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We've been busy... with our biggest event EVER!

Sonic the Hedgehog is coming to The Hive this summer! Featuring a full hub takeover, multiple party games, and something special on the weekend...

Trailer coming soon!

Full FAQ: https://support.playhive.com/sonic/

To resolve queuing issues, we are performing maintenance on the North America region. You'll automatically join Europe during this time.

Recently, players outside of the United States (or those with a custom language set) have been experiencing intermittent issues with the Featured Server list not loading.

To work around this issue, switch your client language to English - US. You will need to restart your client, and in extreme cases reinstall the game, to clear your cache.

Minecraft is aware of this issue and working on a solution.

Minecraft 1.17 (Caves and Cliffs: Part 1) releases June 8th. You'll be able to play The Hive on 1.17 on release day.

We are NOT removing support for any 1.16 version at this time. Upcoming minigames will require more recent versions of Minecraft; however, we will not require this for existing games.

This update is freshly rolling out, not all IDs may appear just yet.

Using Replay IDs to report players helps our moderation team to ban more cheaters, quicker. Today we're making it easier for you to obtain your replay IDs.

Recent Replays Command

The /recentreplays command shows you up to 10 recent replay IDs, including the game, map and relative time of the match. Forgot to grab last games ID? No worries, find it in the Recent Replays modal.

Replay ID In End-Game

The /replay command now also works in end-game (podium phase).

Thanks for reporting!

A Block Drop update is now rolling out to all regions, focusing on speeding up the game, reducing camping, and balancing XP.

Gameplay

• Added a new anti-camping system. Standing on the same block will cause the block to break faster.
• Increased the rate that the top layer is removed.
• All but the final layer will now be removed automatically.

Developer note: We understand these changes change the current meta. However, the main feedback we have been receiving is how slow-paced the games can be. Block Drop is meant to be a fast-paced parkour game, so we're hoping this change will make the game more fun.

• Added new XP reward for every 150 blocks broken/stepped on.
• Increased XP given when another player dies (survival bonus) from 3 to 5.
• Increased XP from collecting a powerup from 2 to 10.

Developer note: Gaining XP has been much slower than anticipated. We hope this will balance the game and make it easier to progress through levels.

• Added a message telling the victim who hit them with a knockback nemo, so they can plan revenge.

Custom Servers

• Added toggle to enable/disable anti-camping functionality.

As always, we're watching your feedback and may balance the game further.

Discord player reports now accept Replay ID's as evidence.

Head over to our support site for all the details.

Small change roundup number 4! Loads of bug fixes, big and small, to make your life game better!

Updates since March 10th, 2021

Framework (all games)

Bug Fixes

Changes

• Removed similar letters from Custom Server invite codes

Murder Mystery

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the 'Boombox' gravestone cosmetics not being granted
• Fixed a bug that allowed players to get infinite arrows
• Fix a bug where throwable murderer weapons didn't count towards quests

Hide and Seek

Changes

• If no hiders have been killed after 90 seconds, we now select a new seeker at random to help (not in Custom Servers)
• Multiple changes to hiding logic to prevent collisions and out-of-map exploits

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that allowed Seekers to die from drowning in water
• Fixed a bug when the original seeker leaves the game, a new seeker is always selected, regardless of whether or not there are other seekers already
• Added full translation to the hider survival message
• Fixed an exploit that would allow hiders to clip outside the playable area while going solid

DeathRun

Changes

• For players that have the visibility setting set to invisible, the setting is now temporarily set to visible after finishing the round, so that they can spectate the round

Survival Games

Changes

• Coral Shrubs can now be broken

Bug Fixes

• Stopped boomboxes affecting teammates
• Fixed a bug where Cache Cows took knockback
• Fixed a bug allowing multiple flares to be thrown

Treasure Wars

Bug Fixes

• Fixed boombox spamming

Server / Proxy

Certain features may not yet be available on all regions, but will be soon.

Features

• Added overloads to the global cosmetic (/costume, /title, /avatar) commands. As an example, /costume is used below, but this works for all types
• Added /costume off to disable the global cosmetic
• Added /costume search term here to quickly search for a global cosmetic
• Added a confirmation before friend removal

Changes

• Various performance improvements

Bug Fixes

• Fixed drops for Carrots, Potatoes, Wheat, Beetroot, Melon stems, Pumpkin stems
• Placement of melon seeds and pumpkin seeds now results as seeds and not a stem
• Fixed water/lava buckets not having sounds when used
• Fixed water/lava pickup only working on water-logged blocks
• Fixed an issue where when in creative mode and breaking then placing a block, the block cracking animation would appear on the placed block
• Carpets can now be placed on any block 
• Fixed a bug where no search results would appear when searching the exact name of a Hub Title that contains spaces in its name
• Coloring can no longer be used in party chat

Introducing Block Drop, our newest Limited Time Mode!

Block Drop

Check out our brand new limited-time game, Block Drop! Battle with up to eleven other players to be the last player standing as the map begins to crumble below your feet! Be sure to look out for powerups to give yourself an edge over the competition.

This game was the result of a developer hackathon! Every few months, we let our development teams work on fun projects to expand their skills. These projects help shape the way for future games and features. We had so much fun with this game we felt we needed to share it with you all!

Block Drop won't be sticking around forever, so be sure to level up and grab these exclusive cosmetics while you can:

Death Messages

• Fell to their demise (Level 5)
• Parachute (Level 10)
• Goodbye Cruel World (Level 15)
• Yeeted Off (Level 20)

Powerup Skins

• Potion (Level 2)
• Flower (Level 9)
• Chest (Level 16)
• Lightning (Level 22)

Trails

• Blue Sparkles (Level 3)
• Gold Sparkles (Level 7)
• Lime Sparkles (Level 12)
• Magenta Sparkles (Level 17)
• Red Sparkles (Level 23)

Vault Effects

• Gray Swirls (Level 4)
• Blue Swirls (Level 6)
• Green Swirls (Level 8)
• Red Swirls (Level 13)
• Yellow Swirls (Level 18)
• Rainbow Swirls (Level 19)
• Flames (Level 21)
• Hearts (Level 24)

Hub Titles

• YA YEET (Level 6)
• AHHH (Level 11)
• AHHHHHH (Level 17)
• AHHHHHHHHH (Level 24)

Avatars

• Slippery (Level 4)
• Burger Run (Level 14)
• KNOCKBACK POG (Level 20)

Costume

• Runner (Level 25)

Egg Hunt

We've hidden eggs around the hub you to find! There are 24 to find, making this our biggest hub hunt yet.

Find all the eggs and you'll be rewarded with an exclusive costume!