EMBERWILD

Download version 0.5.0

Released 2026-11-07. The journey comes to servers. Friends can now be in different lands at once: dig the cliff tunnel together, and walking out to the Cove takes you on to the Cove's own server, which the main server starts for you. Chat, the player list (with where everyone is) and admin commands reach every land, there's one clock everywhere, and the night passes when everyone, in every land, is in bed. Leave from the Cove and you'll be back there when you join again. On a co-op server the map shows the other players in your land (never with PvP on). Hosting over the internet: forward UDP 24243 as well as 24242. Servers: protocol 17, so everyone needs 0.5.0. The game tells you on its title screen when a newer version is out. All releases and checksums.

What it is

• Gather, craft and cook; keep warm, fed and dry.
• Hunt deer, boar and rabbits; fish the lake.
• Build a home from floors, walls and roofs that snap together.
• Wolves move in, and every seventh night the moon turns red.
• Weather that matters: storms, blizzards and hard winters.
• A bear, a barrow, and the Old Stag at the standing stones.
• Dig down through the sea cliffs to the Cove, and fish off its pier.
• On a server, friends can be in different lands at once.
• A map that fills in as you explore, and a compass.
• Play alone, or host a server for friends on your own machine.
• A guided tutorial with Old Tam the hermit.

Playing with friends

Choose Host Game on the title screen, and friends choose Join Game with your address (UDP port 24242). Everyone needs the same version. On the same network, or over Tailscale, that's all. For friends over the internet, forward UDP 24242 and 24243 on your router: the Cove runs as its own server on the next port, started when someone first goes there. A spare computer can run a dedicated server from the same download: Emberwild --headless -- --server. More in the guide.