Every beacon dungeon in Enshrouded begins in Cinder’s Cradle, and the Albaneve Summits one is no different. Its entrance sits on a high, cold stretch of the Cradle at entrance level 48. A teleport pad there sends you into the Frontier Research Lab, an area level 46 facility full of Ancient Constructs and Fell soldiers. An Ancient S.P.D.R. Construct waits at the bottom. Clearing it lights one of the six beacons that power the teleport platform at Cinder’s Ascent.
Quick answer: The run counts once the S.P.D.R. Construct falls, “BARRIER UNLOCKED” appears, and the chest behind the arena gives you the Albaneve Summits Miniature Piece. That moves Activating the Gate to the Stars forward by one dungeon.
Albaneve Summits Beacon Dungeon facts
Activating The Gate To The Stars is the quest tied to this dungeon, assigned by Ancient Researcher Loraine Crim. First, she directs you to clear the Springlands beacon dungeon; the remaining five are available in any order. Although all six entrances are in Cinder’s Cradle, each transports you to a dungeon in a different biome. This one is in the Albaneve Summits.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Entrance region | Cinder’s Cradle |
| Entrance level | 48 |
| Area level inside | 46 |
| Altitude | 1,191 m |
| Leads into | Frontier Research Lab |
| Boss | Ancient S.P.D.R. Construct |
| Chests | 1 (silver, locked) |
| Shroud Roots | 1 |
| Puzzles | 1 |
| Set item |  Albaneve Summits Miniature Piece |
The lab has 62 spawn points, and Ancient C.R.T.R. Constructs fill 35 of them. The rest are split among other Construct types and Fell troops.
| Creature | Spawn points |
|---|---|
| Ancient C.R.T.R. Construct | 35 |
| Ancient S.I.R.N. Construct (Static) | 4 |
| Ancient G.A.R.D. Construct (Burner) | 3 |
| Ancient G.U.N.R. Construct I | 3 |
| Fell Defender I | 3 |
| Fell Defender II | 3 |
| Fell Lancer | 3 |
| Fell Scout | 3 |
| Fell Squire | 3 |
| Ancient S.I.R.N. Construct (Mobile) | 1 |
| Ancient S.P.D.R. Construct (boss) | 1 |
Reaching the Albaneve Summits Dungeon Entrance by lift and glider
The entrance doesn’t sit at the end of a road. It’s perched on a peak across a wide abyss. In the footage, the route runs past Andromeda’s Eye and the Pink Glowing Ancient Ruins, then through the Celestium Mining Site above the lava pools. From there it climbs to the Lift Ruins, a tower with two lifts. The lower one is an updraft that carries you up the inside of the structure.
The upper lift is a mechanical platform that ends on the tower’s highest balcony. Up on the ridge, the player mines Cinder Rock and builds a Level 1 Flame Altar. That gives them a respawn and fast-travel anchor before the jump, which matters on a route this high.
The Flame Altar is a Common building with one recipe, and it adds 1 to Comfort – Flame. Placed above the Shroud, it marks out a home area, and you can build anywhere inside the zone around it. Several quests also hand it out as a reward, among them Claim A Spot For Your Base and Flame Altar And Base Improvements.
From the altar, the player glides northeast across the canyon toward the structures on the northern peak. They land on an exterior stone staircase, and the entrance waypoint is discovered at that point.
Inside the Frontier Research Lab: Switch doors, Shroud Root, and lore
A glowing magenta teleport pad at the top of the staircase moves you from the snowy ruin into the dungeon. The first stretch is a set of stone halls blocked by heavy circular iris doors. Each door opens from an illuminated wall switch, and the game confirms it with a “DOOR OPENED” message.
Midway through, a secured room leads into an inner chamber thick with Shroud spores and a single Shroud Root. In the footage, the player cuts it down with an axe. Destroying it grants 1 Skill Point and clears the corruption around it.
The doors unlocked past the root open onto the Frontier Research Lab itself. The lab holds four lore notes across three collections.
- Elixir Cultivation: Excavation Protocol, No. 1
- Elixir Cultivation: Excavation Protocol, No. 2
- Proto Vessel Storage: Proto Vessel Storage Handover Report
- Test Subjects: Test Subject No. 72 – Fungal Root
A glowing dais in the middle of the lab drops you into the circular boss arena below.
Ancient S.P.D.R. Construct boss fight
The S.P.D.R. Construct fights from range and from the ground. It sweeps tracking purple lasers across the arena, stomps, fires homing projectiles, and calls down explosive bombardments. The first attempt in the footage ends with a beam attack and the “You have fallen…” screen.
Death isn’t much of a setback. The player respawns at the lab’s teleport pad and drops right back into the chamber. On the second try, they keep moving around the arena’s pillars and chip away with wand projectiles until the health bar runs out. The barrier then lifts, confirmed by a “BARRIER UNLOCKED” message.
Ancient S.P.D.R. Construct drops and spawn points
Gear from the boss rolls Epic or Legendary, never lower. Some materials drop every time and others only now and then.
| Category | Value |
|---|---|
| Drop rarity chance | Epic 40%, Legendary 60% |
| Drops | Ancient S.P.D.R. Construct Eye, Archaic Core, Archaic Shards, Legendary Runes, Moonstone |
| Drops sometimes | Archaic Essence VII, Gold Ore |
| Found in | Frontier Research Lab, The Ancient Citadel, Worker’s Ward |
The boss isn’t unique to this lab. It also guards the Nomad Highlands beacon dungeon.
| Region | Spawn points |
|---|---|
| Cinder’s Cradle | 2 |
| Nomad Highlands | 1 |
| Albaneve Summits | 1 |
The kill in the footage produced the Ancient S.P.D.R. Construct Eye, an Archaic Core, Legendary Runes (Level 13), Gold Ore, and a Molten Axe. Picking up the loot also unlocked the Ancient S.P.D.R. Construct Trophy recipe at the Hunter.
Albaneve Summits Miniature Piece and quest progress
Past the unlocked barrier is a final chamber with the dungeon’s one chest, a locked silver chest. Inside is the Albaneve Summits Miniature Piece, one of six parts of the Embervale miniature. That model only comes together once every piece is in its frame, and each beacon dungeon holds one piece.
Opening the chest also updates the Complete All Beacon Dungeons step of Activating the Gate to the Stars. In the footage, the counter goes from 2/6 to 3/6 before the player teleports out. Once all six are lit, the quest moves on to its last step, which sends you back to Loraine Crim for directions beyond the Cinder’s Ascent platform.
