The Ultimate Guide to Crafting Recipes in Hytale

Crafting is the heart of progression in Hytale. Whether you are a novice explorer or a seasoned adventurer, knowing and mastering recipes is crucial for your survival and success. Hytale’s recipe system allows you to transform raw materials into useful items, ranging from basic tools to legendary weapons.

The game’s recipe module handles all known formulas, which you will unlock and learn throughout your adventures.

Crafting Foundations: Workbenches and Anvils

To craft items, you will need specific crafting stations. The type of item you wish to create determines the required workshop or anvil.

• The Blacksmith Anvil: This is your starting point for most metal weapons.
  • Level 1: Allows creation of basic equipment (Copper, Iron).
  • Level 2: Required for more advanced recipes like those using Thorium and Cobalt.
  • Level 3: Indispensable for endgame equipment, such as Adamantite and Mithril.
• The Armorer’s Workbench: For armor and certain shields.
• The Arcanist’s Workbench: Dedicated to magic items, such as staffs and certain mystic shields, as well as teleporters.

Unlocking and Managing Your Recipes

In Hytale, not all recipes are available from the start. You unlock recipes through different methods:

1. Progression and Workshop Upgrades: The majority of weapon and armor recipes are unlocked automatically when you upgrade your workbenches. For example, upgrading your Blacksmith Anvil to Level 2 or Level 3 will give you access to new formulas.
2. Discovery and Exploration: Some recipes can be found in the world, looted from enemies, or obtained via quests.
3. Game Commands (for admins): Servers can use commands like /recipe learn <item> or /recipe forget <item> to manage recipe access for players or admins.

Key Crafting Ingredients

Every recipe requires specific recipe inputs, with a well-defined quantity of materials. Here are the main types of ingredients you will encounter:

• Ores and Ingots: Copper, Iron, Thorium, Cobalt, Adamantite, Mithril. Acquiring Copper Ore, Iron Ore, and Cobalt Ore is a pillar of the adventure, as detailed in the Ultimate Hytale Mining Guide.
• Leathers: Light Leather, Medium Leather, Heavy Leather, Storm Leather. These materials come from hunting and processing animal hides.
• Fibers and Scraps: Plant Fibers, Linen Scraps, Shadowcloth Scraps, Ashcloth Scraps, Stormsilk Scrap.
• Wood: Logs, Sticks, Azure Logs.
• Specials: Rubble, Stones, Ruby, Sapphire, Fire Essence, Ice Essence, Void Heart.

Acquiring Key Materials

• Ores: Copper Ores are abundant in early zones and caves. Thorium Ore is found specifically in the Howling Sands biome. For rarer metals like Adamantite and Mithril, you will need to venture deeper and into endgame biomes.
• Leathers: Light Leather is obtained by hunting small to medium-sized animals. Heavier leathers come from sturdier animals or specific creatures.

Animals producing Light Leather:

• Linen Scraps: Linen Scraps are obtained by killing skeletons and looting troll camps, especially at night.
• Azure Logs: Essential for teleporters, found in Azure Forests.
• Void Heart: A rare ingredient obtained from Void creatures, often in Zone 3.

Detailed Weapon Recipes

Here is a list of known weapon recipes in Hytale, sorted by type, with the required recipe inputs and associated crafting stations.

Sword Recipes

Swords are primarily crafted at the Blacksmith Anvil.

Mace Recipes

Maces are also crafted at the Blacksmith Anvil.

Battle Axe Recipes

Battle Axes are crafted at the Blacksmith Anvil.

Dagger Recipes

Daggers are crafted at the Blacksmith Anvil.

Shortbow Recipes

Shortbows are crafted at the Blacksmith Anvil.

Staff Recipes

Staffs are magic items, crafted at the Arcanist’s Workbench.

Shield Recipes

Shields are crafted at the Armorer’s Workbench or the Arcanist’s Workbench for special variants.

Crossbow Recipes

Beyond the Basics: Advanced Recipes

In addition to equipment, recipes allow you to build essential infrastructure:

• Furnaces: Indispensable for transforming ores into ingots. The Ultimate Mining Guide details how to build and upgrade them.
• Teleporters: These game items allow you to travel quickly across Orbis. The Complete Teleportation Guide explains how to craft them, requiring the Arcanist’s Workbench and the acquisition of memories to increase the number of active teleporters.
• Backpacks: Crucial for inventory, backpack upgrades are linked to the progression of your workshops and the collection of memories.

Custom Recipes

Hytale also offers the ability to create custom crafting recipes. While this is aimed more at modders and server admins, it opens infinite doors for adding unique content to the game.

Tips to Optimize Your Crafting

• Prioritize Workshop Upgrades: A Level 2 or Level 3 Anvil will unlock a multitude of recipes and accelerate your progression.
• Manage Your Inventory: Learn to prioritize the most important recipe inputs during your expeditions. Backpacks are your best friends!
• Explore All Zones: Every biome, from the Howling Sands to the Azure Forests, holds unique materials essential for different recipes.
• Combine Your Farming Sessions: Look for Thorium Ore in the desert, and take the opportunity to hunt creatures that drop Linen Scraps.