Bogro

[Bogro @BGrincenko]

@InspiredEthos Yes, you're right, it's the town hall.

[Bogro @BGrincenko]

I took a closer look at the new regions added in Update 8 Pre-Release 1, hoping to find something interesting.

A total of five biomes were added:

"Added the Seedling Woods region for Adventure 1.0, with five new biomes. Deeproot, Verdant Forest, Kweebec Forest, Ravaged Groves and Runic Forest are reachable through the instances command rather than normal world generation."

The one that caught my attention the most was Ravaged Groves, with its destroyed settlements. In one of its possible generations, you can find a church bearing the Burnt symbol (or the Bearer of Fire symbol, or simply the symbol of Fire), along with Statues of an Ancient Guardian featuring that very same symbol on their shields.

I also think the new Trork settlements are fantastic! The primitive statues of giant animals on top of their homes remind me of the enormous piles of bones we can find in the Echoes of Orbis. I really hope we'll get to see these creatures alive someday.

BUT what I loved the most is THE ROADS.

They add SO much realism and, consequently, immersion to the world. It's simply WOW. 🤯

#hytale

[Bogro @BGrincenko]

@Prowl8413

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@Prowl8413 It looks like this on the map, but the exact name can be found by checking the list of prefabs—I think I’ll do that now.

[Bogro @BGrincenko]

#Hytale
And the last thing I’ll show today is a simplified way to deal with the elite mob, Featmaster.

At the very beginning of the battle, you need to stand behind piles of junk and food (from which goblins with food and bombs will emerge), and do this with each one in turn so that Featmaster breaks them all and then you can easily deal with him because he won't be healed.

[Bogro @BGrincenko]

No bugs, no glitches—everything in the vanilla game, with no OP.

[Bogro @BGrincenko]

#Hytale
That’s a shame... Update 8 Pre-release 1:
"Goblins have blocked off some unintended paths in The Deepworks."
I intended to show you this later, but so be it—no lore today, but I do have a guide on how to get outside the bounds of The Deepworks, plus something interesting at the end.

I don’t like theorizing without factual backing, but this is the only structure located outside The Deepworks, and it’s a clear hint... @ReaToJa, is there something we’re supposed to know?

[Bogro @BGrincenko]

#Hytale
Well then, let me show you all the interesting things I’ve spotted in The Deepworks.

I sing praises to the builders, the work they did is colossal and it's clear how much soul was put into it.
Before you repeat what I will show you below, you need to have the animal transformation potion with you, the cheapest potion is the dog transformation potion, which I will use later because what is placed cannot be picked up. Just think about it, they implemented the animal transformation potion here...it's brilliant.

In the end, we get a chest with richer loot than usual.

[Bogro @BGrincenko]

@Prowl8413 This is probably no longer a relevant mechanic that was cut/lost, screenshot from the blog from December 13, 2018

Blog link
https://t.co/pFzc2smj7E

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Looks like you enjoyed my last post, so alright, let's dig a little deeper! #Hytale

Yesterday, I said I'd present counterarguments to the claim that the Orbis Officers were not reworked into Guardians. I'll cover that below, along with a few bonus discoveries about Chapter 1.

Before we get into all of that, I want to draw your attention to a section of Hytale's blog post published on January 8, 2026 — just five days before Early Access launched. Specifically, the final paragraph:

"Only when you - the players - step into the Echoes of Orbis for the first time, can we finally and truly say that Hytale's lore has crystallized into canon."

To clarify, the worlds we're currently playing in are the Echoes of Orbis, not Orbis itself — with the exception of Chapter 1 (The Deepworks) and the Fragment Key.

This means that what we see today, and what we saw when Early Access launched on January 13, 2026, is canon. I'll leave a link to the blog post at the very end.

Let's start with the Orbis Officer.

The paragraph we're interested in from that blog post is:

"This draft also retains many of the major aspects of the lore the community has come to love over the years - characters such as Gaia and Varyn are still very much a part of our canon, and Tessa and Kyros are coming back as well."

This officially confirms that Tessa and Kyros will return to the game, which makes me even more confident in the theory about Kyros I shared in my previous post.

But there's something else I want to focus on here: the insignias on the armor and the emblem on the shield. They're all connected to Gaia.

And here's why this is particularly interesting right now.

In Update 7, the model of the Statue of an Ancient Guardian was changed — specifically, the emblem on its shield. Gaia's symbol was replaced with the Burnt symbol (or the Bearer of Fire symbol, or simply the symbol of Fire).

This was done intentionally and ahead of time to prevent us from confusing the Guardian with the Orbis Officer in the future.

The Guardians originate from the Burnt faction, while the Orbis Officer is connected to Gaia, Varyn, and Orbis as a whole.

Now, let's move on to some interesting discoveries about Chapter 1!

Development of Chapter 1 continued right up until the launch of Early Access. I'm attaching concept art from the same January 8 blog post, featuring goblins.

We can see early goblin concept art, but two things stand out to me.

The first is the pink color scheme we're familiar with today.

The second is... cheese.

Yes, that's right. CHEESE. 🧀

Has anyone taken a closer look at the Gobliterator Core?

Another interesting detail is that the Goblin Flamethrower was added to Creative Mode in Update 3, more than six months before Chapter 1 launched.

In other words, this was a VERY early hint at Chapter 1!

And considering all of this, I have a question for @Simon_Hypixel

Alongside the Goblin Duke, will we also get to meet the street-artist Goblin who decorated The Deepworks so beautifully with his graffiti?

I'm attaching a link to Simon's reply about the Goblin Duke, and I've also highlighted the E04 goblin concept art.

Link to the January 8, 2026 blog post:
https://t.co/zNSar42lgc

I've also taken the feedback from the comments on my previous post about YouTubers into account.

@BrokenColdBox @KweebecCorner @Prowl8413 @flash_canadian

Feel free to use all the information I'm sharing in these posts, guys! Make videos, spread the word, and help popularize Hytale.

That's all I want.

Wait for the next post

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@BrokenColdBox @Simon_Hypixel В наступному пості в мене буде контраргумент стосовно того що офіцерів Орбісу не переписали у Вартових, тому слідкуйте!)

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#Hytale
Hey @Simon_Hypixel! I found something interesting and wanted to ask a few questions:

1. When will we get to see Tessa? Because it's pretty clear that we've already seen Kyros. 👀 I'm attaching screenshots of the Shrouded Figure model alongside the 2019 concept art with your comments. The resemblance seems pretty obvious to me.

2. The Bearer of Fire Statue has the same V-shaped eye slit, which surely can't be a coincidence. It also has a hood and a cracked staff that looks similar to the Shrouded Figure's staff, but in a different form.

3. Is it possible that Kyros became a deity to the Burnt long ago, only to eventually bring about their downfall?

I'm also tagging some popular Hytale lore YouTubers so they can take a look and weigh in, because the similarities are hard to miss once you notice them: @BrokenColdBox @KweebecCorner @Prowl8413

P.S. I've got a few more questions and some other interesting findings lined up. I'll share them soon!

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The Bearer of Fire Statue model is covered in cracks, and if you look closely, the staff has the most cracks, and they're also the most detailed. I think this could be a hint. The Shrouded Figure's staff looks as though it was shattered, then its fragments were straightened out and are being held together by magic.