Don't sleep on one of Enshrouded's coolest features… which is literally sleep

GamesAdventureEnshroudedDon’t sleep on one of Enshrouded’s coolest features… which is literally sleepWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

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Enshrouded

It’s not just a matter of things being spookier at night—though that’s definitelypartof it—it’s mostly because open world games are typically lovely to look at and I don’t see the point of exploring and adventuring if I can’t enjoy the scenery along the way. Spotting landmarks or new places of interest, solving environmental puzzles, finding secret locations, and completing quests is always going to be easier in the bright light of day.

Enshroudedgets that, so just like in a lot of survival games, when the sun sets and you climb into bed, it’ll speed through the dark hours at 60X normal speed. A few seconds later, the sky begins to brighten as the sun starts rising again. Perfect.

But I noticed something interesting when I was playing co-op with Andy. It was getting dark (and Enshrouded’s nights areextremelydark) so I suggested we fast-travel back to base to speed up the night. I jumped into my cot, expecting that Andy would have to jump in his bed for time to begin accelerating. But with just one of us in bed, time started passing at 30X speed. Only when Andy got into his bed did it increase to the full 60X.

That’s really cool. Unlike a survival game like Valheim that requires every player to be in their beds simultaneously to skip the night, Enshrouded only needs a single player to hit the hay for nighttime to speed up. And how much it speeds up depends on the total number of players and how many are in bed at the same time. For instance, if four players are present in the world, and one gets into bed, nighttime will pass at a rate of 15X speed. For two sleepers, 30X, three, 45X, and four will bring it full speed to 60X.

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Even if you are all out romping around together, you can send a single person back to base via fast-travel to speed through a murky night instead ofeveryonehaving to completely stop what they’re doing to rest. It’s a thoughtful feature and yet another way Enshrouded, when it comes to survival,is pretty darn forgiving.

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