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game update
a month ago04/16/2022

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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game updatetreasure wars
6 months ago11/04/2021

Treasure Wars Gameplay Update

It's time for a Treasure Wars update!

This gameplay update brings loads of new features, quality of life changes, and 12 new maps!

New Items

Chorus Fruit
  • Teleports you back to your spawn island when eaten.
  • Deals 5 hearts of damage when used. If below 5 hearts, leaves you with half a heart.
  • Can be purchased from the merchant for 5 diamonds. Each merchant has a limited stock of 2 Chorus Fruit.

Fall Boots

  • Golden boots that completely negate fall damage.
  • Can be purchased from the merchant for 3 emeralds.

Shears

  • Can be used to quickly break wool (can be purchased for 10 gold).
Prestiging

Players that have reached the maximum level (100) can now prestige. Prestiging will reset your level to level 1, and grant you the following rewards:

  • A prestige icon next to your name in chat, and above your player's head in the lobby.
  • A hub title with a special icon to represent your prestige level.
  • An exclusive avatar.
  • 500 Quest Points.

Global unlocks (hub titles, costumes, and avatars) that you previously unlocked through leveling up will be kept, but you will have to unlock in-game unlocks again, by leveling up.

You can prestige multiple times, and each time you do, you will unlock a new prestige icon, and additional hub titles and avatars.

Personal Win Streaks

Treasure Wars now tracks personal win streaks. Your current win streak is displayed on the stats hologram in all Treasure Wars lobbies.

To prevent targeting, we will not be making players' win streaks public, nor will the data be available on our API.

Wins in all Treasure Wars modes count towards your personal win streak.

Quality of Life Changes
  • Updated the merchant and treasure indicator models.
  • Added custom, colored items for boomboxes.
  • When your treasure is destroyed, it will now tell you who destroyed it in chat.
  • Summoners now display how many items are waiting to be picked up.
  • Each merchant now has a limited stock of 4 golden apples, as opposed to there being a global cap per game.
  • All 3D models are now entities - this improves performance and reduces the likelihood of the 'pink glitch' occurring.

New Maps

Solo

  • Beehive
  • Sway
  • Warped
  • Aero

Duos

  • Ablaze
  • Enigma
  • Fairytale Forest
  • Fairy Garden (Revamped)

Trios/Squads

  • Grove
  • O2

Mega

  • Bloom
  • Opulent

As always, we'll be making changes based on your feedback - be sure to tell us your thoughts on our Discord server or forums!

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game updateSkyWars
6 months ago11/01/2021

SkyWars: Kits Fast-Follow Update 2

Thanks to your feedback, we're continuing to update SkyWars: Kits. Today's update sees a slight rework to the trapper kit and a few other changes.

Trapper

  • Invisibility spell now removes armor while being used. When the spell expires, armor is automatically re-equipped. If armor was equipped during invisibility, the armor that provides the least defense will be added to your inventory.
  • Invisibility now creates a particle trail at your feet while active.
  • Spell of Invisibility now regenerates 20 seconds after last use.
  • Reverted Diamond Shovel back to Golden Shovel, with plans to add unbreaking in the near future.
  • Trappers now start with a Diamond Pickaxe.

Developer note: We heard that trapper was slightly too underpowered. We hope these changes help. We understand this could result in an over-correction and we will be monitoring feedback closely. We understand this might make the builder kit less valuable, however, we're planning to add some new perks to the builder kit - including a block breaker boombox.

Panik

  • The critical health perk now only plays a sound to the affected player.

Developer note: We heard that the sound/perk is giving away too much information to nearby players. This meant nearby players knew you were on critical health and would then chase the kill. We're hoping this balances that slightly and will continue to tweak if needed.

Keep the feedback coming, SkyWars Kits is a living game and will be updated regularly.

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game updateSkyWars
7 months ago10/29/2021

SkyWars Content Update

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!

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game update
a year ago04/24/2021

Block Drop Balance Update

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.

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featuregame update
a year ago04/03/2021

New LTM Game & Egg Hunt

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!

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game update
a year ago03/12/2021

Hide and Seek Content Update

We've added 30 new levels to Hide and Seek, bringing the total level count to 50. Additionally, there are some minor game changes.

Maps

  • Added new map: Hacienda
  • Updated CS Office to improve visuals

Cosmetics

Block Eyes

  • Anime Eyes (Level 21)
  • Cow Face (Level 26)
  • Visor (Level 31)
  • Mailbot Face (Level 36)
  • Dragon Eyes (Level 40)
  • Deal With It Glasses (Level 44)
  • Pinocchio Face (Level 48)

Block Hats

  • Flag (Level 23)
  • Mailbot Hat (Level 28)
  • Dragon Hat (Level 30)
  • Taxi Sign (Level 34)
  • Pizza (Level 38)
  • Laser (Level 43)
  • Cat Heaphones (Level 47)

Block Legs

  • Cat Paws (Level 22)
  • Dragon Legs (Level 27)
  • Mailbot Wheel (Level 33)
  • Sneakers (Level 37)
  • UFO (Level 42)
  • Mermaid Tail (Level 49)

Hub Titles

  • Peekaboo! (Level 24)
  • The Chase IS ON (Level 29)
  • Waldo (Level 35)
  • Leaf me alone. (Level 41)
  • Sneaky Beaky (Level 46)

Avatars

  • Hiding Doggo (Level 25)
  • Cat Detective (Level 32)
  • Peekaboo (Level 39)
  • Found You! (Level 45)

Costumes

  • Ultimate Hider (Level 50)

Game Changes

  • Added Barrel as a hideable block option
  • Changed the hub NPC to the costume unlocked at Level 50

We hope you enjoy this mini content update! Let us know your favorite unlocks!

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game updatetreasure wars
a year ago02/26/2021

Treasure Wars Content Update

We've added 25 new levels to Treasure Wars, bringing the total level count to 100. Additionally, there's a brand new MEGA map: Plaza.

Treasures

  • Pickaxe (Level 76)
  • Championship Belt (Level 79)
  • Burger (Level 82)
  • Earth (Level 85)
  • Pizza Stack (Level 88)
  • Emerald (Level 91)
  • Piñata (Level 94)
  • Saturn (Level 96)
  • Beehive (Level 98)
  • King Villager (Level 100)

Bridge Builders

  • Pigeon (Level 77)
  • Strider (Level 81)
  • Biplane (Level 86)
  • Zoglin (Level 90)
  • Rocket (Level 95)
  • Mailbot Delivery Drone (Level 99)

Particles

  • Spicy Sparkles (Level 80)
  • Ice Blast (Level 89)
  • Yin Yang (Level 97)

Hub Titles

  • Ahoy me hearties! (Level 78)
  • Treasure Trasher (Level 84)
  • Poseidon (Level 92)

Avatars

  • Pirate Bunny (Level 83)
  • Pirate Pug (Level 87)
  • Meowtiny (Level 93)

We hope you enjoy this mini content update! Hide and Seek will be the next game to get more levels and unlocks.

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game updatesurvival games
a year ago02/19/2021

Survival Games Update

Survival Games is officially out of beta!

Over the last week, we have been previewing our new Survival Games update and tweaking the game based on community feedback.

We are now happy that the update is balanced, and have rolled out the changes to the Survival Games modes.

We have also released the first of two new maps, Mobius! We will be releasing the second new map next week.

Thank you to everybody who has given us feedback regarding the update. As always, we are still open to suggestions and will continue to tweak the game based on feedback. If you have any suggestions, please be sure to post them on our forums.

You can view the full changelog here, and the balancing changes we have already made here.


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game updatemurder mystery
a year ago11/12/2020

Murdery Mystery Game Update

It's time for a Murdery Mystery game update!

New maps

  • Witch School
  • Eso Hotel

AFK Prevention

To prevent players farming XP by being AFK, you will now be removed from the game if you don't participate.

Innocent Detector

To help Murderers find hiding Innocents, the Innocent Detector will help them find remaining Innocents in the last minute of the game.

Enjoy!

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