Enshrouded Scavenger Bosses
Bandit-faction matrons and lieutenants — humanoid encounters with conventional resistance profiles.
Cutting and piercing damage carry; bring a sword-and-board if you want to face-tank them.
The Scavenger faction in Enshrouded
The Scavenger faction is the bandit lineage — humanoid encounters with conventional weapons, armour, and behavior patterns that mirror player kits. The Scavenger Matron is the documented faction lead on the wiki, encountered in mid-game biomes as a Hollow Halls boss with a melee-focused damage profile. Mechanically, Scavenger encounters are the most player-like fights in the game: they parry, they dodge, they kite when low.
That makes Cutting and Piercing damage the natural primaries — conventional weapons against conventional enemies. The Matron's resistance chart marks Cutting and Piercing as Effective, with Blunt as Resisted, so leave the hammers at home and bring a greatsword or bow. Scavenger encounters are also among the safer farms for sword + shield Tank builds — you can face-tank the matron through the parry-counter-parry rhythm without the windups landing for fatal damage.
In co-op, the Scavenger encounters work as a teaching fight: they punish mispositioning the way other players would, so they're useful for practicing rotation timing before the bigger Fell-set arenas. The Scavenger Matron also drops trophy materials that feed into mid-tier armour upgrades, making the farm worthwhile beyond the encounter itself.
Expect more Scavenger bosses to be added in future content patches.
All 1 Scavenger boss
Best builds for Scavenger fights
6 preset builds whose archetype counters the Scavenger resistance-profile family — ranked by tier (S → A → B).
- Assassin Dual BladesRanger
Daggers in the 1.0 assassin tree: Sneak Attack and Cutthroat to open, Backstab Mastery and Dagger Mastery at full rank, Expose Weakness, Venomous Blades and Venom Mastery, and a rank of Thrust for the daggers' piercing damage.
- Ranger SniperRanger
Bow damage and crits: Marksman, Sniper and Skill Shot at full rank, Bow Specialization for the bow's special ability, Fatal Precision and Vitality Surge to keep the crits paying.
- Multi-Shot BowmasterRanger
Volleys: Multi Shot with Spread and Trigger, Marksman and Ranger at full rank, Barrage and Rebound. Ricochets and Rebound II are not on the 1.0 tree.
- One-Handed WarriorWarrior
One-handed melee for damage: Warrior's Path and Slasher at full rank, Swift Blades and One-Handed Specialization, Power Parry and Heavy Handed to overpower, Merciless Attack, Opportunity and Breach to punish it, and Veteran with Battle Heal to heal on crits.
- Sword & Board TankWarrior
Parry and hold: Vigorous Deflection for stamina on a parry, Heavy and Shiny Plates for armor, Warden and Tower when you are surrounded, Earth Aura for the group.
- Berserker BarbarianWarrior
Greatsword melee: Titan Edge and Slasher at full rank for its cutting damage, Veteran for crits, Blood Rage after kills, Relentless for crit chains, Whirlwind Crescendo and the two-handed special ability.