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Hello everyone,
We are about to start testing SkyBlock Dungeons update this week on Alpha Hypixel Network (https://hypixel.net/threads/alpha-hypixel-network.2853652/) and there are a couple of things we need to talk about to make sure all goes well!
Monday: YouTubers, admins, staff, builders and HPC. Videos are not allowed until Tuesday 6:00 PM EST. You can record content beforehand.
Tuesday: YouTubers, admins, staff, builders and HPC.
Wednesday: YouTubers, admins, staff, builders, HPC and MVP++.
Some mechanics will change and cause the game to break and crash, alpha gameplay is often far from perfect, and there is no progression or reward. In order for this testing environment to be fruitful, we ask the players to help report bugs or issues and be honest with the game. Positive feedback is important, but we also want to know what you believe wasn't right.
Report bugs: https://hypixel.net/forums/server-bug-reports.35/ and use alpha when asked the Server IP.
Feedback: For feedback, please use the MVP++ section of the forum. You might need to resync your account https://hypixel.net/account/minecraft for viewing/posting permissions.
The admins will be actively using the discord (Admin Lounge and YouTuber Lounge).
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The Catacombs - Testing Guide
Everything you need to know about testing SkyBlock dungeon update.
How to play
Once logged on alpha.hypixel.net, you will have to join SkyBlock, either using the compass, the SkyBlock NPC or /play skyblock
You will be given a special SkyBlock profile with a full set of Protector Armor, various talismans and items, 180 fairy souls, decently high skill levels and other various stats.
From there you can either click on Alpha Ophelia to change gear (for free) or you can directly play dungeons.
To do so you'll have to either create a party or join a party. The recommended amount of players in a party is 5.
Once your party is done, click on Mort and select the first icon: Catacombs Entrance.
The first difficulty does not have a Boss, once beaten the final miniboss of the Catacombs Entrance you'll be warped to the Dungeon Hub, from where you'll be able to access Mort again and try the First Floor.
New LFG Forums and Discord channels
We strongly believe Dungeons and Adventure maps are better played with friends, but sometimes your friends are not available.
Wednesday we will be adding LFG (Looking for Group) channels on the Forums and the Hypixel Discord, hop on there,and ask around!
Communication is important, you can now find multiple 5-person channels on the Hypixel Discord if you want to meet up with your teammates.
Dungeon mechanics
The Dungeons are filled with new mechanics, rules, secrets. We will go over every detail in the final release thread, but until then here are the most important things to know:
Randomly generated
Dungeons are different every run, but some things never change.
Classes and Dungeon Orb
There are currently 5 different Dungeon classes: Berserk, Mage, Healer, Tank and Archer
Each class grants stats, abilities, ghost abilities and passives.
If you are the only one using your class in the dungeon run, your class will become a lot stronger.
The Dungeon Orb is an item being given by Mort, it changes depending on the class you select.
You can either right click the Dungeon Orb to use your Class Ability, or left click it to use your Ultimate Ability.
Inside the dungeon, you can also use your ultimate by simply clicking your drop key. Instead of dropping the item you are holding, it'll activate the ultimate, or tell you how long you still have to wait for the cooldown to be up. You can still drop items by opening your inventory and using the drop key from there.
Items and progression
You will quickly notice that the gear you loot from monsters in dungeons have lower stats than regular SkyBlock gear, and sometimes same items have different stats or rarities.
Dungeon items are special types of items, they have durability (much more than regular minecraft items) and they get buffed by your Catacombs levels.
Every dungeon run you receive Catacombs EXP (and class exp), the more you level up, the stronger your dungeon items will get inside of dungeons, up to 600% of their default stats.
An easy way to estimate how strong your dungeon loot is, is to look at the gear level of that item. Gear level makes it quite easy to compare how strong 2 different pieces are.
Ghosts
Players don't really "die" in dungeons, they become Ghosts. Ghosts can get revived multiple ways:
While players are Ghosts, they obtain new abilities and passives related to their class, use them wisely!
Thank you all for helping, see you in-game!
We are about to start testing SkyBlock Dungeons update this week on Alpha Hypixel Network (https://hypixel.net/threads/alpha-hypixel-network.2853652/) and there are a couple of things we need to talk about to make sure all goes well!
Monday: YouTubers, admins, staff, builders and HPC. Videos are not allowed until Tuesday 6:00 PM EST. You can record content beforehand.
Tuesday: YouTubers, admins, staff, builders and HPC.
Wednesday: YouTubers, admins, staff, builders, HPC and MVP++.
Some mechanics will change and cause the game to break and crash, alpha gameplay is often far from perfect, and there is no progression or reward. In order for this testing environment to be fruitful, we ask the players to help report bugs or issues and be honest with the game. Positive feedback is important, but we also want to know what you believe wasn't right.
Report bugs: https://hypixel.net/forums/server-bug-reports.35/ and use alpha when asked the Server IP.
Feedback: For feedback, please use the MVP++ section of the forum. You might need to resync your account https://hypixel.net/account/minecraft for viewing/posting permissions.
The admins will be actively using the discord (Admin Lounge and YouTuber Lounge).
______________________________________________________________
The Catacombs - Testing Guide
Everything you need to know about testing SkyBlock dungeon update.
How to play
Once logged on alpha.hypixel.net, you will have to join SkyBlock, either using the compass, the SkyBlock NPC or /play skyblock
You will be given a special SkyBlock profile with a full set of Protector Armor, various talismans and items, 180 fairy souls, decently high skill levels and other various stats.
From there you can either click on Alpha Ophelia to change gear (for free) or you can directly play dungeons.
To do so you'll have to either create a party or join a party. The recommended amount of players in a party is 5.
Once your party is done, click on Mort and select the first icon: Catacombs Entrance.
The first difficulty does not have a Boss, once beaten the final miniboss of the Catacombs Entrance you'll be warped to the Dungeon Hub, from where you'll be able to access Mort again and try the First Floor.
New LFG Forums and Discord channels
We strongly believe Dungeons and Adventure maps are better played with friends, but sometimes your friends are not available.
Wednesday we will be adding LFG (Looking for Group) channels on the Forums and the Hypixel Discord, hop on there,and ask around!
Communication is important, you can now find multiple 5-person channels on the Hypixel Discord if you want to meet up with your teammates.
Dungeon mechanics
The Dungeons are filled with new mechanics, rules, secrets. We will go over every detail in the final release thread, but until then here are the most important things to know:
Randomly generated
Dungeons are different every run, but some things never change.
- There are already 100+ different rooms that can be selected
- There is always 1 main path from the entrance to The Watcher room
- Rooms outside of the main path usually reward strong dungeon buffs, useful to beat The Watcher and the Boss.
- Things may change from a floor to another. Deeper floors are often larger with new and stronger monsters, a different boss fight, they include new types of puzzle rooms and regular rooms, as long as other details that may change.
- Almost every room in the dungeon has at least 1 hidden secret, but some even have up to 5 or more. Those secret places are hard to find, but can reward multiple things, including Blessings (dungeon buffs)
- Your goal is always to find keys, and to use those keys to open Wither Doors, and finally the Blood Door.
Classes and Dungeon Orb
There are currently 5 different Dungeon classes: Berserk, Mage, Healer, Tank and Archer
Each class grants stats, abilities, ghost abilities and passives.
If you are the only one using your class in the dungeon run, your class will become a lot stronger.
The Dungeon Orb is an item being given by Mort, it changes depending on the class you select.
You can either right click the Dungeon Orb to use your Class Ability, or left click it to use your Ultimate Ability.
Inside the dungeon, you can also use your ultimate by simply clicking your drop key. Instead of dropping the item you are holding, it'll activate the ultimate, or tell you how long you still have to wait for the cooldown to be up. You can still drop items by opening your inventory and using the drop key from there.
Items and progression
You will quickly notice that the gear you loot from monsters in dungeons have lower stats than regular SkyBlock gear, and sometimes same items have different stats or rarities.
Dungeon items are special types of items, they have durability (much more than regular minecraft items) and they get buffed by your Catacombs levels.
Every dungeon run you receive Catacombs EXP (and class exp), the more you level up, the stronger your dungeon items will get inside of dungeons, up to 600% of their default stats.
An easy way to estimate how strong your dungeon loot is, is to look at the gear level of that item. Gear level makes it quite easy to compare how strong 2 different pieces are.
Ghosts
Players don't really "die" in dungeons, they become Ghosts. Ghosts can get revived multiple ways:
- In the Catacombs Entrance and Floor 1, Ghosts automatically revive after 15 and 60 seconds respectively
- Revive stones are items you can obtain during dungeon runs, by killing crypt monsters, or fairies, or clearing rooms.
- The Healer Ultimate ability revives 1 teammate
- Healers automatically revive after 90 seconds when they become Ghosts
While players are Ghosts, they obtain new abilities and passives related to their class, use them wisely!
Thank you all for helping, see you in-game!
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