Hytale’s Chapter 1 Update Arrives October 12 With Goblin Dungeon and Rune Abilities

Hypixel Studios has dated Hytale’s Chapter 1, also called Update 7, for October 12, 2026. The drop is being framed as the next major Early Access content update, with a heavier focus on handcrafted combat encounters after earlier work on the game’s foundations.

The headline addition is Hytale’s first handcrafted subterranean goblin dungeon. It ends with the Gobliterator, a multi-phase mecha goblin boss built around the game’s Encounter Manager system, which is already available in pre-release tools for designers and modders.

Chapter 1 also adds Goblin Breaches, temporary world events that open portals into unstable Orbis fragments. These areas feature goblin-controlled biomes, loot, and Void pressure, giving players another reason to leave the usual path and chase timed encounters.

Players will also get new goblin gadgets, including rocket boots, a scrap glider, a mining drill, a spyglass, and a hookshot. Combat is expanding through rune abilities too. Ability Runestones add active skills such as Chain Hook, Charged Shot, Ground Slam, Wind Strike, Enrage, and Fireball-style attacks, while Modifier Runestones can change how those skills behave, including area, duration, ricochet, and forking effects.

The latest pre-release notes from September 24 also mention combat feel adjustments, goblin AI changes, French localization, creative mode toggles for World Events, and a wider batch of fixes ahead of launch.

Separately, Hypixel founder Simon Collins-Laflamme has put up a $15,000 donation challenge for the first streamer to beat the Gobliterator in hardcore hard mode with no armor, potions, or glitches. The run has to be solo, streamed, and limited to iron weapons available in Exploration Mode.

Further reading: Official Hytale Update 7 notes