Changelog/2025/October 15

Hello!

Today we've released version 0.23.5 of Hypixel SkyBlock, which includes the Dungeonbreaker pickaxe, a new /pity system to help out particularly unlucky players, various improvements to Ironman profiles, lots of quality of life (QoL) changes, and a few bug fixes! Keep reading for all the details!

Where Dungeonbreaker?

The Dungeonbreaker is a new pickaxe that can be purchased at Ophelia for 500 Wither Essence. It allows you to mine through most blocks in the Catacombs.

The Dungeonbreaker has a couple of limitations:

• The number of blocks you can break is limited by how many Charges you have available
  • Charges regenerate at 2 blocks per second
  • You also regenerate up to 5 Charges when collecting a Secret with the new Echoes of the Lost perk
    • This perk can be found in the Wither Essence shop
• You cannot break blocks around room boundaries
• Crypts can't be broken with the Dungeonbreaker. They will still require Superboom TNT or an equivalent explosion effect, as previously

With the release of the Dungeonbreaker, you will no longer be able to "stonk" with previous methods. This allows us to enable anticheat measures that were previously disabled due to having to allow "stonking" as a mechanic.

The Dungeonbreaker is an important step in moving towards a fully latest version experience, as stonking was a vanilla exploit only found in Minecraft 1.8. While the Dungeonbreaker is designed for the latest version functionality in mind, it should be fully functional in older versions. However, we still encourage you to update your Minecraft version (and mods!) as soon as possible since a lot of future content will most definitely require the latest version.

RNGesus not on your side? Say hello to /pity! This new menu keeps track of various new and pre-existing pity across the game. The addition of /pity does not mean we are discontinuing RNG Meters - this system just allows us to add hard pity for smaller systems that aren't large or complex enough to warrant a dedicated meter. The Pity menu can also be accessed through the /rng menu, or by typing /pity directly.

New Pity

• Hoppity's Hunt Pity
  • Every 500th Egg you open is guaranteed to contain a MYTHIC rabbit you don't already have
  • Every 2,500th Egg you open is guaranteed to contain a DIVINE Rabbit you don't already have
    • Designer Note: Rabbits from the Hitman count towards pity. Pity replaces the previously teased Hoppity's Hunt RNG Meter.
    • Designer Note: Upon pity release, players will receive pity progress of up to 1 new free divine and mythic rabbit based upon lifetime eggs opened.
• Garden Pity
  • Every 3,000th Visitor who visits once you are Garden Level 15 is guaranteed to be the Spaceman
    • Designer Note: Pity only increments if you are at the necessary Garden level to spawn the Spaceman.
• Moonglade Marsh Pity
  • Every 2,500th Treasure fished is guaranteed to be Fish The Fish
  • Every 2,500th mob killed is guaranteed to drop Mob The Fish
  • Every 1,000th Tree Gift is guaranteed to have Tree The Fish

Pre-Existing Pity

• Gold & Diamond Trophy Fish on the Crimson Isle
  • Every 100th Trophy Fish of a specific type is guaranteed to be GOLD
  • Every 600th Trophy Fish of a specific type is guaranteed to be DIAMOND
• Glacite Mineshaft spawning in the Glacite Tunnels
  • Base chance of 1/2,000, mining blocks decreases the 2,000 until you get a Mineshaft

There's a handful of improvements we've made to Ironman Profiles with this update.

Ironman profiles will no longer be bidding against Normal profiles in Shen's Auctions to help level the playing field a bit more. There will be about half the regular quantities of items available in Shen's Auction and Special. We anticipate the numbers will need tweaking, but we want to see how it plays out first.

Keep in mind that purchasing any items from Shen's Auction or Special will Co-op Soulbound the item.

Tired of the Ironman experience? Solo and Co-op Ironman profiles now have the ability to convert to a Normal profile, although the process is a bit different for both.

If you're on a Solo Ironman profile, you can choose to start the conversion in the Profile Management menu. In most cases, you'll be required to wait a certain amount of time (up to 35 days) in case you change your mind. Once the timer is up, you'll be asked one last time if you are absolutely sure you want to de-iron, as the process is permanent!

For Ironman Co-ops, the process is a little different. Once someone in the Co-op wishes to convert, it will start a vote that lasts 3 days. During this time, if any player in the Co-op votes "NO" or fails to vote, the conversion process will stop. If the Co-op unanimously votes "YES", then the countdown starts (up to 35 days). If during this time any player in the Co-op has second thoughts, they are able to cancel the conversion process in the Profile Management menu.

Ironman profiles are now able to purchase most cosmetics listed on the Auction House (they are still not able to sell any). When opening the Auction House menu, they'll now see a custom browser with filters for various cosmetic types.

For Normal profiles, we've replaced the Blocks tab in the Auction House with a Cosmetics tab so that players can more easily find cosmetics. There wasn't much going on in the Blocks tab previously, and most of its items can now be found in the Tools & Misc tab instead.

On a side note, Ironman profiles can now purchase a custom amount of Booster Cookies from the Ironman Bazaar.

Found above spawn in the Dwarven Mines, the Ironman Guild is an in-universe Guild with Ironman Dwarves. If you talk to Ian of Ironmen, he'll explain Ironman profiles, and he'll even open a menu for you to create an Ironman profile right there if you want.

Over the past few months, we've been gathering many of the most popular community suggestions.

• Thorn Shard Changes
  • Now drops exclusively from Master Mode Floor IV 100% of the time in Emerald Chests and above as a bonus
  • Is now a LEGENDARY Shard with the ID of L48
• Added a Scarf Shard
  • Drops exclusively from Master Mode Floor II 100% of the time in Emerald Chests and above as a bonus
  • Grants 2-20% more Dungeon Class experience
• All of Livid's clones are now Humanoid/Arcane mob types rather than a bunch of different ones

• Replaced the Mosquito Pet's 'Fool Me Once' perk with a new one
  • Perk: Bloodsucker's Betrayal
  • Effect: Pest Traps work 0.2-20% faster.
• Doubled the Pest damage buff provided by the Praying Mantis Shard
• Added the Elusive typing to the Field Mouse
• If you participated in multiple Farming Contests, you'll now receive the best medal out of the crops you farmed
  • Previously, it was simply given to the crop you farmed the most in, but this could occasionally result in you receiving a worse medal than you would've otherwise gotten
  • 10/15/2025 21:00 EST -> This change, as well as the 10 year event claim limit, has been reverted due to issues with claiming rewards.

• Bobbin' Time Ultimate Enchantment Changes
  • 10 ➜ 5 max players
  • +0.3/0.4/0.5% ➜ +0.6/0.8/1.0% stats per player
  • In effect, you get the same stats as before, but with half as many people
• The Totem of Corruption now counts as a Deployable, and it can only corrupt Sea Creatures that you fish up
• Chumcap Buckets now only allow their owner to fish up Agarimoo
• Ember Armor's 'Nether Lord' ability is now disabled near Fishing Hotspots
• Added Raw Cod to the Fishing Merchant

• Added Wet Water, Gill Membranes, Flexbones, Stretching Sticks, Sturdy Bones, Starlyn Prizes, Deep Roots, Bamboo, and Sticks to the Foraging Sack
• Added Wet Water, Gill Membranes, Sturdy Bones, Starlyn Prizes, Deep Roots, Warty, Lushlilacs, Candycombs, Oceandies, and Bonbons to the Bazaar
• Shellwise, Pandas, and Joydives now respawn faster

• Mythic Armadillo Pet
  • Upgraded using a 'Frozen Scute', which is dropped rarely from Umber, Tungsten, and Vanguard Corpses
  • New perk 'Well-worked', which consumes up to 10% less Energy while tunneling
  • Mythic Armadillos have 400 Energy
• Added +2.5 Gemstone Spread to the Pendant of Divan's "Legacy" Tiered Bonus.
• The Travel Scroll to the Crystal Nucleus no longer has an MVP+ requirement
• Mithril Powder Buffs
  • Raffle
    • Participation Bonus: 5,000 ➜ 10,000 Mithril Powder
    • Per Ticket: 10 ➜ 25 Mithril Powder
  • Goblin Raid
    • Participation Bonus: 5,000 ➜ 10,000 Mithril Powder
    • Per Goblin: 20 ➜ 50 Mithril Powder
  • Mithril Gourmand
    • Participation Bonus: 2,000 ➜ 10,000 Mithril Powder
    • Removed the cap on Tasty Mithril
  • Commissions
    • ALL Dwarven Mines Commissions now give 500 Mithril Powder
    • ALL Crystal Hollows Commissions now give 1,000 Gemstone Powder
    • ALL Glacite Tunnels Commissions now give 1,500 Glacite Powder
    • Each of these are doubled if you are HOTM 10
  • Fetchur Quest Reward: 1,000 ➜ 2,500 Mithril Powder
  • Puzzler Quest Reward: 1,000 ➜ 2,500 Mithril Powder
  • Powder Ghast: 50-100 ➜ 100-250 Mithril Powder (per hit)
  • Golden Goblins: 200 ➜ 500 Mithril Powder
  • Diamond Goblins: 400 ➜ 1,000 Mithril Powder
  • Dwarven Treasure Reforge Bonus: +5% ➜ +15% Mithril Powder from Dwarven Events
  • Powder Pumpkin Effect: +5% ➜ +15% Mithril Powder
• All Glacite Mineshafts now spawn with at least 10 mobs
• Peridot Mineshafts are bad no more
• Amber, Jade, Ruby, Amethyst, and Sapphire now give 8/2,000 towards Mineshaft pity (from 4/2,000)
• Aquamarine, Onyx, Peridot, and Citrine now give 10/2,000 towards Mineshaft pity (from 4/2,000)
• Added a Tablist Widget for Pickaxe Ability cooldowns
• Added Precursor Apparatuses to the Crystal Hollows Sack
• Sped up King Yolkar's yapping after you finish the Crystal Nucleus quest for the first time

• Increased the daily NPC Sell Price cap to 500m Coins for all profiles
• Doubled the quantities of Artifacts of Control, Pandora's Boxes, and Shen's Regalia at Shen's Auction
• Infinite Quiver is no longer disabled while you're sneaking (don't ask)
• Rusty got around to organizing his shop menu into different categories
• Huntaxes will no longer take ownership of a mob spawned by another player
• Pocket Black Holes can no longer pull mobs spawned by other players
• On a Mayor's 3rd, 5th, and 7th appearance they are now guaranteed to get their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th perk respectively
  • They have a 50% chance on their 2nd, 4th, and 6th appearance to get that perk early
• Reduced the minimum weight needed to get a Skeleton the Fish from 1,000 LB Loudmouth Bass to only 50 LB
• Oops the Fish, Spook the Fish, and Chill the Fish can now be auctioned
• Golden Jerries are now elusive

Spoiler: NPC Sell Price Changes

There are a handful of other changes being made with this update to help balance the game.

• Scorpion Bow Changes
  • Renamed to 'Spider Shortbow'
  • Made crafting recipe significantly cheaper
  • Deals x2 Damage to the Tarantula Broodfather's Egg Sacs
  • Is now a Shortbow
  • Reduced stats to compensate
• Mosquito Bow now deals x3 Damage to the Tarantula Broodfather's Egg Sacs
• Egg Sac Changes
  • Tier 3: 2 Egg Sacs -- 3 Health each
  • Tier 4: 3 Egg Sacs -- 6 Health each
  • Tier 5: 4 Egg Sacs -- 9 Health each
    • Designer Note: This has been reduced down from 5/10/15 Health each on Alpha.
• T5 Tarantula Broodfather's 'Til Death Do Us Part' ability now has 'Noxious Paralysis' ability and can Backstab
• T5 Tarantula Broodfathers now always have Magic Resistance instead of only being after its 'Bat Barrage' ability
• Points gained for Hunting during Agatha's Contests are now per-mob instead of per-shard to prevent players from getting way more Points than intended
• The Starborn Shard is now a Water shard instead of a Combat Shard
• Reduced the scaling of enchantments that increased damage to specific mob types
• Renamed 'Explorer' achievement to 'Wanderer', changed description to more clearly indicate that it requires you to visit every zone in the Hub, except beyond what's required for the 'Explorer' quest (except the Regalia Room)
• The Soul Eater Ultimate Enchantment is now capped at 1m Damage outside of Dungeons
• Removed Smite VII from Tomioka's shop
• Capped the 'Maniac Miner' Pickaxe Ability to 500 Mining Fortune
  • Designer Note: We anticipate this being a 10%~ cut to hourly rates from our testing. Mining pure ores in an early-game mining area was never intended to be the best money-making method for mining, and we will look into making adjustments to Gemstones in the future.
• Reduced the drop rate of Glacite Shards to 0.1% from various mobs
• Nerfed Enchanted Hoppers to only give 70% of an item's NPC sell price
• Unequipping Reaper or Final Destination Armor now takes away stats from their abilities if they were active
• Fossil item descriptions no longer mention that they give Fuel, as it's not their primary purpose
  • They can still be used for Fuel, but it's a "secret" feature

As usual, we have fixed some more bugs with this release.

• Fixed Gauntlet of Contagion's damage scaling when it's just supposed to be a percentage of mob health
• Fixed Primordial Jockey's doing way more damage than intended
• Fixed Ragnarock's recipe being in the shape of an axe, despite now being a sword
• Fixed the Hollow Wand's 'Ichor Pool' damage buff persisting even after leaving radius
• Fixed the Great Spook Staff's 'Spooker' ability not working on Private Islands
• Fixed Vampire Witch Mask being able to damage certain immune Galatea mobs
• Fixed an issue with the 'Front Loaded' HOTM perk
• Fixed a rare issue when claiming items from The Forge
• Fixed Angry Archaeologists flying when touching water
• Fixed Bobbin' Time Ultimate Enchantment not applying to Magic Find
• Fixed Cooled Forges perk not rolling odds properly per each item
• Fixed anvil menu saying it will remove the enchantment when upgrading an Ultimate Enchantment
• Fixed typo in reclaim menu
• Fixed typo in Accessory Bag upgrade with Elizabeth
• Fixed being unable to complete these quests in Hina's Chapters:
  • Reach 50 Sweep
  • Reach 200 Sweep
  • Get at least 100 Pressure Resistance
• Added the Dark Red level bracket to the Century Party Invitation item

The Great Spook event has been enabled and will last until November 5th.

We've also scheduled bonus Spooky Festival events towards the end of the month in celebration of Halloween.

• Friday, October 31st 3:35am EDT (regularly scheduled event)
• Friday, October 31st 11:35pm EDT
• Saturday, November 1st 7:35am EDT
• Saturday, November 1st 3:35pm EDT
• Saturday, November 1st 11:35pm EDT
• Sunday, November 2nd 3:35pm EDT

Here is a quick update on the next major update coming to SkyBlock, along with a peek at what is to come next year. Keep in mind that this list is definitely not comprehensive; there are many things not mentioned here that we are working on, some even planned to come out later this year!

Later this year, we're planning to release the biggest addition to the Garden since its initial release in February 2023. This update includes the main flagship feature of the Greenhouse, a revamp to Farming Tools, a nerf to Crop Milestones and Visitor Milestones, and a new powder-like currency for Farming (retroactive by the way!). You'll be able to spend this new currency on earnable and upgradable Farming Chips, which will provide a boost to all Garden-related content. Our goal with this is to make Garden progression feel smoother and more rewarding through regular upgrades as you play.

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

We've begun pre-production of the second foraging island, which is slated to come out next year. We'll provide more updates on the project as we get closer to release.

Going into 2026, we have 2 goals: new combat content and more latest version features. We're really excited about all the cool new things we can bring to you guys in latest, so we want to remind everyone to move over to 1.21+ if you haven't already! All of our major content updates planned for 2026 are latest version only, don't miss out!

In the near future, we plan on only supporting the 2 latest content drops in addition to 1.8.9. This will allow us to utilize even more cutting-edge features for updates. You can read more about it in our announcement HERE!

If you encounter any bugs or unexpected behavior, please report it HERE!

That's all for today!