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish (Spain and Latin America)

We'll continue improving our translations, as well as adding languages based on geographic player statistics. In the future, we plan to make it easier for community members to report wrong translations as well as suggest potential improvements.

Last weekend, we were informed about an exploit affecting us and some other (featured and non-featured) servers, which allowed users to log in with an arbitrary identity. As this posed a possible security risk, we went into maintenance mode and resolved this issue ASAP.

As of this announcement, we believe the issue has been resolved. We have reached out to other affected servers in the community, as well as affected software maintainers, to aid them in resolving this issue.

We have no evidence that this exploit was used maliciously. The Hive stores no personal data, so there is no risk to players in any form. 

As there was no impact to player accounts, we are under no obligation to post this notice, however we're sharing this to promote transparency and to assist affected networks.

We have rewarded the people that informed us about this exploit with a generous bug bounty.

This incident was limited to server logins, due to the way Minecraft client issues and validates logins, and not any backend service or web services such as Discord or our forums.

FAQ:

Is my account at risk? Should I change my password?

No. This incident has no relation to passwords, and as it’s been resolved, there is no risks for any accounts. Absolutely NO action is required by any user at this time.

Was my account affected?

From our current evidence, this affected less than 10 accounts, mainly vanity and known influencer accounts. There was no substantial abuse of the affected accounts. No player account was banned, kicked, or modified because of this incident.

Did this affect all servers?

This affected a small number of featured servers as well as several non-featured servers, as well as popular Bedrock to Java translation servers. Most affected servers have since resolved this issue.

Was the Hive “hacked”?

No. The scope of this incident was purely related to in-game access, and the number of privileges that in-game accounts have is incredibly limited as well as audited. No personal, account, or other privileged data was accessed or modified.

It's hub update time!

This hub polishing update converts most of our NPCs and other models to resource pack NPCs; improving performance, reducing Steve & Pink glitch as well as allowing us to add animations! Stay tuned for similar updates coming to all of our games in the future.

Furthermore, this update adds our first overhaul of menus: we're introducing our brand new Game Selector menu. Not only is it prettier, it also explains the game and adds easy access to Custom Servers! You'll see more updates like this in the future, as well as a fully overhauled Social Menu.

All Game NPCs have overhauled holograms, exciting stances and a clarified player-counter. Make sure to also check out the brand new particles, and the very cool Pirate's Fortune in-hub advert!

Head over to the Hub to check out these (and more!) changes. Enjoy your stay on The Hive!