Beta Season 1 of Ranked Skywars just ended!

Thank you all for participating, the mode has been way more popular than we expected to be!

Rewards of Beta Season 1
Ranked Mode being so popular, we decided to revisit the rewards and give it more thoughts - however they are not quite ready yet so you guys need to be patient! At first we just wanted to give out coins but a lot of the top players are maxed out and are seeking out unique things that no one else can have - however that requires a bit more time than just giving out coins! Don't worry, there will also be coins and experience if that's your thing
We do not have an ETA, but your names are written down so it's all good!

Who are getting rewards?
More than 100 people, a lot of you who played enough will receive things. We are short on time so we can't discuss the details just yet.

Edit: Just to clear the top 10% / 5% and 1% are still recieving prizes.

Winners of Beta Season 1

TOP 100

1. Illumina,3900
2. Shooter,3174
3. enalala,3146
4. Pododude,3113
5. JohnSenile,3100
6. Kqbi,3090
7. ELITESAPHIRE,2560
8. WatchdogReport,2553
9. peter_tha_gamer,2551
10. nail181,2542
11. SalilPT,2533
12. Pr0,2530
13. ILoveYouSam,2527
14. TrumptyDumpty,2515
15. Tinky_Winky_,2513
16. venusjoel,2327
17. TrueBM,2326
18. Danish_Pirate,2309
19. Scotteh,2304
20. TheKid217,2300
21. ipwnjustin_,2148
22. Iong,2142
23. Hardkour,2140
24. WhySoDerpy,2130
25. JonathanPs1,2130
26. Maxbisson,2121
27. Chadman,2109
28. clarmcle,2106
29. Momica,2103
30. ImBach,2103
31. Bloob,2100
32. JumpyRoute,2100
33. General_Lemon,2100
34. Zephyyyr,2100
35. CMJ,2085
36. Spelunkain,2072
37. Dctr,2039
38. Zukiath,2024
39. TeamHoneyBadgers,2014
40. Zodus,2013
41. Farrow,2000
42. 2PI,1937
43. BotiCraft07,1933
44. Fiorida,1922
45. _Dark_,1918
46. Galakras,1908
47. ComplexBow,1901
48. R1ce,1900
49. gig7kene,1900
50. Mr_Minimi,1900
51. Horou,1900
52. TapL,1853
53. FunkyFactions,1823
54. xChwy,1820
55. Noppe,1807
56. Geppi,1779
57. IcyFTW,1775
58. Jraxus,1754
59. Zhice,1736
60. _Ainz_Ooal_Gown_,1735
61. Hurrt,1731
62. sk8er_bOi711,1728
63. Kamilczak7,1720
64. Triggerbotter,1719
65. IGraffie,1717
66. OrangeMarshall,1716
67. xMatteo,1714
68. YourAWizard_,1714
69. xWubby,1709
70. Kappa,1704
71. Bakbak,1704
72. Orlaando,1701
73. BloodieBunnie,1700
74. Aspix,1700
75. BloodedBlocksHD,1697
76. JMoneey,1615
77. xSirAndrew,1578
78. Jsh,1573
79. Zufs,1571
80. AaronKH,1568
81. Horaeng,1566
82. Cornii,1559
83. JustTobiass,1556
84. TheSpaceTrain,1554
85. zombiehunterkill,1551
86. kublarry,1541
87. Ry_O,1534
88. ShinyDialga,1528
89. mpst,1525
90. Jules_4LL4RT_,1524
91. GappledOnYou,1524
92. RyzeD,1522
93. Romantic,1521
94. SainsburysLocal,1520
95. Eyes,1520
96. Sh4deslayer,1519
97. Who_K,1518
98. redflame27,1517
99. mony105,1513
100. SnowmanHaqs,1512

To see the full list of Beta Season 1, click here!

Start of Beta Season 2
Today now marks the start of Beta Season 2. Good luck!
The requirement to play ranked has been increased from 25 kills to 50 kills.
When Beta Season 2 ends, the official Summer competition will begin, which will last longer than a month.

Warlords fans rejoice! We're bringing a new balancing patch to your doorstep, as well as three new maps, an irresistible new playstreak reward, weapon skill customization, and a new team balancer. Check it out!

3 New Maps

We have 1 new map for each mode of Warlords. Whatever your preferred play style, there's something new here for you to enjoy!


Weapon Skill Customization

A new feature is now available at the Weaponsmith! Spend 100 void shards to customize your currently equipped legendary’s skill bonus at any time, with no further cost. This will NOT change the specialization of your legendary weapon. Make sure you have the correct weapon equipped; a different weapon will require another 100 void shards to be customized!


New Playstreak

The playstreak has received a massive makeover! Just like the current playstreak, it increases by 20% per finished game and caps at 100%. For each game finished with a 100% playstreak, you will now earn a special kind of broken weapon.

These special broken weapons have tripled chances of epic and legendary weapons, and every weapon is guaranteed to be rare or better. As if that wasn’t enough, every epic and legendary you receive from these special broken weapons can be forged up to 2 times for epics and 4 times for legendaries - the same as crafted weapons. You will be rewarded greatly for finishing your games!

Team Balancer

A new team balancing system has been put in place. Teams will now be balanced right before the game starts, and the gates will open 10 seconds later. Please test this new system out, and take screenshots of teams before the gates open. Thank you!

The new team balancer has rid itself of the issues the previous version had, such as swap cooldowns and party stacking, as well as combats some of the former loopholes and abuse.

General Fixes

These include quality of life changes, bugged skill fixes and new game mechanics.

Defender

• Last stand now correctly reduces damage by 50%.
• Last stand now heals for the correct amount.

Defenders are now stronger with allies, weaker in duels.

Capture The Flag

• Melee hits no longer deal knockback in CTF.
• Respawn protection reduced to 10 seconds
• You now respawn with full energy

Click the spoiler for a full list!


Class Balancing

As announced earlier this month, there have been some minor changes to the classes in order to smooth out the numbers between specializations and to give some power back to lower levels. This is the link to the original thread: https://hypixel.net/threads/warlords-april-balancing-patch-pre-release.667891/

Updated list of balance changes in the spoiler below:


Enjoy the new features, and have fun in the new maps!

I've been informed by some people that we've been so busy with updates lately we let something important slip by... we forgot our 3rd birthday!

13th of April 2013 is when we first opened the Hypixel server, and what a journey it has been!

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone that has joined us so far. To date 8.9 million unique accounts have logged into the Hypixel Server and if we were an actual game on Steam we would have been in the top 10 concurrent players online a few times in the past few years, it's CRAZY to think how far we have come! Never in our wildest dreams would we have imagined this to be possible!

Special thanks to everyone that has supported the server to date with ranks and other purchases. You guys are the ones who funded the whole thing and made it all possible, we have the best jobs in the world and it's so rewarding to see you guys enjoy the things we create.

Big thanks to our volunteers (moderators, helpers, builders, creative staff, elites, players who make guides, etc) who dedicate their time towards making the server a better place. You guys are so important for us to make this Hypixel experience as great as it can be

To celebrate the birthday we've activated Triple Coins on the network for the next 24 hours!

As always we are striving to deliver you guys the best possible experience, updates - balance patches, new games, new maps! Summer is planned to have some great content and experiences coming your way

Watchdog Stats
While we have a non update newspost, I wanted to talk a little about the great work that is happening with our watchdog project.


Let's not forget that these stats do not include all the thousands of bans the moderators do every week by hand based on your reports! Please keep them coming!

Join the team!
We are always looking for more people to help. With summer coming up thats even more important than ever. Check out the following links for more information

For Admin positions visit https://www.hypixel.net/jobs
For Helpers visit - https://hypixel.net/forums/apply-for-staff.40/
For Creative staff - http://hpbt.net/apply

The highly anticipated Hypixel Leveling Update is out now! The goal with this update was to make leveling more fun, faster, rewarding, and most importantly, making Coin Mastery 5.0x a lot easier to obtain for everyone! Keep reading for a detailed list of all the changes! On top of that, we have decided to rename Network Levels to Hypixel Levels in order to make it less confusing to the newer players who don’t necessarily know what Network means. It is also a much more friendlier term!

The old Coin Mastery menu is no more. In its place, you will now find the Hypixel Leveling menu! This menu is represented by the Brewing Stand and can be accessed either by right-clicking the My Profile item in your hotbar, or through the Game Menu (compass).



Rewards, rewards, and even more rewards!
From now on, every time you gain a Hypixel Level, the following message will appear in chat while in a lobby:


Clicking on it will open the Hypixel Leveling menu for you, allowing you to claim your reward immediately!


At the top, every Minecart with a Chest is a unique reward and you get one at EVERY level up until level 100! Those rewards include:

• Arcade Coins
• Mystery Boxes
• Mystery Dust
• Personal Coin Boosters
• The ability to change the color of the ‘+’ in your [MVP+] tag (MVP+ only Cosmetic)
• Legendary Skull King Banner

At the bottom of this page, you will also find the new Coin Multipliers! These are unlocked automatically upon reaching the required level, there is no need to manually claim them.

There are now more stages to the Coin Multipliers than there used to be (1.5x, 2.0x, 2.5x, etc), and they are earned much faster than before.

For higher level veteran players, there is the Veteran Rewards menu which can only be accessed by players at or above Hypixel Level 100.

Stage 1 of 2
The Rewards update is part one of two - The next part is the Leveling: Quests Update that should not be too long of a wait. This will include the ability to automatically accept quests upon joining a game lobby without having to interact with the Quest Master, a rebalance of all XP gains on the network and more!

During our YUGE Mystery Box update this past weekend, we teased some brand new Companions - and we're excited to tell you they're finally here! 11 new Companions have been added to the server, available to purchase on the Hypixel Store.

You can roll around lobbies with the cutest ball-droid ever HP-8, visit the watering hole with Elephant, grab your friends and go on an adventure with Magic Dog, and collect and befriend loads more cute little critters. Click the spoiler button below to load up some animated GIFs! (not recommended on mobile)


Created by our staff, unlocking Companions is a great way to show your support for the Hypixel server. We really appreciate any support you can afford to give us - with your help we plan to release even more cool updates and generally make Hypixel an even better experience for you, the players!

We also listened to your feedback regarding cost, and we've adjusted the prices of these new companions accordingly. We hope Companions are now more accessible to players who want to start collecting.


Special thanks to our Creative Team members who helped craft some of these amazing critters. Coming soon will be our much anticipated LEVELING UPDATE!

The hype is real. We just added over 130 new items to Mystery Boxes on Hypixel, including 2 brand new categories AND a new Crafted Box! But that's not all - you can now craft any regular Mystery Box item you haven't yet found using Mystery Dust. Read on to find out more.

WE'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOX
You read correctly - we've added over 130 items to the existing Mystery Box! We have 11 new suits with crazy abilities including Mermaid, Firefighter, Necromancer, Baker, Bumblebee and more! Activate new gadgets like the Flying Carpet, Diving Board, Meteorite and Grappling Hook! There's also pet Rabbits, tons of hats, and lots of other cool items for you to discover and play with.


We've also invented 2 new types of item: animated Emotes and Gestures! Both can be found in Mystery Boxes - you can activate them through your inventory, or by using the chat commands /gesture or /emote. Hover over the icons in the new Emotes & Gestures section of your inventory to find out more!

Did you know you can support the Hypixel Server by buying Mystery Box bundles on our official store? Click here to see!

WANT AN ITEM? CRAFT IT!

Following feedback from the community, we've added a new system that gives you an easy way to craft any item found in regular Mystery Boxes using Mystery Dust.


All you need to do is open your Lobby inventory, find the item you'd like to craft, and click it! You can find out how much dust it costs by hovering over the item - if you don't have enough it'll tell you how much extra you need. This also works for Housing cosmetic items and themes that can be found in Mystery Boxes - just head to your Housing Plot and open the block selection menu to start crafting.

Mystery Dust can currently be found by opening Mystery Boxes - so even if you don't get the item you want, you still get a benefit from opening boxes!

CRAFTED BOX #2
For the hardcore collectors out there, we've added the new Crafted Box #2 featuring 7 legendary cosmetic items not found anywhere else on the Hypixel server! Can you collect all seven unique Crafted Box items?

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We hope you enjoy all this great new content as much as our team enjoyed crafting it! Support for Hypixel comes from you, the players, and we appreciate any help you're able to give us - you can buy Mystery Box bundles, Ranks, Boosters and more on our store (link), and make sure to tell your friends how much fun you have playing on the server!

Coming very soon are NEW COMPANIONS and the NETWORK LEVEL update! Click below to see a sneaky teaser of one of our new little friends:

Click to reveal the Companions teaser.