Enshrouded Albaneve Summits - Guide, Frozen Peaks & Late-Game Stronghold

The Albaneve Summits are the late-game test of structure. After the Kindlewastes, the cold takes over from the heat as the environmental threat: the wind chills you, the peaks are open and exposed, and the Shroud that has been a constant companion is at its most dangerous. This is where a sloppy camp stops being inconvenient and starts being lethal - and where your base design has to be a stronghold, not a camp.

Where the Albaneve Summits fit

1.0 check (launch day): the patch notes do not publish biome Flame gates, so the early-access band stands pending in-game verification. What did change at 1.0: the world is fully open, Cinder’s Cradle adds a seventh region, and most former no-build zones are now buildable.

See where the Albaneve Summits sit on the interactive world map.

What the cold and wind demand

• Build compact and wind-sheltered. A tight, walled footprint keeps your safe zone efficient and your camp survivable - the open peaks will not let a sprawling base work.
• Reinforce the anchor points. Ice-anchored walls and a reinforced Flame Altar are what keep the camp from being torn apart by the wind. Every structure that is exposed is a structure that will cost you.
• Stockpile early. The frozen summit is where you need the most in reserve - the cold means you cannot reliably forage on demand the way you could in the warmer regions.

Bosses in Albaneve Summits

The frozen peaks are the endgame boss region.

The full per-region boss breakdown is in the bosses & dungeons hub, and the three factions that make up this region — Fell, Cyclops, and Hollow — have their own faction guides.

Named bosses, dungeons and key NPCs in this biome, from the community wiki (early access — re-check at 1.0):

• Named bosses: Cyclops, Fell Cyclops, Fell Dragon Youngling
• Hollow Halls: Albaneve Summits Hollow Halls
• Night Sanctums: East of Balefire Garrison “Silkfrost”, North of Eldermere Dam, West of Balefire Stronghold “Iron Heart”, West of Gateway Outpost “Bora”, South of Grassy Pasture Goat Farm
• Ancient Vaults (artisan rescue sites): None listed in early access — the artisan rescues are concentrated in Springlands.

Albaneve Summits on the map

Every named landmark in Embervale - caves, dungeons, shrines, temples and Ancient Spires - is marked below; the map opens on the Albaneve Summits spire, the frozen peaks’ regional hub. Drag to pan, scroll to zoom, and tap a pin for details.

Key resources

The frozen peaks open the high-tier and late-game material inputs.

• Frozen-peak ore and crystal materials - the inputs for the top-tier gear.
• Cold-mitigation items - whatever the 1.0 build uses to reduce cold/wind exposure.

Resource list by gathering method, from the community wiki (early access — re-check at 1.0):

• Gathering: Archaic Essence, Chanterelle, Conifer Logs, Enshrouded Ice, Fresh Shroud Spore, Gentian, Glimmer Gentian, Plant Fiber, Pumpkin, Pumpkin Seedling, Shroud Wood, Stapelia Starflower, Twigs, Wolfsbane
• Hunting: Aerated Banshee Gel, Ammonia Gland, Animal Fur, Bones, Critter Carapace, Critter Glands, Critter Parts, Cyclops Head, Enshrouded Cyclops Eye, Enshrouded Vulture Talon, Eggs, Feather, Fell Cyclops Head, Fell Dragon Youngling Head, Fell Thunderbrute Head, Fell Heart, Fell Monstrosity Head, Fell Sicklescythe Head, Fur Patch, Mist of a Fell Sicklescythe, Monstrous Ribs, Raw Bird Meat, Raw Fatty Meat, Raw Lean Meat, Raw Wool, Scavenger Matron Helmet, Shroud Adhesive, Shroud Core, Shroud Sack, Shroud Particles, Spider Gland, String, Torn Cloth
• Mining: Amethyst, Albaneve Summits Dirt, Coal, Fossilized Bone, Ice, Iron Ore

Getting to the Veilwater Basin

With the peaks cleared and a stronghold that holds against the cold and the wind, the final region is the Veilwater Basin (levels 35-45, Flame 8-9), the endgame tropical coast. The Albaneve Summits are the last “harsh” region - after them, the endgame shifts from surviving the environment to dominating it.

For a base layout that fits the frozen summit, see the base design gallery and filter by the Albaneve Summits biome.