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Hytale What to Do First
The first thing to do in Hytale is enter the Forgotten Temple before building shelter and griding for weapons and armor. Learn everything you should do first, so you have the best possible start in this guide!

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What to Do First

Things to Do First in Hytale
① Select Your Game Mode and Settings
② Enter Forgetten Temple
③ Build Your Shelter
④ Craft All Crafting Tables
⑤ Grind for Iron Weapons and Armor

Select Your Game Mode and Adjust Settings

Select Game Mode

Before starting Hytale, it’s best to decide which game mode suits your playstyle first. Currently, Hytale has two game modes available: Exploration (or Survival) and Creative. If you want to craft, explore, and survive in the world, choose Exploration. If building without limits is your thing, go with Creative.

Then, take a look at Hytale’s settings and adjust the options to your liking. For quality-of-life improvements, we recommend enabling Show Entity Health Bars to monitor enemies’ health and changing the Camera Preference if you want to switch to a third-person view.

Best and Recommended Settings

Enter Forgetten Temple to Unlock Memories

Forgotten Temple

When you first start your Exploration world, we recommend heading to the Forgotten Temple immediately to unlock Memories. This will allow you to record copies of creatures in exchange of rewards. Make sure to visit the Forgotten Temple from time to time whenever you encounter new creatures in the world!

Progression Guide

Build Your Shelter

Build Shelter

Essential Item Requirements
Crude Hatchet ・Any Rubble x2
・Plant Fiber x2
・Stick x2
Crude Pickaxe ・Any Rubble x2
・Plant Fiber x2
・Stick x2
Workbench ・Any Tree Log x4
・Any Stone x3
Crude Bedroll ・Plant Fiber x3
・Light Hide x2

For the first few days, it's best to focus on building your shelter. Save the fighting until you’re settled in and have the proper equipment.

Craft the essential tools, such as the Crude Hatchet and Crude Pickaxe, to farm wood and stone, respectively. Make sure to also craft the Workbench to expand your crafting abilities and unlock more recipes, as well as a Crude Bedroll to set your respawn point for when you die.

Crafting Guide: All Workbench Recipes

Craft All Crafting Tables

Crafting Tables

The Workbench also allows you to craft different crafting tables, each with its own specialty. Craft all the crafting tables and place them near Storage Chests so they can pull materials from them whenever you craft.

We recommend upgrading them to at least Tier 2 to unlock new recipes and essential items for the early game. However, you don't need to upgrade tables that only process materials, such as the Furnace and Tanning Rack, since this only improves their processing speed. It’s fine to keep them at Tier 1 for a while.

Grind for Iron Weapons and Armor

Iron Armor

For the remainder of the early game, you should grind for Iron weapons and armor. This will prepare you for the midgame when searching for rarer resources far from spawn. Iron Ore can easily be found in caves in the Emerald Grove biomes.

Once you have enough Iron Ore, smelt them into Iron Ingots using a Furnace, then take them to your crafting tables to make Iron-tier equipment such as the Iron Sword or Iron Armor.

How to Get Iron Ores

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Hytale Tips and Tricks Partial

Beginner's Guide to Hytale

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Farming Guide How to Craft Teleporters
Can You Hide Armor? Can You Tame Animals?
How to Get a Horse How to Repair Tools
How to Roll What Happens When You Die?
How to Craft a Backpack How to Change Time of Day
Can You Make Glass? How to Switch to Third-Person POV
Can You Craft Boats? Is There Animal Breeding?
What to Do First How to Get Woodcutter's Block
How to Change Appearance Multiplayer Guide
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