The survival motion RPG Enshrouded simply launched a brand new replace known as Souls of the Frozen Frontier, and it provides plenty of new content material. There’s a brand new area with new loot and quests, a better stage cap, new crafting tier, new dynamic climate adjustments, and much extra. It’s the largest replace for the reason that sport launched in early entry.
For the uninitiated, Enshrouded is a third-person survival sport that takes place in Embervale, an enormous open world that as much as 16 gamers can discover without delay. The sport world is solely made out of voxels, and you may terraform the world round you to construct a base, fortress, or perhaps a village block by block. There are tons of choices to construct your excellent residence. Want an underground lair? You can construct that. How a couple of base inside a mountain cave? You can try this too. Or possibly you’d want a treehouse. You guessed it, you are able to do that too.
If you’re not as involved with all that and would like to construct one thing shortly, then no worries. There are pre-made parts like constructing blocks and furnishings you need to use to simply get a base up and working. Regardless of the way you go about creating your base, you possibly can then carry pleasant NPCs again to it that can assist you.
When you first begin a brand new sport, you’ll don’t have anything however the garments in your again. You’ll want to assemble supplies to craft new gear, or you could find invaluable loot within the Shroud, a harmful space filled with monsters and coated in fog that can kill you should you keep in it too lengthy. So it’s essential to get in, collect loot, and get out earlier than falling sufferer to the monsters or fog.
There’s motion RPG fight, so that you’ll select from a wide range of weapons and make use of dodges and parries to keep away from harm and take down enemies. As you progress, you’ll unlock the flexibility to focus on one in every of three courses: Trickster, Battlemage, or Survivor, every with its personal sub-classes for additional specialization. In addition to coping with monsters and the cruel surroundings, you’ll additionally want to remain fed and hydrated to be at your finest. It’s a survival sport at coronary heart, in spite of everything.
Enshrouded launched in early entry on PC in January, and Souls of the Frozen Frontier marks essentially the most vital replace to the sport since. The greatest addition is a big new explorable area known as the Albaneve Summits, which brings with it new environments, constructing supplies, quests, lore, collectibles, and wildlife.
The area is designed to problem even the strongest and best-equipped gamers. There are plenty of new enemies with new assaults and techniques to maintain you in your toes. And the brand new environments embody ice and deep snow, which would require you to make use of warning when you discover. The ice is slippery, and you will get caught within the deep snow.
It’s not simply the brand new environments you’ll must deal with. The replace additionally added dynamic climate adjustments, like rain and excessive chilly, that may be harmful for the unprepared. There are new crafting recipes, so that you’ll must make some gear to guard your self from the chilly.
Speaking of crafting, the replace added a brand new crafting tier with recipes that use new supplies launched with the Albaneve Summits. You may now craft new becoming gear for the sport’s numerous courses and sub-classes. The total stage cap has additionally been raised to 35, which provides new ranges for spells, new abilities, and new sorts of perks that may be unlocked throughout character development.
You’ve at all times been capable of craft after which equip completely different gliders in your again that allow you to journey via the air at excessive speeds. But the Albaneve Summits add a brand new traversal mechanic: updrafts on mountainsides, which allow you to achieve peak whereas gliding so you possibly can keep airborne longer. It’s nice for touring throughout massive sections of the realm shortly.
Souls of the Frozen Frontier additionally brings some adjustments to your base. If you’ve performed Enshrouded and needed your base to really feel extra energetic, then we’ve some excellent news. There are new NPCs throughout Embervale you possibly can carry again to your base, and as you add extra individuals, you’ll get new tales, quests, and dialogue. There are additionally new assistants you possibly can add to your secondary bases who will present entry to all of the recipes of the unique crafting NPCs.
More focused on filling your base with animals? Well, you are able to do that too. There’s new wildlife to tame and convey residence to your farm, and there are some beforehand present non-aggressive animals that may be tamed and added to your base for the primary time. If the animals you carry residence are fed and comfy, they’ll cool down and begin a household.
There are additionally new pets — together with cats and canine — you could find throughout Embervale who can name your base residence should you construct up sufficient belief with them. And in case you’re curious — sure, you possibly can pet your livestock and pets.
Enshrouded is accessible in early entry now on Steam, and the Souls of the Frozen Frontier replace comes included at no extra value. The sport is deliberate for a full launch on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S in 2025. If you’re focused on becoming a member of the neighborhood, you possibly can take a look at the sport’s accounts on X, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Discord.
