Gaming: 'there Is A World Beyond Embervale': Enshrouded Dev Diary Paves The...

Twitch Drops, Patch 13, and a new system for sharing creations are on the horizon.

It's not a concrete release date yet, but in today's Enshrouded roadmap update, Keen Games announced a new 1.0 release window set for fall 2026. The shift isn't a big departure from the original spring target and not entirely unexpected after last year's Wake of the Water delay.

The announcement came as part of Enshrouded's anniversary update and new roadmap reveal, celebrating two years in early access with details on upcoming features and rather interesting player milestones. Players have somehow spent nearly 21,000 years collectively exploring Embervale, and Steam says I've contributed 300 hours towards that myself, so I'm not wagging my finger at anybody.

And even though parts of it remain unfinished, Keen Games says a whopping 5 million players have started the journey through Embervale's massive map. The added animal husbandry features seem pretty popular too, though I'm interested to know what kinds of critters make up the "6 million pets tamed" stat. I pick up every goat I see, so I reckon the goats I keep stuffing in chests account for about half that figure.

Anyway, today's celebratory player stats are cool and all, but I'm more interested in what Enshrouded's reworked path to 1.0 looks like. You can watch the developer diary below for additional context from Enshrouded community lead Francois and creative director Antony Christoulakis, plus check out my quick rundown below on this year's update highlights (including a patch for tomorrow).

Starting tomorrow, on Thursday, January 22, you can collect another vanity gearset through Enshrouded Twitch Drops after Patch 13 goes live. If you prefer earning those items the good old-fashioned way instead, you can also start the quest for Enshrouded's fancy new armor by speaking to the Huntress in-game.

As for more on Enshrouded Patch 13, we don't know much else until the patch notes go live tomorrow, but the highlights so far include:

After hitting the roadmap highlights, Christoulakis briefly detailed Enshrouded's future beyond the version jump, noting it's "not an end, but another beginning" for the team's work in Embervale and that they plan to update the base building RPG "for years to come."

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Some of those will be free, though Christoulakis also mentioned Keen's long-term support includes paid expansions. With ho

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