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3 years ago

Updates Website

Welcome to our updates website! Come back regularly to find the latest Hive updates, or subscribe by email to get (important) updates delivered to your mailbox.

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game update
11 months ago

Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt

The Egg Bunny has visited The Hive and hidden 24 eggs around the hub! Find the eggs to receive a limited-edition costume.

The Eggstravaganza event will last for 1 week, ending on Sunday the 24th April.

Happy hunting!

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feature
11 months ago

Updated Friend Notifications

Updated friend notifications are now live on our Europe and North America regions!

You can choose between these, and classic notifications, by toggling 'Modern Friend Notifications' in the /toggles menu.

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feature
11 months ago

Social Backend Updates - Europe and North America

The social backend updates, which we detailed in yesterdays announcement, are now also live on Europe and North America.

Appear Offline is now available network wide. We look forward to releasing many more social feature updates in the near future.

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notification
11 months ago

Social Backend Updates

Our Asia region is now running our new 'player social' backend!

This is a massive change that touches many parts of the network. As well as making our social features more reliable, these updates also act as the groundwork for some of our upcoming social updates. 

As so much has changed behind the scenes, you may notice some tiny changes and quirks - some are on purpose, but if something feels like a bug, be sure to report it on our forums or Discord.

For now, these changes have only been applied to our Asia region. Until our EU and NA regions are on the new backend, certain cross-region functionality may not function correctly. For example, players in other regions won't show up as online on Asia in friend menus.

As part of this update, a new toggle has arrived: Appear Online. Disabling this toggle in the /toggles menu will prevent you from showing up as online on friends lists, and make it so your friends won't be notified when you join or leave.

We plan to bring these changes to Europe and North America very soon!

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feature
a year ago

Chat reporting in in-game reporting

You can now report chat messages using in-game reporting! You can access this using the regular reporting tools (/report or using the hotbar item as a spectator). If you report during the game, you'll be able to select the relevant chat messages and submit these as evidence.

Additionally, a range of new reporting reasons have been added. We'll keep reviewing and updating this list based on both community and staff feedback.

As we will be phasing out Discord reporting, we recommend using in-game reporting where possible. Discord reporting will remain available for games and hubs that don't have in-game reporting, until it is added to all these places.

Thank you for using reporting, which helps us keep the network clean. A special shoutout goes to the now over 1000 players that have submitted enough valid reports to receive reporting rewards.

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notification
a year ago

Removal of 1.17 Version Support

As of today, The Hive no longer supports 1.17 versions of Minecraft. Players will need to use version 1.18.0 or above to play.

Support for older versions of Minecraft is removed to allow us to use blocks and features that are introduced in newer versions of the game and to improve performance for our players.

We have decided to remove support for 1.17 a little earlier than usual, this is because only a tiny percentage (less than 1%) of players still used a 1.17.X version to join The Hive.

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notification
a year ago

Minecraft 1.18.12

Today, Minecraft is releasing 1.18.12, which resolves the player movement issue. We recommend all players update to this version to receive the latest features and fixes.

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notification
a year ago

Pet Menu and Endolotl Pet

The Endolotl pet is now available to purchase!

All players now have access to the brand new pet menu, which can be accessed by interacting with the spawn egg in your hot bar.

The pet menu can be used to purchase pets, summon and put them away, and change their name and name color.

Want to gift an Endolotl to your friend? Regular pets are giftable through the gifting menu!

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notification
a year ago

Lunar New Year 🐯

It's time to ring in the Year of the Tiger!

Festive Hub

To celebrate the Lunar New Year, and the start of the Year of the Tiger, the hub has received a festive makeover!

Zodiac Banner Hunt

Be sure to look out for 12 banners special banners that have been hidden around the hub! Each one of them features an animal from the Chinese zodiac: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.

Players that manage to find all 12 of the banners will receive the exclusive Lunar Tiger costume:

Happy Lunar New Year! 🏮

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