Enshrouded Base Building in 1.0: Locations and Changes

Base building in Enshrouded 1.0 reaches much more of the map. Keen Games’ changelog of 14 October 2026 opened most of the areas that used to be no-build zones, and 1.0 went live on 15 October 2026.

Four changes in the 1.0 changelog (14 October 2026, version 1.0.0.0) matter most for bases. They are in the table below; the full list is in the official changelog on Steam.

Storage and station changes

You can now upgrade a storage chest, or turn it into a magic chest, right where it stands, without emptying it and picking it up. Late in the game you can place a gem forge in your base. The new progression tier also brings a survivor who specialises in Ancient knowledge and recipes.

Factory limit

Each world now has a cap on factories. Keen calls the cap very generous and expects few players to reach it. A warning appears as you get close, and once you hit it, no more factories can be placed.

Altar save safeguards

Keen also added safeguards for saves with an absurd number of Flame Altars, and says it cannot promise they will always work.

A base is built around a Flame Altar. Per the Flame Altar wiki page (pre-1.0 data, not stated as changed in the 1.0 changelog), the altar marks the spot, building inside its boundaries is permanent, and changes outside its boundaries reset after 30 minutes or on a game restart. The altar is crafted with 5 Stone and unlocked by the quest “Claim A Spot For Your Base”; the quest page says you do not have to use the suggested plains spot and can pick another area above the Shroud, as long as building is allowed there. Survivors and crafting stations live in the base, which is why the cap and the build area matter.

A fixed list ages quickly, so start with criteria. One community guide published around the 1.0 launch tells players to look less at scenery and more at three practical things: the map coverage fast travel provides, nearby resources, and room to expand on fairly flat ground. Because changes outside the altar reset after 30 minutes, our reading is that resources within easy reach of the boundary save hauling.

Community picks by region

These are candidates from community guide pages, not Keen’s recommendations, and we have not checked them in the client. Before you commit materials, look at five things on the spot: a landmark you can find again, what you can gather inside a first-level altar’s area (a 40 m edge in the Early Access planner), enemies and Shroud nearby, room to grow towards a 160 m edge, and the spot’s main drawback. The guides are listed under Sources and Confidence.

Cinder’s Cradle

Cinder’s Cradle is the new biome beyond the gates past Veilwater Basin: a lava wasteland below and floating islands of the Ancients above. One community guide reports that the Ancient Gate sits between Cromville Hot Spring and Lake Luma, opens at Flame level 10, and suggests placing an altar just outside the gate, or in a safe spot inside, as soon as you can. We have not seen a named base pick inside the biome yet.

Our advice for a first base, built on what the 1.0 changelog says about storage, factories and building:

1. Altar in the middle. The build area grows with the altar’s level (a 40 m edge at the first level in the planner data), so a central altar lets each upgrade cover the base evenly instead of pushing past one wall.
2. Chests next to the crafting stations. In 1.0 the factory menus show the resources sitting in magic chests, and a storage chest can be upgraded, or turned into a magic chest, right where it stands. Start with plain chests beside the stations and upgrade them in place later.
3. Room for survivors and their beds. Survivors live in the base, and the community list for the last Flame upgrade asks for 18 survivors with Sheltered Beds. Leave space for beds from the start rather than squeezing them in at the end.
4. Factories in moderation. Each world has a factory cap. Keen calls it very generous and shows a warning before you reach it, so it matters only for very large production halls.
5. Height with Airborne Architect. The new skill in the middle of the skill tree lets you build while flying, so roofs and tall walls no longer need scaffolding. Plan it into your skill points after the 1.0 reset.
6. Grow the area when you need it. Upgrade the altar for more space; the planner data puts the later levels behind Shroud Cores and Shroud Nexus. The gem forge arrives late in the game, so keep a spot free near the other stations.

The world-wide cap is the hard limit on how many bases or outposts you can run: 15 after the next Flame level and 16 at Flame level 11, per the changelog. A community source from the early-access period says the Flame level is world-wide, while each altar’s own upgrade level sets that altar’s build area. Existing saves also have the skill tree reset the first time they load in 1.0.0.0, so Airborne Architect has to be fitted into your respent points; our Enshrouded 1.0 max level and skill tree reset guide covers that.

That planner data lists upgrade costs of 1 Shroud Core for Level 2, 5 Shroud Core for Level 3 (needs Flame Level 2), and 5 Shroud Nexus for Level 4 (needs Flame Level 3). It comes from a community Flame Altar planner, and our reading is that it is early-access data.

The 1.0 changelog does not describe a relocation mechanic, so what follows comes from community guides plus our reading of how altars work. A third-party wiki guide written after the 1.0 launch says an altar cannot be moved once placed. That leaves two different jobs.

Moving the altar within the same base

Use this when you want the altar in a better spot but the buildings stay where they are. The steps below are the safe order; the same order is in our Flame Altar guide. We have not yet checked it in the 1.0 client, so keep the save copy until you have looked over the base.

Moving to another region

Buildings do not travel with an altar. Empty the chests and carry what you need, place and upgrade an altar at the new site, and build there again. Extinguish the old altar only when you need its slot back, and only after everything you want is out. On cost, using the Early Access planner figures above, bringing a new altar back to its fourth level means 6 Shroud Cores and 5 Shroud Nexus; no source gives hours for gathering them.

Not stated in the sources checked: the 1.0 build-area size and material cost per altar level, whether 1.0 changed the extinguish-and-rebuild relocation, and named community base picks inside Cinder’s Cradle.

Sources and Confidence

This table separates what the studio has confirmed and what is not confirmed yet. Each claim below is tied to the post and the game version it describes.