Updated for Enshrouded 1.0
Enshrouded Starter Build for the First 10 Levels (1.0)
Hybridmostly Mage
18/ 212 skill points
Complete by level 10 from level-ups alone · written for level 10
Key skills
- Counterstrike1/3
- Fire Resistance1/3
- Brute1/3
What to buy before you pick a class: one cheap node from each side — Counterstrike, Fire Resistance, Brute, Marksman — plus Well Rested. Fits in the points level 10 gives.
18 pts · 16 nodesWritten for level 10Checked against Enshrouded 1.0 (released )

At a glance
Complete by level 10 from level-up points alone (2 per level).
Points by tree area
- Warrior 7
- Ranger 2
- Mage 8
- Core 1
Attribute pips
- CON2
- SPI2
- STR2
- DEX1
- INT1
Key skills
The nodes the build is for. “1.0 files” are the values the 1.0 game data stores per rank; “Before 1.0” is the skill's pre-1.0 wiki description, kept for what it does, not its numbers.
CounterstrikeDefining
Mage1 pt per rank
1.0 files: 20% per rank · 8% per rank
Before 1.0: This magical attack can trigger other skills.
Fire Resistance
Mage1 pt per rank
1.0 files: 5% per rank
Before 1.0: Increases your Fire Resistance by 5% which reduces the amount of Fire damage received.
Brute
Warrior2 pts per rank
1.0 files: 10% per rank
Before 1.0: All melee blunt damage is increased by an additional 10%.
Marksman
Ranger1 pt per rank
1.0 files: 5% per rank
Before 1.0: All damage dealt with ranged weapons is increased by 10%
Well Rested
Core1 pt per rank
1.0 files: 2 per rank
Before 1.0: The base duration for the Rested buff is increased by 5 Minutes. Increase the Comfort in your home to further increase the duration.
Buy order by level
In order, each step at the first level whose level-up points cover it (2 per level). Shroud Roots and Elixir Wells give extra points and move every step earlier.
Level 22 pts total
- Well Rested1/3
- +1 CON
Level 34 pts total
- Mage Apprentice1/3
- +1 SPI
Level 45 pts total
- +1 INT
Level 58 pts total
- Arsonist1/3
- +1 SPI
Level 610 pts total
- Fire Resistance1/3
- Counterstrike1/3
Level 712 pts total
- Barbarian's Path1/3
- +1 STR
Level 814 pts total
- +1 CON
- +1 STR
Level 916 pts total
- Brute1/3
Level 1018 pts total
- Marksman1/3
- +1 DEX
Gear
Only weapons and sets we can match to an item in the 1.0 game files. Tiers come from those files; a “likely match” agrees on 4–5 of 5 perk slots rather than all of them.
BowrangedBowsT0in 1.0 filesThe improvised starter bow (T0 in the 1.0 files).
Rusty SwordprimaryOne-handed SwordsT1in 1.0 filesOne-handed sword, T1 in the 1.0 files.
Metalstar MaceprimaryOne-handed ClubsT1in 1.0 filesOne-handed mace, T1, all blunt damage in the 1.0 files — the weapon the Brute rank raises.
Ragged SetArmor setitem level 3in 1.0 filesTier-0 rags.
Fur Armor SetArmor setitem level 4in 1.0 filesTier-0 fur set.
Scout SetArmor setitem level 5in 1.0 filesTier-1 Ranger set.
Rising Fighter SetArmor setitem level 5in 1.0 filesTier-1 Warrior set.
Loadout in the planner’s slots
The picks above as slots: the first two weapons, and the highest-level armor set listed at or under level 10. Open skills and gear in the planner →
Weapons
Armor
HeadRising Fighter HelmetLevel 5 · Uncommon · WarriorBlunt Armor · Piercing Armor · +1 Barbarian's Path · Vital · +1 Brute
ChestRising Fighter ChestLevel 5 · Uncommon · WarriorCutting Armor · Piercing Armor · +1 Blood Rage · +1 Veteran · 1 unnamed perk
HandsRising Fighter GlovesLevel 5 · Uncommon · WarriorShroud Armor · Cutting Armor · +1 Heavy Handed · +1 Slasher · 1 unnamed perk
LegsRising Fighter TrousersLevel 5 · Uncommon · WarriorCutting Armor · Blunt Armor · +1 Athlete · +1 Barbarian's Path · 1 unnamed perk
FeetRising Fighter BootsLevel 5 · Uncommon · WarriorBlunt Armor · Piercing Armor · +1 Warrior's Path · Vital · +1 Warrior's Path
Farm this build
On the map
Not on the map
25Active Mycelium
15Mycelium (Material)
2Aerated Banshee Gel
Not placed in the world: enemy drops, ore veins in the terrain, chests’ random loot or trade.
No recipe in the 1.0 files (found, not crafted): Rusty Sword, Metalstar Mace.
One of each piece, from the 1.0 recipes, intermediate crafts rounded up to whole batches. Map counts are placements, not ore veins.

- Plant Fiber2,447 here · 30 needed
- Charcoal0 here · 18 needed
- Metal Scraps5 here · 18 needed
- Animal Fur69 here · 12 needed
- Resin10 here · 10 needed
- Shroud Liquid404 here · 5 needed





