How to Play Enshrouded Solo or Offline Using Session Mode

Enshrouded lets you load any world as a one-person game through its Session Mode screen. The option you want is the Offline card, the solo option with multiplayer settings shown as not applicable. Everything happens through the menus.

Quick answer: Open a save with Start…, then on the Session Mode screen select the Offline card and press Start. It sets Max. Player Amount to 1 for solo play.

Start a solo Enshrouded world

From the main menu, choose Play to open PLAY SELECTION. It shows three tiles: “Start a Session” (“My savegames & subscribed worlds. Configurable session visibility”), “Join” (“Sessions hosted by other players or dedicated servers”) and “Explore Adventure Sharing” (“See what other players built”). Pick Start a Session and confirm with Space.

Use Q and E to move among SAVEGAMES:LOCAL, SAVEGAMES:STEAM and SUBSCRIPTIONS on the START A SESSION screen. Under each savegame tab are 10 numbered slots. Unused slots display “Empty Slot” and a Create button; select one and create a world if you don’t already have one.

Savegames: Steam tab with Empty Slot 1 highlighted and a Create button ready — The Savegames: Steam tab, where Empty Slot 1 is selected and the Create button makes a new save.

Occupied slots provide a preview and show Last played, Flame Level, Active Altars and Difficulty. For a newly created world, these values start at Flame Level 1, Active Altars 0 and Difficulty Default. Choose the world you want, then press Space on Start…. You can also use Edit (F) for the slot.

My World 1 save selected on Start a Session with the Start button ready to launch — The My World 1 save selected on Start a Session, with Start… ready to open the world.

Pressing Start… opens the SESSION MODE screen. Use the left and right arrows to cycle the cards, land on the OFFLINE card, and press its Start button. The world now loads with Max. Player Amount set to 1, which is solo play.

Session Mode screen with the Offline card selected and its Start button highlighted — The Offline card on the Session Mode screen, with Start highlighted to launch a solo world.

A toggle at the top of the screen, “Always ask” (R), controls whether Session Mode appears every time you open a world. Leave it on if you want to pick a mode on each launch.

Session Mode cards compared

Three cards sit on the Session Mode screen. Offline is the solo option, where the dashes mean each multiplayer setting does not apply. Friends Only (“Visible to friends”) and Public (“Visible to everyone”) open the world to other players with six seats.

Setting	Offline	Friends Only	Public
Use Password	–	Off	Off
Max. Player Amount	1	6	6
Text Chat	–	On	On
Voice Chat Type	–	Global	Off
Players Join As	–	Full Member	Participant

Offline carries a single Start button. Friends Only adds a Customize button next to Start and lists role icons underneath. The footer on the screen reads, “You can reassign the role for each player during active sessions. Players keep their roles when rejoining.” Press Esc to go back.

Session Mode screen with the Friends Only card selected showing player count, chat and role settings — The Friends Only card on the Session Mode screen, with its Start button ready and role icons listed below.

Manage a world from the Edit screen

Pressing Edit (F) on a save opens its Edit screen. The Delete key removes the world.

My World 1 Edit screen with Rename, Show My Uploads and the Delete button highlighted — The Edit screen for My World 1, showing Difficulty, Compare, Rename, Show My Uploads and Delete.

With the Offline card chosen, the session is limited to one player. The save slots on the Local and Steam tabs hold your worlds, and the Edit screen lets you rename or delete any of them.