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Hytale Speedrun: The first player reaches the Ice Dragon!
The YouTuber Andronicus attempts to be the first player to speedrun Hytale by reaching the Ice Dragon. The video shows the path, the resources needed, and the challenges that arise.
1. 🎮 Hytale Speedrun: The Goal and the Resources Needed
- ✅ The goal of the speedrun is to reach the Ice Dragon in Hytale.
- ✅ The Ice Dragon is located in a new dimension accessible through a portal.
- ✅ To open the portal, an Architect's Workbench, a Dragonspire Shard, and an Ancient Gate are required.
- ✅ Various resources are needed to craft these items.
00:00 - 01:26
1. 🎮 Hytale Speedrun: The Goal and the Resources Needed
- ✅ The goal of the speedrun is to reach the Ice Dragon in Hytale.
- ✅ The Ice Dragon is located in a new dimension accessible through a portal.
- ✅ To open the portal, an Architect's Workbench, a Dragonspire Shard, and an Ancient Gate are required.
- ✅ Various resources are needed to craft these items.
01:27 - 02:01
2. 🌳 The First Steps: Gathering Resources and the Forgotten Temple
- ✅ At the beginning, basic resources such as wood and stone are gathered.
- ✅ A bow and arrows are crafted, as bows are very effective in Hytale.
- ✅ The first goal is the Forgotten Temple Gate, where a Golem is fought.
02:02 - 03:30
3. 🔑 Unlocking Memories and the Zones of Hytale
- ✅ In the Forgotten Temple, memories are unlocked, an important mechanic in Hytale.
- ✅ Unlocking 100 memories is required to craft the shard and the ancient gate.
- ✅ The world of Hytale is divided into four zones.
- ✅ The Emerald Grove (starting zone) must be left to obtain the necessary resources.
03:31 - 04:19
4. 🏜️ Departure to the Howling Sands: Preparation and First Encounters
- ✅ First, head to the Howling Sands (hot zone) in the south to collect Thorium.
- ✅ Before that, copper armor is crafted and the equipment is improved.
- ✅ The YouTuber mentions his Creator Code "Andronicus" for Hytale purchases.
- ✅ In the Howling Sands, there is an immediate encounter with a dangerous mob.
04:20 - 07:06
5. ⛏️ Thorium Search: Villages, Caves, and the Return
- ✅ There are two ways to find Thorium: mine it in caves or find it in chests in structures.
- ✅ First, a small village-like structure is looted, which can be dangerous.
- ✅ After finding nine Thorium, a cave is entered to find the last piece.
- ✅ An underground village is randomly discovered, where the last Thorium is found in a chest.
- ✅ After collecting the Thorium, head back north.
07:07 - 09:33
6. 🌙 Night Falls: Gathering Essence of the Void
- ✅ Night falls, and no sleep is taken, as the Essence of the Void is needed.
- ✅ Three different essences are needed: Essence of Life, Essence of Ice, and Essence of the Void.
- ✅ The Essence of the Void can only be obtained from creatures of the Void that appear at night.
- ⚠️ The fight against the creatures of the Void is difficult and requires many arrows.
- ✅ After death, the Essence of the Void is obtained.
09:34 - 12:53
7. ❄️ Departure to the Frozen Reach: Cobalt and Ice Essence
- ✅ With the Essence of the Void, continue north to the Frozen Reach.
- ✅ Structures are looted to find Cobalt and Ice Essence.
- ✅ Chests are searched for Cobalt and Ice Essence.
- ✅ An outpost is looted, but mainly Thorium is found.
- ✅ Another outpost is looted, where an Outlander Shortbow is found, which deals a lot of damage.
- ✅ After looting the outpost, 9 Ice Essences are found.
12:54 - 16:12
8. ⛏️ Cobalt Search and Collecting the Remaining Ice Essence
- ✅ After looting the outpost, only 9 out of 30 Ice Essences are found.
- ✅ Another small outpost is looted, where Cobalt is found.
- ✅ A cave is entered to mine Cobalt.
- ✅ After mining Cobalt, a large outpost is looted.
- ✅ After looting the large outpost, not enough Ice Essences are still found.
- ✅ Another small outpost is looted, where the remaining Ice Essences are found.
16:13 - 17:57
9. 🛠️ Preparing for the Portal: Resource Shortage and Memories
- ⚠️ The YouTuber falls into a pit and loses his items.
- ⚠️ It is determined that there are not enough resources to craft the Architect's Workbench.
- ✅ Additional resources are collected, including copper and iron.
- ✅ The missing 12 memories are collected.
- ✅ The YouTuber explains that the dragon is in an eternal sleep and cannot be fought.
17:58 - 19:32
10. ✨ The Portal to Dragonspire: A Bugged Start and the Goal
- ✅ The last Essences of the Void are collected.
- ⚠️ The first portal to Dragonspire does not work due to a bug.
- ✅ A new portal is created in creative mode.
- ✅ The portal leads to Dragonspire, where the Ice Dragon is located.
- ✅ The Ice Dragon is reached, which is the goal of the speedrun.
19:33 - 19:54
11. 👋 End Credits and Call for Support
- ✅ The YouTuber thanks the viewers for watching and asks to use the code "Andronicus" when purchasing Hytale.
- ✅ The stream on Twitch is mentioned.