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RETURNING PLAYERS / SAVE DECISION

Keep your save or begin again?

The official launch FAQ says Early Access saves can be converted and continued. Keen Games encourages a fresh start if you want to experience the revised world and opening hours.

Game version
1.0 / hotfix 1.0.0.3
Last checked
October 21, 2026
Evidence
Official launch FAQ

THE SHORT ANSWER

You do not have to restart to continue an Early Access save, according to the October 13 launch FAQ. Starting over is the studio's recommendation for players who want to see the improved world and first hours.

Keep the save or restart?

  • Continue your saveThe launch FAQ says Early Access saves can be converted to the new format and used in 1.0.
  • Start a new worldKeen Games says the world and first few hours were improved, and strongly encourages a new start if you are up for it.
  • Still deciding?There is no official requirement in the cited FAQ to abandon an existing save. Choose based on whether a refreshed opening matters more than continuing your current progress.
Enshrouded adventurers gather around a campfire in a forest beneath a moonlit sky.
A moment back at camp, from the official 1.0 press screenshots.Official media · © Keen Games

What the FAQ confirms

Save conversion

The studio says Early Access saves are usable after release and will be converted to a newer format. The FAQ does not describe a manual migration workflow or promise that every damaged save can be recovered.

PC ownership

If you own the PC Early Access version, the launch FAQ says you do not need to buy the PC game again for 1.0.

Skills and progression

The release changelog announces a skill-tree reset. Treat the in-game skill screen as the source of your current points and descriptions after updating. This guide does not assume that an old build stays unchanged.

A careful return

  1. Check that the game and any shared server are on a compatible version before loading a world.
  2. If you prefer to preserve a particular world or character, make a separate backup before migration. This is a general precaution, not a special migration step stated by Keen Games.
  3. After loading, confirm your character, inventory, base and skill allocation in-game. Hotfix 1.0.0.3 changes how some invalid backpack entries and off-grid Flame Altars are migrated.
  4. Use the current official patch notes if a character is missing or a world behaves unexpectedly; do not rely on an old workaround without checking its date.

Check the patch date

The save advice above comes from official notices dated October 13, 14, 16 and 21, 2026. The latest captured migration information is hotfix 1.0.0.3. Later updates can change this behavior. The notes are not a substitute for the current in-game result or a newer support announcement.

See the broader 1.0 changes overview.

SOURCE LEDGER

Where these notes come from

  1. Enshrouded Launch FAQ: Early Access reward, world — Keen Games October 13, 2026

    Official answers about continuing Early Access saves, converting save data, buying the PC release again, and the studio's new-game recommendation.

  2. Release trailer, changelog... everything you need to wait for tomorrow! — Keen Games October 14, 2026

    Official announcement of the skill-tree reset and 1.0 progression limits.

  3. Changelog for Hotfix 1.0.0.2 — Keen Games October 16, 2026

    The launch hotfix notes include a rare save-migration crash and explain how corrupted character saves were handled by that patch.

  4. Changelog for Hotfix 1.0.0.3 — Keen Games October 21, 2026

    Updates character migration for invalid backpack entries and corrects off-grid Flame Altars, with a caveat about affected bases' water.

Official announcements describe what the studio stated. No in-game route or wiring behavior on this site is presented as independently verified.