# Upcoming Notes

# Patch Notes - November 6th, 2026

# Zombie Survival

### Pilot Pete and Fuel

- Pilot Pete’s helicopter now runs on fuel.
- Spend Fuel to fly out randomly into the wilderness, or spend extra Fuel to choose exactly where you land on the map.
- Fuel regenerates over time and is also gained while offline.
- When Pilot Pete drops a player off, nearby players will now receive a message that someone was flown in.

### Boosters Rework

Boosters now earn you Shards, a brand new currency for exclusive items.

- While a booster is active, you earn Shards to spend at the new Shards Shop in the Outpost.
- Consuming more boosters increases the amount of Shards available for you to earn.
- Any Shards in your balance will carry over to other realms.
- Boosters can now be activated for your whole faction, giving every member the perks for a reduced duration.
- Boosters no longer give extra backpack rows or Personal Vault space. Boosters activated before this update keep them until they run out.
- Any boosters consumed before this update will still give you their Shards.

### VIP Cosmetics Delivery

- 7 exclusive VIP cosmetics have been added!
- Players with VIP can claim them from Dingle's Deliveries in the Outpost.

### New Realms

- Upcoming realms will now last for 28 days instead of 21 days.
- There are now roughly 20% more low and medium structures around the map.
- The map size has been reduced to +-3000 blocks from +-3500 blocks.
- Faction Workbench upkeep is now paid with hardened blocks instead of coal.

### Changes

- The size of the Personal Vault has been decreased to a total of 8 slots.
- Damaged blocks now regenerate over time instead of healing instantly.
- The Underground Auction now sells much higher value items in its later stages.
- The Fisherman's Rod and Angler's Rod no longer catch ink sacs.
- Structures no longer delay regenerating by up to 5 minutes when players are present.
- Players in structures which have or have recently had an active event such as an Abomination or Loot Cache have a 1 minute /home or /spawn timer to prevent players escaping quickly.

### Fixes

- Doors no longer show the wrong open or closed state after a realm restart.
- Pistons can no longer break doors by pushing into their upper half.
- Following a faction member's /f home now respects the cooldown after dying in a nearby fight.
- Fixed issues with loot caches occasionally not opening.
- Supply drops near the map edge no longer land on top of the map wall.
- The “Handwarmer” achievement can now be earned.
- The “I Think You’re Gonna Need Something Stronger” and “Overkill” achievements can now be earned.
- Fixed an issue where the death screen would not appear properly.
- Teleporting with /spawn from a structure now takes 15 seconds, the same as /home.
- Blocks formed by water or lava are now cleaned up when structures regenerate.
- Zombies will now drop any loot they pick up when killed.
- Fixed known duplication exploits and improved our dupe detection.

We are actively taking in feedback and working on more gameplay and balancing improvements.

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Hoplite Patch Notes - Nov 6th, 2026

# Zombie Survival - Open Beta

We’re super excited to show off our new gamemode! Here are some basics to help get you started in the post-apocalyptic wilderness.

## Realms

- Choose a realm from the realm selector to join the world! Realms are separate worlds and nothing is shared between them.
- Each realm is persistent and lasts for 21 real-life days.
 - As the realm gets older, zombies become more heavily mutated and higher tiers of loot are unlocked. (Check this by looking in the Calendar thru the Navigator item, or by running /calendar)
- Completing milestones earns you Prestige Tokens you can claim once the realm is wiped.
 - Prestige Tokens can be exchanged for exclusive Zombies-specific cosmetics, and cosmetics that can be used in other games on the network!
 - Talk to the stats NPC next to the leaderboards in the lobby or use /milestones to see how to earn Prestige Tokens.

## Factions and Raiding

- Create a faction with the /faction command, then use /faction invite to invite others to your faction!
- Once you create a faction, you can claim land on the surface of the wilderness by placing the Faction Workbench. The Faction Workbench is the core of your claim and if it is destroyed, the claim will be removed!
- Protect your claim using Hardened Blocks! Use coal in the Forge to make your blocks stronger and more raid-resistant.
- Craft custom explosives to raid other players’ bases! Bring stronger explosives to topple tough walls of harder materials.

## Looting Structures

- Structures come in three tiers: Low, Medium, & High
- Find structures using the map on the east wall of the Outpost or by exploring the world!
- Structure loot regenerates in intervals. If you have a Booster active you can see exactly when the structure will reset!
- High-tier structures are susceptible to being taken over by an extremely strong Abomination boss! If your faction is able to take them down, it will drop some loot and the chests within the structure will be boosted with higher-tier loot.
- Structures are unbreakable, and any blocks placed in structures will be reset the next time it is regenerated.

## Loot Caches

- Every so often, a loot cache might spawn at a nearby structure! When this happens, you’ll get a notification in chat along with the coordinates.
- The countdown until the cache opens depends on the type of cache. Defend the cache to get the loot inside!

## Custom Recipes

- Rare, Epic, and Legendary recipe scrolls can be obtained through trading, the underground auction, and looting structures.
- You can see a list of all recipes available currently by using /recipe.
- Uncraftable Items: Armor, Shields, Golden Apples

# Media Rank

Media rank is now available at three different tiers for short-form content creators!

All Media-ranked players will receive VIP and access to /nick while they have Media, but must be renewed every so often depending on the tier you’re applying for.

Feel free to submit applications in <#1430298201553895434>!

### Tier 1

- Eligibility: 50k views
- Access to VIP and /nick, +2 Mystery Crates every month
- Must be renewed every 30 days.

### Tier 2

- Eligibility: 150k views
- Access to VIP and /nick, +3 Mystery Crates, +1 Custom Game Ticket every month
- Must be renewed every 60 days.

### Tier 3

- Eligibility: 500k views
- Access to VIP and /nick, +5 Mystery Crates, +1 Juggernaut Custom Game Ticket, +1 Custom Game Ticket every month
- Must be renewed every 90 days.

# Achievement Shop Now Open!

Exclusive cosmetic rewards can now be claimed for every 100 Achievement Points you earn! Check it out in /achievements.

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Hoplite Patch Notes - Oct. 23rd, 2026

# Zombie Survival - Open Beta

# What To Expect!

We're super excited to show off our newest gamemode, **Zombie Survival**, now in **Open Beta**! Survive the post-apocalyptic wilderness, build a **faction**, raid rival bases, loot structures, and earn **Prestige Tokens** for exclusive cosmetics. Here are some basics to help get you started!

# Realms

Choose a realm from the **Realm Selector** to join the world! Realms are separate worlds, and nothing is shared between them. Each realm is persistent and lasts for **21 real-life days**.

As a realm gets older, zombies become more heavily **mutated** and higher tiers of loot are unlocked. Keep track of this in the **Calendar** through the Navigator item, or by running **/calendar**.

Completing milestones earns you **Prestige Tokens**, which you can claim once the realm is wiped. Prestige Tokens can be exchanged for **exclusive Zombies cosmetics**, as well as cosmetics you can use in other games on Hoplite! Talk to the **Stats NPC** next to the leaderboards in the lobby, or use **/milestones.** 

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# Factions & Raiding

Create a faction with **/faction**, then use **/faction invite** to bring your friends along! Once your faction is created, you can claim land on the surface of the wilderness by placing a **Faction Workbench**. The Workbench is the core of your claim, so protect it: if it's destroyed, your claim is removed.

Defend your base with **Hardened Blocks** by using coal in the **Forge** to make your blocks stronger and more raid-resistant. Craft **custom explosives** to raid other players' bases, and bring stronger explosives to destroy walls made of tougher materials.

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# Looting Structures

Structures come in three tiers: **Low**, **Medium**, and **High**. Find them using the map on the east wall of the **Outpost**, or by exploring the world! Structure loot regenerates in intervals, and if you have a **Booster** active, you can see exactly when a structure will reset.

High-tier structures can be taken over by an extremely strong **Abomination** boss! If your faction takes it down, it will drop loot, and the chests inside the structure will be boosted with **higher-tier loot**.

Structures are unbreakable, and any blocks placed inside them will be reset the next time the structure regenerates.

Every so often, a **Loot Cache** may spawn at a nearby structure! When this happens, you'll get a notification in chat along with the coordinates. The countdown until the cache opens depends on the type of cache, so get there fast and **defend it** to claim the loot inside.

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# Custom Items

Survival has its own arsenal of custom weapons, armor and tools, from the **Devourer Blade** and **Draugr's Treasure** to the **Rocket Launcher.**

You learn each recipe from a **recipe scroll**. Scrolls come in **Rare, Epic and Legendary**, and you find them by looting high-tier structures and loot caches.

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# Media Rank

Media Rank is now available in three tiers for short-form content creators! All Media-ranked players receive VIP and access to /nick while they hold the rank, which must be renewed depending on your tier. You can claim Media rewards every 30 days. Submit your application in our Discord!

- **Tier 1** requires 50k views and includes VIP, /nick, and 1 Mystery Crate. Renewed every 30 days.
- **Tier 2** requires 150k views and includes VIP, /nick, 3 Mystery Crates, and 1 Custom Game Ticket. Renewed every 60 days.
- **Tier 3** requires 500k views and includes VIP, /nick, 5 Mystery Crates, 1 Juggernaut Custom Game Ticket, and 1 Custom Game Ticket. Renewed every 90 days.

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# Achievement Shop

The Achievement Shop is now open! Claim **exclusive** cosmetic rewards for every 100 Achievement Points you earn. Check it out with /achievements!

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# Creator Codes

**Make YouTube content on Hoplite?** Get your own creator code to share with your viewers. Everyone who uses it supports you on every store purchase they make, and you can track it all from your creator dashboard in-game.

**Watching your favorite creator?** Redeem their code to get a free crate, 10 stars in Battle Royale, and a free booster. After that, everything you buy in the store goes towards supporting them. 

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# Patch Notes

We've created another post with all of the patch notes for this update. [Click here](https://hoplite.gg/news/patch-notes-oct-23rd-2026) to view!

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Zombies Open Beta Begins!

# Battle Royale

## New Legendaries

### Dragonflame Catalyst

- Wield the power of the Ender Dragon with this legendary staff!
- Hold Right Click to spray dragon’s breath on your enemies!
    - 3.5s duration, 24s cooldown
- Sneak and Right Click at the same time to summon a Rejuvenating Crystal.
    - Crystals will heal you and grant absorption so long as you are within range and have an unobstructed view of the crystal.
        - 4 crystal “charges” (think like the Freezing Chakram’s charges)
        - You cannot gain more than 8 absorption hearts from this ability.
        - Crystals will disappear after being destroyed by a player, or 2 seconds after healing the player’s absorption, or 20 seconds otherwise.
        - Crystals do not deal damage to players or terrain.

### Vampire Sabre

- Drain the lifeblood of enemy players with this haunted legendary!
- Base Light Netherite Sword, enchantable, anvilable
- Crafted with a Vampire’s Tooth, found in a new structure called the Manor.
- Melee enemy players and heal 12% of the damage dealt to them.
- Sneak and Right Click at the same time to transform into a bat!
    - You will be able to fly, but will take damage in sunlight and cannot use other abilities while transformed.
    - 60s cooldown
- Right Click to activate the Blood Siphon ability!
    - Your next attack steals 3 hunger and 2 hearts from your enemy.
    - 45s cooldown

### Sceptre of Arachne

- Harness the power of cobwebs and spiders with this throwable legendary!
- Base Light Netherite Sword, enchantable, anvilable
- Passive Ability: Hold the sceptre to be immune to cobwebs!
- Sneak and Left Click at the same time to empower the sceptre. The next throw will place several cobwebs where it lands and spawn small cave spider minions to chew at your prey.
    - Minions despawn after 8 seconds.
    - 45s cooldown
- 25% chance to spawn a cobweb on your opponent on a successful throw.

### Elder Eye of Possession

- Gaze upon your opponents to control their mind with this legendary helmet!
- Base Diamond Helmet, anvilable
- Sneak while staring at an opponent for 2.5s to take control of their body!
    - You inherit all their items and status conditions, but cannot move or consume items in their inventory.
    - Be careful: Your own body will be left behind and vulnerable to attack.
        - If you die in the body you possessed, your soul will return to your original body.
    - 12s duration (can be cancelled by sneaking for 1.5s!), 75s cooldown
- Additionally, attackers will take damage from thorns while you are sneaking and you will be protected for 50% of the attack’s damage.

### Sakura Tessen

- Fight players with this magical legendary to harness the strength of the sakura trees!
- Base Light Netherite Sword, enchantable, anvilable
- Melee players to charge the Petal Arc. Once the bar is full, the next 4 swings will shoot a petal blade to knock the wind out of your enemies!
    - The blade’s speed and damage are influenced by your movement. Make sure to move swiftly.
- Hold Right Click to push players away with the power of the wind!
    - 4s duration, 24s cooldown

## Custom Games

### New VIP Colors

- Two New VIP colors are available to custom game hosts!
    - Lemon-Lime gradient: Hosted 50 Custom Games.
    - Jade-Midnight gradient: Hosted 150 Custom Games.

### New Scenarios

- Hastey Boys: All tools are enchanted with Efficiency III and Unbreaking III.
- Safeloot: Dropped items from killing players can only be picked up by the killer / their team for a short period of time.
    - Also compatible with chests in Time Bomb.
- Timber: Breaking logs causes all attached logs to be broken as well.
- Backpacks: Teammates share a 27-slot chest inventory accessible through /backpack or /bp.
    - When the last player on a team dies, the items from the backpack will be dropped.
- Bleeding Sweats: When a player dies they will drop 1 diamond, 5 gold ingots, 16 arrows, and a piece of string in addition to their existing loot.
- No Clean: When you kill a player, you will receive 30 seconds of PvP protection unless you attack another player.
- Do Not Disturb: When the border reaches a certain point or deathmatch begins, hitting a player will lock you (and your team) in combat with the player (and their team) for 30 seconds, refreshing the timer on every hit.
- Friendly Fire: Teammates are able to attack each other.
    - Reminder: Sabotaging teammates is still against the rules.
- No Fall: Players won’t take fall damage (except to dripstone).
- Magnetism: Items dropped from mining blocks or killing mobs are instantly added to your inventory.
- Vein Miner: When mining an ore, the entire vein of ores will be mined at the same time.

## New Winning Challenges

- Challenges are a way for players to earn rewards and compete on a leaderboard to win the game with a specific playstyle!
- Challenges are available to all players and are automatically active when you join a Battle Royale / Civilizations game, but they cannot be completed in Custom Games.
- There is a reward for completing each individual challenge, and a reward for completing all challenges! The rewards can be claimed once per month and reset on the 1st of each month (except this coming June 1st)!
    - VIPs earn 5x gems from completing challenges.
- After completing all challenges and claiming the rewards for each, you will be awarded a challenge-exclusive cosmetic and 2 mystery crates!
- Speak to the Challenges guide next to the Quests guide in the Battle Royale lobby to check out the different types of challenges!

## Balancing Changes

- Headhunter’s Chestpiece Enraged Ability:
    - Strength III → Strength II
- Crimson Chainsword Bleed Ability:
    - Damage & duration nerfed. Cooldown 35s → 45s

## Vanilla Maps v2

- Major changes to Forest biomes aimed at making combat a better experience (fewer trees, taller trunks).
- Significantly reduced the number of caves that are flooded with water. This should only happen when a cave is directly attached to a lake now.
- Increased the “flatness” of maps to provide a better combat experience.
- Added a new “Autumn” biome, similar to the one present in our old maps.
- Added Mushroom Fields biomes.
- Increased the rates of Pale Garden and Cherry Grove biomes.
- Reduced the rate of Dark Forest biomes.
- Heavily reduced the rate of Mangrove Swamp biomes. Standard Swamp biomes have mostly taken their place.

## Legacy Combat Roulette Royale Custom Games

- Custom Games with the Legacy Combat and Roulette Royale will be hosted automatically every 45 minutes.
- This will happen until the end of May.
- Games hosted between 6 AM and 4 PM GMT will be on EU servers, other games will be on NA.

## Fixes

- Fixed an issue where the Gulag would not close properly.
- Fixed an issue where the Headhunter’s Chestpiece’s rage bar was not visible.
- Fixed an issue where Roulette Royale (Tasks) were counting multiple times.
- Fixed an issue where players could duplicate their kit at the start of a game.
- Fixed issues in Legacy Combat custom games where axes were unintentionally strong.
- Patched methods of destroying Time Bomb chests.
- Fixed the Custom Game “Tip” item not working / disappearing in specific circumstances.
- Players should no longer be revived after the game completes.
- Fixed issues where language strings would occasionally not load.

## Legendary Rotation

### Rotated in

- Dragonflame Catalyst
- Vampire Sabre
- Sceptre of Arachne
- Elder Eye of Possession
- Sakura Tessen
- Poseidon’s Trident
- Sonic Crossbow
- Enderbow
- Gruntilda

### Rotated out

- Guardian Cannon
- Pufferfish Cannon
- Dragon Katana
- Shadow Blade
- Chrono Sword
- Freezing Chakram
- Artemis Bow
- Armadillo Detonator
- Corrupted Crossbow

# Duels

## Changes

- New legendaries have been added to the Custom Kit editor!
- New legendaries are not available in Roulette Royale Comp Duels yet.

## Fixes

- Kit layouts should now save properly in Competitive Duels.
- Fixed issues where players’ kit layouts were sometimes missing items.
- Fixed outdated in-game messaging about Comp Duels rewards.
- Fixed an issue where Fishing Rod knockback was unintentionally strong in Legacy Combat.
- Fixed UHC & NethPot kits not having intended golden apple regeneration length.
- Fixed an issue with the Sculkweaver’s Lantern’s mobs targeting dead players.

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Hoplite Patch Notes - May 22nd, 2026

# What To Expect!

Battle Royale just got more interesting with the introduction of **Challenges**, **5 new Legendaries**, **11 new Custom Game scenarios**, and more! 

# Challenges

**Challenges** are a new way to earn rewards and leaderboard placement by winning games in a specific playstyle. 

Completing a challenge will earn you Coins and Gems. Once you have finished all of the challenges, you will receive an **exclusive cosmetic** and **2 Mystery Crates**. 

Rewards reset on the **1st of each month**, minus **June 1st** this time around. Head to the Challenges guide in the Battle Royale lobby (right next to the Quests guide) to track your progress.

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# New Legendary Items

Five new **Legendaries** have been added and are now available to use in **Battle Royale** and **Duels**! 

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# New Scenarios

We’ve added a bunch of new **Custom Game Scenarios** to shake up your gameplay! 

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# Patch Notes

We’ve created another post with all of the patch notes for this update. [Click here](https://www.hoplite.gg/news/patch-notes-may-22nd-2026) to see more details!

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Challenges Update 

# What To Expect!

This is Hoplite’s largest update of the year, bringing the entire network to **1.21.8+**. This update introduces a limited-time **One Block Royale** queue, **five new Legendary Weapons**, many changes to **Battle Royale**, **Bedrock Crossplay** support, and so much more!

# One Block Royale

The **One Block Royale** queue is here for a limited time! Compete in a special version of **Battle Royale** against **60 players**, each playing on their own **One Block** island in the void. Mine your One Block to gear up, craft **Legendary Weapons**, and fight to be the last one standing.

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# New Legendary Items

Five new **Legendary Items** have been added and are now available to use in both **Battle Royale** and **Duels**!

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# Vanilla Map & Solo Royale

**Solo Royale** now uses a **Vanilla Map**, offering more variety with terrain and caves for a better overall experience. We’ve also added the **Second Chance** scenario to Solo Royale, meaning anyone who dies before **Mining Phase** will be respawned.

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# Bedrock Crossplay

Hoplite is now playable from any device, as we’ve launched **Crossplay Support** for **Bedrock Edition**! You can connect with the IP: **mc.hoplite.gg**

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# Modpack Update

With Hoplite now updated to **1.21.8+**, we’ve released a new version of the **Hoplite Modpack**. The new installer now supports updating, so you’ll never need to reinstall the Modpack again. [Click here](https://hoplite.gg/installer) to learn how to download it!

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# Creator Games

Interested in playing custom **Battle Royale** games with your favorite creators? Talk to the **Creator Games** NPC in the Battle Royale lobby to submit your application. Apply now to receive **25 Gems** and **10,000 Coins**, with extra rewards awarded to accepted players.

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# Merry Mayhem Cosmetics

A brand new **Mystery Crate** has arrived! Unlock tons of new **festive-themed Cosmetics**, including a **Copper Golem Pet**, the **Frost Armor Trim**, and lots more!

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# Patch Notes

We've created another post with all of the patch notes for this update. [Click here](https://hoplite.gg/news/patch-notes-nov-29th-2025) to view!

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# Bedrock Crossplay Beta

Starting today, Bedrock crossplay is now open on Hoplite!

Bedrock players can connect to `mc.hoplite.gg` to join! (Use default port: 19132)

This means you can now hop on Hoplite from just about any device you could think of!

You can also link your Java and Bedrock accounts together to join on the same profile from both platforms! Instructions at https://link.geysermc.org/.

Unlinked players will have a dot at the start of their username, otherwise their Java Edition username is used. (Not all bedrock players have a dot at the start of their name!)

Players on Bedrock Edition can’t use in-game voice chat, and won’t be able to join Competitive Duels for the time being. Sorry!

We’ll be monitoring player activity, and may make the decision to separate Java/Bedrock queues into their own games.

Since Bedrock is a new platform, we are expecting there to be issues. If you encounter any problems or unexpected behavior on Bedrock edition, please submit a ticket in our [Discord](https://discord.gg/hoplite) to report the bug!

# Battle Royale

## New One Block LTM

A new mode is dropping into custom games and as an LTM!

In this 60-player mode, you’ll start out surrounding the cornucopia. Loot up and drop down the center to be transported to your One Block!

Mine your One Block to generate more resources, and progress through the phases of the One Block! Right-click your One Block to view your phase progression and see what items are available. Don’t throw out your compass and recipe book just yet! There are special crafts and islands to explore.

After 15 minutes, the Cave Islands will spawn in where you can collect more ores, and meet-up with players.

Later, the End Islands will appear and unlock access to the end dimension and the dragon egg! The outer end is not open for business.

Soon enough, the border will shrink in and force players to fight to the death at mid.

## Second Chance & Vanilla Maps in Solo Games

The Second Chance scenario is now enabled by default in Solo Royale games.

- Players who die before Mining Phase will be respawned.

The default map type in Solo Royale has been changed to Vanilla maps.

## New Legendaries

### Chrono Sword

Turn back time with this new legendary sword!

- RIGHT CLICK to mark a position in time.
    - Players will be returned to the position after 7 seconds.
    - Initial Health and Location will be restored once the user is warped back in time.
    - Players can right-click again to return to their first position earlier.
    - 45 second cooldown*
- Death? Not a problem!
    - If the user dies during the ability, they will be saved from death and immediately restored to their original position.
    - Dying increases the cooldown time from 45 seconds to 90 seconds.
- Damage equivalent to Light Netherite Sword, enchantable.

### Magma Cannon

Enlist minions of fiery chaos to defeat your enemies!

- Normal Mode
    - Launch up to 4 small magma cubes towards your opponent.
    - Shot magma cubes will bounce up to 3 times and explode upon hitting a target.
    - Shot magma cubes will leave behind a fiery trail you wouldn’t want to step in!
    - Weapon reloads after all 4 magma cubes have been shot.
    - 24 second reload time.
- Super Magma Mode
    - LEFT CLICK while fully reloaded to toggle modes.
    - Launch a single, larger and more powerful magma cube.
    - The super magma cube will bounce up to 5 times and corrupt the world around it.
    - Weapon reloads in the same 24 seconds after firing.

### Eagle Eye Bow

Take aim and fire with the accuracy of a hawk to deal increased damage!

- While held in your main hand, embody the powers of an eagle!
    - +3 Safe Fall Distance
    - +80% Jump Strength
    - (A little stronger, but about equivalent to Jump Boost 2)
- Charging the bow while mid-air will cause the user to float with decreased gravity.
- Strike headshots with a fully charged shot to deal 150% damage!
    - Headshots will be indicated in chat and with a special sound effect.
- Enchanted with Power 3, and can be upgraded in an anvil.

### Freezing Chakram

A shuriken’s frozen brother, throw these chakram to freeze opponents in their tracks!

- RIGHT CLICK to throw a chakram in the direction you’re looking.
    - The chakram can deal damage twice in one throw: once as you throw it, and again as it returns.
    - When players are hit, they also experience a brief freezing effect, slowing them down.
    - The weapon has 4 charges, but each chakram reloads individually at 15 seconds each.
        - (If you were to deplete your charges, it would take a full 60 seconds to regain them all.)
- Damage equivalent to Light Netherite Sword, enchantable.
- This is a dual-wielded weapon, similar to the Wither Sickles.

### Headhunter’s Chestpiece

A wrathful force fills this legendary chestplate with rage!

- First ever *armor* legendary introduced to Hoplite BR!
- Wear the Headhunter’s Might to gain a passive Strength 1 effect.
- Melee other players, or take damage to build up **Rage**.
    - Once you are fully enraged, gain Strength 3 and Speed 1 effects for 15 seconds!
    - 120 second cooldown before you can build up rage again.
- Equivalent to Diamond Chestplate, enchanted with Protection 3.
    - Not upgradable in an anvil.

## New Utility Crafts

### Super Smelter’s Pickaxe

Diamond Pickaxe with the abilities of the Smelter’s Pickaxe, and limited vein-mining capabilities.

- Enchantments:
    - Efficiency 2
    - Unbreaking 1
- Can be crafted up to x4 per player.
- This craft will be useful for obtaining obsidian… more on that below.

### Crystallization Shard

Temporarily shields it’s users, and prevents knockback!

- After consumption, players will have these effects for 15 seconds:
    - Gain Resistance II
    - Have Anti-KB
- Can be crafted once per player.

## Gameplay Rebalancing

- Utility crafts for Obsidian, and Lucky Rod have been removed.
- Loot tables for the following have been reworked:
    - Ares Blessing
    - Supply Drop
    - Cornucopia Chests
    - Structure Loot

### Soul Gauntlet

- Clones will now spawn 2 times as fast.
- Clones will spawn 2 blocks further towards the direction you are looking.

### Midas Sword

- Gold Nugget drops when killing mobs has been adjusted from 3-5 → 1-3.
- You no longer receive gold drops from killing minions.

### Artemis Bow

- Enchants are now applied to homing arrows.

### Reaper Scythe

- Lifesteal ability buffed from 15% HP → 25% HP.
- Cooldown increased from 35s → 45s.

### Mjolnir

- Throw cooldown adjusted to start once Mjolnir returns to your inventory.
- A “placeholder item” will be in your inventory while the Mjolnir returns to you.

### Ghastly Whistle

- With the move to 1.21.8, the Ghastly Whistle now spawns a real, vanilla Happy Ghast!
    - This should solve issues with players experiencing buggy behavior when riding.
- The control scheme is now that of the vanilla Happy Ghast (look downwards to fly down, crouch to dismount).
- Your Happy Ghast will remain summoned as long as it is alive!
    - While not being ridden, the ghast will follow you like minions do currently.
- Dried Ghast has been added to Piglin Barter loot tables (about same chance as vanilla).

### Poseidon’s Trident

- Melee lightning ability has been removed.

### Beehive Blaster

- Must shoot a fully-charged shot to launch a beehive.

### Cloud Sword

- Movement speed buffed from 7.5% → 10%.

### Corrupted Crossbow

- Poison no longer affects teammates.
- Cooldown increased from 20s → 34s.

### Golem Hammer

- Cooldown decreased from 35s → 30s.

### Evoker Wand

- Evoker Wand must be fully charged while held to use its abilities.

### Sculkweaver’s Lantern

- Active time increased from 15s → 18s.
- Cooldown increased from 120s → 150s.

### Armadillo Detonator

- Damage dealt and explosion radius have been decreased.

### Magma Club

- Must perform a full swing to proc the chance to light opponents on fire.
- Updated crafting recipe
    
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### Gruntilda

- Updated crafting recipe
    
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### Lich Staff

- Updated crafting recipe (any candle, obsidian replaced with bones)
    
    ![YHHngVG.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/YH_Hng_VG_6bf918a852.png)
    

### Shadow Blade

- Updated crafting recipe (obsidian replaced with coal blocks)
    
    ![vg3XxVR.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/vg3_Xx_VR_261d110a7c.png)
    

### Void Staff

- Updated crafting recipe (obsidian replaced with bones)
    
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### Nether Reactor Core

- Infernus the Nether Merchant appears to offer some useful trades!
    
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- All ores now transform to nether quartz ore only.
- Updated crafting recipe (obsidian replaced with coal blocks)
    
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### Tim the Enchanter

- Updated crafting recipe (enchanting table replaced with portable villager)
    
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### Light Netherite Sword

- Updated crafting recipe
    
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### Bandit Leggings

- Buffed to base Iron Leggings (was Gold Leggings).
    - Still has the durability of Gold Leggings.
- Protection enchant nerfed from Prot 3 → Prot 2.
- Updated crafting recipe
    
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### Cowboy Boots

- Buffed to adding +3 blocks per second speed of the horse you ride.

### Fisherman Kit

The loot table for minerals has been adjusted and should fill in the gap left by Lucky Rod’s removal.

The Fisherman Rod has new enchants at each tier:

- Tier 5 & Prestige
    - Lure 3, Luck of the Sea 5, Unbreaking 10
- Tier 4
    - Lure 3, Luck of the Sea 5, Unbreaking 8
- Tier 3
    - Lure 3, Luck of the Sea 4, Unbreaking 6
- Tier 2
    - Lure 2, Luck of the Sea 4, Unbreaking 4
- Tier 1
    - Lure 2, Luck of the Sea 3, Unbreaking 2

### Looter Kit

- Tier 5 & Prestige
    - Gunpowder x3, Slimeball x3, Glow Ink Sac x1, Spider Eye x2
- Tier 3 & Tier 4
    - Gunpowder x2, Slimeball x2, Glow Ink Sac x1, Spider Eye x1
- Tier 2 (No change)
    - Gunpowder x2, Slimeball x2, Glow Ink Sac x1
- Tier 1 (No change)
    - Gunpowder x1, Slimeball x2, Glow Ink Sac x1

### Trapper Kit

- Slime blocks can no longer be crafted down to slime balls.

## New Cornucopia Centers

Five new cornucopias have been added to BR. Enjoy the new maps!

## Legacy Combat Scenario

A new scenario has been added to custom games where it will mimic 1.8 PvP! Enjoy!

This setting has also been added to custom duels.

## Bug Fixes

- Poseidon’s Trident no longer disappears if your inventory is full when it returns.
- Mjolnir now always returns to your inventory instead of dropping on the ground.
- In the Time Bomb scenario, if a player dies in a Sculkweaver’s Lantern dome the time bomb will no longer disappear when the dome goes away.
- Fixed an issue where you could escape Gulag by throwing an ender pearl before dying.
- Fixed inconsistencies with some enchantable melee weapons not being able to be used in a grindstone.
- Unusable tipped arrows are now blocked from being obtained from fletchers.
- Fixed issues where invalid items could be placed inside the inventories of Soul Gauntlet, Emerald Blade.
- Lich Staff no longer breaks bedrock.
- Fixed an issue with PvP Delay scenario not working as intended in cornucopia games.
- Fixed an issue where players could become immortal in Lifesteal.
- Ribbit Reel now has a Legendary Pedestal recipe.
- Hoglins, Slimes, and Magma Cubes will no longer attack players wearing Skeleton Leggings.
- Bots and clones can now be repelled by the Barbed Rod without hooking them.
- Fixed issue where Lucky Block traps could not be escaped / broken out of in cornucopia.
- Fixed issue where Explosive Pickaxe could be used to bypass the potion crafting limit.
- Fixed issues where placed player heads could still be obtained as an item.
- Fixed instances where direct message and party commands could be used to nick-reveal players.
- Fixed instances where nicknamed players were revealed in-game and by the custom game Discord bot.
- Fixed vulnerability allowing unauthorized mods to determine who a nicked player is.

## Legendary Rotation

Rotated in:

- Eagle Eye Bow
- Poseidon’s Trident
- Dragon Katana
- Gruntilda
- Freezing Chakram
- Beehive Blaster
- Chrono Sword
- Headhunter’s Chestpiece
- Magma Cannon

Rotated out:

- Kim the Transmuter
- Pufferfish Cannon
- Reinforced Elytra
- Magma Club
- Lich Staff
- Cloud Sword
- Aiglos
- War Pick

# Duels

## Changes

- All new legendary weapons have been added to Custom Kit duels.
- Books have been added to the custom kit editor in the misc. category.
- A new Legacy Combat setting has been added, which makes the duel mimic 1.8 PvP!

## Bug Fixes

- Fixed players not being added to / removed from team chats.
- Fixed an issue where rematching in bridge duels would clean up blocks between each goal.

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Hoplite Patch Notes - Nov. 29th, 2025

## Overview

Hoplite Champions returns on Sunday, July 6th at 3:00pm EST!

Eight teams of five creators will compete for a place in the finals, battling their way through the Group Stage and the Knockout Stage.

## Group Stage

In the group stage, all teams are split into two groups of four.

Each team will face the other teams in their group once, competing in a 5v5 round-robin format in a modified, fast-paced version of Civilization Royale.

At the end of this stage, the top two teams from each group will advance to the Knockout Stage.

Any ties will be decided first by kill differential, followed by head-to-head results.

![1.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/group_stage_89763c84e2.png)

## Knockout Stage

During the Knockout Stage, the top four teams compete in an elimination bracket.

The top team from each group will play against the runner-up from the opposite group.

Winners of the semi finals will move on to the finals, where one team will be crowned Hoplite Champions.

![2.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/knockout_stage_ddf7cf31f3.png)

## Maps

The Hoplite Champions maps are split straight down the middle into two biomes, with teams spawning on their correlating sides of the cornucopia.

![3.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/map_86cae35fee.png)

## Teams

Teams will start being revealed on Saturday, June 28th over on our Twitter page: [@HopliteNetwork](https://x.com/HopliteNetwork). We’ll announce four teams on Saturday and the final four on Sunday.

![4.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/teams2_e5008fdedb.png)

## Civilization Party Size

For the next 10 days, the maximum party size in Civilization Royale has been increased to 5. Have fun!

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# Duels

## Changes

- Season 13 of Competitive Duels has begun! Featuring:
    - 1v1 Roulette Royale
    - 2v2 Bridge
    - 1v1 Axe
- The UHC kit has been added!
    - Queue casual 1v1 or 2v2 UHC duels from the Kit Duels NPC.
- Competitive Rewards
    - You can now claim Competitive Rewards for each competitive kit type you earn a rank in!
    - Competitive Rewards are now based on your peak rank, instead of your final rank.
        - This change excludes Champion rewards, which are still earned by Champion being your final rank of the season.
- Custom Kits
    - Two new Custom Kit presets have been added: SMP & Elytra Mace.
    - New Custom Kit settings are now available to choose from:
        - Toggle Crafting
        - Toggle Hunger
        - Toggle Arrow Pick-up
        - Toggle Explosions Breaking Blocks
        - Toggle Health Indicators
        - Toggle Map Resetting Between Rounds
    - Added items
        - Chorus Fruit
        - Water Bottle
- Bridge
    - There is now a 3 second countdown between rounds
    - Four new Bridge maps have replaced the old maps:
        - Cabana
        - Castle
        - Dojo
        - Temple
- The Mace Kit has been updated to now use Vanilla wind charges instead of Hoplite’s custom wind charges.
- Attribute Swapping (a.k.a. 1-Ticking) is now re-enabled in almost every Kit Duels mode!
    - Excluding in Battle Royale or Roulette Royale
- Added a setting to toggle hats.

## Fixes

- Fixed an issue where messages sent from spectators would send to all players on the same server.
- Fixed an issue where kit level prestige colors did not appear consistently.
- Fixed end crystals getting stuck
- Default quick play menu can now be unset

# Battle Royale

## Changes

- Legendary Rotation:
    - Reinforced Elytra → Dragon Katana
    - Shrink Ray → Guardian Cannon
    - Sonic Crossbow → Sculkweaver’s Lantern
    - Armadillo Detonator → Harpoon Launcher
    - Ghastly Whistle → Reaper Scythe

- Armadillo Detonator no longer requires arrows to reload and shoot.
- Phantom Longbow has been reworked:
    - Power II → Power III
    - 20% chance to inflict 10s of Darkness → 20% chance to inflict 5s of Blindness
- Reworked Tim the Enchanter to give more consistent enchants.
- The Fisherman Class ability of 5% to receive a mineral is now given in addition to the item you caught.
- Hosting a Juggernaut game now displays the item limits, so you won’t be left with missing items in-game.
- Hosting a custom game no longer allows Party Size to exceed Team Size to prevent unfair team placement in-game.

## Fixes

- Fixed issues where games would erroneously disconnect players.
- Fixed an issue where the Custom Games leaderboard would not update for some players.
- Fixed an issue where Death Note would cause legendaries to be removed from player’s inventories in Roulette Royale.
- Fixed an issue in Roulette Royale where players could receive legendaries after they died.
- Fixed an issue where your winstreak would continue even if you lost the game.
- Fixed issues where players would spawn in the void when teleporting to deathmatch if they’re riding a Happy Ghast or using the Phantom Rider ability.
- Fixed an issue where bots would spawn and attack players after the game ends.
- Fixed an issue where two people using Guardian Cannon simultaneously on the same target causes the target to receive no damage.
- Fixed an issue where Ribbit Reel pulls spectators.
- Fixed an issue where the Evoker Wand aura would break players’ fishing rods.
- Fixed an issue where one of Gruntilda’s potions could be brewed manually.
- Fixed an issue where Gruntilda’s Oozing and Infestation potions would activate even when attacked by teammates.
- Fixed an issue where the Soul Gauntlet’s clones would not grant kill credit to the user.
- Fixed an issue where Tim the Enchanter could not upgrade pre-existing enchants.

# Cosmetics

- The new Elysian Mystery Crate is now available in the crate room!
- The Mythological Crate will be leaving in 30 days.
    - The Elysian Crate will take it’s place.

Thank you to everyone who submitted an application to join our playtester team! If you’ve been invited, you have received a DM with an invite to join.

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Hoplite Patch Notes - Jun. 1st, 2025

## What To Expect!

This update features three new modes in Competitive Duels, a variety of patches, new cosmetics, and more!

## New Elysian Cosmetics

A brand new mystery crate has arrived! Unlock tons of new cosmetics, including a spiral armor trim, a majestic flying narwhal pet, special legendary weapon skins, and so much more!

![1.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/2duels2025_f035812ae6.png)

## New Competitive Modes

May’s Competitive Duels season has ended, and we’ve swapped out 2v2 Roulette Royale for three different competitive modes: **2v2 Bridge**, **1v1 Roulette**, and **1v1 Axe**.

You’ll be able to compete in each duel mode to earn a division. At the end of the season you can claim your rewards from each competitive mode.

Each season, we’ll be changing up the types of duels that will be in competitive to keep things fresh.

![2.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/3duels2025_9785cd202b.png)

## Revamped Bridge Maps

We've completely overhauled our bridge maps to create a more enjoyable experience. Hop into a bridge duel and come try out: **Cabana**, **Castle**, **Tower** and **Dojo**.

![3.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/4duels2025_dacc4d73cb.png)

## Patch Notes!

We've created another post with the entire change log for this update. [Click here](https://hoplite.gg/news/patch-notes-jun-1st-2025) to view!

![4.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/duels553535315patch_85bbf8663f.png)


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## What To Expect!

This update introduces a brand new mystery crate packed with colorful Easter themed cosmetics. It also brings four new legendary items, a new custom game scenario, and tons of other exciting changes to Battle Royale!

## New Legendary Items

Four new legendary items have been added and are now available to use in both Battle Royale and Duels!

![1.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/Legendary_Items_NOTEXT_1c3d453d6a.png)

## Easter Crate & Cosmetics

A brand new mystery crate has arrived! Unlock tons of new colorful cosmetics, including a pastel armor trim, an adorable bunny pet, and so much more!

![2.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/Cosmetics_Image3434_b5b093a99c.png)

## Gulag Scenario

The gulag is a new custom game scenario. Dying in a match will send you to the gulag, where you’ll face off in a 1v1 parkour duel against another deceased player. The first player to complete the parkour will be revived for a second chance.

![3.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/Gulag_Scenario493_bf5a8766a7.png)

## Modded Structures

All battle royale matches will now feature a variety of modded structures that are packed with lots of loot and items.

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## Gem Shop

Introducing the gem shop, a new central marketplace where you can spend gems on the server. Use gems to purchase mystery crates, custom game tickets, and a variety of other bundles and packages.

![5.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/Gem_Shop_Name_Tag123_6db4b3b871.png)

## Easter Eggs

For a limited time, there’s now a chance for easter eggs to spawn in battle royale structures. Crack open these eggs to potentially receive some valuable loot. Collect 100 eggs over this month to receive a free mystery crate!

![6.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/Easter_Eggchicken123_7be174726a.png)

## Patch Notes!
We've created another post with the entire change log for this update. [Click here](https://hoplite.gg/news/patch-notes-apr-4th-2025) to view!

![7.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/Notes_Patch559933_df96307792.png)

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# Battle Royale

## New Legendary Items

### Ghastly Whistle

- Players can find the Dried Ghast hidden in Soul Sand Valley Fossils.
    - Right-click to pick up the Dried Ghast.
- Right-click the Ghastly Whistle to summon the Happy Ghast!
    - Up to 4 players can ride the Happy Ghast at once.
    - Land on the ground to despawn the Happy Ghast.
    - The Happy Ghast has 2 rows of hearts.
    - Cooldown ranges between 10s - 120s depending on the health of the Ghast.
- Right-click the Ghastly Whistle while in flight to launch a Fireball.
    - 4 second cooldown.

### Ribbit Reel

- Players can pickup frogs with a water bucket to acquire a Bucket of Frog.
- Load and shoot the Ribbit Reel to launch a high-speed tongue, pulling back the first player in it’s path.
    - Players hit by the frog’s tongue will receive 3 seconds of Slowness 4.
    - 22 second cooldown.
- Jump on lilypads while holding the Ribbit Reel to launch yourself forwards.

### Soul Gauntlet

- Right-click to summon clones to fight for you!
- 2 clones are summoned by default
    - Shift+Right-click to add Player Heads which summon an additional clone for each unique head.
    - Heads in the Soul Gauntlet are not consumed by the ability.
    - Clones spawn with very low health, do not drop items, and will disappear after 15 seconds.
    - 45 second cooldown, +5 seconds for each additional head.
- Hold the Gauntlet in your offhand to gain +1 Armor.

### Death Note

- Crafting the Death Note will not announce the crafters name in chat.
- Right-click to write a player’s name in the Death Note, and steal a permanent heart from them.
    - Maximum 5 uses.
    - 60s cooldown.
- Shift+Right-click to inflict the curse of death on another player.
    - The target chosen to die 3 minutes after the ability is casted. They will then have one chance to guess who has the Death Note.
    - If the target guesses incorrectly, they will be eliminated.
    - If the target guesses correctly, they will not be eliminated.
    - Players will not be notified of who crafted the Death Note.
    - Kills using Death Note will not say the name of the player who killed them.

## Legendary Item Rotations

- Harpoon Launcher → Ribbit Reel
- Mjolnir → Soul Gauntlet
- Ravager Horn → Ghast Whistle
- Wither Sickles → Death Note
- Enderbow → Aiglos
- Poseidon’s Trident → Cloud Sword
- Lich Staff → Beehive Blaster
- Shadow Blade → Skulkweaver Lantern
- Guardian Cannon → Shrink Ray
- Crimson Chainsword → Magma Club

## Easter Eggs

- Easter Eggs can now be found in Hoplite structures.
    - The frequency of Easter Eggs in a structure varies each game.
    - Easter Eggs contain valuable loot that can allow for different play-styles and set you up for the early game.
    - Easter Eggs will continue to spawn for the duration of April.
    - Collect 100 eggs over the month of April to receive a free mystery crate.

### Custom Game Changes

- Tickets now come in 3 variants.
    - Battle Pass Ticket - Awarded from battle pass, tips are disabled.
    - Golden Ticket - Purchased for 950 gems, tipping enabled.
    - Juggernaut Ticket - Purchased for 4750 gems, allows hosting of Juggernaut games.
- Players now receive an item which can be clicked to tip the host.
- Tips have been increased to award 1500 Coins to the host and 100 to the tipper.
- Purchasing a Custom Game no longer awards 50,000 Coins.

## Golden Food

- Golden Food can now be found in all structures.
    - Golden Food has a chance at replacing all food found in any structure.
    - Golden Food gives the player 2 hearts of absorbtion & regeneration when consumed.
    - Golden Food can not be obtained by killing mobs, farming crops, etc.

## Changes to Large Structures

- Fixed unwanted mechanics.
    - Removed player heads / unwanted blocks (Block of Diamond, Block of Gold, etc).
    - Decreased mob health / armor.
    - Mobs no longer drop player heads.
    - Loot table changes (Less legendary weapon key ingredients).
    - Less frequent mob spawning from spawners.
    - All structures now have an opportunity to spawn.
    - Increased structure spacing and separation (spawn frequency).

## Changes

- Structures from ‘Large Map and Modded Structures’ have been added to Battle Royale
- Added leaderboards for Ranks Gifted and Custom Games Hosted.
- Artemis Bow homing chance increased from 20% → 30%.
- Enderbow now requires a fully-charged arrow to spawn an Endermite.
- Crimson Chainsword now requires a fully-charged swing to use the Bleeding ability.
- Pufferfish Cannon range has been reduced and the cooldown has been increased from 20s → 25s.
- Gunpowder spawn frequency has been reduced in Structures.
- Ender Pearls will spawn less often in Cornucopia and Structure chests.
- Flame now requires 32 Emeralds to trade from villagers.
- Multishot now requires 48 Emeralds to trade from villagers.
- Reaper Scythe recipe has been updated to no longer require obsidian.
- Jim the Sorcerer’s recipe now requires black dye instead of black candles.
- Cornucopias now include more chests over a larger area.
- The gulag has been added as a custom game scenario
- The quests button in the shop has been replaced with the new gem shop.

## Fixes

- Looting once again impacts chicken feather drops.
- Heads no longer drop from Modded Structure mobs.
- Large Map & Parallel Underground are no longer compatible.
- Shrink Ray is now usable in Bowless scenario games.
- Juggernauts no longer share cooldowns on Legendary items.

# Duels

### Changes

- The quests button in the shop has been replaced with the new gem shop.

### Competitive

- The competitive rewards have been adjusted moving forward:
    - Copper: 5 Gems
    - Iron: 10 Gems
    - Gold: 30 Gems
    - Diamond: 50 Gems
    - Master: 75 Gems
    - Champion: 150 Gems
- VIPs now receive a 2x Bonus when claiming their reward gems at the end of the competitive season.

# Cosmetics

- New limited time Easter Crate is now available with tons of new cosmetics:
    - Kill Effect - Killer Bunny
    - Hat - Ladybug Helmet
    - Victory Dance - Bunny Breakout
    - Glider - Blue Butterfly
    - Kill Effect - Chicken Swarm
    - Hat - Dandelion Wreath
    - Hat - Gummy Bear Hat
    - Hat - Chicken Mask
    - Hat - Rabbit Mask
    - Glider - Air Hare
    - Hat - Egghead Hat
    - Hat - Candy Wrapper Hat
    - Hat - Bunny Rider
    - Opener - Egg Portal
    - Kill Effect - Egg Out
    - Hat - Carrot Stick Hat
    - Weapon Skin - Flower Power Beehive Blaster
    - Weapon Skin - Eggstatic Hypnosis Staff
    - Pet - Nibbles
    - Wings - Pastel Wings
    - Trim - Pastel Trim

# Other

- A new gem shop npc has arrived in the Duels and Battle Royale Lobby.
    - This new shop is a central marketplace where you can spend gems on the server.
- Battle Royale star levels will now be displayed in the discord as roles

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Hoplite Patch Notes - Apr. 4th, 2025

## What To Expect

As teased previously, we’ve moved away from the "season format" on Hoplite, and with this change, we’re thrilled to introduce the brand-new Battle Pass! This new system is packed with 100 rewards, offering two passes: a FREE Pass and a VIP Pass.

## How It Works

This Battle Pass is designed to be a long-term experience, with no plans for a new one to release for a very long time. Unlike previous passes tied to seasons, this one allows you to progress at your own pace and fully enjoy its content over an extended period.

The rewards include a mix of cosmetics like hats, gliders, and effects, as well as new additions such as custom game tickets, pets, and other cosmetics.

All players can earn FREE Pass XP and unlock rewards. However, only players with a VIP Rank can earn VIP Pass XP and access the exclusive VIP rewards.

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## Returning Cosmetics

Some cosmetics from previous seasons are returning. If you already own any of them, you’ll receive an exclusive variant when claiming the cosmetics.

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The New Battle Pass!

# Battle Royale

## Battle Pass Extension

- The season 7 battle pass has been extended an additional 30 days
- More information about the upcoming battle pass is coming soon

## Changes

- Kim the Transmuter has been reworked.
    - Kim will now only upgrade armor and weapons.
    - Upgrades can no longer fail, and Kim will vanish after 3 upgrades.
- Armadillo Detonator damage on armadillos beyond the first has been reduced by 30%.
- Holiday structures and pregame lobby have been added.
- Santa will now drop Holiday Presents around the map. Use your Supply Drop Tracker to find him.
- Mining ores now has a chance to spawn a Holiday Present.
- Gerald the Sniffer can no longer suffocate.

## Fixes

- Armadillo Detonator will no longer delete items.
- High volumes of falling blocks will no longer be removed.
- Horn of Winter now works when crossing portals.
- Sculkweaver’s Lantern will no longer teleport wardens to the player when thrown through a nether portal.

## Legendary Rotations

**Rotated In:**

- Ravager Horn
- Sonic Crossbow
- Lich Staff
- Midas Sword
- Harpoon Launcher

**Rotated Out:**

- Horn of Winter
- Shadow Blade
- Magma Club
- Excalibur
- Aiglos

# Duels

## Changes

- Kim the Transmuter has been added to the Legendary Weapons custom item category.

## Fixes

- Fixed bots not appearing after the first round in multi-round matches.
- Fixed some Legendary Weapon duplication exploits.
- Fixed custom kits not loading for some players.

# Cosmetics

- The winter crate is back in all lobbies for a limited time, with new cosmetics

## New Winter Crate Cosmetics

- Jolly Sculkweaver’s Lantern (Weapon Skin)
- Frostbitten Evoker Wand (Weapon Skin)
- Evergreen Glitter (Arrow Trail)
- Ice Crown (Hat)
- Snowstorm Helmet (Hat)
- Gnome Rider (Hat)
- Winter Flurry (Opener)
- Deck The Halls (Kill Effect)
- Snowman Suit (Kill Effect)
- Ice Breaker (Victory Dance)
- Unwrapping Party (Victory Dance)

# Monetization

- New Starter Pack ($14.99)
    - 5 Mystery Crates
    - 500 Gems
    - Shiny Virtual Reality Headset
- 30 Day Nickname Pass ($4.99)
    - Grants access to /nick for 30 days
- 90 Day Nickname Pass ($11.99)
    - Grants access to /nick for 90 days

*Nickname Pass can only /nick as random usernames and skins, not selected ones.*
These upgrades are available NOW at [https://store.hoplite.gg](https://store.hoplite.gg/)

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Hoplite Patch Notes - Dec. 1st, 2024

# Battle Royale

## Changes

- Solo and Civilization games will now use the Hunger Games Start instead of Dragon Scatter.
    - Players will be spawned in pods around one of 4 Cornucopias at 0, 0.
    - PvP will be enabled for the first 2 minutes of the game, disabled once Mining Phase begins, which lasts 10 minutes.
- All structures have been reverted from their Halloween variants.
- The recipes for the Shrink Ray and Corrupted Crossbow have been adjusted, making them easier to craft.
- Each game will now include 3 Monuments in the ocean.
- Mjolnir and Pufferfish cannon have been removed from Bowless games.
- Roulette Royale is now compatible with Hunger Games Start games.
- Hunger Games Start custom games can now be hosted with the Civilization team size.
- All legendaries now have upgraded versions for the Legendary Pedestals scenario, which is now accurately displayed in their lore.
    - Most Sword legendaries start with 10 Attack Damage (8.5 base + Sharpness 2).
    - Bow legendaries start with Power 4.
    - Crossbow legendaries start with Quick Charge 2.
    - Other legendaries have buffs to their cooldowns, charges, and other values.  These numbers are displayed in white in their lore.
- Hypnosis Staff
    - Players can hypnotize a maximum of 3 Iron Golems.
    - Hypnotized Iron Golems can no longer be healed using Iron Ingots.
    - Iron Golems will no longer freeze when hypnotized while chasing a target.
    - Mobs will now be fully healed when hypnotized.
    - The health of mobs with less than 50 hearts will be tripled (15 heart minimum, 50 heart maximum)
    - Using the ability on a hypnotized mob will now heal it for 10 hearts.

## Fixes

- Fixed instances where Pods would not open correctly, leaving players stuck inside glass.
- Kings Crown will no longer grant excessive max health when combined with Health Boost.
- Fixed an issue causing Monuments to sometimes not spawn.
- Roulette Royale will no longer exclude some legendaries.
- Roulette Royale will now properly give players a new legendary weapon after a kill.
- Enderbow no longer deals damage when using the teleport ability.
- Fixed some legendaries giving attack damage while in the offhand.
- Fixed Guardian Cannon making players untargetable and collide with invisible entities once the beam started firing.
- Fixed Strength potion effect acting as Resistance.

## New Bots

- Bots will spawn around players during the game and will behave like real players, their loot is based on what other players have in the current game.

## **New Legendary Items**

- Sculkweaver’s Lantern
    - Right-click to launch a lantern, when it lands, it creates an inescapable area
    - Spawns mobs inside that help you fight enemies
    - Ability will last for 15 seconds and has a 90 second cooldown
    - Ancient City chests will now not drop one of the following in each game to prevent multiple legendaries from being crafted:
        - Disc Fragments
        - Sculk Sensors and Sculk Catalysts
- Crimson Chainsword
    - Right-click to curse the blade, making your next attack cause bleeding damage (3 hearts over 1.5 seconds)
    - Killing players grants **Strength II** for 15 seconds
    - Deals 1.5x damage to enemies below 30% health
    - Ability has a 30-second cooldown
    - Piglin Heads now have a chance to drop from Piglins.
        - This chance is heavily influenced by the Looting enchantment.
- Kim The Transmuter
    - Give her an item, and she’ll attempt to transmute it into a more powerful version
    - Kim will keep transmuting until she fails three times
    - Transmutes with more valuable results have a higher chance to fail
- Armadillo Detonator
    - Right-click to shoot up to 3 explosive armadillos (20 second cooldown)
    - Left-click to detonate all armadillos, dealing area damage (5 second cooldown)
    - Armadillos automatically detonate after 60 seconds if attached to a player
- Evoker Wand
    - Left-click  to summon three lines of deadly evoker fangs in front of you (12 second cooldown)
    - Right-click to summon two vexes that fight by your side (45 second cooldown)

## Legendary Rotations

**Rotated In:**

- Poseidon's Trident
- Magma Club
- War Pick
- Evoker Wand
- Kim the Transmuter
- Armadillo Detonator
- Crimson Chainsword
- Sculkweaver's Lantern

**Rotated Out:**

- **Emerald Blade**
- **Hypnosis Staff**
- **Wither Sickles**
- **Jim the Sorcerer**
- **Cloud Sword**
- **Corrupted Crossbow**
- **Ravager Horn**

# Duels

## Bots

- You can duel against the Battle Royale PvP bots with standard and custom kits
- Use them to practice PvP or test custom kits without a real player

## Changes

- Casual 2v2 duels have been re-added
- Casual duels are now a single NPC and function like custom duels
    - Duels are “hosted” when players join a queue, and NPCs will spawn allowing other players to join
- Added “Play Random Kit” post-match item in casual duels
    - Allows you to rejoin another casual duel with a random kit
- New legendaries have been added to custom kits and Roulette Royale
- Competitive matchmaking algorithm has been improved to create more fair matchups
- Increased overall XP gain
- Sumo kit has been re-added

## Fixes

- Legendaries will no longer share their cooldowns between players in custom games.
- Fixed blocks in Bridge kit not stacking.
- Fixed Cloud Sword blocks being placed above height limit.
- Fixed a Ravager Horn cooldown bypass.
- Fixed an Aiglos duplication glitch.
- Fixed border damage not functioning after a rematch.
- Fixed string being unbreakable.

# Cosmetics

- Seasonal Halloween mystery crate has been removed
- Bringing back our old non seasonal mystery crates permanently: Deep Dark, Aquatic, End, Fire, Mythological

## New Legendary Weapon Skins

- Found in the End Crate
    - Void Singularity Shrink Ray
    - Dragonbreath Katana
- Found in the Deep Dark Crate
    - Skulkripper Shadow Blade
    - Resonant Golem Hammer
- Found in the Fire Crate
    - Inferno Magma Club
    - Radiant Excalibur
- Found in the Mythological Crate
    - Talarian War Pickaxe
    - Serpentine Aiglos
- Found in the Aquatic Crate
    - Fishflop Pufferfish Cannon
    - Guardian Poseidon’s Trident

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Hoplite Patch Notes - Nov. 16th, 2024

## What To Expect!

This update introduces bots to Hoplite, new legendary weapon skins, returning cosmetic cases, new legendary items, and exciting changes to Battle Royale.

## Bots in Hoplite?

In Battle Royale, there’s now a chance you’ll run into a bot after PvP begins—fighting just like real players and dropping valuable loot when defeated!

In Duels, challenge bots with premade or custom kits to sharpen your skills before facing real opponents.

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## Legendary Weapon Skins!

A new type of mythical cosmetic has arrived—legendary weapon skins! Find these exclusive skins in our returning cosmetic cases.

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## Returning Cosmetic Cases!

Five of our cosmetic cases are back and available for purchase in the lobby! Each returning case now includes two legendary weapon skins.

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## New Legendary Items!

Five new legendary items have been added and are now available in both Battle Royale and Duels!

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## Cornucopia Update!

For a limited time, Battle Royale games will replace the Dragon Scatter with the Hunger Games start! Players begin in pods around the center cornucopia, where PvP is enabled for the first 2 minutes, allowing you to either grab loot or make a quick escape. After 2 minutes, a grace period begins as the mining phase activates.

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## Patch Notes!
We've created another post with the entire change log for this update. [Click here](https://hoplite.gg/news/patch-notes-nov-16th-2024) to view!

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November Update!

# A year in Review

October 14th marks **one year of Hoplite!**

First off, we’d like to thank you, our community, for an amazing first year of Hoplite. We have so much in store for the future of Hoplite, and many cool things we’ve been working on behind the scenes that we can’t wait to share with you. 

Our plans for Hoplite are changing as we focus on adding new gamemodes and hosting more fun creator events. Read more below!

# October 1st: Battle Royale Update!

On October 1st, we’ll be updating Battle Royale. Be sure to tune into the update video on September 30th to learn about everything new coming to the server, from our week-long birthday celebration, to new custom game scenarios! 

The heavily anticipated "Mega Royale" mode will also be coming on October 1st, with some improvements. Mega Royale will become a toggle-able feature in custom games (see image below), meaning Mega Royale games can be scheduled many times throughout the day.

This update may look a bit different to what you’re used to, as we’ll be moving to an “update” format for all gamemodes on the network. Read more about this under “Future Plans for Hoplite”.

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# Twitchcon

Our current work-in-progress project was revealed at our booth at Twitchcon San Diego this past week. Thanks so much to everyone who visited the booth and tried our teaser demo!

The project will first take place as a big creator event, which will be a **survival zombies game with factions elements**. After the event takes place, it will be **turned into a gamemode** that everyone can play. We are extremely excited to reveal more details to you as the project nears completion! 

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# Future Plans for Hoplite

Going into the second year of Hoplite, we’ll be moving to an “update” format for all games on the network. This means that we will no longer use the “Season” format for Battle Royale, and live reveals will no longer happen in the current format. Additionally, legendaries will no longer be paired with seasons, and will be added on a non-scheduled basis.

Doing so will allow us to expand the network and add more pvp gamemodes, host creator events, and much more. We will still update Battle Royale when needed, but are happy with the state of content in the game after 1 year of frequent updates. We're extremely passionate about pvp gamemodes and are confident you'll enjoy what we have planned next!

Also coming with this change will be a permanent Battle pass, which should arrive at the end of 2024. The permanent battle pass will have all the regular battle pass items (hats, gliders, effects) and MORE, such as custom game tickets, pets, and coins. This also means that the Battle Pass releasing on October 1st will be the very last Battle Pass in this format, so be sure to unlock everything while you can!

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Thank you everyone for an amazing year of Hoplite. We can't wait for what's in store in the future!

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What's next for Hoplite!

# Hoplite is Heading to Twitchcon!

We're coming to Twitchcon San Diego! From **September 20th to the 22nd**, you can visit us at **Booth 1800** and check out what we've been working on, and meet the team behind Hoplite.

 

## How to Find us
We are at **booth 1800**, at the far back of the convention centre (near the washrooms).

Here is a map that roughly shows where we are located. (Keep in mind this is **not** an official map and should only be used as a rough guide to find Hoplite at the convention.)
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## Fun Things at Our Booth
### Meet the Team
You'll be able to meet the team that works behind the scenes on Hoplite. You can ask any questions you have, or just pop by and say hi! 
 
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### Play our Demo
At our booth, you can play a demo based off our upcoming gamemode. We will also be giving out stickers to those who successfully complete the demo!

 

### Exclusive Twitch Cosmetic
We will also be giving out codes for an exclusive in-game cosmetic. Please keep in mind we have a limited supply of codes!

 

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### T-Shirt Raffle
And finally, after each day of the convention, we will be picking a handful of raffle winners to each win a t-shirt and sticker. Inventory and sizes are extremely limited. 

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We hope to see you at our booth!

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Hoplite is heading to Twitchcon!

### Tomorrow (Friday, September 6th) we will be updating to 1.21.1!

This means that if you try joining the server in an outdated version, you will be put in limbo and asked to rejoin on the correct version. There will be down-time tomorrow as we push the update, which you will be notified of in game and in #server-status on our Discord server.

 

Fully moving to 1.21.1 will resolve issues that arose for players on 1.21 when we were running natively on 1.20.6. This issues include:

- Lava & Water bucket desync
- Specific server disconnects related to 1.20.6

 

Thank you for your patience as we worked on the move to 1.21.1!

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IMPORTANT! We're updating to 1.21.1

# Season 5 is here!
Season 5 is now here! Let’s explore everything new coming to Hoplite this season.


# Duels 1.4
## Competitive Duels
- 10 players will be placed into a draft, where the top 2 players will select teammates in a snake draft.
- The match is a best of 3 using the Battle Royale kit.
- Players must complete 10 placement matches to receive their initial rank.
- The MVP (player who dealt most damage) will receive a bonus to their ranked progress.
- Every rank has unique rewards which can be viewed in the Rewards section of the shop, and will be awarded at the end of the season.
- Dodging or leaving multiple matches in a day will result in a queue ban and loss of rating.

## Divisions
Copper Division (I, II, III, IV, V)
Iron Division (I, II, III, IV, V)
Gold Division (I, II, III, IV, V)
Diamond Division (I, II, III, IV, V)
Master
Champion (Top 10)

**Gem & XP Rewards**
Copper - 80 Gems, 500 XP
Iron - 200 Gems, 1000 XP
Gold - 400 Gems, 2500 XP
Diamond - 800 Gems, 5000 XP
Master - 1500 Gems, 10000 XP
Champion - 2500 Gems, 25000 XP, 1 Tier Boost

### Competitive Warrior Helmet
Awarded to: Copper Division and higher
This warrior helmet cosmetic will be awarded to all players who participate in competitive duels.

### Trophy Case Gadget
Awarded to: Gold division and higher
A trophy case showcasing a player's highest medallion

### Dragon’s Breath Projectile Trail
Awarded to: Diamond Division and higher

### Golden Dragon Rider Victory Dance
Awarded to: Master Division and higher

### Ranked Cloak Aura
Awarded to: Champion Division
The top 10 players at the end of the season receive this unique aura showcasing their leaderboard position and medallion.

## General Changes
- Damage dealt will be shown after matches.
- Added Duels border.
 - Shrinks to 10x10 over 5 minutes.
- Casual kits are now best of 3.
- Bridge and Parkour are now usable in custom kits.
- Legendary weapons have been removed from custom kits.
- NPCs have been added for all Casual queues
- Added Mace casual kit queue.
- The following basic crafts have been added to duels.
 - Armor: Cactus Chestplate, Cowboy Boots.
 - Food: Very Suspicious Stew, Panacea.
- New Weekly Quests:
 - Achieve an 8 win streak in any mode.
 - Win 10 Battle Royale Duels without any healing left.
 - Play 25 2v2 or 3v3 Custom Kit Matches.

### Custom Kit Settings
- You can now add custom permanent potion effects to custom kits.
- Friendly Fire (also applies to explosives).
- Explosives Auto Ignition: This setting applies to creepers and TNT instantly igniting upon being placed down.
- Ender Pearl Cooldown.
- Border Shrink Time.

# Battle Royale 1.7

## General Changes
- The Archer kit now receives arrows instead of feathers.
- Ghasts will always drop a Ghast Tear.
- Blazes will always drop a Blaze Rod.
- Raised the amount of gold blocks replaced in Bastions from 60 -> 70%.
- All Iron armor now has +2 Toughness.
- Monuments now spawn in the ocean near the border in 50% of games.
 - Elder Guardian mining fatigue range reduced from 50 -> 25 blocks.
- Horse packs are 75% less likely to spawn.
- All Deathmatch chests will now contain exactly 1 Golden Apple.
- All Chests now have a small chance to contain a Slime Ball.
- Empty Buckets are no longer stackable.
- Fixed some blocks such as Netherrack and Glass not decaying in deathmatch.
- Eyes of Ender will no longer break when thrown.
- Added an extra 30 seconds at the end of games before the server restarts.
 - +100% Spread Effectiveness

- All players will receive max level perks, which will grant the following:
 - 10 seconds of haste when mining ores.
 - 15% XP Boost
 - Absorption IV for 15 minutes.
 - 15 seconds of speed when consuming a head.
 - 27 Nuggets per kill
 - 15 minutes of Saturation.
- All players will receive a 100% refund for coins spent on perks.

## Item Changes
- Mace damage capped to 15 hearts.
- Hypnosis Staff limited to 1 Warden per team.
- Skeleton Leggings no longer affect mobs controlled or spawned by players.
- Dragon Katana no longer requires end stone to craft.
- Shadow Blade buffed from 7 -> 7.5 damage.
- Shadow Blade will no longer be cancelled by arrows shot by allies.
- Axolotl Boots now have Protection 1 and a cheaper recipe.
- Blazing Crossbow no longer requires a head.
- Panacea can now be crafted with any 4 Tulips regardless of color.

## New Items
### Barbed Rod
- A Fishing Rod that knocks players back on hit instead of pulling them.
- 75 Durability which lowers when hitting enemies.
### Corrupted Crossbow
- A Crossbow which fires 3 poisonus arrows in rapid succession.
- If arrows collide with a block, they will start to decay blocks in a large radius.
- 20s Cooldown.
### Harpoon Launcher
- If the harpoon collides with a player, the player is damaged and rapidly pulled towards you.
- If the harpoon collides with a block, you are rapidly pulled towards the block.
- You can shift while being pulled to cancel it.
- 12s Cooldown.
### Guardian Cannon
- Pull back to begin charging for 2s. Being damaged during this time will cancel the charge.
- Once the charge is complete, a beam will fire and damage any player or block in its path.
- 30s Cooldown.
- Use while in water to shoot 2 guardians forwards, and blast yourself backwards.
- 25s Cooldown
- Hold while swimming to gain Dolphins Grace.
### Cloud Sword
- 7.5 Damage, 1.6 Attack Speed, +7.5% Movement Speed, -100% Fall Damage while in main hand.
- Right click to start summoning clouds below your feet for up to 10 seconds.
- Right click to toggle this effect on and off during the duration.
- 30s Cooldown

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Season 5 is Here!

# Cosmetics
Starting today, the Valentines day crate is no longer available, and is replaced with the Deep Dark Crate. This crate features all new deep dark inspired cosmetics, including the new Baby Warden Pet and Warden Armor Trim. This new crate will be available for the remainder of the season. (until April 1st)

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# All Games

- Added Animated xp bars to display your level progress after death or victory, replacing the previous chat messages.
- Fixed a bug where Miner Hat and Warrior Helmet could not be Tier Boosted.
We've also fixed numerous common issues with the anticheat:
- Fixed a bug where players would teleport to the ground or get stuck while being affected by the levitation potion effect.
- Fixed a bug where players could not sprint while riding a Camel.
- Fixed a bug where players would get stuck in boats after exiting them.

# Battle Royale

- Increased XP per kill to 20 (was 10).
- Increased XP per assist to 10 (was 5).
- Increased players needed for Solo to automatically start during offpeak hours to 40 players (was 30).
- Increased Solos / Duos world border to 1200x (was 800x).
- Players are now spread across 8 Dragons in Solos / duos (was 4).
- Added Glistering Melons to Nether Fortress chests.
- Trapper class now has +1 Observer added at every level.
- Trapper class perk no longer duplicates crafting tables.
- Trapper class now receives grass blocks and honey blocks.
- Removed Vanilla honey bottle from honey block recipe.
- Second deathmatch border shrink phase now begins after 2.5 minutes (was 5)
- Fixed a bug where Archer's perk would activate from bow shots that were not fully charged.
- Fixed a bug where the Rewards Summary would sometimes show incorrect coin values.
- Fixed a bug with Tim the Enchanter where Axe's would receive Sword enchantments.
- Fixed a bug where Ancient City loot was not properly randomized in solo and duos.
- Fixed a bug where players matchmaking penalties would not decrease after waiting 15 minutes.

# Duels

- Increased overall XP gain when winning/losing
- Added ability to send a rematch request to players at the end of a match
- Increased distance between players when they spawn.
- Removed overall duels level.
- The level progress seen in the duels lobby scoreboard now uses your currently selected kit.
- Reformatted scoreboards across all types of duels matches.
Custom kits now have some item / kit preset restrictions in order to make custom kit queues more fun to play:
- Parkour Duels and Bridge Duels kit presets can no longer be publicly queued as public matches. They can still be created, and used in private games.
- Non-vip players can now only host 1v1 and 2v2 custom kits. 3v3 now requires VIP to host.
- Non-vip players can now only add 1 Legendary weapon to their kits. Tim the Enchanter is excluded from this. 
- Fixed a bug where team colors and health not being displayed for spectators.
- Fixed a bug where enchanted books in custom kits would not have working enchantments. 
- Fixed a bug where Aiglos would show bow enchantments in the custom kit enchantment selector.
- Fixed uneven block placement regions in some Bridge maps.


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Season 3 Mid-Season Patch

As Hoplite goes down for maintenance, let's take some time to explore everything new coming in Hoplite Season 3.

# Rule Changes

To kick this off, let's go through some quick rule changes being added this season:
- Loot Beams is now a Blacklisted Modification, this includes similar mods that display a "beam" or nametag over dropped items and entities.
- Revealing the real name of nicknamed players or streamers, by chat message or voice chat, is now a punishable offense. 

See the complete set of rules at hoplite.gg/rules 

# Cosmetics 

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Loot Crates are back in Season 3! Head over to the right side of the lobby to purchase Valentines Crates for gems, which offer a bunch of exclusive valentines day cosmetics including the extremely rare Heart Armor Trim and Pink Fox Pet! These crates will only stick around until the end of February, so make sure you don't miss out. 

The return of crates also means the return of shiny cosmetics! Find a Tier Boost inside a loot crate in order to unlock it's shiny mythical variant. All new cosmetics have shiny variants, and some old cosmetics shiny variants have been updated to be more vibrant. On the topic of shinies, it is now possible to preview a shiny cosmetics by shift clicking them in the Upgrade Cosmetics menu.

And of course, Season 3 features an all new Token Shop with all new rewards. 

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With all these new cosmetics we're adding, it only made sense you'll have some personal favorites. We've added the ability to Right Click cosmetics to favorite them, and the ability to select a random cosmetic. When this option is selected, your cosmetic will randomize between your favorites everytime it activates. 


# Battle Royale

Battle Royale has received a update this season, including enabling access to the End Dimension. Here are the Patch Notes for Battle Royale V1.5.0

## The End
The End dimension has been enabled. 
- Stronghold's have a 25% chance to spawn each match, like in previous seasons.
- When a Stronghold generated, between 10-11 Eye of Ender's will already be filled. 
- The dimension has a 500x500 world border
- When the dragon is defeated, the End Transporters will not spawn. Only the main end island is available to players. 
- When exiting The End through the portal, player's will spawn at the center of the map with their glider's deployed. 

## General Changes
- Fire Aspect now only lights enemies on fire if the attack is 90% charged.
- Nether structures odds changed to 55% bastion 25% citadel 20% fortress.
- Increased the rarity of Treasure Bastion chests in the Citadel 1%.
- Increased gold block replacement in Bastions from 40% to 60%.
- TNT minecart nerf has been reduced from 50% to 30%.
- The Nether Reactor Core now always spawns 1 Ancient Debris when placed near ores.
- Arrows and Iron are now only obtained from fishing with the Lucky Rod instead of all fishing rods.
- The rewards summary now displays whenever a player dies.
- The rewards summary now displays a visual progress bar of the player's level progress.
- Fixed a bug where civ teams could potentially be larger than 9.
- Fixed a bug where thrown Enderpearls would damage the user.

## Legendary Weapons

We've made many changes to legendary weapons this season, including our first round of weapon rotations. We've also made some major changes to some current weapons and their balancing.

Changes:
- The Enderbow, Dragon Katana, War Pick, Reaper Scythe have been rotated out. They are no longer attainable in Battle Royale mode.
- Added Sharpness 2 to Grimoire.
- Emerald Blade now receives +1 Sharpness at all times. When crafted, it is sharpness 1. After 8 emeralds, it becomes sharpness 2, etc.
- Changed Magma Blade to a Diamond Sword with no enchants.
- Sonic Crossbow cooldown increased to 22 seconds (was 15).
- Magma Blade can now be enchanted and used in an anvil.
- Adjusted Magma Blade's recipe.

![magma.PNG](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/magma_2063d7bdc2.PNG)

New Weapons:
### Aiglos
A legendary elvish spear weapon. Aiglos has the attack speed and damage of a diamond sword, and can also be thrown to create an explosion. After aiglos lands, it instantly teleports back to the user. Enchants that are applied to Aiglos affect the damage and properties of the explosion. 

![aiglos.PNG](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/aiglos_3d210d1e82.PNG)

### Shadow Blade
A legendary sword weapon. The Shadow Blade is a diamond sword with a special ability. Right Click to become invisible and gain speed III for 10 seconds. When invisible, only the particles at you feet can be seen. Taking damage or performing a critical hit on another player will cause the ability to cancel early. 

![shadowblade.PNG](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/shadowblade_38e3e7e91f.PNG)

### Void Staff
A legendary staff with two toggleable modes. The Void Staff's first mode is the teleportation mode. Right Click to create a portal where you're looking, and right click again to create a second portal. All entites are able to enter the portals to be instantly teleported to the location of the second portal.  The second mode is the Shulker Bullet mode. Right Click to fire a shulker shell, exploding where it lands dealing damage and giving all nearby players levitation for a few seconds. The explosion also spawns 3-5 shulker bullets that seek out enemies.

![voidstaff.PNG](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/voidstaff_57a37aec10.PNG)

### Reinforced Elytra
A legendary (and balanced) wearable Elytra. The Reinforced Elytra provides the protection of an Iron Chestplate while worn. Players can glide to build up energy, then hit the ground to release that energy in the form of an explosion that does not damage the player. Sneaking midair activates a rocket boost ability similar to a firework rocket on a 70 second cooldown. This legendary is only available from defeating the Ender Dragon or as a 1% drop chance from Gerald.

![elytra.PNG](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/elytra_a6ba5fb33d.PNG)

## Basic Crafts

This season we've added a some basic crafts to change the flow of the game, including the first few sets of custom armors. Unfortunately because of how custom armor is implemented, resource packs that have abnormally sized armor pieces or include built in shaders will no longer function properly.

![armors.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/armors_21d51c7369.png)

## Short Netherite Sword
A simple sword that provides +7.5 attack damage by default. 1x crafts.

![short.PNG](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/short_47f0a6fbca.PNG)

## Neptune's Brew
A drinkable dolphins grace potion with a 30 second duration. 2x crafts.

![brew.PNG](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/brew_b8dba6e273.PNG)

## Agony
A splash potion of instant damage II and weakness I (60 seconds). 1x crafts

## Cactus Armor
Armor set with a high level of thorns, equivalent to iron armor. 

![cactus.PNG](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/cactus_2cbc34d46d.PNG)

## Mushroom Armor
Leather armor set that is slightly worse than iron, but when the full set is worn, the armor's protection enchantment level becomes stronger as the amount of skylight touching the player decrease, up to Protection V.

![mushr.PNG](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/mushr_9ec8b6e583.PNG)

## Ent Armor
Leather armor set slightly worse than iron, that when the full set is worn grants a 5% chance to heal the user for half a heart when breaking a naturally grown flowers.

![ent.PNG](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/ent_a182688cc8.PNG)

## Horsetamer Boots
A pair of chainmail boots that grant Speed I to a horse being ridden by the player

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## Bandit Leggings
A pair of golden leggings that cause 50% more gold nuggets to drop from kills.

![bandit.PNG](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/bandit_52c15c88b2.PNG)

## Recipe book

The Recipe book has been changed from two pages to three pages to accommodate the amount of items we've added this update:

![layout.png](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/layout_f7568c49ef.png)

# Duels

Duels has received major changes this season. Custom Kit menus have been revamped, queueable kits have been changed, and the lobby has been revamped. 

## Legendaries
First lets talk about legendaries.
- Legendary weapons that have been rotated out of Battle Royale are still available for use in custom kit duels.
- The four new legendaries will be added to duels in coming weeks, but not at the season start.
- **All player's can now use legendary weapons in custom kits**

## Modes

We now have 10 queueable modes in the casual playlist:

![casual.PNG](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/casual_0d8ed66763.PNG)

- Removed Roulette Royale
Roulette Royale is still available as a custom kit preset. Upon joining the duels lobby, you will be prompted on how to create a Roullette Royale kit.
- Added Battle Royale Kit
This kit contains the same items as Roulette Royale, but without the Legendary Weapons.
- Added Parkour Duels
Race other players through a dynamic parkour map designed by iTMG. Miss a jump and you lose, but be careful not to be so slow you get caught by the dragon pursuing you.
- Added Bridge Duels
Players spawn at opposite sides of a large bridge. Enter the opponents goal to score. First player to score 5 times wins.
- Added Boxing Duels
Players take no damage and only have a diamond sword, and speed 1. The first player to hit the other 75 times wins.

All new modes support being used as a custom kit preset. This means you can create bridge kits with legendary weapons, etc.

## Menus

Custom Kit hosting has undergone some large changes.

- Custom kits now contain settings for how many players per team, map, and amount of rounds in the match.
- Custom kits created from presets now inherit the settings of the preset.
- Players can select what kit is their active kit to be hosted in the kit editor. When clicking the host kit button, the player automatically hosts their selected kit, making the custom kit hosting process much quicker.
![kit.PNG](https://strapi.hoplite.gg/uploads/kit_d5fa7bbe05.PNG)

We've also made several quality of life changes to the custom kit editor:
- Added the ability to right click in the custom kit editor to duplicate the most recently selected item.
- Added the option to randomly select a map in custom kits and the /duel menu.
- Added TNT and TNT Minecrarts as potential custom kit icons.
- Added emoji support to kit names

# General changes
- Doubled XP rates for all modes.
- Added a new map category, Vanilla, These 3 new maps contain natural terrain, cut from natural Battle Royale worlds.
- The Crystal casual queue now only put players into vanilla maps instead of terrain maps.
- Added the ability to /spectate players. You can control who can spectate your matches between everyone, friends, or no one via /settings.
- Custom Kit Stats now properly track, and are shown on leaderboards.
- You can now shift click an option in the quick play menu to make that category open first when the quick play menu is opened.

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# General

- Golden Apples now grant Regeneration II for 10 seconds.
- Defence political path now grants 3x prot I books.
Defence's pick rate was much higher than we hoped for, and the ability for players to start the match with full Protection 3 if they had a coordinated team was far too strong.
- Removed Brutes from Bastions and Citadels.
- Added Warden spawns to Citadels.
- Increased diamond spawn rates in Citadel chests.
- Changed nether structure odds to 33% of each structure type.
The idea behind adding brutes was to make the gameplay more intense and more risky. However this caused a higher amount of player deaths before pvp than we had hoped for. This change should make the nether slightly easier for less skilled players, and prevent skilled players from entering pvp with multiple player heads.
- Added anti-queue matchmaking penalty to solo. 
Like Civ, when you reach 3 matchmaking penalties, you become unable to queue for 15 minutes. This change along with the nether changes are intended to make solo games maintain higher player counts at pvp.
- Adjusted Ares Blessing loot table slightly.
- Added Efficiency 3+ back to miner at the levels that previously had it.
- Added cow and chicken spawns to swamps, deserts, badlands, and arctic regions.
- Arrow shots greater than 50 blocks away now broadcast in chat.
- Fixed a bug where partys larger than 3 players could get on the same team in Civ
- Added a title to the player's screen when they die.
- Lunar team view now colors party members blue and the king yellow. 

# World Gen

- Removed naturally occuring Ancient Debris in the nether.
- Reduced squid and pufferfish spawn rates.
- Fixed a bug where Amethyst Geodes would spawn at predetermined coordinates across the world.
- Fixed a bug where caves wouldn't spawn properly in Swamp biomes.
Due to how the world generation works, it may take a few days to cycle out maps generated before these changes were implemented.

# Crafts / Weapons

- Prevented lucky rod gold/diamond drops from replacing loot if the loot result is a bow or an enchanted book.
- Fixed a bug where Artemis Bow did not trigger Archer's perk.
- Removed custom book and quill recipe that allowed the item to be crafted with a glow ink sac.
- Removed Sharpness, Thorns, and Swift Sneak from Grimoire
- Reduced Fire Aspect on Grimoire to level 1.
- Changed Poseidon's Treasure to an instabook.
- Increased Pufferfish Cannon damage multiplier to 3x. (was 2x)
- Increased Sonic Crossbow damage to 9.0 (was 6.0)
- Dragon Katana now costs 1x Netherite Scrap and 2x obsidian to craft. (was 2x scrap, 1x obsidian)
- Dragon Katana now crafts with 1 teleport charge.
- Magma Blade increased to Sharpness 3. (was 2)
- Reaper Scythe can now only siphon a max of 3 hearts from a single mob.
- Fixed a bug where Fountain of Fate's secondary potion effect was not removed when the fountain was broken.
- Fixed a bug where punching with Artemis Bow would trigger a projectile damage message.
- Increased Emerald Sword's max Sharpness level to 50.

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# Patch Notes - January 12th, 2024

 ## Battle Royale v1.4.3 

This week we have a smaller patch for Battle Royale as we prepare for some larger changes in the coming weeks. 

- Reenabled multi biome structure. (The original temples and the tree)
- Fixed Artemis Bow not trigger the archer class perk.
- Fixed crafting short sword/bow not giving the upgraded sharpness/power enchantments.
- Fixed loyalty tridents following spectators.
- Fixed boats being placed during DM countdown.
- Changed Poseidon's Treasure recipe to include 1x water bucket and 4x sea grass, and removed nautilus shell.
- Re-added trident damage buff at 1.25x.
- Fixed a bug where players could damage their teammates with tnt minecarts.
- TNT minecart damage has been reduced by 50%.
- Dragon Katana and Tridents are now usable in a grindstone.
- Fixed a bug where Sonic Crossbow and Artemis Bow showed inaccurate projectile damage messages.
- Fixed a bug where Absorption hearts didn't accurately show in projectile damage messages.

## Duels 1.0.3
- Fixed a bug with inspecting opponent's inventories after a duel
- Fixed a bug allowed players to be in multiple duels
- Fixed a bug with the ground pound opener getting players stuck
- Fixed a bug with players being invincible
- Fixed a bug where players could get other items from other kits
- Fixed a bug with golden apples removing hunger
- Fixed a bug that allowed spectators to destroy minecarts
- Fixed a bug where players would get kicked for typing in chat
- Fixed ender pearls getting players stuck in the barrier
- Fixed a bug where some legendary weapons wouldn't show damage dealt in chat

## General
- Player mentioning in chat now works as intended
- Disabled chat mention pings for Lunar Client users
- Fixed damage messages not showing absorption
- Fixed damage messages not showing the correct damage dealt
- Fixed a bug where chat channels would not save when changing lobbies
- Fixed a bug where VIPs with a rank color would keep it when nicked

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Hoplite Patch Notes - Jan. 12th, 2024

This patch will be addressing some gameplay changes in Battle Royale and bug fixes and performance optimizations in Duels. Some active Battle Royale games may not reflect the new patch as the update is rolling out.

**Battle Royale v1.4.1**
- Removed the Loyalty enchant from Tridents
- Removed the Trident 2x damage buff
- Added a 3 second cooldown for Trident throws
- NEW **Poseidon's Treasure** item. A basic craft found in the Recipe Book that is an enchanted book with Loyalty I. Can be crafted once.
- Reduced the rate of diamonds, ancient debris, netherite scraps, and netherite ingots in Citadels.
- Removed nether wart from Citadel chests
- Fixed a bug where time-based leaderboard filters would not work and display "Unknown User"
- Fixed a bug where the personal entry for BR leaderboards wouldn't switch after changing filters

**Duels v1.0.1**
- Players can no longer dodge matches, if you leave a game during countdown you will lose the match
- Fixed a bug where ender pearls damage wasn't enabled
- Fixed a bug where players would take damage in Sumo
- Fixed a bug where parties of two would not get on the same teams in Casual 2v2s
- Fixed a bug where players would not receive the Play Again item in Casual 2v2s
- Fixed a bug where non-VIP players would not receive Legendary Weapons in Custom Kit Duels
- Fixed a bug where players would sometimes take damage on the last tick prior to being sent back to the lobby
- We've done a few things to optimize Duels performance. We'll continue monitoring performance 

**General**
- Fixed a bug were personal entries on the leaderboard would sometimes displaying a completely random player
- Fixed a bug where players could not hold two times at once on both the Battle Royale and Duels Lobby Parkour leaderboards

**Rule Changes**
Moving forward, we will make updates with our patch notes on rule changes. The rules webpage at https://hoplite.gg/rules is updated frequently, we encourage all of you to read over the page and refresh yourself with our server rules.
- Render distance fog customizer/removal mods in the Overworld or Nether are allowed. (this does NOT include removing fog under lava)
- All of our rules apply to Duels, and some rules are for Duels specifically. Please keep in mind of this when playing the newly available mode.

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Hoplite Patch Notes - Jan. 2nd, 2024

## Mid-Season Update Video
If you'd prefer to watch rather than read, be sure to check out our mid-season update video over on our [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvFZfmjMEl4)!

# Battle Royale Update v1.4.0
### General
- Added Citadel structures to the nether. Citadels are massive structures containing tons of mob spawners and loot from both bastions and fortresses. Four different Citadel structures exist. Chests and spawners are not guarenteed to spawn at every location everygame. Every Citadel contains a vault room, which randomizes between having gold ores or potion materials.
- Nether structures now have a chance to be 50% Citadels, 25% Bastions, 25% Fortresses.
- Added Piglin Brutes back to Bastions.
- Replaced 50% of gold blocks in Bastions with gilded blackstone.
- Added natural mob spawning to nether fortresses.
- Increased Ancient City spawn rate to 40%.
- Increased chance of rare drops from Lucky Rods.
- Adjusted Ares Blessing loot table.
- Added diamonds as a possible rare drop from Lucky Rods.
- Added arrows and iron ingots as possible fishing drops.
- Shortswords and Shortbows now upgrade to Sharpness II 12 minute after pvp is enabled and upgrade to Sharpness III when deathmatch begins.
- The Trident craft now comes with Loyalty I.
- Increased thrown Trident damage by 1.5x
- Removed price increase on diamond armor villager trades. The second diamond armor trade will still see an increase in price.
- Added slimeblocks to Trapper kit.
- Added 30 new biome specific structures.
- Fixed a bug where King's Crown could grant infinite health.
- Fixed a bug where heads could duplicate when worn by a mob that was killed.
- Fixed a bug where trapper perk wouldn't work if only one block was in the stack.
### Weapons
- Grimoire: Added Power IV, Swift Sneak III, Thorns III to Grimoire.
- Grimoire: Reduced Grimoire sharpness to I.
- Fountain of Fate: Now always grants Regeneration.
- Fountain of Fate: Removed chance to deal instant damage
- Fountain of Fate: Now grants a randomized secondary potion effect.
- Fountain of Fate: Recipe now requires cobblestone instead of stone bricks.
- Reaper Scythe: Health Syphon increased to 20%
- Sonic Crossbow: Now deals 6.0 true damage at the center of the explosion

# Full Duels Release
Duels has now fully released to **all players**! Duels is a classic gamemode from all eras of Minecraft where players are able to clash head-to-head in intense battles with unique kits. Face off in 1v1s, 2v2s, or even play in a group of friends with a party!

We’ve collected the best features from all renditions of Duels gamemodes from other servers in the past and combined them into one ultimate and feature-complete version of Duels. Our Duels is not just a place to fight players, but a sandbox experience where players can tailor their gameplay to what they’d like, whether that you love competing and climbing the leaderboards or like to goof off and play silly modes with friends.

### Modes and Gameplay

In the Duels lobby, players are able to join queues for kits that they would like to play. Once joining a duel, players are matched up against each other with the same kit and items and duel each other in a battle of skill!

Players have the option of playing the following modes: **Casual Duels, Custom Kit Duels, or Private Duels**. Ranked isn’t here yet, but will be coming in a future update!

#### Casual Duels
In Casual, queue with regular kits against other players. Win games and go on winstreaks to earn XP, which can level up your **overall XP** and **kit XP** (more on that later).

In Casual, you can play **1v1s** or **2v2s**. In 2v2s, you can play with another friend in a party or even get a random teammate!

#### Custom Kit Duels
In Custom Kit Duels, host a custom kit 1v1 duel with your own custom kit or play with other players in their custom kits!

In the Custom Kit Duels menu, you can look at other players that are hosting their own duels. 

You can even preview what is in their kit before deciding to join it.

If you’d like to host your own custom kit with your own rules, you can click the “Host Duel” button and run through the options to host your own for others to play!

To see how to edit your own custom kits, see below in the ‘Kit Editor’ section.

#### Private Duels
Players can play in Private Duels with their party! In your party of up to 20 players, play duels with different team modes and choose from regular kits or custom kits!

As the party leader, you can decide the modes to take your party into.

For the teamsizes, you can select from **FFA**, **Team Split of 2**, or **Party vs. Leader**.

For the kits, you can choose regular kits or your own custom kit. You can choose a normal and competitive kit, or let mayhem ensue with chaotic items in your custom kit with up to 20 players!

#### Personal 1v1 Duels

You can send a personal 1v1 duel invite by doing **/duel <player>** to another player on the server to fight them directly. Select from a regular kit or your own custom kit.

### Kit Editor

A core feature of Duels that makes it what it is, the **Kit Editor**!

The Kit Editor allows players to edit kits. You can edit the layout of regular kits or edit custom kits with our intuitive and in-depth menu system.

Clicking on any kit in the editor will take you to the Kit Editor area.

#### Editing Regular Kits

Editing regular kits is easy. Move around items within your inventory to the format you want them to be in, then save using the NPC. Players are also able to edit their kit by moving items around during the starting countdown of an actual duel.

#### Editing Custom Kits

Edit a custom kit and customize every single item, piece of armor, enchant, and even kit settings!

All players have 4 custom kit slots by default. You can edit a different custom kit in each one and play whichever kit whenever, without having to preselect in a different menu. Click on a Custom Kit slot in the Kit Editor to edit it!

### Levels

Players can play in duels to level up their overall level, similar to Battle Royale. However, there are also **kit levels**, which can be obtained by playing the specific kits for those levels. There are kit levels for every kit available in Casual, as well as a Custom Kit level, which can be leveled up by playing in Custom Kit duels!

All players start by having their overall level displayed, but if you want to show off a different level, you can open the levels menu and click on the kit that you’d like to display. Your level display will upudate in chat and in your nametag.

### Level Up the Battle Pass

While playing games, you can also earn Battle Pass XP and level up the Battle Pass! Through the Battle Pass, you can earn Battle Royale cosmetics, like hats and gliders, to stand out more and look cool while playing. More on the Battle Pass can be found here!

There are still many more features to explore in Duels and Hoplite as a whole! Don’t believe us? Join the server now and give Duels a try!

# New Cosmetic Bundle: The Dragon Bundle
**The Dragon Bundle** now comes to Hoplite as our first directly purchaseable cosmetic bundle! This bundle contains the Dragon Hat, the Dragon Glider, the Dragon's Breath kill effect, the Dragon Rider victory dance, and the Baby Ender Dragon pet!
Mystery Crates are gone for now, but don't worry, they will return for our next event!

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# Leaderboards
New leaderboards have been added to each lobby: 
- Lobby Parkour Times (for both Battle Royale and Duels)
- Most Cosmetics Owned
- Most Shiny Cosmetics Owned

# Other
- Cosmetic previews have been added. You can now preview cosmetics from any menu.
- New feature available for VIPs only: Chat Emojis! Type ":" and press tab to type an emojis, and do /emojis to view all available emojis.
- Holiday update and theming is now gone


All Duels stats have been reset from the VIP Early Access.
Battle Royale Seasonal, Monthly, Weekly, AND Daily leaderboards will only reflect starting from today.

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# Battle Royale v1.3.0

## General
- Added Matchmaking Penalties:
Leaving a solo game before is pvp enabled or intentionally dying before pvp enables will cause the player to receive 50% less currencies in the next game. 
Leaving a civ game before is pvp enabled or intentionally dying before pvp enables will cause the player to receive 50% less currencies in the next game. If the player causes a penalty to be added 3 games in a row, the player will be unable to queue into a civ match for the next 15 minutes. 
Currencies are Coins, XP, Battle Pass XP.
Dying as intended in a game after the pvp phase is reached will remove all penalties.
If a penalty is added in civ mode due to a death, being respawned by the Revival Star will remove that penalty.
Because of the nature of tracking intentional deaths, sometimes penalties may be inaccurately added. We'll keep a close watch on this system and make adjustments to make it as fair as possible.
- Mysticism Political Path now grants an Enchanting Table to the King.
- Made several optimizations to different areas of the game to reduce lag.
- Fixed a bug where players could get stuck deploying their glider if the dragon spawned near the border.
- Added thunder sounds in the sky when a player dies.
- King's crown now only grants extra health to the King if the King's Crown is worn. The King's Crown will not give non King players extra health.
- Set all Vanilla recipes to be unlocked so all recipes can be searched for via the vanilla crafting guide.

## Class Changes
- Nerfed Miner pick to Efficiency 2 at all levels. This means it can no longer instabreak netherrack.
- Added Power 1 to Archer bow.
- Made Archer bow able to be used in an anvil.
- Warrior Perk now regenerates 3 hearts on kill (was 2).

## Legendaries
- Improved Lich Staff projectile visuals
- Made silk touch tools take 50% durability damage when mining an ice block.
This should limit the amount of lich staffs that can be crafted when finding one Silk Touch book.
- Changed Reaper Scythe to copy potion effects instead of stealing them.
- Changed Pufferfish Cannon damage multiplier to 2x (was 3x).
- Changed Pufferfish Cannon cooldown to 20 seconds (was 10).
The Pufferfish cannon works by multiplying the damage Pufferfish deal by a factor the first time a player is damaged by the pufferfish, so this change should maintain its utility as a crowd control / anti-running weapon without being overbearing like it was before.
- Fixed a bug where Mjolnir would deal extra melee damage when it's cooldown was active.
This Mjolnir change was hotfixed in earlier this week.
- Fixed a bug where the Magma Club could be used on loggers.


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# Battle Royale v1.2.0

## General
- Improved Dragon sequence to be smoother and cause less lag at the start of a match
- Added an accessibility setting that changes team flag icons to shaped icons representing the biomes. Access this via the game tab in /settings
- Added support for lunar clients team waypoint feature
- Disabled some disallowed mods on Lunar Client
- Reduced power nerf to 15% (was 20%)
- Reverted projectile velocity change for crossbows and fishing rod bobbers
- Santa notifications now send from a much further distance
- Santa now spawns more frequently
- Fixed a bug where players were sitting on the tail of the dragon
- Fixed an issue that let players bypass the Anti Cheat while gliding
- Fixed a bug where Fire Resistance would end before pvp enables in Civ
- Fixed a bug where Ares Blessing would sometimes break without producing an item
- Fixed a bug where dungeons would generate in the air
- Fixed a bug where multiple players could spawn in the same deathmatch pod in solo

## Weapons
- Fixed a bug where Lich Staff and Pufferfish Cannon could deal damage before pvp
- Fixed a bug where Magma Club wasn't unbreakable
- Reduced Mjolnir's throw damage to 2.0 (was 3.0)
- Reduced chance of music discs spawning in Vanilla structures
- Reduced Sonic Crossbow explosion velocity dealt to enemies by 40%. Shooting yourself with the crossbow will deal the same velocity it previously did.
- Reduced Sonic Crossbow max damage to 14 (was 16)
- Reduced Lich Staff cooldown to 35s (was 40)
- Massively reduced lich staff projectile velocity dealt to enemies. Shooting yourself with the lich staff will deal the same velocity it previously did.
- Improved the hitbox of the lich staff projectile
- Increased velocity of Pufferfish Cannon shots
- Increased amount of Pufferfish shot by the Pufferfish Cannon to 3-5 (was 1-3)


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# Battle Royale v1.1.0

## General
- Golden Apple healing has been increased!
- Regeneration 1 now heals the player for **0.5 health** every **37 ticks** (was 50). In Vanilla, regeneration 1 heals every 50 ticks. Regeneration 2 heals every 25 ticks. This buff should result in healing that still cannot be chugged, but can still heal you fast enough to keep you in the fight. Due to this change, golden apples heal for less duration, but heal the same amount of health.
- Arrows now shoot more accurately while moving
- Corrected some errors with structure spawning
- Corrected an issue preventing the Autumn team from appearing in civ matches
- Deathmatch border now deals **1 heart** per border tick. (was .25 hearts)
- Fixed a bug where Santa would spawn in the nether

## Weapons
**Midas Sword**
- Fixed a bug where gold nuggets wouldn't drop from mobs before pvp begins
- Reduced the amount of gold nuggets dropped by mobs

**Fountain of Fate**
- Chance of each fountain type is now **60% good, 40% bad**. (was 50/50)
- Instant damage reduced to **10 heart**s (was 20)
- Instant damage now only applies to the placer
- Lingering potion radius reduced to **3** (was 4)
- Lingering potion duration reduced to **30 seconds** (was 5 minutes)
- Regen effect increased to **3** (was 2)

**Lich Staff**
- Full cooldown increased to 40 seconds (was 20)