Welcome to Contested Realms
23 October 2026 · Announcement
Contested Realms is a territory war for Hytale. You form a clan, plant a stronghold, expand outward claim by claim, and hold what you take against everyone else on the map.
What is in the game now
- Clans and strongholds — one keep per clan, and every later claim hangs off it.
- Outposts and plots — expand your borders, lease land, and let clansfolk work it.
- Resources and caravans — material moves by road, and roads can be cut.
- Combat units and parties — infantry, archers and cavalry you raise and march.
- Sieges — gates with real hit points and keeps that can fall.
- Successive realms — finite maps that are won, recorded, and replaced.
What comes next
The Hub is being dressed properly, realm generation is being shaped region by region, and balance is tuned live rather than in patch notes. When a realm opens, the address goes out to the community first.
If you want to be there for the first one, keep an eye on this page.