Hytale Modding

Info

This is a community-maintained project started by VOID.BOND (Team behind Arcio).

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Introduction

Arcio is a mana-driven automation mod for Hytale-designed to feel approachable, visually obvious, and powerful at scale. Imagine wiring glowing mana threads through a factory: everything is visible, directional, and behaves predictably.

Accessible by design: Clear tools and visible connections let new players create meaningful automation quickly.
Deep and performant: The systems scale to large builds and enable advanced users to craft compact CPUs and optimised transport networks.

How it works - at a glance

Use Sigil Matrix gates to build deterministic binary logic (AND / OR / NOT / XOR and friends).
Route directional Manathreads with the Needle Tool and organize flows with Arc Relays.

Why Arcio?

Thematically fitting to Hytale's magical world: Magic is all around already, we just give you the tools to harness it.
It "just works like magic": the systems are intentionally opinionated so common patterns are simple to build.
Thriving with personality: visible connections and clear tools make it easy to understand and debug builds.
Connecting components is as simple as pointing and clicking, no need to make space for bulky lanes or pipes.
Easy to learn, easy to master: beginners can create functional builds quickly, while advanced users can optimize and scale.

Simple circuit with a negated switch input connected to an Etherlamp. (Ingame screenshot)

MVP Features

Binary Logic & Sigils: Named, optimised logic gates so you can build complex CPUs without friction.
Manathreads & Wiring Tools: Visible, directional wiring + the Needle Tool for neat, traceable layouts.
Compact Design: Build dense systems - connections float as magical threads, not bulky pipes.

Planned features

Leylight Transport: A scalable, mana-costed item network (Arc Funnels, Chromatic Emitters, Focal Arrays, Arc Depots).
Circuit Boards: Nestable, placeable circuits with export/import and share codes for the community.
Modder API: Hooks for other mod authors to extend Arcio's mana and logic primitives.
Open Source plans post launch
(and more secret stuff 🧙)