Enshrouded
ByYurii Luzhko

Updated for Enshrouded 1.0

WarriorIntermediate1.0

Enshrouded One-Handed Warrior Build for 1.0

Warriormostly Warrior

48/ 212 skill points

Complete by level 25 from level-ups alone · written for level 25

Key skills

  • Warrior's Path3/3
  • Slasher3/3
  • Swift Blades
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Also known asOne-Handed Melee1H WarriorSword & Shield DPS

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.

48 pts · 16 nodesWritten for level 25Checked against Enshrouded 1.0 (released )

One-Handed Warrior

At a glance

ConstitutionWarrior's PathStrengthSlasherPower ParryMerciless AttackConstitutionBattle HealOne-Handed SpecializationSwift BladesVeteranHeavy HandedOpportunityStrengthBashBreach
The 1.0 tree; this build's nodes lit, key nodes ringed. Colors: Warrior red, Ranger green, Mage blue, core gold.
48 / 48 ptslevel 25, from level-ups

Complete by level 25 from level-up points alone (2 per level).

Points by tree area

  • Warrior 40
  • Core 8

Attribute pips

  • CON2
  • STR2
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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.

  • Warrior's PathDefining

    Warrior1 pt per rank

    1.0 files: 5% per rank

    Before 1.0: When attacking with a melee weapon all damage is increased by 10%.

  • Slasher

    Warrior2 pts per rank

    1.0 files: 10% per rank

    Before 1.0: All melee cutting damage is increased by an additional 10%.

  • Swift Blades

    Warrior4 pts

    1.0 files: 15%

    Before 1.0: Allows you to attack faster with one-handed swords and axes.

  • One-Handed Specialization

    Warrior3 pts

    Before 1.0: Unlocks Special Abilities of One-Handed Melee weapons. Press [R] to unleash a powerful Special Ability after generating enough Focus Focus Generate Focus by attacking. Focus can be built up with any weapon type and is used to trigger Special Abilities of weapons.

  • Power Parry

    Core1 pt per rank

    1.0 files: 10% per rank

    Before 1.0: Enemy Stun Bar gain from parries is increased by 30%.

  • Merciless Attack

    Core2 pts

    1.0 files: 500%

    Before 1.0: Perform a Merciless Attack by pressing [E] to deal massive damage to an enemy you've empowered. Overpower To overpower an enemy, fill their stun bar by attacking while they block or by parrying their attacks.

  • Opportunity

    Core1 pt per rank

    1.0 files: 40% per rank

  • Breach

    Warrior3 pts

    1.0 files: 100%

    Before 1.0: An overpowered enemy suffers 100% more melee damage for 3 seconds. Overpower To overpower an enemy, fill their stun bar by attacking while they block or by parrying their attacks.

  • Battle Heal

    Warrior2 pts per rank

    1.0 files: 1% per rank

  • Veteran

    Warrior2 pts per rank

    1.0 files: 2% per rank

  • Heavy Handed

    Warrior1 pt per rank

    1.0 files: 10% per rank

    Before 1.0: An enemy's stun bar is increased by an additional 20% when attacking into their block with a melee weapon.

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.

  1. Level 21 pts total

    • +1 CON

  2. Level 34 pts total

    • Warrior's Path3/3

  3. Level 45 pts total

    • +1 STR

  4. Level 711 pts total

    • Slasher3/3

  5. Level 814 pts total

    • Power Parry3/3

  6. Level 916 pts total

    • Merciless Attack

  7. Level 1017 pts total

    • +1 CON

  8. Level 1323 pts total

    • Battle Heal3/3

  9. Level 1426 pts total

    • One-Handed Specialization

  10. Level 1630 pts total

    • Swift Blades

  11. Level 1936 pts total

    • Veteran3/3

  12. Level 2139 pts total

    • Heavy Handed3/3

  13. Level 2242 pts total

    • Opportunity3/3

  14. Level 2343 pts total

    • +1 STR

  15. Level 2445 pts total

    • Bash1/3

  16. Level 2548 pts total

    • Breach

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.

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 25. Open skills and gear in the planner →

Farm this build

On the map

Not on the map

  • 25Active Mycelium
  • 20Copper Ore
  • 15Mycelium (Material)
  • 2Aerated Banshee Gel

Not placed in the world: enemy drops, ore veins in the terrain, chests’ random loot or trade.

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No recipe in the 1.0 files (found, not crafted): Fenrig's Axe.

One of each piece, from the 1.0 recipes, intermediate crafts rounded up to whole batches. Map counts are placements, not ore veins.

Map of Nomad Highlands: where this build's materials sit closest together
Where most of it sits together: the 1.2 km × 800 m area of Nomad Highlands that covers the largest share of what the gear above needs, cut from our map. Dots are the same colours as the map draws them; a spot that gives several of the materials shows one dot for each.
  • Coal0 here · 105 needed
  • Plant Fiber2,332 here · 30 needed
  • Archaic Shards53 here · 20 needed
  • Iron Ore44 here · 20 needed
  • Charcoal0 here · 18 needed
  • Metal Scraps1 here · 18 needed
  • Animal Fur125 here · 12 needed
  • Resin10 here · 10 needed
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FAQ

One-Handed Warrior vs Sword & Board Tank?
Same kind of weapon, different job. The tank spends on armor, parry stamina and aggro: Heavy and Shiny Plates, Vigorous Deflection, Warden, Tower and Earth Aura. This build spends on one-handed damage (Warrior's Path and Slasher at full rank, Swift Blades, One-Handed Specialization, Veteran) and on finishing overpowered enemies.
How does the Merciless Attack loop work?
Merciless Attack hits an overpowered enemy. You overpower one by filling its stun bar, by parrying it or by hitting into its block (the pre-1.0 descriptions). In the 1.0 files Power Parry raises stun from parries by 10% per rank and Heavy Handed raises stun from hitting a block by 10% per rank. Opportunity adds 40% per rank to the Merciless Attack multiplier, and Breach makes an overpowered enemy take 100% more melee damage.
Best weapon for the One-Handed Warrior?
An all-cutting one-handed sword or axe: Warrior's Path raises one-handed weapons and Slasher cutting damage. Dimweald Axe (T1–T7, likely match) and Lesser Golden Twinflame Sword (T5–T7) are all cutting in the 1.0 files. Swift Blades' pre-1.0 description names one-handed swords and axes. Brute is left out because it raises blunt damage, and neither weapon deals any.
When does the One-Handed Warrior come online?
Warrior's Path and Slasher at full rank are affordable by level 7. The whole build is 48 points, complete by level 25 from level-ups alone. Spend later points on Constitution.

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Skill tree, ranks, costs and the gear matches: Enshrouded 1.0 game files (Enshrouded Dedicated Server (Keen Games), Steam app 2278520, depot 2278521, manifest 3715394091293008757 (build 1267041 release_1.0)). Skill names: our 1.0 names file, each checked against the 1.0 data. “Before 1.0” descriptions: Enshrouded Wiki (CC BY-SA 4.0). PinDrop is fan-made and not affiliated with Keen Games. Last refreshed .