In a crowded survival-sandbox market, Enshrouded has won the hearts of millions of players worldwide with its stunning freeform Voxel engine and solid action-RPG combat. Dig tunnels or hollow out mountains for underground dwarven fortresses as freely as in Minecraft, while enjoying rolling melee attacks and explosive spells. The game has now reached its milestone 1.0 release! Alongside the freezing Albaneve Summits mountain biome and new high-tier animal husbandry, it introduces the eagerly anticipated dynamic-water and Adventure Sharing systems, taking squad play to new heights!
Why Is 1.0 a Great Time for Your Squad to Return to Embervale?
- Albaneve Summits and blizzard-struck mountain exploration: The new mountain biome introduces steep, vertically layered terrain. Glacier fortresses above the clouds, raging ice storms, and deadly icy shroud deep beneath snow-covered peaks demand strong cold resistance and gliding skills. A new level cap and powerful enchanted weapons add motivation to tackle these challenges.
- Dynamic water physics and Adventure Sharing: Dynamic water reshapes the world, with flowing rivers and lakes bringing its voxel landscapes to life. Adventure Sharing lets players package the remarkable castles their squads build and share them with the worldwide community, even turning them into standalone dungeons for other players to challenge!
- Campfire music, animal husbandry, and difficult dungeons: Raise livestock at your base and sit around the campfire playing lutes and harps for long-lasting squad Buffs. Enter ancient fortress dungeons that can be physically dismantled: heavily armored warriors block and hold aggro in front, while mages cover the group with area-wide acid spells and healing. Team coordination faces its ultimate test.
Avoiding Pitfalls: Why Set Up a 16-Player Dedicated Server?
In multiplayer, Flame Altar upgrades, map-wide fast-travel unlocks, and main-story NPC progress for the blacksmith, hunter, farmer, and others are shared by the group. If the host uses a personal computer, nobody can enter the world when they log off; voxel destruction calculations also consume substantial memory. A separate persistent server is the best solution:
- Server AppID:
2278520(anonymous download through SteamCMD) - Core communication ports:
UDP 15636(game data) andUDP 15637(query port) - Complete setup guide: For detailed JSON settings, see Enshrouded Dedicated Server Setup and enshrouded_server.json Tuning.
An Easier Way to Manage Your Squad's Server
Hand-editing a complex enshrouded_server.json file is unnecessary: a single punctuation mistake can crash the server. We strongly recommend our open-source LanGame Server Manager (LGSM) (GitHub: SZSLGJCOM/LanGame-Server-Manager). It includes an Enshrouded preset, graphical controls for the server name and password, automatic port-conflict checks, and unobtrusive daily save backups to protect your squad's grand castle from an accidental rollback.
Network Tips for Playing from Different Locations
- With a public IP: Forward UDP ports 15636/15637 on your router. Teammates can search in the game lobby or enter
public-IP:15636in the client's Favorites to connect directly. - Without a public IP on rental or campus networks: Use the LINK virtual LAN feature in LanGame OS Orbit, invite your teammates to an encrypted LAN room, and connect through the virtual IP for an easy start to remote co-op!