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ByYurii Luzhko

Enshrouded Base Building (1.0): Altars, Storage, Water

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A base is a Flame Altar and its build zone: 40 m a side at first, 160 m at its largest. Blocks come from the Workbench (69 block recipes in the 1.0 files), chests and Magic Chests from the Carpenter, water from a Water Dispenser or a well — and your Flame level caps how many altars (2 → 16) and water sources (1 → 50) you may place.

Where to put the base is in base locations on the map; this guide is what goes into it. Every recipe below is read from the 1.0 recipe table, with the names the files confirm — items without an English name are counted, not named.

Start with a Flame Altar

Claiming an altar costs 1× Shroud Core. Each altar level widens the zone you may build in; the last upgrade costs Shroud Nexus instead of Shroud Cores.

Altar levelBuild zoneNext upgrade costs
140 m1× Shroud Core
280 m5× Shroud Core
3120 m5× Shroud Nexus
4160 m— (largest zone)

What your Flame level allows

The 1.0 balancing table ties two base limits to the Flame: how many Flame Altars you may place and how many water sources. Upgrading the Flame is also what opens each region, and Keen's 1.0 changelog adds: "Now, every time the Flame gets upgraded, the armor sets for the following crafting tier get automatically unlocked."

FlameFlame AltarsWater sourcesNext upgrade opens
121Springlands
241Revelwood
361Nomad Highlands
485Kindlewastes
51010Albaneve Summits
61120Albaneve Summits
71230Veilwater Basin
81340Veilwater Basin
91450Cinder's Cradle
101550Cinder's Cradle
111650—

Blocks, and the stations that unlock more

The Workbench makes all 69 building-block recipes in the 1.0 files; 69 of them have a confirmed English name. Furniture and decoration come from the Carpenter (338 recipes) and the Decoration Workbench (319), and many of those wait on a station upgrade placed nearby:

Upgrades that unlock Carpenter / Decoration Workbench recipes
UpgradeUnlocksBuilt by
Masonry Tools173 recipesOswald Anders (Blacksmith)
Table Saw148 recipesCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)
Forge46 recipesOswald Anders (Blacksmith)
Smithing Tools41 recipesOswald Anders (Blacksmith)
Kiln8 recipesCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)
Smelter8 recipesOswald Anders (Blacksmith)
Workbench, a render of the crafting station
Workbench: all 69 block recipes.Keen Games render via the Enshrouded Wiki (Fandom) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Forge, a render of the crafting station
Forge: unlocks 46 recipes; built by Oswald Anders (Blacksmith).Keen Games render via the Enshrouded Wiki (Fandom) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Smelter, a render of the crafting station
Smelter: unlocks 8 recipes; built by Oswald Anders (Blacksmith).Keen Games render via the Enshrouded Wiki (Fandom) · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Yellow Luminescent Block

    3× Glass, 3× Saffron, 4× Flintstone

  • Blue Luminescent Block

    5× Stone, 5× Luminous Growth

  • White Luminescent Block

    5× Stone, 5× White Glowing Substance

  • Bronze Block

    1× Bronze Bars, 5× any of Wood Logs, Hardwood, Palm Wood Logs, Conifer Logs, Bamboo Logs or Tropical Wood

  • Ectoplasm Block

    5× Flintstone, 5× Ectoplasm Shard

  • Copper Block

    1× Copper Bars, 5× any of Wood Logs, Hardwood, Palm Wood Logs, Conifer Logs, Bamboo Logs or Tropical Wood

  • Red Marble Block

    10× Red Marble Fragment

  • Metal Block

    1× Metal Sheets, 5× any of Wood Logs, Hardwood, Palm Wood Logs, Conifer Logs, Bamboo Logs or Tropical Wood

  • Bone Block

    10× Bones

Every upgrade and what it needs

The station upgrades page lists all of them with their costs, and the crafting calculator turns any recipe into raw materials.

Storage

The chests the files name. Most Magic Chests are a plain chest plus Shroud materials; slots, the upgrade chain and a planner are on the Magic Chest guide. The files hold 0 more storage recipes without an English name, and 12 recipes that upgrade or enchant a chest you already placed.

ChestMade byRecipe
Medium ChestCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)8× Nails, 10× Wood Planks, 2× Metal Sheets
Huge ChestCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)16× Nails, 20× Wood Planks, 2× Iron Bars
Medium Magic ChestCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)1× Medium Chest, 1× Shroud Core, 2× Goo
Large Magic ChestCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)1× Large Chest, 10× Shroud Particles, 1× Alchemical Base
Huge Magic ChestCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)1× Huge Chest, 1× Shroud Nexus, 3× Enshrouded Oil
Enormous Magic ChestCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)24× Wood Planks, 1× Shroud Radiance, 15× Shroud Slime, 2× Gold Bars
Large Quick Stack StationCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)1× Shroud Core, 2× Goo, 10× Limestone

Water

The water props the files name are below, plus two wells. Separately, the Flame level caps how many water sources you may place (1 at Flame 1, 50 at Flame 11). Two well recipes from the Carpenter have no English name in the files (20× Linen, 100× Revelwood Stone, 1× Wooden Bucket; 20× Linen, 100× Limestone, 1× Wooden Bucket, 2× Bronze Bars).

ItemMade byRecipe
Metal Water Dispenser IWorkbench1× Metal Scraps, 3× Tin Bars
Stone Water DispenserWorkbench40× Shell Limestone, 4× Steel Bars, 8× Iron Dust
Irrigation Gate SmallCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)4× Wood Planks, 4× Tropical Wood, 8× Nails, 8× Paper Reed
Irrigation Gate LargeCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)8× Wood Planks, 8× Tropical Wood, 12× Nails, 12× Paper Reed

Beds, music and rest

The beds the files name, with what they cost. For music, the 1.0 balancing table caps the comfort that instruments add at 15 and counts at most 4 instruments; the Bard makes 5 (one, the Handpan, Hand Drum, Flute, Harp, Lute, has an English name). How much comfort each bed or prop gives is not in the files we read, so we don't list it.

The Well Rested skill (Core, 3 ranks, 1 point each) raises the Rested buff's minimum duration.

BedMade byRecipe
Crude Wooden BedWorkbench4× Animal Fur, 4× String, 4× Wood Logs, 1× Crude Mattress
Camp BedCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)4× Metal Scraps, 2× String, 2× Dried Fur
Palm Wood BedCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)6× Nails, 6× Palm Wood Logs, 3× String, 10× Straw, 4× Fabric, 1× Green Fabric
Kingsize BedCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)10× Nails, 10× Palm Wood Logs, 6× String, 20× Straw, 8× Fabric, 2× Green Fabric
Boreal Wood BedCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)6× Nails, 6× Conifer Logs, 3× String, 10× Straw, 4× Fabric, 1× Violet Fabric
Large Boreal Wood BedCade Hawthorn (Carpenter)10× Nails, 10× Conifer Logs, 6× String, 20× Straw, 8× Animal Fur, 2× Blue Fabric

Sparkworks: making the base do things

New in 1.0: "Sparkworks allows the connection of interactive elements in the player base and adds behavior rules to the interactions." Keen: "The possibilities range from simple interactions like light switches over dungeons with traps, puzzles, and even enemy encounters, to… well, we think the sky’s the limit." The Sparkworks page has all 18 parts and their recipes.

FAQ

How do you make your base bigger in Enshrouded?

Upgrade the Flame Altar. Its build zone is 40 m a side at altar level 1 and 160 m at its largest; the upgrades cost Shroud Cores, the last one Shroud Nexus.

How many Flame Altars can you have in Enshrouded?

It depends on your Flame level: 2 at Flame 1, up to 16 at Flame 11 (1.0 balancing table).

How do you get water in your Enshrouded base?

Build a Metal Water Dispenser I (1× Metal Scraps, 3× Tin Bars at the Workbench) or one of the Carpenter's wells. Your Flame level caps the water sources you may place: 1 at first, 50 at Flame 11.

How do you make a Magic Chest in Enshrouded?

The Carpenter turns a chest into one: a Medium Magic Chest is 1× Medium Chest, 1× Shroud Core, 2× Goo. Larger ones follow up to the Enormous Magic Chest.

Where do I get building blocks in Enshrouded?

At the Workbench: it makes all 69 block recipes in the 1.0 files, from stone and wood blocks to roof blocks.

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