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How to Make a Backpack in Hytale

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Backpacks are one of those quality-of-life upgrades in Hytale that you never want to go without once you have one. More inventory space means longer adventures, fewer trips back to the base, and a lot less painful item juggling. In this guide, we’ll walk through exactly how to make a backpack in Hytale, including what materials you need and where to get them, so you can spend more time exploring and less time player inventory Tetris.

Collect Basic Materials

To craft a backup, you’ll need the following:

Material Quantity Where to Find
Tree Logs 16 Cutting down trees
Stone 12 Mining rocks
Light Hide 3 Hunting small animals, such as chickens or pigs
Iron Ore 8 Mining iron, found in deeper caves
Medium Hide 8 Hunting medium sized animals, such as moose or wolves

Crafting

  1. Hit Tab to open your inventory.

  2. In Pocket Crafting, craft a Workbench.

    Hytale pocket crafting screen showing the workbench recipe made from logs and stone.

  3. Place the Workbench, then walk up to it and hit F to open its interface.

  4. Select the Crafting tab at the top and craft a Furnace.

    Hytale workbench crafting screen showing the furnace recipe made with stone and wooden logs.

  5. Place the Furnace, then walk up to it and hit F to open its interface.

  6. Use the Furnace to smelt your Iron into Iron Ingots. This will require a fuel source, such as wood, charcoal, or plant fibers.

    Hytale furnace interface smelting iron ore into iron ingots using fuel and processing progress bar.

  7. Return to the Workbench and craft a Tanning Rack.

    Hytale workbench crafting menu showing the tanning rack recipe using logs, stone, and light hide.

  8. Place the Tanning Rack, then walk up to it and hit F to open its interface.

  9. Use the Tanning Rack to process your Medium Hide into Medium Leather.

    Hytale tanning rack interface converting animal hide into leather with processing progress displayed.

  10. Once your Iron Ingots and Medium Leather are done, collect them and return to the Workbench.

  11. From the Tinkering tab, craft a Backpack Unlock.

    Hytale workbench tinkering menu displaying the backpack unlock recipe using iron ingots and medium leather.

  12. Access the Backpack from within your Inventory.

    Hytale backpack inventory interface showing empty backpack slots and expanded player storage space.

Conclusion

With your backpack crafted, you’re officially ready to roam farther, loot longer, and worry a whole lot less about running out of space mid-adventure. It’s a small upgrade that makes a massive difference, especially once exploration and resource gathering start to ramp up. Toss it on, load it up, and get back out into Orbis. Your inventory will thank you later.

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