Keen Games, the developer of Enshrouded, announced a rough overview of the content we are about to expect with the upcoming fourth update. Although the final release date of the update is still lingering in the shroud, the upcoming changes look very promising.
The Mountain BiomeThe major part of the update evolves around the new biome, a mountainous region in the north. This frosty biome brings new enemies, quests, locations, and secrets, but also a wide variety of new armor, weapons, furniture and recipes. New survival mechanics were also teased. The added verticality is one of the keypoints of the new area - maybe we will see new ways of traversal? From the first short impressions of the trailer, we can assume that our base building will take an icy turn as well, since we will probably be able to harvest the ice from the biome as building blocks!
Keen Games also announced more freedom in your builds by making more skillpoints available for distribution and raising the level cap by 10 to a total of 35. The monsters in the new biome probably require a much higher player level as well, thus making this the most challenging biome yet.
Although they didn't announce water specifically (as mentioned on the roadmap), we can look forward to a splash of liquid from above as the highly anticipated weather system is added. Not much is known about the mechanics of the system yet, but it is to assume that it will influence stamina regeneration and the well-being of your character.
Lastly, they touched upon the liveliness of our bases. In order to make them the bustling places they are meant to be, the NPCs will now walk around freely and act more natural. But that's not all. We will get pets and tameable animals as well! It's only a matter of time until the dream of an Enshrouded Ranch becomes reality!
