Welcome to our updates website! Come back regularly to find the latest Hive updates.

Unleash your inner ram-page! The Ram costume can now be purchased from the Quest Store!

We have removed skill-based (ELO) matchmaking from The Bridge: Solos. This game now uses (local region) platform-based matchmaking.

Whilst The Bridge gets more than enough players for regular matchmaking, SBMM was causing excessively long matchmaking times outside of peak hours in the respective regions. Outside of these hours, the gap in skill (ELO) was so high that it was practically the same as our regular matchmaking.

For clarity, we are not vaulting The Bridge, and have no plans to do so in the foreseeable future.

It's The Hive's 6th anniversary! Join The Hive today to receive your exclusive party hat and hub title!

The unlocks will automatically be granted when you join The Hive, and will only be available until October 17th, at 12pm (noon) UTC.

Cross-Region Matchmaking, part of our ongoing Region Agnostic update, is now enabled for BlockDrop and Ground Wars on the Europe and Asia regions.

Cross-Region Matchmaking activates based on the amount of player queuing for a specific game type. When this number is below a threshold, the system will try to find a lobby on a different region.

You can learn more about Cross-Region Matchmaking on our support website.

We'll update the linked support article based on frequently asked questions and feedback.

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

A huge cauldron has appeared in the hub... We're not quite sure how it got here or who put it there, but our builders reportedly heard cackling while they were putting up decorations...

Perhaps you could search for some ingredients and create your own concoction—who knows what you could brew?!

There have been reports of some peculiar items appearing around the hub and microhubs, be sure to check them out on your hunt for ingredients!

Reaping the Lost

It seems history has repeated itself! While trying to access the high-security vault where our Hive-o-ween maps are stored, our builders somehow managed to release a Reaper into Murder Mystery once again.

It’s up to you to collect the souls of fallen players and send him back to where he belongs. Who knows, your efforts might just be rewarded with something mysterious and valuable...

Start your journey by joining a Murder Mystery game!

Ghost Invasion

As is tradition, everyone's favorite fruit-colored ghosts are back! Ghost Invasion has returned once again, and with it comes an all-new collection of cosmetics for you to unlock!

Unlocks

• 6 Ghost Characters
• 5 Ghost Pop Effects
• 4 Zapper Ray Trails
• 4 NEW Halloween Hub Titles
• 5 NEW Halloween Avatars
• 1 NEW Exclusive Costume

And...

• Spookified game lobbies (coming soon) and Halloween-themed maps, including community favorite Witch School (Murder Mystery), and 5 BedWars maps
• Over 100 spooky Just Build themes

A mini update has been released for Murder Mystery. This update includes new unlocks, sound changes, and a brand new map: Nectar Lake!

New Map: Nectar Lake

Pack your bags, it's time to go camping down by Nectar Lake! Be sure to keep your wits about you though—not everything is as it seems...

Be sure to check out our blog post about the map here.

Directional Murder Sound

When a player is murdered, the sound now plays from the direction where the murder took place. The volume of the sound will also indicate how far away you were from the murder.

This feature works best when wearing headphones.

New Unlocks: Murder Weapons

You can now unlock various swords by leveling up:

• Dull Sword (Default)
• Sharpened Sword (10)
• Gilded Sword (25)
• Refined Sword (45)
• Forged Sword (60)
• Polished Mace (85)

By default, murderers now wield a wooden sword. The previous default (the iron sword) can now be unlocked at level 10.

For a long-form update on our minigame server, our "region agnostic" changes and minigame availability, and our upcoming SkyBlock/MMO server, check out this article on our main website!

Treasure or trap? The Mimic costume is now available in the Quest Store!

A mini update has been released for Just Build, and is rolling out to all regions now!

New Block Toggles

Block toggles allow you to right-click (or long-press if on a mobile device) a block to change its appearance or state. You can now toggle the appearance of the following blocks:

• Chiseled Bookshelves (to configure books)
• Bee Nests and Beehives (to adjust honey level)
• Candles (to toggle them lit or unlit)
• Copper Bulbs (to toggle them on or off)
• Turtle Eggs and Sniffer Egg (to adjust how cracked they are)
• Sculk Sensors (to adjust the state)

Decorated Pots & Banners

You can now change the appearance of certain blocks by right-clicking (or long-pressing if on a mobile device) them with items.

• Right-click a Decorated Pot with sherds to change its appearance
• Right-click a Banner with a pattern or dye to change its appearance

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented certain blocks from being taken out of the creative inventory

New Blocks

Over 50 new Vanilla Minecraft blocks have been added to the game:

Mud Blocks

• Packed Mud
• Mud Bricks
• Mud

Sculk Blocks

• Sculk
• Sculk Vein
• Sculk Catalyst
• Sculk Shrieker
• Sculk Sensor
• Calibrated Sculk Sensor

Leaves

• Mangrove Leaves
• Cherry Leaves

Flowers

• Pink Petals
• Pitcher Plant
• Torchflower

Buttons

• Mangrove Button
• Cherry Button
• Bamboo Button

Wooden Planks

• Mangrove Planks
• Cherry Planks
• Bamboo Planks
• Bamboo Mosaic

Doors

• Mangrove Door
• Cherry Door
• Bamboo Door
• Copper Door (and oxidized variants)

Trapdoors

• Mangrove Trapdoor
• Cherry Trapdoor
• Bamboo Trapdoor
• Copper Trapdoor (and oxidized variants)

Copper Blocks

• Copper Grate and (and oxidized variants)
• Chiseled Copper (and oxidized variants)
• Copper Bulb (and oxidized variants)
• Cut Copper

Tuff Blocks

• Tuff Stairs
• Tuff Slab
• Tuff Wall
• Chiseled Tuff
• Chiseled Tuff Bricks
• Polished Tuff
• Polished Tuff Stairs
• Polished Tuff Slab
• Polished Tuff Wall
• Tuff Bricks
• Tuff Brick Stairs
• Tuff Brick Slab
• Tuff Brick Wall

Miscellaneous Blocks

• Sniffer Egg
• Trial Spawner
• Vault
• Heavy Core
• Decorated Pot
• Froglight Blocks
• Mangrove Roots
• Chiseled Bookshelf
• Crafter
• Candles