How To Craft Backpacks And Upgrade Inventory In Hytale
There is a special circle of hell reserved for games that make you manage inventory space, and Hytale has bought a condo right in the center of it.
You start this game with pockets the size of a squirrel's cheek pouches. You will pick up three rocks and a stick, and suddenly you are overencumbered. If you want to actually loot dungeons instead of playing inventory Tetris every five minutes, you need to prioritize Backpack upgrades. But here is the kicker: Backpacks in Hytale aren't items you wear. They are consumable upgrades that permanently expand your UI. Once you eat the backpack (or however you use it), those slots are yours forever.
Step 1: The Basic Backpack
Before you can expand your pockets, you need to fix your workspace.
You used to need a Level 2 Workbench for this, but the devs took pity on us and lowered the requirement to a Level 1 Workbench. Once you have that, you can craft the Unlock Backpack item. It appears in your Tinkering tab.
The Cost:
8 Iron Ingots
8 Medium Leather (Reduced from 16, thank god).
Once you craft it, put it on your hotbar and right-click. Boom. You now have 9 extra slots. It isn't much, but it stops you from having to throw away wood logs every time you find copper.
Step 2: The Major Upgrades
The basic pack is kid stuff. If you want to carry an entire quarry's worth of stone, you need the Tier 1 and Tier 2 upgrades. This is where the grind gets real.
Step 3: The "Memory" Gate
For the final upgrade, the game forces you to become a tourist.
You cannot unlock the recipe for Upgrade II until you have collected and restored 100 Memories. This is a weird system where the game gives you points for seeing new things.
How it works: Walk up to a new mob, NPC, or animal. Blue particles explode. You got a memory.
The Trap: You can only carry 48 Memories at a time. If you hit the cap, you stop collecting them. You have to physically go back to the Forgotten Temple and dump them into the statue to reset your capacity. Do not ignore the passive mobs. Every rabbit counts.
the grind
Inventory management is boring, but in Hytale, it is necessary survival. Get the basic backpack immediately, grind for the Tier 1 upgrade as soon as you hit the Cobalt layer, and don't forget to upload your Memories to the cloud, or temple, whatever. The sooner you do this, the sooner you can stop leaving good loot on the floor.
