Co-op survival RPG Enshrouded has received a number of hotfixes since it launched into Early Access in January, but today the first really big patch arrived. It brings a number of stability and performance fixes, as well as some crafting and skill optimizations, but also introduces a few fun exploits that players have been using to more easily navigate the massive open world.
Did you like the bunny hops that didn't drain your stamina? Sorry Flameborn, that's been fixed. Have you used your bed to effortlessly float around the world? “Dreams shouldn’t be so powerful,” says Keen Games in Veiled patch notes.
And what's bad news for wizards and mages around the world is that another nerf reduces the Water Aura skill by a few points. This skill regenerated one point of health per second for the player (and all nearby co-op players) for each point of Intelligence the player had. It basically meant that with the right intelligence-based build, you could easily heal pretty much anything that would damage you, as one streamer found out intentionally standing in a spike trap: When each spike appeared, the last one's damage had already been healed. After the nerf, Water Aura is still a worthwhile skill, but it no longer grants you a Wolverine-level healing buff.
However, these aren't just fun-killing exploit fixes (and it looks like Enshrouded's ridiculously OP acid bite spell is still intact). Smelters will be pleased to know that the cost of tin ingots has been reduced quite dramatically – originally, a single tin ingot cost 20 tin ore to produce, a terrible return on all mining. Now you can forge 3 tin ingots from 15 ore, which feels much cheaper. The bug that prevented the Arithmetic recipe from appearing at your workbench has also been fixed, and magic storage containers (which allow you to craft items without them being in your personal inventory) can now be unlocked earlier in the crafting chain.
No word yet on fans' biggest wish to make Enshrouded's quest progression player-based and not tied to the server they're on, but that's a much more complex change than tweaking a few numbers or committing a few silly feats suppress.
Here are the full Enshrouded v0.7.0.1 patch notes:
Stability and performance
- Fixed several rare crashes.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when compiling shaders on AMD GPUs.
- Improved performance in various systems of the game.
- Additional messages have been added to the log file to improve stability monitoring.
- Error messages can now be correctly dismissed with a mouse click.
Multiplayer and servers
- Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented successful login to a dedicated server.
- Improved handling of error messages when attempting to join a host with a mismatched version.
- Steam Community Content Settings are now supported for the server list in the join menu.
Rendering
- Improved cases where too low a texture resolution was used for objects in the world.
gaming world
- The timer for resetting content in the game world has been reduced to 30 minutes. The reset will still only occur as long as there is no player in the immediate vicinity of the part of the world that needs to be reset.
- An issue that sometimes resulted in a blocked door at the entrance to the Ash Vault starting location has been resolved.
- A few more terrain material deposits have been added in key locations.
- The visibility of amber nodes has been improved and some locations in the game world where amber can be found have been added.
- Improved tumbleweed distribution in Nomad Heights.
- Several points of interest have been reworked in terms of visuals, chest locations and gameplay.
- Fixed several areas in the world where the path was blocked by dirt.
- The visual representation of ground fog has been improved and more ground fog has been added to Revel Forests.
Play style
- The recipe for the rake is now correctly unlocked.
- The first Magic Storage Chest is now available earlier in the crafting progression. For more information visit your local blacksmith.
- The completion requirement for the Blacksmith's crafting quest now includes armor pieces. It will also automatically complete after the first Elixir Fountain is purified.
- The second tier Advanced Glider can now be crafted earlier in the crafting progression.
- Fixed an issue where an equipment upgrade quest could be completed without having all the required runes.
- When upgrading equipment, the required runes are now also taken from magical storage chests.
- The cost of Tin Bars has been reduced to better align with similar recipes.
- Fixed some incorrect ingredients in level 4 recipes.
- Fixed a bug where stamina for jumping would not be deducted correctly when selecting certain items in the action bar. Now a normal jump always costs nothing, while a sprint jump and a double jump always use the intended stamina cost.
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to seamlessly chain long sprint jumps, allowing them to traverse the map faster than intended. Now every long sprint jump requires a short run-up.
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to interact with hook anchors behind the player camera.
- Fixed a bug that allowed the player to use hook anchors from further away than intended by using a glider.
- Fixed a bug where interacting with a bed could cause the player character to continuously float upwards. Dreams shouldn't be so powerful.
- The warrior ability “Absorb” has been corrected.
- The “Water Aura” skill has been weakened. It was just too good.
- The level 3 spell Ice Bolt has been strengthened by adding area damage.
- Fixed several incorrect weapon item levels.
- The damage of some poison attacks has been reduced. Especially the Scavenger Matron's poison attack, which did too much damage.
- Fixed collision issues with the Fur Spitting Plant.
- Bats should now spawn more reliably.
- Fixed several cases where enemy sounds played too loudly in multiplayer.
- Several skill VFX have been corrected or improved.
- Fixed two incorrect weapon models.
- Fixed some visual issues with armor.
Building and terraforming
- Fixed a bug where placing individual terrain voxels with the Builder's Hammer could add a larger volume of terrain than intended.
- Removed reference to the Undo button when the building menu is closed and the Undo function is no longer available.
- Improved detection of ambient sounds in player bases while terraforming.
- The atmosphere in the basements of the player base is now less reminiscent of natural caves. Base ambient sound improvements continue.
- Visual detail errors on roofs have been fixed.
- Increased durability of several dungeon materials against powder bombs.
- Fixed a way to bypass the maximum number of bases the current Flame tier would normally support.
- Fixed a bug where the action bar could not be moved with the mouse wheel during the action [CTRL] button was pressed.
user interface
- Fixed several areas of overflowing text in different languages.
- Fixed several minor layout issues.
- Fixed several text issues for weapon and armor stats.
- Added fixes for Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese localization.
- Fixed several minor text issues.
