Welcome to our updates website! Come back regularly to find the latest Hive updates.

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!

Custom Servers are loved by many of our dedicated players, but have historically been a bit tricky to use and configure. With this full overhaul and update we're making them better and easier!

To get started with Custom Servers, run the following command in-game: /cs

Full overhaul of all menus to make settings easier to find and quicker to change:

• One top-level modal now serves as the starting point for all customization as well as access- and other features
• Related settings are now shown in one modal instead of multiple, making it easier to configure 'deeper' settings
• Improved wording and general look and feel to make modals and settings more clear

Presets:

• Presets (featured, custom and recent) are now functional
• Custom presets can be shared with other players using a preset code
• Recent presets allow you to go back to a recent game's settings
• Featured Presets per game for 'recommended' playlists, including community favorites

Improvements and fixes:

• Fixed Code Only Mode + the code now shows on screen permanently during lobby
• Fixed various issues relating to Set Roles
• Added Set World Time
• Improved permission system
• Games now only start when the owner, or a player with the right permission, manually starts the game. The start-game countdown is fully removed in Custom Servers.

Game-specific changes:

Treasure Wars:

• Added settings to enable/disable the purchasing of certain items from the item shop
• Fixed an issue where summoners would drop empty items when the summoner amount setting was set to 0, also changed the summoner name to show it does not drop items
• Non-CS: Fixed an issue where spectators wouldn't get a UI in Treasure Wars Mega

SkyWars:

• Added the ability to change the health on kill setting to the amount of the max health setting
• Fixed a bug where turning off chest filling would stop you from being able to open them at all

Survival Games:

• Added the ability to set roles and players as spectators
• Added a setting to control supply crate spawn rate 
• Added a setting to enable/disable supply crates
• Non-CS: Fixed an issue where the fire boomboxes would ignite the thrower but not damage them
• Non-CS: Stopped standard boomboxes from giving knockback to the player that threw it
• Non-CS: Fixed a bug where a player could spam dozens of Boomboxes 

Just Build:

• Added the ability to create your own theme in the theme settings
• Added the ability for players to be spectators

And one more thing...

We know that getting to the Custom Server menu is command-only at the moment, preventing our more casual players from discovering this feature. Stay tuned for improvements to our Hub that resolve this as well as future user experience improvements!

Our marketplace map, Pirate's Fortune, is now available for FREE for members of Realms Plus.

Embark on an epic open world adventure to find buried treasure, buy supplies, and defeat the Shadow King. Explore a vast pirate world with islands, volcanoes, fortresses, and shipwrecks!

Realms Plus members will also receive the server costume, which comes with the map, the next time they join the server.

Pirate's Fortune

Realms Plus

To give you all some more time to unlock the Mailbot costume, it will remain in the Quest Store for a little while longer.

It won't be sticking around for long though, so if you want it, hurry up!

Thank you all for participating in our Sonic the Hedgehog x Hive collaboration! The event is now ending, and we're down for maintenance.

Any cosmetics you unlocked through either the Ring Shop or participating in games and the live event will remain permanently.

We hope you enjoyed the event!

We know that some of you couldn't attend yesterday's Sonic LIVE Event, so we'll be running some extra ones to give you all another chance to take part! 

We will be repeating the event, across all regions on Sunday, July 25th at 12PM PDT / 1PM MDT / 2PM CDT / 3PM EDT / 7PM UTC / 8PM BST / 9PM CEST / (Monday, July 26th) 12:30AM IST / 2AM WIB / 4AM JST / 5AM AEST / 7AM NZST

In addition to this, we will be running two region-specific events on our North America and Asia regions:

North America Region: 

Monday, July 26th at 7PM PDT / 8PM MDT / 9PM CDT / 10PM EDT / 2AM UTC / 3AM BST / 4AM CEST

Asia Region:

Monday, July 26th at 8AM UTC / 11AM EEST / 11AM EAT / 1:30PM IST / 3PM WIB / 4PM CST (China) / 5PM JST / 6PM AEST / 8PM NZST

You don't want to miss this. Join for an amazing live event with FREE rewards, including a much-requested cosmetic!

Join The Hive on Saturday, July 24th at 12 PM PDT / 1PM MDT / 2PM CDT / 3PM EDT / 7PM UTC / 8PM BST / 9PM CEST / (Sunday July 25th) 12:30AM IST / 2AM WIB / 4AM JST / 5AM AEST / 7AM NZST

We recommend you join in advance of the start, and stick around in the hub. Doors will CLOSE at event start; you won't be able to (re)join until the event has ended.

Look at The Hive's server message, or join the hub, for an up-to-date countdown to the start.

Hope to see you there!

Available now on The Hive server, claim your free Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Skin Pack! This pack comes with two free skins, usable anywhere within Minecraft.

You can find the displays in The Hive hub, left and right of the game NPC's.

If you can't equip the skins from the Marketplace page, head to Profile -> Edit Character -> Classic Skins -> Owned -> Sonic the Hedgehog Skin Pack