Changelog/2025/July 17

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[July 17] 0.23.2 Release Candidate

Updated: July 17, 2025

Hello!

Today we are opening the Alpha Network complete with the 0.23.2 Release Candidate. Have a quick read of what's going on before hopping onto alpha.hypixel.net to test!

► The Primordial Broodfather

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The Broodfather is back on alpha, and we've taken the time to fix some critical bugs and implement some key design changes. Most notably, The Primordial now has its new ability - give it a try!

➥ Stats and Abilities

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Spoiler: T1 Broodfather Stats & Abilities

  • Backstab : Occasionally leaps behind you. Attacks from behind deal +50% Damage.

Spoiler: T2 Broodfather Stats & Abilities

  • Backstab : Occasionally leaps behind you. Attacks from behind deal +75% Damage.
  • Noxious Paralysis : Reduces your healing by 25% and inflicts a stacking -2.5% debuff to your Speed Cap every 5th time you get damaged.

Spoiler: T3 Broodfather Stats & Abilities

  • Backstab : Occasionally leaps behind you. Attacks from behind deal +100% Damage.
  • Noxious Paralysis : Reduces your healing by 50% and inflicts a stacking -5% debuff to your Speed Cap every 5th time you get damaged.
  • Web of Lies : Spews webbing along the ground, disabling teleportation abilities until they are cleared. Also spawns 2 Eggs Sacs, break them before they hatch! (at 66% and 33% Health)

Spoiler: T4 Broodfather Stats & Abilities

  • Backstab : Occasionally leaps behind you. Attacks from behind deal +125% Damage.
  • Noxious Paralysis : Reduces your healing by 75% and inflicts a stacking -7.5% debuff to your Speed Cap every 5th time you get damaged.
  • Web of Lies : Spews webbing along the ground, disabling teleportation abilities until they are cleared. Also spawns 2 Eggs Sacs, break them before they hatch! (at 66% and 33% Health)
  • Bat Barrage : Becomes immune to magic damage for the rest of the fight and releases a horde of Bats. Take 1% of Max Health as Damage per second for each Bat alive. (starting at 50% Health)

Spoiler: T5 Broodfather Stats & Abilities (NEW!)

10,000,000 HP

3,500 DPS

  • Backstab : Occasionally leaps behind you. Attacks from behind deal +150% Damage.
  • Noxious Paralysis : Reduces your healing by 100% and inflicts a stacking -10% debuff to your Speed Cap every 5th time you get damaged.
  • Web of Lies : Spews webbing along the ground, disabling teleportation abilities until they are cleared. Also spawns 3 Eggs Sacs, break them before they hatch! (at 66% and 33% Health)
  • Bat Barrage : Becomes immune to magic damage for the rest of the fight and releases a horde of Bats. Take 2% of Max Health as Damage per second for each Bat alive. (starting at 66% Health)
  • Til Death Do Us Part : Upon initial "death", calls out to the Primordial Broodmother, who will awaken and fuse with the Broodfather, creating the Primordial Brood. The Brood has x2 Health and Damage of the Primordial Broodfather but only uses passive abilities.

➥ New Items

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Please note that we are aware just how much Spider Slayer RNG Meter XP some players have stockpiled over the years, and while we will not be removing any Meter XP from players, we may not allow for new chase items to be redeemed in the meter for a little while after the update drops in order to prevent the market being flooded on day 1.

Spoiler: Spider Slayer 6 Items

  • Tarantula Fang
    • Upgraded version of the newly revamped Recluse Fang (see 'Other Changes' section)
    • Can be crafted at Spider Slayer 6
  • Vial of Venom/Festering Maggot
    • Can be consumed up to 5 times, each time granting a permanent +1 Crit Damage/+1 Defense
    • Rarely dropped from T4 and T5 Spider/Zombie Slayer bosses upon reaching Spider/Zombie Slayer 6 respecitvely

Spoiler: Spider Slayer 7 Items

  • Primordial Armor
    • Upgraded version of the newly revamped Tarantula Armor with higher base stats, buffed abilities, and Gemstone Slots.
  • Mosquito Pet
    • Perks include buffing Pest Vinyls, Sugar Cane Fortune, and reducing the Pest Trap cooldown by up to 20%. A maxed-out legendary mosquito currently gives +175 Sugar Cane Fortune.
  • Shriveled Bracelet
    • A Bracelet which grants Magic Find and Combat Wisdom while in the Spider's Den.
  • Ensnared Snail
    • Can be applied to a weapon with Bane of Arthropods VI to increase it to level VII.
    • Replaces Bane VII books in the game.
  • Tarantula Ring
    • Ability: Every 10th melee hit on the same enemy now deals +15% Damage.

Spoiler: Spider Slayer 8 Items

  • The Primordial
    • A new LEGENDARY Belt that gives the player a 10% chance to cocoon Slayer Bosses and Slayer Minibosses upon killing them. Cocooned enemies will quickly respawn and can be killed again.
      • Crafted from an item exclusive to the Tier V boss. Has a 0.014% drop chance.
  • Sting
    • Upgraded version of the Tarantula Fang
    • This weapon always crits!
    • Crafted using several of an item exclusive to the Tier V boss. Has a 0.071% drop chance.

Spoiler: Spider Slayer 9 Item

  • T12 Tarantula Minion
    • No surprises here, it's a faster version of the T11 Tarantula Minion
    • Can be purchased from the Bartender upon reaching Spider Slayer 9

➥ Changes Since Last Alpha

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  • Added the Darkness Within rune
  • Allowed the egg sacks to be damaged by arrows
  • Allowed The Primordial to be starred and converted to a dungeon item
  • Reworked The Primordial to grant a 10% change to cocoon a Slayer boss or Slayer Miniboss
    • In the event that a Slayer Boss is cocooned, it will start a new slayer for you, but skip to the boss fight
  • Altered some of the drop tables weights
  • Altered the Vial of Venom to grant +1 Crit Damage per consumption
  • Altered the Festering Maggot to grant +1 Defense per consumption
  • Altered the recipe for The Primordial to be closer aligned with its new role
  • Altered the amount of Toxic Arrow Poison given by each tier
  • Altered the Shriveled Necklace
    • Buffed the stats to +5 Combat Wisdom and +10 Magic Find when in the Spider's Den
    • Changed to a glove item type, now called the Shriveled Bracelet
  • Granted immunity from magic damage to the Primordial Bats
  • Raised the cap of the Buzzin' Bartender Mosquito pet perk to +175 Sugar Cane Fortune
  • Fixed a bug with teleportation abilities being disabled for the whole server
  • Fixed a bug with The Primordial spamming "You cannot use this item here"
  • Fixed a bug with the Spider Egg Mixin granting +15 Crit Damage rather than +15% Crit Damage
  • Fixed a bug with Noxious Paralysis not persisting for the duration of the fight
  • Fixed a bug with teleportation abilities being disabled for longer than intended
  • Fixed a bug with being able to corrupt the Primordial Hatchlings/Minions using a Totem of Corruption
  • Fixed a bug with the new Spider Slayer recipes not showing in the rewards preview
  • Fixed a bug with the new Spider Slayer recipes not showing in the maddox recipes menu

Please note that any further changes mentioned on the July 8th Alpha Thread that have not yet been implemented are still planned for a later date.

► Kuudra Swapping Shenanigans

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  • Added support for swapping your Kuudra Armor Type.
    • The menu can be accessed with the /kuudratransfer command, or at the faction blacksmiths Alwin and Igor at the Crimson Isle.

► Damage Reduction Fixes

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When it came to damage reduction, some items were working in strange and mysterious ways. The most notable issue is being able to stack 100% damage resistance to get full damage immunity. Fear no more, for they have been corrected!

  • Changed how damage reduction was calculated in Pets, resulting in lower reduction than stated
  • End Stone Sword’s ability now gains damage reduction every 100 mana consumed instead of 5 and is also now capped at 20% multiplicative damage reduction
  • Fixed an issue which allowed all variations of the Sea Creature Accessories to stack their damage reduction together
  • Changed the following items from an additive damage reduction to a multiplicative reduction instead:
    • Monster Hunter’s Set Bonus
    • Magma Lord Armor and Magma Lord Gauntlet
    • Taurus Helmet, Flaming Chestplate, Moogma Leggings, Slug Boots
    • Thunder Armor and Thunderbolt Necklace
    • Wither Impact and Wither Shield
    • Soulweaver Gloves
    • Pumpkin Armor
    • Ender Relic/Artifact
    • Nether Artifact
    • Zombie Artifact/Ring/Talisman
    • Spider Artifact/Ring/Talisman
    • Wolf Ring/Talisman
    • Fire Talisman
    • Lava Talisman
    • Wither Relic/Artifact

► Bugfixes

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  • Fixed an issue preventing the placing of deployables near the Soul Campfire.
  • Fixed an issue causing Cinderbats to die to lava when attempting to lasso them.
  • Fixed an issue causing scaffolding to despawn when sneaking near the edge or jumping on it.
  • Fixed the Sea Creature Guide not detecting when you'd killed a Tadgang for the first time.
  • Fixed an issue causing Black Holes not pulling in mobs correctly while underwater or when obstructed by transparent blocks such as wheat.
  • Fixed an issue allowing players to circumvent Emerald Blade's Curse of Greed by placing it in a Huntaxe.
  • Fixed an issue allowing players to fish up Common shards from a GOOD CATCH! while using Wooden Bait in the Tomb Floodway.
  • Fixed an issue allowing Pandas to phase through blocks when growing via Bamboo.
  • Fixed collecting an auction while nicked shows the nick to your co-op members.
  • Fixed some typos and cleared up some descriptions.
  • Fixed Crystal Nucleus Guide sometimes not opening correctly.
  • Fixed Being able to damage sea creatures while wearing Hunter Armour using Explosive Arrows.
  • Fixed non-Zombie kills on Reaper/Revenant Armor counting.
  • Fixed Dwarven Mines events color on scoreboard not displaying correctly.
  • Fixed not being able to use Etherwarp on carpet.
  • Added an "Essence Guide" button to the Forest Essence Shop.
  • Added a menu icon to claim coins from inaccessible co-op bank, due to the profile being a solo profile.
  • Added Unlock Cost to HOTM and HOTF Ability descriptions.
  • Changed requirements to reset HOTM and HOTF to their first perks (Mining Speed for HOTM and Sweep for HOTF).