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

Our first 4 purchasable Back Blings are available now! This new type of cosmetic, worn in the chestplate slot, adds a whole new dimension to your Hive customization. Back Blings are usable in hubs, game lobbies, and a select number of games in the near future.

Back Blings share their rarity, and as such pricing structure, with Hats. We're slowly renaming Hat Tokens to Accessory Tokens: starting today, you can use these Tokens to gift both Hats and Back Blings. Until this change has fully rolled out, the term Hat Token will remain visible in some places.

So whether you choose to grab some wings, carry around a whole solar system, or keep it simple but cute with a bear... there's something for everyone, with lots more coming soon.

A new DeathRun map is now available to play: Flora. This is the second of three brand new maps, with the third on the way soon.

As always, if you have feedback or find any bugs, let us know on our Discord server! 

Developer note: DeathRun maps are done by our level design team and require little developer input. These maps do not affect progress on upcoming updates to SkyWars, or games such as BedWars.

Fast-following from Hats, Back Blings are now also global unlocks! You can now access them with /backbling, use them in game lobbies, and interact with them like any other global unlock. Purchasable Back Blings will become available in the near future. In a future update, Back Blings will be wearable during gameplay in select games.

Starting today, we're running a limited test with improved locker search: some players will see unowned, but available for purchase, global unlocks when searching their locker. Unowned unlocks are clearly marked as such. Players with access to this feature can opt-out using a new toggle in /toggles. 

We've also added support for an upcoming version of Minecraft: 1.20.70.

The Hive will be down for scheduled maintenance starting at around 12:30PM UTC today, the 23rd of February, all regions will be unavailable.

This maintenance includes:

• Back Blings are now global unlocks, allowing you to equip them using /backbling anywhere on the server, as well as wearing them in supported games and game lobbies.
• Added support for an upcoming version of Minecraft.
• Available to some players: searching your global locker now shows matching unowned (but purchasable) unlocks at the bottom. Unowned unlocks are clearly marked as such. Players with access to this feature can opt-out using a new toggle in /toggles.

Whilst we have no set end time for this maintenance, we do not expect the downtime to be excessively long. Because of this and the mid-day UTC timing, we will NOT be granting any streak savers as streaks will not be affected.

Starting today, hats are now global unlocks! They now work more similar to costumes, hub titles and avatars.

The new /hat command is available server-wide. This also includes all sub commands, such as searching using the command, /hat random et cetera. The game you're in decides if you can actually equip a hat or not: this hasn't changed from before.

Under the hood, we've also made some deep changes to how existing unlock types work. Whilst this won't affect you as a player directly, it allows us to easier manage our ever growing catalogue of unlocks and unlock types.

With the upcoming release of purchasable Back Blings, that unlock type will also become a global unlock type in the very near future.

Our level designers have been busy creating three new DeathRun maps for you to enjoy. Today we are adding the first of the three new maps: Tokai.

The other two maps will be released in the coming weeks.

As always, if you have feedback or find any bugs, let us know on our Discord server! 

Happy Lunar New Year! Are you ready to celebrate the year of the dragon?

The Hive will be down for scheduled maintenance starting at 8am UTC on the 7th of February, all regions will be unavailable.

This maintenance will involve extensive software upgrades, and as such, is expected to last several hours. To ensure that you do not lose your login streak, all active players (those that have logged in within the last week) will receive a free streak saver during the maintenance.

There will be no public-facing updates as part of this maintenance. Whilst it is ongoing, we will post updates on our Discord server to keep you updated on our progress.

Thank you for your patience!

 Not sure when the maintenance will begin in your timezone? You can view a countdown by clicking here.

Unearth ancient power... The Runic Golem costume is now waiting for you in the Quest Store!