This announcement is HUGE! - Vault Hunters Update 

Next year once you start making your new game your team should definitely do dev updates if they can so that it builds a community, keeps hype and most importantly gives feedback without having to release the game and reveal all thr content bc you can keep it secret unlike a beta for example Bonus: dev updates also give more recognition for devs❤

CONGRATS!!!! Don't know how long it will take, but I will buy that future game for $9.99 in a heartbeat! Your team's design philosophy is really good. I love your work.

'Stand-alone Vault Hunters' Honestly, I was recently thinking how it would be for Vault Hunters to be a real independent game without having the rely on Minecraft as an engine. I think the game would run and play better being made from the ground up. I also think it will give you a lot of freedom for additions. Best of luck!

To iskall and the other devs, thank you for putting so much love into this modpack, and in the future, game. I’ve been following this since vhsmp1, and have enjoyed it so much.

I fully agree with the idea that these sort of games need to allow you to feel overpowered. AND that having a chase item (goal) is a way to add meaning to being overpowered. In the end, i find myself usually quitting games once I reach that overpowered state, but have nothing else to work towards. Vault hunters is great because of the journey to getting to being overpowered is enjoyable, but also you have artifacts, herald fights, and other goals you can chase, such as have all legendary modifiers on gear and stuff. And now we also have paradox vaulting, and just doing God altars fully max is so much content, that can be replayed, since the core of the game is fun. Just wanted to give my thoughts and praise to you Iskall, I find you being an amazing person and an amazing game designer.

This is HUGE!! Congratulations, I'm so excited to see the standalone game! ✨✨🎊🎊💚 #Omegalove

It’s never wrong to make a game too easy if there are rewards for it being harder, and fun ways to make it harder. I think the best implementation of this I’ve seen is the Heat system in Hades I

Talk to Dunkey and see if Big Mode would be interested in publishing the stand-alone game later on... I think it would be cool to see something like a Diablo Dungeon Crawler looter mixed with RogueLite mechanics. Something like Ravenwatch, but better.

I'm actually pretty excited to see the update to version. Vault Hunters but with ancient cities and goat horns and all the other missing vanilla features is going to make world exploration that much more interesting.

I'm a programer myself and my first commercial game I'm releasing is a dungeon crawler since it's my favourite game genre and vault hunters has been a huge inspiration to creating the game so hearing that vault hunters is getting its own game is a dream come true

Vault Hunter Summer babyyyy

Buying the Steam game day it releases

Extremely exciting news about the game, already getting my fanart fingers ready for its eventual launch!

I know you get hurt by the trolls but seriously sir, give yourself a break! You are setting trails and breaking boundaries, you are genius! I will buy the game when you make it in 2026 (even if I don’t play it) you have such a great eye for game design. #mojang hire this guy before he’s too big for you!! ❤

I remember during Hermitcraft 7, when you announced that you were developing your own modpack, i was so hyped! It sounded so cool and it truly was amazing. I have been playing every version, every update and have followed the journey of this project since the announcment. And to think that it has come so far that you can announce a own video game is just insane. I know for a fact that im going to love it and play it for hours xD. CONGRATS ON YOUR HUGE PROGRESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ISKALL AND VH DEV TEAM!!!❤❤❤❤

My heart skipped a beat when I heard "independent". Take my money 🎉

I'm excited to see where this goes, all the planning is slowly falling into place. especially excited to see how greed works. Personally, being overpowered was never my goal in vault hunters, but I see how that can be fun. I would prefer more opt in challenges, where you can get a reward for taking a skill based risk. I'm not really sure what a stand alone game would look like however. It sounds great as a concept, but there's so many things that are suddenly subject to change that it won't have the same feel unless you intentionally replicate minecraft physics. To me, minecraft is such an inherent part to vault hunters even if you only consider inside the vaults, with the entire block placing system and the way chests are broken, all the little underlying things. making it separate from minecraft gives you a lot of choices, like not even being cube based, but it also somewhat makes it a new, completely different game. The large variety of resources also are less interesting if there's no overworld-esque section to build bases and storage systems in. it's a great idea and would love to see it happen, but it's going to be a lot of work for a lot of people, especially if the work is being split between that, normal modded vh, and vanilla vh. I trust that things will work out eventually though, you have a great team and a committed community behind you.

Excited to see what you do with it, and riding along the journey.

So excited to be able to watch from the beginning

Looking so much forward to the next VHSMP! I got so addicted to the Hermitcraft VHSMP, I think I need to binge the older versions until the update XD Great success to all of you working on the game and thanks for the update Iskall! X3

This is AMAZING! I’m so happy for you! By the sound of it, this is going to be great, and I really appreciate the less flashy but high-quality updates too

Awesome News! Stand-alone Game ? Nice 🥳👍

Yes becoming over powered is FUN AF!!! Back when i still played Diablo3 i had an absolute blast playing my WitchDoctor with the Haunt/Plague spam build where everything duplicates and jumps to additional mobs when the initial target dies... the spreading doom affects everything and all you have to do is hit 3 buttons and then run through/near mobs and GG everything dies... its so much fun!

WOW! ever i have been a huge fan of vault hunters for ages and just hearing we might get things like the warden or newer minecraft features in vault hunters is amazing, but a whole new game?! i don't care how much it costs (i would pay more then £/$9.99 for it) im so excited on so many levels this could be so amazing... my excitement levels are omega-omega, congrats on all this stuff. And i finally get to experience a game from the day it released and be able to call myself an 'OG' to it. Vault hunters 4th edition and the new game are things i am so excited for. (i still havent played vault hunters yet because im currently not allowed to install mods but watching it from iskalls perspective has made it my favourite mod pack to exist for minecraft, but hoepfully i can get VH when 4th edition comes out and i can try out the new game. im done with this paragraph now) edit - vault hunters for bedrock possibility?! im still not done with the announcements keep getting better and this comment keeps getting longer (also apparently im 18th comment yay...)

such an awesome opportunity and project!!! i really cannot wait to hear more about your new game, please keep updating us as it goes! i have complete trust that you'll make a wonderful game!!

Congratulations! That is awesome news!

This is HUGE! So excited for all of the updates in this video. I'll be ready to buy the standalone game whenever it comes out!

Y E S ! I am watching the vodskall uploads as RU-vid shows them to me, so I am a bit out of order. So as I was writing another comment, I realised something. You are essentially making a full game already. It may take the form of a Minecraft mod pack right now, but let's be real. Vault Hunters already is fully independent of the vanilla game. So these steps, including asking money for it, were an eventuality. And I am all here for it. You and your team have worked so hard for this, created a wonderful game that scratches itches other games honestly cannot reach. So yes. Count me as someone who is planning on buying that eventual founders pack.

That’s awesome! 10 bucks is a great price. You and your team are doing such an amazing job!!

This is my first time hearing or seeing anything about vault hunters, I'm not really a modded minecraft kinda person but I'm extremely intrigued and overwhelmed at the same time and I think I love it😂

great update thanks for posting this, I fell asleep during the stream lol it was like 2am for me

Etho playing the vault hunters smp is the best news in this video by far lol :D

This is awesome. I hope it all works out Iskall and devs can count my dollars put aside for this game. Looking forward to this.

Super excited for mid July!

Vault hunters going self dependent would make me actually add it to my own worlds 100% of the time cause I love how the vaults work

I’ll support you on steam! I’m a long time subscriber, My son and I love watching the hermitcraft vault hunters series.

🤯 Will buy now early access ❤

It's like this is made for me I'm a simple man I just wanna vault without worries Great stuff!

Iskall thanks for the great game. When you launched 3rd edition i thought this wasnt a game for me. Every other update I would try again, since i saw the potential. By Update 10 i was HOOKED. I recomend it to all my friends to play it. Keep it up.

Sold! The vault hunters series with hermitcraft introduced me to the mod, and if you made it independent without all the modding needed, would buy it straight up.

Mid July Vault Hunters content with False, Stress, and Etho? Let's goooo!!! How did you guys know my birthday was in July?

Making vault hunters api independent and releasing a standalone vanilla version of it...that's really boring for videos but that's SO COOL for all the backend side of it! Pumped to hear that announcement!!!

Sign me up for the alpha, beta, and whatever else!!!! I'm so proud and happy for you and a little greedy to get my hands on that!

ive always loved ARPG so... i can't wait!!!!

I really love the idea of making catalysts craftable. Focused looting is the best in these type of games because it allows you to control which part of the game you want to improve on. This also keeps the game fun and addicting to play because you get the feeling of being better and better each time you do it

Vault Hunters fabric would be amazing!!

Everything announced here excites me. Out of the bunch, VH Vanilla edition and fully indie VH are the top two things to me. In particular, a fully indie VH game that is not bound to Minecraft opens a world of possibility in terms of level, weapon, and enemy design because the design is being made from scratch. Enemies in particular came to mind because many seasoned Dylans are all too familiar with the VH team’s woes with Minecraft mob AI when it came to adding any mobs outside of the vanilla spectrum, and a separate game means the team has complete creative control over enemy AI.

Love the idea of taking out the storage as a challenge. VH introduces a ton of new items, and it is a very steep learning curve to organize these items in RS etc. Organizing my items after every vault was actually the thing that made me quit VH at some point. If you integrate a decent option to junk/recycle items then this would be great.

Vault Hunters on Fabric would be game changing for me, I wouldn't have to decide between playing vault hunters and using all of the mods I typically install.

OMG an independent vault hunters game would be fantastic!!!!

the game on steam sounds realy cool and fun, will deffinitely buy as soon as possible

This standalone game you're talking about for me excited! Just wondering if you will be considering controller support for this game? It would be awesome to be able to play this on the couch 🎮

I love this!! What OS will it support!?

So excited for the new game! You have my $10 in a heartbeat!!

I had a similar idea to the infinite ender chest. But my thought would only work with the player that placed it. It also could be used with hoppers to drop items in. But to filter out the item it would need to be crafted with that item.

ooooooo an actual independent game! so exciting

Really looking forward to the development of the standalone game.

this is very amature of me but i just started "making a game" and i feel so exited to hear that vault hunters or rather iskall's hack and slash game would be independent honestly makes me more motivated to work on my game :)

With every new anouncement about VH future I want more and more to joint the dev team.

I can't wait for Vault Hunters Vanilla, I can't find a server host with the size that Vault Hunters is now without it being too expensive.

yooo super excited to see the steam game

An Ender Barrel with infinite space? Sounds like my kind of storage system. I have a major hoarding problem which makes it to where no matter how overkill I make my storage system, I always run out of space...

Very excited! Hack & slash games are some of my favorites, but getting into vault hunters in minecraft is a bit much and there aren't many good ones out there currently

Yay! More Etho content

That is awesome making your own stand alone game 🎉🎉🎉

having vault hunters be stand alone will be fantastic

They have recently added mods to the bedrock PE, so hopefully this will allow you to make it available on bedrock and I would so love to get it. Although you would need to write lots of the mods from my understanding because there isn’t a way to get some of the mods on BE

I wonder, have you played Dungeons and Dragons, Iskall? I feel like you might really enjoy it

Finally! Love it! Honestly, can't believe it took so long for you to go into standalone game dev. But super excited that you arrived to that point eventually! Congratulations, you and the team have more than enough potential to make it a huge success. And maybe don't commit to the price, you might grow beyond what you expect, give yourself the room. The internet can be quite hateful when it comes to this, even if you deliver more than promised, just for higher price. We have been burned before. Either way, I'll be there day one, big excites!

Hey Iskall, Axes need something done with them, and I think I have an idea that may make them more useful because my partner really wants to play like a dwarf with an Axe, have axes add extra jump/leaping distance, like Gimlis ability in LOTR Battle for Middle Earth, not quite mega jump or dash but extra leaping distance that can be used with say stonefall or nova if timed right, axes seem so difficult to make good and different from swords in VH specifically, its probably something thats been considered already, but it seems a waste basically expecting to use the axes to feed the gear melter and nothing more. I get there are bigger fish to fry in game dev right now then making my wacking sticks unique Hope you see this i got my partner hooked and its the most fun he's had playing minecraft in a long time this is a fantastically designed game and I at least will be getting on the stand alone game the second its available thrilled to hear that likely be happening i hope we can help support you and team in future

Wasn't there going to be create in the vanilla vault hunter

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I'd gladly spend for a bedrock version of vault hunters, I've been a console gamer, and have greatly appreciated the fact that more games are opening themselves to the steam workshop(like fallout, skyrim and ark) so I hope for minecraft to do the same

I will buy your full game on steam Love vault hunters

To think that I would get VH as a whole freaking game by my end of high school 🥳🥳🎉

Iskall the man!! I will buy it!! for 9.99 or more

I agree with getting op as long as it doesn't come to easy

If you could get vault hunters onto the marketplace (which if FTB can port tinkers construct then I'm positive that you and the amazing team could) then it'd be a huge W. You can even have it interact with other addons regardless of if the VH add-on is standalone or there's only a couple other addons present on the world. From what I've seen the way bedrock is going with addons is great in terms of capabilities.

I would love to be able to play the new game. Ive been wanting to play for ages but I only use a standard laptop and I don’t think it could cope with all the mods. Very pleased to hear it should be easier to play for people like me without good computers

Whetever I actually play it or not, I'm gonna buy the vault hunters game.

To be honest I might try vanilla vault hunters out.

Ender barrel

Hey I am curious about the planned steam game. Will the pricing be localised or universal?

The end game should have some focus on PVP as well. Wrecking mobs and bosses would get stale eventually but players improve infinitely. So maybe have a PVP vault or something.

I missed when iskull man said vanilla vh is releasing could anyone help?

If you nmake it a steam game, it would be instantly top of my wishlist no doubt

Biggest issue I've had with vault hunters is when some unfarmable item comes up in my vault crystal and there's no biome within 30,000 blocks. It's been bloody infurating in a few maps.

Vault hunters is one of the few mods packs where you could play without mods since it’s the only Minecraft items.

Charge more for the game

i was thinking about it today while playing vh, and yeah it really does feel like it should be its own game. like it isn't a mod which exists to enhance minecraft, it's a mod that uses minecraft as a platform to build a completely different game. minecraft even feels like a hinderance to vault hunters. i do wonder how different vh will be when it becomes its own game. is it going to be a survival game outside of the vaults? i do wonder

In agreement with another commenter, can we please please have more information from the devs talking about new updates sir? Just something like a short podcast-format video from the devs explaining the patch notes of each update could be really interesting! I know that you usually explain the new things for each update, but maybe a small discussion from a group could also be entertaining, and may build a community surrounding your dev team even. Your devs, from what we have heard of them have really entertaining personalities and it could work! Maybe have the video on a devs special channel and embedded into the text patch notes on the VH website. That might bring in people from outside the minecraft community to become interested in VH before it becomes its own game (for example ppl from the modded games dev community might know one of ur devs and their fans could come in contact with VH as a non-minecraft motivated VH fan). Just expanding on that thought, if VH is to become its individual game in the future, maybe it will be helpful to have a small non-minecraft centric fanbase of the game to start with and transition it to the larger gaming community? Otherwise VH would just be boosted by VH-motivated Dylans and that might not be enough people for it to be immediately popular? As a fan I want VH to be as successful as it can be lol and I'm not sure if games can increase in popularity after release or if the popularity just goes down with time. Despite all that yapping I'm obviously no professional though and know nothing about these things, just spewing my thoughts. Have a nice day, hope Venus is well :D

ok this will sound dumb but what about vault hunters as a data pack? is that even possible?

HELLOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Can i pre order the game now please ? 😂 Cant wait for this updates

would vault hunter 4 still have other mods integrated into it? like could you still unlock create

season 4!!!!no way

i hope for the new game you would optimize this game for steam deck, or even add linux version of it

I need to play the stand alone game right now, take my money ❤.

I bet the stand-alone vault hunters game will release on steam before Hytale xD

if you want to support the modding community, please make vh open source even if you won't accept prs often or at all, seeing source makes it easier to cooperate and see changes before they land to be able to respond to vhmod updates