Hytale Custom Worlds & World Generation

Hytale World Generation

Hytale uses procedural world generation to create unique, explorable worlds. Each world is generated from a seed — a text or number string that determines the terrain, biome placement, and structure locations.

World Seeds

Using a Specific Seed

To use a specific seed on your server:

1. Open your control panel → Startup tab
2. Find the World Seed setting
3. Enter your seed (text or number)
4. Restart the server

The same seed always generates the same world, so you can share seeds with friends or recreate worlds you've seen online.

Finding Good Seeds

• Community seed databases: Players share seeds with interesting features
• Random generation: Leave the seed blank for a random world
• Specific text: Try names, phrases, or numbers — Hytale converts any text to a seed

Biomes

Hytale features distinct biomes across multiple zones:

Zone 1: Emerald Grove

• Temperate forests, meadows, and rolling hills
• Best starting area for new players
• Resources: Wood, stone, basic ores
• Enemies: Low-level wildlife and undead

Zone 2: Howling Sands

• Desert biome with sand dunes and oases
• Egyptian-themed ruins and structures
• Resources: Sandstone, gold, rare gems
• Enemies: Desert creatures, bandits

Zone 3: Borea

• Frozen tundra with snow-covered mountains
• Ice caves and frozen lakes
• Resources: Ice crystals, rare metals
• Enemies: Ice elementals, dire wolves

Zone 4: Devastated Lands

• Volcanic wasteland with lava rivers
• Endgame content with toughest enemies
• Resources: Obsidian, flame essence, endgame materials
• Enemies: Fire elementals, demons

World Settings

Configure world generation in your server settings:

Custom World Presets

Exploration Focus (large biomes, many structures):

{
  "worldSize": "large",
  "biomeScale": 1.5,
  "generateStructures": true,
  "dungeonFrequency": 1.5
}

Resource-Rich (more ores, faster progression):

{
  "oreFrequency": 2.0,
  "dungeonFrequency": 1.0,
  "biomeScale": 1.0
}

Minimal World (small, focused, less exploration):

{
  "worldSize": "small",
  "biomeScale": 0.75,
  "generateStructures": true
}

Importing Custom Worlds

From Hytale's Creative Mode

1. Build your world in Creative Mode
2. Export the world from the game's world management menu
3. Upload the world folder to your server via File Manager
4. Place it in the worlds/ directory
5. Set worldName in your server config to match the folder name
6. Restart the server

From Another Server

1. On the source server, create a backup in the control panel
2. Download the backup (or the worlds/ folder directly via FTP)
3. Upload to the destination server's worlds/ directory
4. Update the server config to point to the imported world
5. Restart

From a Custom Map Creator

Community map creators distribute worlds as downloadable folders:

1. Download the world archive
2. Extract the world folder
3. Upload via File Manager to worlds/
4. Configure and restart

World Backups

Automatic Backups

On HostedGG, automatic backups are enabled by default:

• Backups run at regular intervals
• Multiple rolling backups are kept
• Restore any backup from the control panel

Manual Backups

Create manual backups before:

• Major world changes (terrain editing, large builds)
• Installing new mods that affect world generation
• Changing world settings
• Server updates

To create: Control Panel → Backups → Create Backup

Restoring a World

1. Go to Backups in the control panel
2. Select the backup to restore
3. Click Restore
4. The server restarts with the restored world

Note: Restoring replaces the current world. Create a new backup first if you want to preserve the current state.

Multiplayer World Tips

• Don't change the seed on an existing world — it won't regenerate. Seeds only matter at world creation.
• World size affects RAM usage — larger worlds with more loaded chunks need more memory
• Coordinate exploration — on a 16-player server, players loading many different chunks increases RAM usage
• Use the Standard (8 GB) or Premium (16 GB) plan for custom worlds with heavy exploration