In the ever-evolving world of Enshrouded, the developers have once again pushed the boundaries of survival and exploration with their latest series of updates. As the Shroud continues to challenge players with its malevolent grip, these updates promise to enhance the gaming experience with new content, quality-of-life improvements, and much-needed performance enhancements.
Hollow Halls: A New Challenge Awaits
The most significant addition is the Hollow Halls Update, a substantial expansion that introduces a new layer of gameplay. Each biome now boasts its own Hollow Hall, teeming with fresh adversaries and puzzles that will test the mettle of even the most seasoned players. These halls are not just about combat; they offer unique rewards that can’t be found anywhere else in the game.
Quality of Life: Smoother, Faster, Better
Understanding the importance of player experience, the developers have implemented a series of quality-of-life improvements. These include more intuitive stack splitting, crafting in bulk, and a streamlined item gifting menu. The world map now features a ping function, making it easier for players to communicate and coordinate their efforts in multiplayer sessions.
New Content: Expand Your Arsenal
With the addition of new weapons, building materials, and decorative Enshrouded items, players can further customize their characters and homesteads. The update also brings new tree seedlings for the seedbed workstation, allowing for a greater variety of flora to spruce up your surroundings.
Performance: Smoother Gameplay Across All Devices
The developers have tackled the infamous 60hz issue head-on, resulting in smoother gameplay at higher frame rates. This fix is a part of the ongoing commitment to optimize performance across all platforms, including the upcoming Steam Deck support.
Looking Ahead: More to Come
The roadmap for the rest of the year is packed with over 40 new features and improvements. Players can look forward to performance boosts, new content, and community-driven enhancements. The town of Willow Crush has received a facelift, and players can now enjoy the simple pleasure of sitting on furniture.
Building: The developers are focused on expanding the types of building blocks, adding new materials, and improving the building system to allow for more creativity in building designs. They are also considering adding weapon displays and props for better base customization.
Transparency: Due to performance issues, implementing transparent rocks and building pieces is challenging. However, the developers plan to explore this feature and introduce new building and terrain materials to enhance creativity.
Map Expansions: The developers aim to regularly release map expansions with major updates, introducing new biomes, enemies, quests, and more. They also plan to release a smaller sub-biome before a full-size biome, ensuring continuous content updates.
Water Feature: Adding water to the game is complex due to the voxel-based world and its impact on performance. The developers are in the preliminary exploration phase and researching how to simulate water realistically. They consider natural barriers and regions above the Shroud for potential water implementation.
Verticality: The world will have increased verticality, with a full kilometer added to the map’s height. The developers are working on a mountain biome and exploring possibilities for Sky Islands, underground realms, and other vertical elements.
Class Balance: The developers acknowledge feedback about subpar melee combat and plan to refine class balance over time. They are open to community comments and suggestions to improve combat mechanics.
Future Ideas: The developers have various future ideas like world events, instant dungeons, gameplay settings for servers, more biomes, base sharing, and user-generated content. While these ideas are for the game’s later stages, the developers continuously express their commitment to updating and expanding Enshrouded based on community input.
As Enshrouded continues to grow, we can stay tuned for more updates as the Shroud lifts and the kingdom of Enshrouded reveals its secrets.
