First start

TalePainter reads blocks, prefabs and biomes straight from your Hytale install. You only set this up once.

Point TalePainter at Hytale

1. Start TalePainter. If it can’t find Hytale on its own, you see a Locate Assets… button (you’re also asked when you export).
2. Click it and choose one of these folders:
   • your Hytale folder, or the launcher folder inside it: Hytale\install\release\package\game\latest (the one with Assets.zip and a Server folder)
   • or a folder where you already unzipped Assets.zip
3. Done. TalePainter remembers the folder.

You don’t have to unzip anything

Older guides tell you to unzip Assets.zip first. That still works, but it isn’t needed anymore. When you pick the launcher folder, TalePainter unpacks what it needs into its own cache.

The first start takes a while

The first time, TalePainter builds that cache. The window can look frozen and buttons may not react. Wait. A second window opens when it’s done. After a Hytale update the cache is rebuilt automatically, so the next start is slow once more.

Where exports go

By default TalePainter exports to your Hytale saves folder:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\Hytale\UserData\Saves

Worlds saved there show up in Hytale’s Singleplayer list. More in Export to Hytale.