Changelog/2026/May 26

Hi all! Today we're releasing Hypixel SkyBlock 0.25, which brings with it the brand-new fishing island known as the Lotus Atoll. The Atoll is home to Trophy Frogs, Lotus Sea Creatures, and much more! Read on for all the details!

The Lotus Atoll is a brand-new fishing island that follows on from the Backwater Bayou in terms of fishing progression. It can be accessed after the Bayou, provided you've upgraded your Ship enough.

Situated a little further away from the safety of the Fishing Outpost than the Bayou, the Lotus Atoll can only be reached with the help of a Ship fully kitted out with a Bronze Engine, Hull, and Helm. Anything less, and you'll find you and your crew lining the bottom of the ocean.

Not only is the sea starting to get treacherous but, even for those comfortable on the waters, the Atoll is notoriously hard to find. If you want to get there, you'll need to find Researcher Gilbert over in the Backwater Bayou and recruit him to your Ship Crew. Once you've done so, you'll be able to set sail to the Lotus Atoll.

When you first arrive in the Lotus Atoll you'll be greeted by Researchers Ribery and Betty. Talking to Betty in particular will begin your journey through Lotus Atoll's Chapters, with each chapter giving you a small checklist of tasks that will help familiarize yourself with the island and that, upon completion, will give rewards.

Trophy Frogs are the key interest of the research team, and there are 12 different species of them found around the Atoll, with each coming in four rarities (BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD, and DIAMOND). Any Trophy Frogs you catch in the Atoll can be traded with Ribery in exchange for Lotuses, which will progress you through the Lotus Collection.

One particular Trophy Frog, the Exploding Frog, is one of a number of rare critters that resides within lily pads found scattered throughout the Atoll. Once enough of these lily pads are pushed together and combined, the resulting lily pad will grow to such comical proportions that it will have nothing left to do but explode.

Whenever a lily pad explodes through this means, all players who contributed will be rewarded with loot, an Exploding Frog, and a number of new Critters and Sea Creatures will spawn!

Speaking of Sea Creatures, the Lotus Atoll is also the only place where Lotus Sea Creatures can be caught. These six exclusive sea creatures range in rarity from COMMON all the way through to MYTHIC and come complete with their own drops and behaviors!

As part of this update, some other Fishing Islands and areas of content have also got a little bit of love:

• Updated the Backwater Bayou with a latest-version build
• Added Fishing Hotspots to The Park
• Reworked the Spinosaurus Pet to make it better for Trophy Fishing
• Added Chapters to the Backwater Bayou
• Added the "Snake Eyes" to Titanoboa, a new Pet Item that gives +1.1 Treasure Chance
• Added five new Sea Creatures:
• Jumpin' Jack (COMMON Spooky Sea Creature)
• Inkling (UNCOMMON Water Hotspot Sea Creature)
• Volcanic Snail (UNCOMMON Lava Hotspot Sea Creature)
• Manta Ray (EPIC Water Hotspot Sea Creature)
• Magma Pillar (EPIC Lava Hotspot Sea Creature)
  • Designer Note: Jumpin' Jack is actually the Sea Guardian rebranded, and the Inkling was previously the Night Squid. Bestiary progress etc will carry over. This change seeks both to give those mobs more purpose and also prevent veterans from having to grind out a new Bestiary with no particularly rare drops in an area of the game they've already completed.
• Added the "Hotspot Tonic", which can be crafted using several items obtained from Hotspot Sea Creatures
• Added the new "Magmarizer" enchantment, which deals more damage to ♆ Magmatic mobs
• I-V: Enchantment Table
• VI: Magma Pillar Sea Creature
• Added Carly to the Backwater Bayou. Talk to her to see a list of every Sea Creature that can be caught there

As part of this update we also have a large number of quality-of-life changes targeted towards fishing.

• Added periodic rain to the Backwater Bayou
• Reduced the Fishing Speed Cap on the Backwater Bayou from 300 -> 200
• Excluding Hotspot Sea Creatures, you may now only fish up Bayou Sea Creatures while in the Backwater Bayou
• Added the ability to place Huntraps in the Backwater Bayou
  • Alligator (500 Weight)
  • Titanoboa Shard (100 Weight)
• Removed the ability to catch Titanoboa with the Pocket Black Hole - Salts can still be used
• Added the ability to get Alligator Shards by killing Alligators with Salts active
• Added Luck of the Sea VI to Junker Joel's Shop for 16x Rusty Coin
• Increased the stats given by the Overflowing Trash Can and added an "Overflowing" bonus of +1 Treasure Chance while in the Backwater Bayou
• Adjusted weights of each Bayou Sea Creature:
  • 5,000 Weight (50% base catch chance) -> Trash Gobbler
  • 2,875 Weight (28.75% base catch chance) -> Dumpster Diver
  • 1,500 Weight (15% base catch chance) -> Banshee
  • 500 Weight (5% base catch chance) -> Bayou Sludge
  • 100 Weight (1% base catch chance) -> Alligator
  • 25 Weight (0.25% base catch chance) -> Titanoboa
• Reduced the Fishing Speed given by the Calcified Reforge
• Adjusted all Bayou Sea Creature stats and drop chances as a result of Bayou SC exclusivity making them more common to catch (e.g Bayou Sludge goes from 1.51% -> 5% base catch chance)
• Added a recipe for Condensed Lily Pads to Lily Pad Collection X
• Adjusted Bayou Water Orb Recipe, replacing 1x Enchanted Clay Block -> 1x Condensed Lily Pad

• Adjusted how Hotspot Sea Creatures and Event Sea Creatures (Sharks, Spooky) function:
• Hotspot Sea Creatures now have a base 15% chance to replace regular SC catches. This can be increased by:
  • +5% from Carnival Shop Perk
  • +10% from Hotspot Tonic
  • +20% from Hotspot Hook
  • +20% from Hotspot Bait
  • +20% from MYTHIC Hermit Crab Pet's "Hotspot Hazard" perk
    • Total: Hotspot Sea Creatures have a 90% chance to replace a regular Sea Creature when fishing inside a Fishing Hotspot
• Sharks now have a base 15% chance to replace regular SC catches. This can be increased by:
  • +5% from Carnival Shop Perk
  • +20% from Shark Bait
  • +20% from Shark Scale Armor's Full Set Bonus
  • +20% from LEGENDARY Megalodon Pet's "Feeding Frenzy" perk
    • Total: Sharks have an 80% chance to replace a regular Sea Creature during Fishing Festivals
• Spooky Sea Creatures now have a base 15% chance to replace regular SC catches. This can be increased by:
  • +5% from Carnival Shop Perk
  • +20% from Spooky Bait
  • +20% from Spooky Hook
  • +20% from MYTHIC Bat Pet's "Sonar" perk
    • Total: Spooky Sea Creatures have an 80% chance to replace a regular Sea Creature during Spooky Fishing Hours
• Adjusted the drop tables, bestiaries, and stats of all Hotspot and Event Sea Creatures in accordance with the changes to catching them that are listed above
  • Designer Note: We will monitor these changes closely - our rationale behind making them was deal with conditional sea creatures before they became a roadblock in future fishing content and to give players more choice in where they choose to fish during events as opposed to trying to seek out the place with the lowest total weight in its pool (which is unintuitive).
• Adjusted the crafting recipes of Hotspot Water Orb, Hotspot Hook, and Hotspot Sinker
• Renamed Phantom Hook to Spooky Hook
• Adjusted weights of several Hotspot/Event Sea Creatures:
  • 5,000 Weight -> Jumpin' Jack
  • 2,875 Weight -> Nurse Shark, Scarecrow, Inkling, Volcanic Snail
  • 1,500 Weight -> Blue Shark, Nightmare, Snapping Turtle, Fireproof Witch
  • 500 Weight -> Tiger Shark, Werewolf, Manta Ray, Magma Pillar
  • 100 Weight -> Great White Shark, Phantom Fisher, Blue-ringed Octopus, Fiery Scuttler
  • 25 Weight -> Grim Reaper, Wiki Tiki, Ragnarok
• Increased rarity of Scarecrow from COMMON -> UNCOMMON
• Increased rarity of Grim Reaper from LEGENDARY -> MYTHIC
• Added +40 Fishing Speed to the MYTHIC Bat Pet's base stats

• Revamped the Sea Creature Guide and added several new functionalities, such as weights and search
• Added a Lily Pad Minion to Lily Pad I
• Renamed Trophy Fish Chance -> Trophy Chance
• Removed Luck of the Sea VI from Water Hydra loot table
• Removed RARE Fishing EXP Boost from Sea Leech
• Removed EPIC Fishing EXP Boost from Sea Leech, Deep Sea Protector, Water Hydra
• Added Enchanted Ink Sacs as a 0.5% drop from Squids
• Adjusted Lord Jawbus' Silver Magmafish drop from 25x -> 16-32x
• Adjusted Thunder's Silver Magmafish drop from 10x -> 8-16x
• Added Bobbin' Scriptures as a 1% drop to all MYTHIC Sea Creatures
• Reduced Thunder rarity from MYTHIC -> LEGENDARY
• Added Squid Boots as a 1% drop to regular Squids
• Adjusted how Carrot King and Agarimoo interact with the Sea Creature Pool:
  • Carrot King: Instead of having weight, now has a flat 5% to replace any SC catch when conditions are met.
  • Agarimoo: Instead of having weight, now has a flat 15% to replace any SC catch when conditions are met.
  • Plhlegblast: Instead of having weight, now has a flat 0.1% to replace any SC catch when conditions are met.
• Reduced the total kills needed to max the Agarimoo bestiary from 4,000 -> 1,000

And that's all for today! Set your Ship Navigator to the Lotus Atoll and we'll see you there!