Enshrouded 1.0: What's New in the Full Release

Enshrouded 1.0 launches on October 15, 2026, bringing new content and changes to combat, building and exploration as the game leaves Early Access.

This preview covers the confirmed additions, including Sparkworks, expanded magic, higher level caps and improvements to existing systems. We’ll also explain what returning players need to know before continuing their adventure.

Enshrouded 1.0 releases on October 15, 2026, for PC and PlayStation 5, including PS5 Pro. The Xbox Series X|S version is planned for spring 2027.

If you already own the PC Early Access version, you do not need to purchase the game again.

Cross-platform multiplayer will not be available at launch. Keen Games is working on it, but has not announced when it will arrive.

Sparkworks lets you build interactive mechanisms and playable encounters inside your world. A lever can open a door, a pressure plate can activate a trap, and a trigger can set off an event when another player enters an area.

Builders will use Switchboxes and the Sparkworks Tool to connect those interactions. Clocks and logic gates allow more complex conditions, with possible outcomes including enemy spawns, lightning strikes, released water and opening trapdoors.

These tools expand Adventure Sharing, which already lets players upload worlds for others to visit. The 1.0 additions make it possible to create your own dungeons, puzzles and mini-games within those builds.

Players can discover shared worlds through Popular Adventures, filter by tags, enter Share Codes or subscribe to favourites.

The update adds a new biome, raises the character level cap to 50 and introduces equipment up to level 55.

Enemy factions also gain new variants, including heavy and elite enemies.

Nine spells arrive:

• Mana Drain
• Entangle
• Pillar of Flames
• Blizzard
• Ball Lightning
• Summon Fire Totem
• Summon Ice Totem
• Summon Shock Totem
• Summon Hollow Skeleton

Spells gain additional tiers, including 22 tier-seven Eternal versions. Eternal spells gain upgrades and perks. Mana costs, casting times and enemy weaknesses are also reworked.

Wands gain piercing heavy attacks that interrupt weaker enemies, along with Aerial Wand Attack and Wand Evasion Attack. Targeting is also improved, including support for explosive barrels, while switching between wands and staves receives fixes.

New skills include:

• Advanced Necromancy and Totem Mastery: Increase summon limits.
• Blast and Cast: Strengthens staff attacks after wand criticals.
• Puncture: Boosts ranged piercing damage.
• Barrage: Can restore bow durability.
• Survival Instinct: Restores Shroud time after bow/dagger kills on Shroud-infested enemies.

Eternal Fire, Shock and Bone arrows arrive. Eternal arrows gain upgrades and perks. Configurable ranged aim assist joins movement and animation fixes.

Skill trees will reset, so reassign your points before fighting.

The Fell Dragon Youngling encounter is being adjusted to make the fight more manageable, particularly for melee characters.

A new grounded phase gives melee players an opportunity to attack without first stunning the boss. Its overall health is being reduced, fewer hits will be needed to stun it, and the arena is being expanded to give players more room.

Fixes also address the dragon becoming stuck or unexpectedly returning to full health.

Separately, the developers have been testing gradual enemy health recovery after a player dies. This would give players a chance to return before an enemy completely heals, although its final implementation still needs confirming in the launch notes.

Several familiar systems are receiving changes:

• Updraft: A setting lets you choose between the original instant version and the newer version with a charge time.
• Character proportions: New proportions provide another appearance option. Existing characters can update their look through Elio Ricci.
• NPCs and pets: Fixes address known causes of inhabitants getting stuck around player-built bases.
• Fishing bait: Bait will primarily attract fish associated with the biome its resources came from. Improved bait makes biting fish match its tier.
• Fishing locations: Location will no longer determine the basic chance of catching fish. Different fishing spots can still favour more bites or increased chances of treasure and trash.

These changes affect both exploring Embervale and spending time at your base, without requiring every returning player to create a new character.

Keen Games is working to improve performance for 1.0, with particular attention to lower- and mid-range PCs.

The announced work includes changes to rendering, lighting, shadows and how distant scenery is displayed. The results will depend on your hardware and settings, so specific frame-rate improvements should not be assumed.

Early Access saves will remain usable in 1.0. They will be converted to an updated save format when you move to the full release.

Starting again is optional. Keen Games recommends considering a fresh start because the world and opening hours have received improvements.

Early Access owners will also receive three decorative items: a statue, a tome featuring the Early Access logo and a signal decoration. These can be claimed through Redeem Add-Ons in the pause menu.

Players who join after Early Access can ask an eligible owner to place the decorations in their world, although they cannot place those items themselves.

You can continue your existing adventure or start a new world to experience the revised opening from the beginning.