Welcome to the CurseForge Newsletter for April 2026!
Spring always brings a different kind of energy. Big updates start landing, new games find their footing, and creators hit that point where ideas stop sitting in drafts and actually go live. Communities get louder, projects move faster, and suddenly your mod list is growing again!
Our main topics of the month:
- Windrose is Here!
- Hytale News
- Articles & Videos in April
- Updates for Authors
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Windrose is Here!
Windrose has officially arrived on CurseForge, and the community wasted no time getting started!
Mods are now fully supported on both the CurseForge website and app, making it easier than ever to discover, download, and install new content for your adventures. Our authors have already been hard at work, with a strong lineup of quality mods live from day one.
If you're playing Windrose:
- Browse and install mods directly through the CurseForge App
- Join our community on Discord
And for authors, now is the perfect time to jump in!
Windrose Modding Contest - Live Now
To celebrate launch, we’ve kicked off the first Windrose modding contest with $3,000 in prizes for 10 winners!
Prizes:
- 1st Place - $1,000
- 2nd Place - $600
- 3rd Place - $350
- 4th–10th Place - $150 each
All mods published after April 20th are eligible, and submissions are already open until May 18th. Judges will select the finalists, and community votes will determine final rankings.
Join the contest: Submission Form
Read the contest Rules & T&C here
This is just the beginning for Windrose modding, and we’re excited to see what wonderful mods you come up with!
Hytale News
Hytale keeps growing, and fast!
We’ve now passed 5,700 mods and over 25 million downloads, and the pace hasn’t slowed for a second. The amount of creativity coming out of this community has been incredible, from full gameplay systems to world-building projects that feel bigger every week.
The Hytale New Worlds Contest has now closed submissions, and the response has been massive. Authors delivered an incredible amount of high-quality work across all categories, and our judges (made up of both CurseForge staff and community creators) are now deep in review, selecting finalists.
Next up:
- Community voting opens May 5th
- Winners announced on May 12th
Stay tuned for more things Hytale in our communities:
CurseForge Discord | CurseForge Subreddit
Articles & Videos in April
A few releases this month that are worth bookmarking if you missed them:
Tips for New CurseForge Authors
Starting your first project? This guide covers useful advice, common mistakes, and things to know before publishing.
ARK - 5 Awesome Creature Mods
A curated list of creature mods to make your ARK adventures even wilder!
WoW - Midnight 12.0.5 Update
Class changes, new content, and what players should expect from the latest Midnight update.
Hogwarts Legacy - Custom Outfits & VFX Brooms
This new CurseForge Academy video guide will show you how to create custom outfits and visual effect broom mods.
Check out our blog for more articles: CurseForge Blog
Watch all workshops & tutorials: CurseForge Academy
Updates for Authors
April brought several strong quality-of-life updates for authors across the platform. Check out these highlights:
Unlisted Projects
A long-requested feature, you can now create Unlisted Projects!
These projects won’t appear in search, but anyone with a direct link can still access them. It’s a much cleaner way to test projects, share private work, or keep something available without fully publishing it.
This now replaces the older Experimental Projects flow (current projects marked Experimental remain unchanged).
Project Dependents Are Back
Dependents are now fully available on the website again - with upgrades!
You can now:
- View exactly which files are being used as dependencies
- Search and sort dependents
- Adjust pagination
- Track project relationships more clearly
This feature has been a frequent request for a long time, and we’re glad to bring it back the right way.
ARK UI & Discovery Update
ARK authors also received a major discovery and performance update this month!
Mod pages and the Discovery tab now load faster, the mod browser opens more smoothly from inside the game, and feature capabilities have been improved, laying the groundwork for a future personalized discovery system.
This is a strong step forward for visibility and player discovery.
Join our Authors Discord community and take part in giving feedback and suggestions!
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