Combat is one of the most important aspects of Hytale. It’s how you fend off nasty monsters, hunt animals for resources, and explore deep caves. Even now, Hytale already offers elements that make combat varied and exciting! With different weapon types and attack options, you can tailor your attack patterns to your style. You’ll also need solid armor, so make sure to build and upgrade both smithing benches. Here’s everything that’s currently possible in Hytale combat.
Hytale weapon mechanics: attacks, blocking, and special skills
Your first weapon, a crooked sword, can be crafted right in your inventory from stones, fibers, and sticks. It teaches you the basic attack patterns and lets you get comfortable with the flow. At first, you’ll likely attack animals and the odd skeleton—maybe even those strange creepers at night.
Your weapon can perform multiple actions:
- Right-click: Light attack. Lighter weapons chain several different swings that repeat.
- Hold right-click: Heavy attack. Varies by weapon, deals more damage but takes time.
- Q: Special attack. Hitting enemies charges this bar. Don’t switch slots or you’ll lose the charge.
- Hold left-click: Block, similar to using a shield, but it won’t stop everything (e.g., magic).
Each weapon has distinct behavior you should definitely try out. You can carry multiple weapons and swap based on the enemy. Just remember that switching empties your Q-attack charge.
Hytale Weapon Smithy upgrade: materials, essences, and tiers
While you can craft some weapons at the regular workbench, you should quickly build a Weapon Smithy from 2x copper bars, 10x wood, and 5x stone. That grants access to all weapons currently available in the game. Like several other stations, you can upgrade it. This is especially worth it when you need real power, though the requirements aren’t exactly easy.
- Tier 1: Available immediately; lets you craft weapons from copper and iron.
- Tier 2: Requires 20x iron bars, 30x light leather, 30x linen scraps, and 15x poison sacs. You can now craft cobalt and thorium weapons.
- Tier 3: Requires 25x thorium bars, 25x cobalt bars, 20x fire essences, 40x ice essences, and 100x void essences. You can then craft adamantite (and the not-yet-available mithril) weapons.
Bars are usually straightforward to find, but essences are trickier. Ice essences drop from enemies in the Whisperfrost Frontiers (recognizable by their blue eyes), and fire essences drop from enemies deep in caves or the Devastated Lands. Learn more in our zone guide: (Hytale zones explained: biomes, ores, and mobs) .
Hytale weapon types at a glance: melee and ranged
There are currently six weapon types in Hytale, and they all feel distinct. Try them out to see what suits you best. Power scales simply by material: Copper is the weakest, followed by iron. Cobalt and thorium are on par, while adamantite is the best upgrade right now. Since there are no explicit damage numbers yet, these are your best guidelines.
You can craft weapons at the smithy, but also find them! Enemies often drop them, or they appear in chests. Found weapons can be a nice upgrade but don’t always follow ore progression.
Note that all weapons can break, just like tools. Repair them regularly, or dismantle them at the Salvager’s Workbench.
Melee weapons
- Dagger: You attack very quickly but deal less damage per hit. The heavy attack leaps to a target and knocks you back, creating distance for another engage and keeping you safer.
- Sword: A classic with a good balance of speed and damage. Holding the mouse stabs repeatedly. You can also carry a shield for defense.
- Battleaxe: Slower, but with more stopping power. Hold the mouse to perform a leaping overhead strike.
- Mace: Currently the slowest weapon, but highest damage per hit. Swings heavily from left to right, with an especially strong held attack.
Ranged weapons
- Bow: Requires arrows. Can be drawn and held to increase damage. The special attack fires three arrows.
- Crossbow: Loads five bolts at once and fires them rapidly.
Hytale armor and shields: effective protection in combat
Alongside the Weapon Smithy, you can build an Armor Smithy to better protect your character. It uses the same materials, after which you’ll have access to copper and iron armor.
Your armor consists of four pieces: helmet, gloves, chestplate, and greaves. All of them increase your health and often provide additional stats that help in combat. Some armor pieces can also be found or dropped by enemies. You can craft your shields here as well.
Current set effects:
- Copper: Protection against projectiles and physical damage
- Iron: Better protection against projectiles and physical damage
- Thorium: Additional poison resistance
- Cobalt: Additional special-attack damage
- Adamantite: Additional light-attack damage
Armor Smithy upgrades: tiers and resources
You can upgrade this smithy too—with two additional tiers. These unlock cobalt/thorium and adamantite/mithril (though mithril isn’t available yet).
- Tier 1: Available immediately for copper and iron armor.
- Tier 2: Requires 20x copper bars, 20x bone fragments, 20x medium leather, and 100x Azure logs. You can now use cobalt and thorium.
- Tier 3: Requires 25x thorium bars, 25x cobalt bars, 40x Shadoweave Scraps, 40x sturdy chitin, and 3x Void Hearts. You can now use adamantite.
You’ll find Azure logs in blue forests. Shadoweave Scraps are dropped by Outlanders in cold biomes, while chitin can be found in desert beetle caves. Void Hearts are much rarer and drop from Void monsters that appear at night—most commonly from the flying tentacled ones.
Conclusion: the best weapons for your Hytale playstyle
Hytale’s combat already has plenty of exciting facets, from varied weapon types to different attack options. You can also tailor your armor to your preferred playstyle. To unlock every upgrade, you’ll need to travel and gather rare materials.
To try out the current combat yourself, rent your own Hytale server from us! Find the weapon that suits you best and learn how to take down your foes with ease.
