--- title: Hytale Modding Explained: Hytale Packs VS Hytale Plugins description: Hytale mods come in two forms: packs and plugins. Packs are created using the asset editor without coding, allowing users to add custom blocks, items, NPCs,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/oygytacej twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Hytale Modding Explained: Hytale Packs VS Hytale Plugins | daily.dev og:description: Hytale mods come in two forms: packs and plugins. Packs are created using the asset editor without coding, allowing users to add custom blocks, items, NPCs,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/oygytacej og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OYgytAcEJ.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Hytale Modding Explained: Hytale Packs VS Hytale Plugins **[Hytale Modding](https://daily.dev/sources/hytalemodding)** · [@barion](https://daily.dev/barion) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Hytale mods come in two forms: packs and plugins. Packs are created using the asset editor without coding, allowing users to add custom blocks, items, NPCs, and more, exported as zip files. Plugins require advanced Java knowledge and IDEs like IntelliJ or Eclipse to create custom functionality like NPC factions, quests, or chunk claiming, exported as JAR files. Both types are installed by placing them in the custom mods folder. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Get This Advanced Minecraft & Hytale World Exporter](https://daily.dev/posts/get-this-advanced-minecraft-hytale-world-exporter-mbeavj9l0) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#modding](https://daily.dev/tags/modding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/oygytacej) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/oygytacej","headline":"Hytale Modding Explained: Hytale Packs VS Hytale Plugins","text":"Shared: Hytale Modding Explained: Hytale Packs VS Hytale Plugins","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/oygytacej","datePublished":"2026-01-14T17:52:26.480Z","dateModified":"2026-01-14T17:52:59.284Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Barion","url":"https://daily.dev/barion","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/76686287?v=4","description":"Creating professional .NET Apps, Unity Games and Minecraft Mods.","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Solid AI","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ASl-Tjzy--/f_auto/v1765182644/companies/solidai"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":10935}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--HRgLpUt6--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2003","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/pNi3JjHef"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/hytalemodding","name":"Hytale Modding"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hytale Modding","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/hytalemodding"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Hytale Modding Explained: Hytale Packs VS Hytale Plugins"}]} ```