Changelog/2025/November 4

Hello!

Today we've released version 0.23.6 of Hypixel SkyBlock, an update which introduces a whole host of new content to the Mythological Ritual along with Vesuvius, a useful NPC for Kuudra enthusiasts. Keep reading for all the details!

Designer Note: This content will become available when Diana is next elected with her "Mythological Ritual" perk active. Word around the election booth is that she might be in the running again very soon.

As part of this update, Mayor Diana's Mythological Ritual perk has undergone a massive revamp that brings with it a whole host of new mobs, drops, treasures, and QoL changes. You can read more about the changes below.

The Griffin Pet can now be upgraded to its final rarity, Mythic, using the Mythic Griffin Upgrade Stone, which can be crafted using a number of valuable items obtained by playing the Mythological Ritual.

Upgrading your Griffin to Mythic unlocks 2 new mobs for you to take on - the Manticore, and King Minos himself - both of which have some particularly valuable drops.

Firstly, the Manticore can drop its Fated Stinger, which can upgrade the maximum level of the Venomous enchant on a weapon by one level. Not only this, but it can also drop the Manti-core, which can be crafted into the Manticore Claw, a particularly potent piece of combat equipment.

Lastly, King Minos himself might just make an appearance, if you should be so lucky. If you can defeat him and his trusty golden sheep, you might just find yourself left with a piece of Shimmering Wool. This extremely rare drop is used in crafting the Golden Fleece - a legendary cloak that's particularly useful for further increasing your rates during the Mythological Ritual, but also comes with some solid combat stats to boot.

❃ Tracking is a new stat introduced as part of this update. For every 1 tracking you are 1% more likely to find mobs with the ♣ Elusive typing. Examples of mobs with this typing includes Field Mice, Diamond Goblins, Scathas, and Mythic Sea Creatures.

In terms of the Mythological Ritual, having more tracking will make you more likely to find the following ✿ Mythological mobs, which also have the ♣ Elusive typing:

• Minos Inquisitor
• Sphinx
• Manticore
• King Minos

A sizable amount of the new content added as part of this update will involve the Tracking stat, so keep it in mind!

Please note that we do not intend to add Inquisitor pity or anything similar for ✿ Mythological mobs - if you want to find them more often you simply need to increase your Tracking stat!

Previously, there were always 4 burrows in a chain. Burrow #1 always contained an arrow, burrows #2 and #3 mob or treasure at a 75%/25% split, and #4 was guaranteed to be something from the burrow treasure table. Now, though burrow #1 remains always an arrow, all other burrows maintain the 75%/25% split between mob or treasure.

With this update, though the base burrow length remains at 4, we have added some new ways to extend burrows:

• The Archaic Spade and Deific Spades, upgrades to the Ancestral Spade, grant +2 and +4 burrow length respectively, in addition to allowing you to find more valuable items in burrows.
• The 'Erudite' reforge, which can be applied to any Spade via the Daedalus' Notes item, grants +2 burrow length.

With an optimal build, this means a maximum burrow length of +10 is possible. The benefits of longer chains are less arrows - meaning more burrows containing mobs or treasures - and, if you have a Mythic Griffin, a bonus of up to +10 Tracking on your final burrow in a chain, meaning you're far more likely to find ♣ Elusive mobs.

The Hephaestus Anvil can be crafted from 64x Enchanted Gold Blocks, 2x Braided Griffin Feathers, 1x Zog Anvil, 128x Enchanted Ancient Claw, and 64x Mythos Shards.

When placed in a crafting grid alongside 3 of any of the following items, all of the items will be consumed and a Hephaestus item will be created.

• Crochet Tiger Plushie
  • Becomes Hephaestus Plushie. Bonus Attack Speed buff increased from 35% -> 50%.
• Cretan Urn
  • Becomes Hephaestus Urn. Pet Luck increased from 5 -> 10.
• Antique Remedies
  • Becomes Hephaestus Remedies. Strength buff increased from 80% -> 100%.
• Minos Relic
  • Becomes Hephaestus Relic. % buff increased from 33% -> 50%.
• Dwarf Turtle Shelmet
  • Becomes Hephaestus Shelmet. True Defense increased from 10 -> 20.
• Washed-up Souvenir
  • Becomes Hephaestus Souvenir. Sea Creature Chance increased from 5% -> 10%.

Some of the new ✿ Mythological mobs can also be hunted, and will grant you some useful attribute shards for doing so!

• Cretan Bull (COMMON Shard):
  • Mythological Resistance: Grants +4-40 Defense against ✿ Mythological mobs.
• Minotaur (RARE Shard):
  • Mythological Ruler: Grants +0.5-5 Magic Find on ✿ Mythological mobs.
• Sphinx (EPIC Shard):
  • Big Game Hunter: Grants +0.5-5 Tracking on Griffin Burrows.
• King Minos (EPIC Shard):
  • King of Greed: Increases Coin gain from Griffin Burrows by 1-10%.

Stop right on by Foxy's carnival next time it's in town, for there are some new Mythological Ritual perks to be had!

Perk Name	Perk Effect	Carnival Token Cost
Fabled Slayer I-V	Increases damage dealt to ✿ Mythological mobs by +5/10/15/20/25%.	50/100/150/200/250
Deadly Greed I-V	Gain +2/4/6/8/10% more Coins from Griffin Burrows.	50/100/150/200/250
Diana's Favor I-III	Grants +1/2/3 Magic Find on ✿ Mythological mobs.	100/200/400
Elusive Hunter I-II	Grants +2.5/5 Tracking while digging up Griffin Burrows.	100/1,000

As part of this update, we have made a large number of changes to the existing Mythological Ritual in order to improve the overall gameplay experience:

• Added Griffin Upgrade Stones to the Bazaar.
• Added a mechanic to teleport Mythological mobs back faster when they fall into the void.
• Added NPC sell prices to several preexisting items:
  • Enchanted Ancient Claw: 32,000
  • Crochet Tiger Plushie: 250,000
  • Antique Remedies: 250,000
  • Dwarf Turtle Shelmet: 250,000
  • Washed-up Souvenir: 250,000
  • Daedalus Stick: 1,000,000
  • Minos Relic: 5,000,000
• Added itemlore/flavortext to several Mythological Ritual items.
• Added Ancestral Spade to the Museum (2 SBXP).
• Added +10 True Defense to the Dwarf Turtle Shelmet.
• Added a requirement of having a Griffin Pet equipped to damage other player's Mythological mobs.
• Added a new texture to the Zog's Anvil.
• Adjusted Minotaur's Bestiary from 4,000 kills to max -> 1,000 kills to max.
• Added a short Mythological Ritual guide to Mayor Diana's in-office menu.
• Added 50% Magic Resistance to all Mythological mobs that didn't already have it.
• Added "Right-click to view recipes!" to Ancient Claw, Enchanted Ancient Claw, Braided Griffin Feather.
• Adjusted Braided Griffin Feather's Bazaar section from Voidgloom Seraph -> Mythological Ritual.
• Adjusted the Sword of Revelations recipe, making it significantly cheaper.
• Adjusted Diana's Bookshelf, replacing +1 Pet Luck with +1 Tracking.
• Adjusted Beaconmite Attribute description to clarify it does NOT affect Private Island beacons.
• Adjusted Private Island Beacons, replacing Pet Luck Boost with Tracking.
• Adjusted Mythological mob knockback, making most mobs take less.
• Adjusted the Crown of Greed, replacing its ability:
  • Passive: Indulgence
    • Gain 2x Coins from Griffin Burrows and +10 Magic Find on Mythological mobs, but you take 1.25x damage from them.
• Adjusted the Crown of Avarice, replacing its ability:
  • Passive: Overindulgence
    • Take 1.5x damage from ✿ Mythological mobs but gain 5x Coins from them and Griffin Burrows. Coins gained are consumed by the helmet. Grants +0.0015x Damage and +2.5 Magic Find on ✿ Mythological mobs for each digit of coins consumed (Capped at 1B)
      • Designer Note: The damage bonus applies to all mobs, but the Magic Find only applies to Mythological ones.
• Adjusted the rarity of several pet items:
  • Washed-up Souvenir: LEGENDARY -> EPIC
  • Dwarf Turtle Shelmet: RARE -> EPIC
• Adjusted the recipes of the various Griffin Upgrade Stones so as to include the new drops.
• Adjusted Future Calories Talisman, replacing +1 Fishing Wisdom with +0.5 Tracking.
• Adjusted Mythological mob prefixes:
  • COMMON → No prefix
  • UNCOMMON → Blessed
  • RARE → Stalwart
  • EPIC → Venerable
  • LEGENDARY → Exalted
  • MYTHIC → Empyrean
• Adjusted the Blade of Daedalus:
  • Now only copies Combat Stats.
  • Slightly reduced the Magic Find per Mythological Bestiary tier due to new mobs being added to the event.
• Adjusted Griffin Pet's "Odyssey" perk to list how many Mythological mobs it can find at each tier (+2 per tier).
• Adjusted Griffin Pet's "King of Kings" perk to the following:
  • Grants +20 Magic Find on Mythological mobs.
• Adjusted Griffin Pet's base stats:
  • Added +25 Strength & +25 Bonus Attack Speed
  • Removed +10 Intelligence
• Removed Griffin Pet's "Legendary Constitution" perk and rescaled the existing perk unlocks:
  • COMMON: Odyssey
  • UNCOMMON: Odyssey
  • RARE: Odyssey, Sacred Strength
  • EPIC: Odyssey, Sacred Strength
  • LEGENDARY: Odyssey, Sacred Strength, King of Kings
  • MYTHIC: Odyssey, Sacred Strength, King of Kings, Ancient Earth
• Removed the random Minos Follower spawns when killing mobs throughout the game.
• Removed the ability to recombobulate the various Griffin Upgrade Stones.
• Removed mana cost from Ancestral Spade.
• Removed the ability to take knockback from Mythological mobs.
• Removed Diana's "Lucky!" perk, replacing it with the following:
  • Huntress' Intuition -> Grants +10 Tracking.

Quality-of-life changes to other areas of the game!

• Added the Pesthunter Relic to the Pesthunter's Wares. Costs 200 Pests + 1x Pesthunter Artifact.
• Added an Anguish Talisman line, crafted from various Ghost drops.
• Adjusted Ghost Bestiary from 100,000 kills to max -> 40,000 kills to max.
• Adjusted Venomous enchant as a result of adding Venomous VII, reducing the walk speed penalty inflicted and slightly reducing the venom damage per tick.
• Adjusted Enderman Slayer 9's perk from 15 Tracking -> 5 Tracking.
• Adjusted the amount of Soul String needed in several crafts:
  • Venom's Touch: 10x per slot -> 16x per slot
  • Venom's Touch (Fragged): 50x per slot -> 64x per slot
  • Spider Queen's Stinger: 6x per slot -> 16x per slot
  • Spider Queen's Stinger (Fragged): 6x per slot -> 64x per slot

Ever wanted to deal with all your Kuudra loot chests at once? Fear not, as Vesuvius has arrived. Vesuvius can be found at the Kuudra's Skull. He functions very similar to Croesus in the Dungeon Hub, the only difference being he only shows chests from Kuudra.

You can now queue for Kuudra in the Dungeon Hub. If you're looking for your chests, Croesus has you covered for both Dungeons and Kuudra. The layout of the Dungeon Hub has also been updated for a fresher look.

• Hidden Elections have been removed.
  • We feel that with the minister system, players benefit a lot more from open elections and planning what they can do in the upcoming days than the potential suspense a hidden election provides.
• Fixed Wheel of Fate not working.

As we are going through our backlog of updates, we are getting closer to some of our larger version releases. Everything shown here is subject to change !

Before the year ends, the Garden is getting its most ambitious growth spurt yet. We’re introducing an entirely new system centered around the Greenhouse , alongside major changes to:

• Farming Tools
• Adjustments to both Crop and Visitor Milestones .
• A brand-new Farming currency , letting you invest in and upgrade Farming Chips that strengthen every aspect of your Garden.

Rather than one big grind, this update is designed to make Farming progress unfold more naturally, with meaningful upgrades waiting at every step.

If you haven't seen it yet, check out our previous sneak peek of the Greenhouse HERE!

Still planned for next year, this new island is currently in early development.

If you encounter any bugs or unexpected behavior while playing this update, please report it HERE! Thanks for your continued support, and see you next time!