Finally I can download other people's huge honkin' Enshrouded bases and live in them myself

Survival game Enshrouded has one of the best and most flexible building systems ever, but there's always been one little drawback to crafting a grand castle or carving a cavernous lair: there's never been a great way to share those creations with the Enshrouded community apart from a few screenshots or a walkthrough tour video.

The latest Enshrouded update solves that problem with its new adventure sharing feature. If you've got a creation you're proud of, whether it's a mountaintop stronghold or an entire town you've restored, you can now upload it and let other players visit it. You're not just sending them a castle blueprint, either: you're sharing your entire version of Enshrouded's world.

(Image credit: Keen Games)

Using the new in-game main menu, players can browse community uploads and pick the creations they'd like to visit. To tantalize the crowd, there's even a new craftable camera you can use to take some real beauty shots of your bases to post in the browsing menu. If a player sees something they like, they can download it and step inside it. You can even subscribe to creators you enjoy.

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For someone like myself who is terrible at building and always winds up living in a boring, featureless wooden crate, this is the moment I've been waiting for. Now I'll be able to download the creations of far more talented players and live in their beautiful bases for myself. Thanks for the hundreds of hours of hard work, suckers!

No, seriously, thank you. I hate living in my featureless wooden box.

This is just the first iteration of the adventure sharing feature, so it's not complete yet. For instance, at the moment you can't progress within that shared world, at least not yet, so just think of it as a sightseeing expedition for now.

"This update is only the beginning for the adventure sharing feature," developer Keen Games said. "In upcoming updates, we will expand on the feature, giving players the tools to build content and adventures for others to explore and enjoy, including logic systems for interactive elements, puzzles, spawning enemies… and traps!"

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One other little issue: when excitedly booting up Enshrouded this morning so I could start stealing people's cool castles, I wasn't actually able to try out adventure sharing because the servers are, shall we say, struggling a bit. Hopefully, by the time you read this, it'll be smoothed out and you can do some proper castle shopping.

Enshrouded - Forging the Path | Update 8 Highlights - YouTube

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As you can see in the video above, adventure sharing isn't the only new feature in today's update: there's a revamped skill system, new heavy attacks, enemy awareness improvements, and lots more you can read about here. Important note: your character's skill tree has also been reset, so make sure you redistribute your skill points before jumping off any towers or starting any fights.