Soulmask Bone Bash is CampFire Studio’s first festival update, themed on Día de Muertos, and it arrived on October 22, 2026. The free part turns your character into a walking skeleton when you log in. To keep that look permanently, visit a Marigold Altar in a Barbarian camp and pay your respects. A separate paid DLC adds the Carved Stone building set, 43 Marigold decorations, skeleton skins and the Homecoming Revelry mask. However, I could not find a confirmed DLC price or the festival server rules, so check the Steam page before you buy.
Summary: Soulmask Bone Bash
- Release: October 22, 2026, with a free storyline and a paid cosmetic DLC.
- Free: the skeleton storyline, the permanent skeleton look, the controller overhaul and Día de Muertos furniture by modder leesiontoo.
- Paid DLC: Carved Stone building set, 43 Marigold decorations, skeleton skins, a Black Panther saddle and the Homecoming Revelry mask.
- Balance: the DLC grants no combat or stat advantages.
- Servers: themed Bone Bash Festival Servers opened on October 22.
- Price: not confirmed in the sources I found.
What Bone Bash Adds to Soulmask
Soulmask is a survival crafting game where you wear a mask that lets you possess tribespeople, recruit followers and build a civilization. The game left Early Access on April 9, 2026, and Bone Bash is its first festival DLC.
The update comes in three parts:
| Part | What it is |
|---|---|
| Free festival storyline | A Día de Muertos story for every player |
| Paid Bone Bash DLC | Cosmetic items, building pieces and a recreational mask |
| Festival servers | Themed Official Servers that opened October 22 |
CampFire stresses that the paid DLC is cosmetic. The Steam page says it contains appearance items, building pieces and a recreational mask, and that it grants no stat or combat advantages.
The DLC requires the base game. Steam also lists a bundle of Soulmask and Bone Bash, but I did not see its price.
How to Get the Permanent Skeleton Look
The skeleton look is free. According to a summary of CampFire’s devlog, here is how it works:
- Log in after the update. Your character returns as a walking skeleton, as if you had died once.
- Read the Awareness X prompt. It explains how to get your body back.
- Head to a Barbarian camp. Use the rainforest camps on the standard map, or the River Delta camps if you play on Shifting Sands.
- Visit the Marigold Altar. Pay your respects there.
- Keep the look. Paying respects permanently unlocks the skeleton appearance.
The devlog also mentions a shortcut: you could die once, which restores you. That detail suggests you can choose between the altar and a normal death, but the notes call the altar route the intended one.
The camps sit in the starter areas, so they are quick to reach. They also change under the Altar’s influence. They become a Land of the Dead, with marigolds, towering painted skulls and skeletal Barbarians still hard at work.
If you would rather not play as a skeleton, CampFire has not said whether you can turn the storyline off. So expect every character to start as a skeleton until the patch notes say otherwise. For more on how major survival updates change saves and servers, see our Enshrouded 1.0 guide.
What the Paid Bone Bash DLC Includes
The DLC is the heart of the festival, according to the studio. Here is the full contents:
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Carved Stone building set | An Aztec-style set with 56 building pieces, per the store page |
| Marigold decorations | 43 Día de Muertos decorations |
| Skeleton skins | 4 Tribesman skins, 2 character accessories and 1 mount skin |
| Black Panther saddle | A Día de Muertos saddle |
| Tribesman headpieces | A different headpiece for each Tribesman type |
| Homecoming Revelry mask | A recreational mask listed as Joyous Return |
The decorations include a Marigold Altar that summons your ancestors to dance after revival, flower beds that spread into a sea of marigolds, and war drums that get your Tribesmen partying.
DLC price
I did not find a confirmed price for Bone Bash. One guide site lists the price as not announced, and the Steam page I checked showed the DLC as a planned October release with a bundle. Because stores update quickly, check the Steam page for the live price.
What is free from the community
The studio’s first collaboration with a community mod author, leesiontoo, produced a set of Día de Muertos furniture. CampFire says that furniture will be a free update for everyone, with the modder’s permission, and it is not tied to the DLC.
Homecoming Revelry Mask: Flower Portal and Mimicry Mode
Homecoming Revelry is the DLC’s mask, and the Steam page names the appearance Joyous Return. CampFire calls it a purely recreational mask that pulls everyone around you into the celebration.
Here is what it does:
- Draws in new Tribesmen. Every so often, a new Tribesman drawn by the festivities joins your tribe. The devlog admits none of them are powerhouses.
- Opens a flower portal. Its Mimicry Mode makes a portal of flowers that teleports your Tribesmen out in the wild back home to join the party.
- Gives no combat bonus. The studio says its abilities provide no combat or stat advantages whatsoever.
The portal is the most useful part, because it solves a common survival problem: getting scattered followers home. Still, the notes do not say about cooldowns, range or how many Tribesmen it moves, so test it before you rely on it.
Controller Overhaul and New Tutorial
Two base-game changes arrive with the update:
- Controller support. A new radial menu and UI adjustments ship with Bone Bash. CampFire warns that it may still have rough edges, and it says it will keep adjusting based on feedback.
- New player tutorial. The tutorial has been reworked from the ground up for the upcoming version, with a focus on deploying Tribesmen as followers and on assigning and using Assignments. The tutorial has no release date.
The devlog also says the studio is collecting videos and save files of Tribesman AI problems so it can rework their behavior. There is no date for that either.
Bone Bash Festival Servers
CampFire opened a batch of Bone Bash Festival Servers on October 22. The Steam post teases a massive community festival, called the 24/7 Factory of the Dead, and the studio promised to reveal more over the days that followed.
The keywords you searched mention a 30-day festival and server rules. I could not find an official statement of either, so I will not give you a length or a rule list. Check the in-game server list and the Steam news page for the current terms.
Tips for Server Owners
A hosting provider’s guide offers several practical steps, based on CampFire’s devlog:
- Back up before the update. The storyline changes every character on your world the first time they log in, so a copy from before the update is your way back.
- Update the server on the day. A server left on the old build cannot take players on the new one.
- Tell your players about the skeletons. One line in your Discord prevents confusion.
- Bring a modded server up vanilla first. Big updates are when mods most often break.
The devlog does not mention a wipe, and it does not say how DLC items look to players who do not own the DLC. It also does not say whether a dedicated server needs to own the DLC.
Common Mistakes
- Thinking your save is broken. The skeleton look is intended.
- Buying the DLC for a combat edge. It is purely cosmetic.
- Skipping the Marigold Altar. It is how you keep the skeleton look.
- Expecting a price from other sites. None is confirmed in the sources I checked.
- Forgetting a backup. The storyline changes every character.
Conclusion
Soulmask Bone Bash gives every player a free skeleton story and a permanent skeleton look, and it sells a cosmetic DLC for builders and collectors. Visit a Marigold Altar to keep the look, back up your world before you update, and check Steam for the DLC price. Everything here is accurate as of October 22, 2026, and CampFire may reveal more festival details soon.
FAQs
When does Soulmask Bone Bash release?
It released on October 22, 2026.
Is Soulmask Bone Bash free?
The storyline, the permanent skeleton look and the controller overhaul are free. The Carved Stone set, decorations, skins and mask are in the paid DLC.
How do I get the permanent skeleton look?
Pay your respects at a Marigold Altar in a Barbarian camp.
Does the Homecoming Revelry mask give combat bonuses?
No. CampFire says it gives no combat or stat advantages.
What does the Homecoming Revelry flower portal do?
Its Mimicry Mode opens a flower portal that teleports your Tribesmen in the wild back home.
How much does the Bone Bash DLC cost?
I could not confirm a price. Check the Steam page.
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