Enshrouded
ByYurii Luzhko

Updated for Enshrouded 1.0

WarriorIntermediate1.0

Enshrouded Sword & Board Tank Build for 1.0

Warriormostly Warrior

50/ 212 skill points

Complete by level 26 from level-ups alone · written for level 30

Key skills

  • Vigorous Deflection3/3
  • Heavy Plates3/3
  • Shiny Plates3/3
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Also known asSword & BoardTank BuildHeavy Plate Tank

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.

50 pts · 30 nodesWritten for level 30Checked against Enshrouded 1.0 (released )

Sword & Board Tank

At a glance

ConstitutionConstitutionStrengthBarbarian's PathConstitutionHeavy PlatesShiny PlatesWarrior's PathSteadfastStrengthVigorous DeflectionConstitutionConstitutionAbsorbStrengthConstitutionStrengthBattle HealWardenTowerStrengthBruteStrengthStrengthStrengthNemesisEarth AuraConstitutionConstitutionConstitution
The 1.0 tree; this build's nodes lit, key nodes ringed. Colors: Warrior red, Ranger green, Mage blue, core gold.
50 / 58 ptslevel 30, from level-ups

Complete by level 26 from level-up points alone (2 per level).

Points by tree area

  • Warrior 50

Attribute pips

  • CON9
  • STR8
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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.

  • Vigorous DeflectionDefining

    Warrior1 pt per rank

    1.0 files: 15 per rank

    Before 1.0: You gain 30 stamina when you parry an enemy's attack.

  • Heavy Plates

    Warrior1 pt per rank

    1.0 files: 4% per rank

  • Shiny Plates

    Warrior1 pt per rank

    1.0 files: 4% per rank

  • Warden

    Warrior3 pts

    1.0 files: 10%

  • Tower

    Warrior3 pts

    1.0 files: 10%

    Before 1.0: When there are three or more enemies within 20 meters you suffer 10% less physical damage.

  • Earth Aura

    Warrior2 pts per rank

    1.0 files: 10% · 4 per rank

    Before 1.0: You emit a protective aura that reduces all incoming damage by 10% for you and allies within 10 meters.

  • Battle Heal

    Warrior2 pts per rank

    1.0 files: 1% per rank

  • Absorb

    Warrior1 pt per rank

    1.0 files: 4% per rank

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 22 pts total

    • +2 CON

  2. Level 34 pts total

    • Barbarian's Path1/3
    • +1 STR

  3. Level 45 pts total

    • +1 CON

  4. Level 58 pts total

    • Heavy Plates3/3

  5. Level 711 pts total

    • Shiny Plates3/3

  6. Level 814 pts total

    • Warrior's Path3/3

  7. Level 916 pts total

    • Steadfast1/3

  8. Level 1017 pts total

    • +1 STR

  9. Level 1120 pts total

    • Vigorous Deflection3/3

  10. Level 1222 pts total

    • +2 CON

  11. Level 1324 pts total

    • Absorb2/3

  12. Level 1426 pts total

    • +1 STR
    • +1 CON

  13. Level 1527 pts total

    • +1 STR

  14. Level 1731 pts total

    • Battle Heal2/3

  15. Level 1834 pts total

    • Warden

  16. Level 2038 pts total

    • Tower
    • +1 STR

  17. Level 2140 pts total

    • Brute1/3

  18. Level 2242 pts total

    • +2 STR

  19. Level 2343 pts total

    • +1 STR

  20. Level 2445 pts total

    • Nemesis1/3

  21. Level 2548 pts total

    • Earth Aura1/3
    • +1 CON

  22. Level 2650 pts total

    • +2 CON

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 30. Open skills and gear in the planner →

Farm this build

On the map

Not on the map

  • 150Salt
  • 105Tin Ore
  • 105Wood Logs
  • 100Copper Ore
  • 21Springlands Dirt
  • 15Acidic Mycelium
  • 10Mint Mushroom Meat
  • 8Ammonia Gland
  • 6Fossilized Bone
  • 5Brittle Shroud Petals
  • 4Critter Glands
  • 4Shroud Adhesive
  • 3Shroud Gelatin
  • 3Tropical Wood
  • 2Monstrous Ribs
  • 2Petrified Shroud Stalker Shell

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

Show on the mapPlan a farming route

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 · 419 needed
  • Archaic Shards53 here · 40 needed
  • Iron Ore44 here · 40 needed
  • Animal Fur90 here · 30 needed
  • Charcoal0 here · 8 needed
  • Metal Scraps1 here · 8 needed
  • Fire Fly225 here · 6 needed
  • Feather5 here · 4 needed
Open the live map with all of them →

FAQ

Is the tank viable solo?
Yes. In their pre-1.0 descriptions Warden and Tower cut the damage you take when three or more enemies are within 20 m — exactly when a solo player needs it — Battle Heal heals on a melee crit and Vigorous Deflection gives stamina back on a parry. The 1.0 files keep all four, with the values on the key-skill cards above.
Best shield for the tank?
None of the shields in our data is matched to a 1.0 item yet, so we do not name one. Pick the highest-level shield you have; the build's skills do not depend on a specific shield.
When do I drop Heavy Plates?
You don't have to. In the 1.0 files Heavy Plates costs 1 and Shiny Plates 1 skill point per rank, and the whole build is 50 points, complete by level 26 from level-ups alone.

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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 .