Hytale Modding Intro
January 27, 2026
A small helpful modding guide for things related to Hytale.
Hytale has kind of been of a bit of a buzz, and there seems to be sparse things about it all over the internet. This is just a little collection of resources that I’ve found that were actually useful.
Quick info
- Mods with java coding are called “Plugins”.
- Mods can also be made from JSON, those are Data Assets.
- The game lets you do some modding from the creative tab.
- Use the command “/op self” in the game chat to have access to the in game asset editor (creative tab).
- Hovering over items in the creative menu shows their ID.
There are a lot of sites that are very similar to hytale’s naming scheme, but the only official site is hytale.com, linked above.
Modding Templates
I could not get the templates for modding Hytale to work, except for this one:
But there are quite a few (just a couple more I found):
Decompile the Game Code
To Decompile the game’s code and peek around at how stuff is done follow this guide.
Guides / Tutorials
Websites
I haven’t found any real official mod information yet, there is one post that doesn’t really go into any depth.
- Hytale Modding - Is the most helpful, use this one.
- Hytale Modding’s Forum - Seems inactive.
AI Generated… so beware.
- doctale.dev - Uses AI analysis of decompiled server code.
Doc.HytaleDev.Fr seems to not be loading for now.
Youtube
Youtube has some videos covering different concepts.
- Modding by Kaupenjoe - Kaupenjoe is officially the Hytale Modding Ambassador, there are plenty of tutorials on his youtube.
- Alii has been useful.
- There is a HytaleMods subreddit.
Discord
Other Info
Creating Prefabs
There’s a fanmade community post about how to do it.
Art / Modeling
Official Intro for Hytale Models / Art - Straight from hytale.com
Wiki
Hytale Wiki - for general information (very much recommended over the fandom one which has inaccurate AI generated information…)