Getting Started
Install the mod, then spend your first hour learning the loop that carries you all the way to Void Refinement: gather Qi, sit down, break through.
Installation
Client / Singleplayer
Drop Cultivation.jar into:
%appdata%\Hytale\UserData\Mods\Server
Drop Cultivation.jar into your server's:
mods\Cultivation.jar before adding a new one.
Two copies on the classpath will conflict and the server will refuse to boot cleanly.
Cultivation works in singleplayer and multiplayer. On a server, only the server needs the jar for the systems to run — but players without it will not see the custom menus.
Your First Hour
timeline
title From mortal to Qi Condensation
First minutes : Join the world : Run /cultivation : Toggle the HUD
Early hunting : Kill creatures : Collect Spirit Cores : Find a talisman
Settling down : Check the vein : Sit and meditate : Absorb cores mid-session
The first climb : Early to Middle : Middle to Late : Late to Peak
Breakthrough : Bank the Qi : Find a 750+ vein : Survive the lightning
The opening loop, start to first breakthrough
1. Turn on the HUD
Run /cultivation hud. You get a persistent corner panel showing your realm, stage,
Qi progress and any active ritual progress. You can move it to any of the four corners from
/cultivation settings.
/cultivation on its own opens the full stats page; /cultivation info
prints the same numbers to chat if you would rather not open a menu.
2. Earn your first Qi
Two sources, covered in full on Qi Gathering:
- Kill creatures for a chance at a Spirit, Profound or Divine Core. Right-click a core to absorb it instantly.
- Meditate with
/cultivation meditateto draw ambient Qi out of the chunk you are sitting in.
3. Advance through the stages
Sub-stage advancements (Early → Middle → Late → Peak) are short rituals — 8 seconds at the bottom of the ladder — and they need only 200 Qi in the chunk's vein. They happen as soon as you have banked enough Qi and sat down.
4. Survive your first breakthrough
Going from Peak of one realm into the next is a different animal. You need a chunk vein holding 750+ Qi, a 24-second uninterrupted ritual, and the nerve to sit still while tribulation lightning comes down on you.
What Opens Up Next
The realm ladder is only the spine. Each of these unlocks as you climb:
| Unlocks at | System | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Core | Races | A one-time choice of Human, Demon or Deity, each with its own stat profile |
| Every rank-up | Skill Tree | Points to spend across nine branches, +1 per advancement and +3 per breakthrough |
| Configurable | The Dao | An element on the Wu Xing ring, a drifting Yin-Yang balance, and a Devil/Righteous path |
| Any realm | Life-Bound Treasures | /cultivation bind ties a weapon or armour piece to you so it levels from use |
| Any realm | Sects | Found a guild, claim a hall on a dragon vein, and eventually go to war over one |
For Server Owners
Every number in the mod lives in a themed JSON config file — nothing is hardcoded — and the ones
you are most likely to touch can be edited live in-game through
/cultivation admin, with no file editing and no restart.
| File | Covers |
|---|---|
Config.json | Core Qi curve and per-level stat bonuses |
SpiritCoreConfig.json | Core drop chances and Qi values |
SpiritVeinConfig.json | Spirit Vein tuning, meditation timing, the talisman |
BreakthroughConfig.json | Ritual requirements, durations, tribulation toggles |
LifeBoundConfig.json | Life-Bound XP curve and combat bonuses |
RaceSystemConfig.json | Cross-race server behaviour and admin overrides |
Race/*.json | Each race's own bonuses and flavour text |
Config files carry human-readable descriptions next to the less obvious settings.
Permissions
| Permission | Grants |
|---|---|
cultivation | The base command and every player-facing subcommand |
cultivation.admin | All /cultivation admin subcommands and the admin menu |
cultivation.debug | The debug command group |
cultivation.debug.vein | /cultivation debug vein |