Changelog/2026/April 30

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[April 30] Assorted QoL Changes

Updated: April 30, 2026

Day 2 Changes

The following changes are now live on alpha.hypixel.net:

  • Adjusted Hellwisp and Demonlord shards:
    • Demonlord changed from LEGENDARY -> EPIC, replaces Hellwisp’s old ID
    • Hellwisp changed from EPIC -> LEGENDARY, replaced Demonlord’s old ID
      • Designer Note: This is a better solution than our previous changes to the Demonlord shard, and creates less frustrating paths towards fusions that maintain our original intent of keeping people playing Blaze Slayer as intended. In order to prevent players from losing attribute levels as a result of the the rarity adjustment, the attribute levels of these two have been swapped, so if you had Level 10 Demonlord and Level 7 Hellwisp, you should now have Level 10 Hellwisp and Level 7 Demonlord.
  • Huntraps placed in the “Matriarch’s Lair” zone will now catch Hellwisp Shards
  • As a result of the Hellwisp swap, Inferno Demonlord shards now once again drop 1 at a time instead of 4x
  • Reduced the Grinch Sea Creature to 3 HP
  • Buffed Magma Lord Armor’s “Lord’s Blessing” bonus:
    • 4/5: Increased to +20* Magic Find on Magmatic mobs
      • *currently says 25 ingame
    • 5/5: Increased to +30 Magic Find on Magmatic mobs
      • Designer Note: These changes have been made to ensure the Magma Lord Necklace is preferable to the Rift Necklace for Magic Find in its intended area of the game. This is a temporary change as we await the Magic Find rework, which is currently in development and will adjust both items.
  • The Bingo Pet's “Mountain Climber” perk now applies to Heart of the Forest, and has been renamed to “Climber”.
  • Removed the upgrade path of Lava Sea Creature -> Thunder -> Magma Lord.
    • Designer Note: This change raised some larger issues both with starring and with old-system attributes persisting through upgrades and then being salvageable for better rewards. As a result, we will not be going forward with this upgrade path for the time being. Please note that Magma Lord Necklace remains a Necklace but does NOT* build from the Thunder Necklace, rather than being reverted to a Gauntlet.
  • Fixed St. Jerry and Hoppity visiting The Garden outside of their respective events
  • Fixed the SkyBlock guide showing Harp songs as incomplete despite achieving their 90% requirement
  • Fixed being able to plant crops in the Greenhouse that you haven't unlocked yet
  • Fixed some sand not being harvestable in the Mushroom Desert
  • Fixed the XP gain Autopet rule not triggering when Taming XP is selected and gained.
  • Fixed Arachne and Broods being able to exit Arachne's Sanctuary.

Day 1 Changes

The following changes are planned, and will be visible on Alpha soon:

  • Increased Magma Lord Necklace stats:
    • Sea Creature Chance: 1.5% -> 2.5%
    • Defense: 35 -> 45
  • Increased Personal Sea Creature Cap from 5 -> 10
  • Adjusted Inferno Demonlord Shards to drop 1 -> 4 at a time
  • Renamed "Maximal Torment" Attribute -> "Unlimited Torment"
  • Renamed "Paramount Fortitude" Attribute -> "Unlimited Fortitude"
    • Both Attributes are now buffed by "Almighty" Attribute due to these naming changes
  • Removed Helix Fossils from the Fossil Excavator

More changes are currently in the works to target some key issues with Lava Sea Creature/Thunder/Magma Lord Armor starring and the Magma Lord Necklace's lack of Magic Find when compared to the Rift Necklace.

We'd also like to formally state that Ender Pearls being disabled within Kuudra is not intended, can be classified as a bug, and that we are aware of it.

Hi all!

Today we're opening up the Alpha Network with an assortment of quality-of-life changes targeting a wide variety of different areas of the game. Have a quick read before you get to testing!

► Combat Changes

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  • Added a 2x coin multiplier to Crown of Avarice upon reaching a 1B counter
  • Increased cooldown of the "Life Recovery" Attribute from 0.2s -> 0.5s
  • Moved several items from slayer "extra" tables to main:
    • Festering Maggot
    • Enchanted Blaze Powder (Weight reduced to 1500)
    • High Class Archfiend Dice
  • Added a floor-wide drop message for more rare Dungeons items obtained from end-of-floor chests. Also added a more exciting variant for particularly desirable drops, such as the Necron's Handle, which also shows up in the Dungeon Hub
  • Adjusted Jerry Boxes to now go straight into the inventory instead of being left on the floor
  • Adjusted Soulflow Engine to work with Catalysts
  • Adjusted the Horse Pet and Skeleton Horse Pets into skulls instead of ridable mobs. Also gave them new perks
  • Adjusted Tormentor:
    • Replaced 2x Sapphire Gemstone Slots -> 2 Combat Gemstone Slots
    • Added +30 Strength
    • Reduced "Angered" extra damage taken from 2x -> 50%
    • Added new ability named "Chain of Agony"
      • Each melee hit arcs with cursed energy, chaining to up to 5 nearby mobs dealing 100% damage (arcs jump from mob to mob, max range of curse jumps are 3 blocks)
      • Cost: 200 Mana
      • Cooldown: 0.5 seconds
      • Togglable
    • Adjusted Burningsoul Shard -> Inferno Demonlord Shard, now only drops from the Inferno Demonlord (250 Weight T2, 500 Weight T3, 1000 Weight T4)
      • Designer Note: This change looks to address complaints that this Shard dropping from Blaze Slayer's "Burningsoul Demon" miniboss was encouraging players to mass-AOE mobs in the Smoldering Tombpeople only to spawn low-tier bosses, kill the minibosses, and then restart the slayer without even attempting the boss.
      • Designer Note #2: For the time being we will make it so you drop 4x Demonlord Shards at a time, as we are aware that some fusions are currently dependent upon this shard.
  • Adjusted Huntraps in the Smoldering Tomb to now catch Cinderbat Shards instead of Burningsoul Shards
  • Reduced Final Destination Armor's crafting requirement from Enderman Slayer 4 -> 3

► Farming Changes

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  • Added Tal Ker as a Garden Visitor
    • Designer Note: As a result of his excessive ramblings he missed the boat for both the Greenhouse and Grand Feast, but he got there in the end! He is a LEGENDARY-tier visitor who will ask for Moonflowers.
  • Renamed "Garden" section of /pity to "The Garden"

► Fishing Changes

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  • Added the functionality of your current bait being slown in slot #9 while fishing
  • Updated the quiver arrow to display the current arrow's stats in its itemlore
  • Added the Personal Sea Creature Cap from the Crimson Isle to every island in the game
    • Designer Note: Individual players hoarding large amounts of Sea Creatures on certain islands was causing grievous amounts of lag and preventing others from fishing due to the island-wide Sea Creature cap previously being shared by all players
  • Adjusted Lava Fishing Armors to now build into each other (Lava Sea Creature -> Thunder -> Magma Lord)
  • Adjusted Magma Lord Gauntlet to now be a Necklace
    • Designer Note: This change allows for the item to build from the Thunder Necklace, inheriting its modifiers, and also now allows players to run 3/4ths Gillsplash + Magma Lord Necklace, which they previously couldn't do as a result of Magma Lord Gauntlet and Gillsplash Gloves both being Gloves.
  • Removed all unrelated Shards from Thunder & Lord Jawbus lootpools

► Hunting Changes

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  • Added indicative text in the Attributes menu to show when one Attribute is being buffed by another
  • Added a visual indicator of how many more Shards are needed to max out an Attribute in /attributes
  • Improved the Attribute level-up message
  • Adjusted Mass Syphon button's itemlore to now list all Shards that will be syphoned if pressed
  • Renamed "Big Game Hunter" attribute -> "Mythological Tracker"

► Mining Changes

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  • Added the ability to salvage some items for Fossil Essence:
    • Claw Fossil (25 Fossil Essence)
    • Helix Fossil (25)
    • Footprint Fossil (50)
    • Clubbed Fossil (50)
    • Webbed Fossil (50)
    • Ugly Fossil (50)
    • Spine Fossil (50)
    • Tusk Fossil (50)
  • Adjusted how Gemstones are displayed on items - there is now a specific "Gemstones:" line in itemlore
  • Adjusted "Crystal Serendipity" Attribute to work on all Crystal Hollows Treasure Chests - reduced values from 2-20% -> 1-10% as a result
  • Adjusted Jotraeline Greatforge to now ask for an Abiphone Basic as part of her Abiphone Contact quest
  • Adjusted Nest Endermites to now consider their spawner their owner for Bestiary/Lootshare purposes
  • Removed Claw Fossils and Helix Fossils from the Fossil Excavator

► Spider Slayer Changes

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  • Added the ability for the "Piercing" enchantment to damage multiple Tarantula Broodfather egg sacs at once
  • Added a message for when The Primordial / Bloodshot Reforge activates
  • Added a prompt in tier 3 telling players to shoot Tarantula Broodfather's egg sacs when the phase begins
  • Adjusted the Tarantula Broodfather's "Web of Lies" animation to now be significantly faster
  • Adjusted Tarantula Broodfather's "Backstab" in accordance with the mob dealing AOE damage
  • Adjusted Cocooned mobs to now belong to the player who cocooned them
  • Adjusted Scorpion Bow so that the item's internal ability cooldown is now explicitly stated on the item
  • Adjusted Egg Sacs to be affected by Swing Range
  • Adjusted Tarantula Broodfather's "Noxious Paralysis" to now reduce your Vitality & Speed by a flat amount
  • Reduced HP of Primordial Bats

► Other Changes

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  • Added a feature to Mayor Voting menus that will show upcoming Special Mayors ahead of time
  • Added an Area Discovery message for the Mob Types House
  • Added Smite 7, Ender Slayer 7, and Bane of Arthropods 7 support to /legacytrades
  • Prevented Dyes from appearing back-to-back in Vincent
  • Adjusted Century Party Invitation and Fruit Bowl to now be consumed upon completion
  • Adjusted nametags of several NPCs to display their job/title above their name instead of below
  • Adjusted the color of the Farming for Dummies modifier from DARK GREEN -> LIGHT GREEN
  • Adjusted the color of the Foraging Booster modifiers from LIGHT BLUE -> DARK GREEN
  • Recategorised some Attributes:
    • Lapis Creeper: Combat -> Mining
    • Thyst: Combat -> Mining
    • Star Sentry: Combat -> Mining
    • Fungloom: Combat -> Mining
    • Spike: Foraging -> Combat
    • Hideoncave: Global -> Mining
    • Silentdepth: Global -> Mining
    • Shellwise: Global -> Combat
  • Unsoulbound some items:
    • Pre-digestion Fish
    • Future Calories Talisman


And that's all for today!
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