In Hytale, player progress is directly dependent on their equipment. To unlock the ability to craft more advanced tools, weapons, and armor, you must upgrade your workbenches and other crafting stations . Without this, advancing your adventure will be impossible.
How to Upgrade Workbenches in Hytale
When interacting with any workbench (main, blacksmith, forge, tannery, etc.), its level is displayed . It starts at level 1 and can be upgraded to level 3. The only exceptions are the furniture workbench, construction workbench, and cooker—they only start at level 1 and cannot be upgraded.
Each upgrade requires specific resources, usually related to the station type. For example, upgrading a blacksmith’s anvil to level 2 requires 20 iron ingots, 30 pieces of light leather, 30 flax scraps, and 15 poison glands.
Beginners should first build a forge and smelt copper ore, then move on to the iron tier by mining iron with a copper pickaxe. Copper and iron are often found close together, so exploring caves, ruins, and crypts allows you to kill two birds with one stone.
It’s recommended to upgrade your main workbench first . This will unlock backpack upgrades and higher-level tools (pickaxes, axes, shovels, etc.). Priority for upgrades: main workbench, then blacksmith anvil, and armored hand workbench.
The alchemy and magic workbenches are also crucial for long-term survival. The farming workbench is optional, but if you want to fully utilize the game’s crafting system, it’s worth investing in.
Each level upgrade unlocks new crafting recipes. Therefore, it’s crucial to upgrade all workbenches to be able to forge new armor, weapons, and tools, improving your gaming experience. With each level, upgrades will become more expensive and require rarer resources from higher-level biomes.
