If you’ve spent hours scavenging Embervale for stone, wood, and ancient shards, you’ve probably wondered how many bases you can have in Enshrouded to store your loot, house your Flame Altars, and set up fast travel points across the map. Building multiple bases isn’t just a convenience for survival fans—it’s a core part of progressing past early-game barriers and accessing hard-to-reach biomes full of rare resources and high-tier enemies. I’ve put over 120 hours into Enshrouded across solo and co-op playthroughs, so I’m breaking down exactly what the base limit is, how to expand it, and what mistakes to avoid when placing your outposts.
How Many Bases Can You Have in Enshrouded by Default?
Your total base count is directly tied to the number of Flame Altars you can place, and there is no fixed permanent cap across all playthroughs. When you first start a new save, you’ll only have access to 1 base slot for your starter Flame Altar near the Cinder Vault ruins. As you upgrade your main Flame Altar’s Flame Level, you’ll unlock additional slots to place more Altars across the map.
In the current live build of the game, the maximum Flame Level is 5, which unlocks a total of 10 base slots for solo play. For co-op shared worlds, the base limit is tied to the host’s Flame Level, so all players on the server share the same pool of base slots regardless of their individual progress. Your base count is never capped permanently, as future updates may raise the maximum Flame Level and add more slots for players who want to spread out further across Embervale.
You can’t build a base without placing a Flame Altar first, as this structure claims the surrounding area as your build zone, keeps Shroud corruption from spreading into your space, and marks the spot as a fast travel point for you and your co-op teammates. You can build as much or as little as you want within the area covered by each Flame Altar, so you don’t need multiple bases if you prefer to build one large central home.
How to Unlock Extra Base Slots in Enshrouded
Unlocking more base slots requires upgrading your main Flame Altar, which you can do at any time by interacting with the Altar and submitting the required resources. Each Flame Level increase unlocks 2 additional base slots, plus a larger build radius for all your existing bases and higher resistance to Shroud spread. The core resources you’ll need to stockpile to raise your Flame Level and unlock more bases are:
Most players hit the default base cap of 2 within the first 5 hours of play, so you’ll want to prioritize upgrading your Flame Altar as soon as you unlock access to the Revelwood biome to avoid having to tear down older bases to make space for new ones. If you’re someone who likes to hoard resources or test different build designs, you might find yourself running out of space faster than you expect, especially if you set up separate outposts for farming, crafting, and fast travel.
Many players look for ways to expand their storage capacity alongside their base count, since more bases mean more loot to store and more crafting stations to place. Casual players who want a low-stakes break from grinding for upgrade resources often jump into quick, light games between resource runs, and 567 SLOTS is a popular pick for short play sessions that don’t pull you too far away from your Enshrouded build plans.
Best Practices for Placing Your Multiple Bases
Now that you know you can unlock up to 10 bases in the current build of Enshrouded, you’ll want to place each one strategically to get the most value out of every slot. Wasting a slot on a base you’ll never use means you’ll have to tear it down later, which can cost you valuable resources and time if you have to move stored loot and crafting stations.
Always place a base near a major biome transition so you don’t have to trek across miles of dangerous Shroud to get from your early-game home to late-game farming spots. Many players place their second base right on the edge of the Revelwood biome to cut down on travel time when they start hunting for mid-tier resources like iron and ancient wood. Leave enough space between bases so their build zones don’t overlap. Overlapping zones can cause glitches with crafting stations, storage chests, and NPC pathing, and you won’t get any extra build space by placing Flame Altars too close together.
Set at least one base near a large, open water source if you plan to farm crops or brew large quantities of potions and food buffs. Water access is often overlooked by new players, but it saves hours of carrying buckets back and forth from distant rivers and lakes. If you’re playing co-op, talk to your group before placing a new base to make sure everyone agrees on the location—nothing kills a co-op run faster than someone placing a base in a useless spot that wastes one of your limited slots.
What to Do If You Hit Your Base Cap
It’s not uncommon to hit your current base cap before you’re ready to stop building, especially if you love testing out elaborate base designs or setting up specialized farming outposts for different resources. You don’t have to delete existing bases right away, but there are a few simple fixes to free up space or unlock more slots quickly.
First, you can audit your existing bases to see if any are no longer useful. Many players keep their early-game starter base long after they move to higher-tier biomes, but tearing it down frees up a slot for a far more useful outpost near endgame content like the Kindlewastes or the Nomad Highlands. Make sure you move all your stored loot and crafting stations to another base before you delete a Flame Altar, otherwise you’ll lose all the items left in that build zone.
Never delete a base that houses NPCs, as you’ll have to re-rescue them and rebuild their crafting stations if you do, which wastes hours of progress. Another option is to focus on upgrading your Flame Altar to the next level to unlock more slots, which is almost always a better choice than deleting a base you still use regularly. If you’re playing on a community server, some server admins adjust the base cap to be higher than the default solo limit, so you can check your server’s settings to see if you have extra slots available.
At the end of the day, how many bases you can have in Enshrouded depends entirely on how much time you put into upgrading your Flame Altar and exploring the far corners of Embervale. You don’t need to fill every base slot to beat the game, but spreading outposts across the map makes every part of the game faster, easier, and far more enjoyable. Take the time to plan your base placements early, and you won’t have to waste time tearing down hard-earned builds later to make space for new ones.