Eternal Spells in Enshrouded: How to Get Them

Spells come in three kinds in the files. Per the game's own text: an Eternal Spell “Does not deplete Spell Charges per use. Equip the Eternal Spell and use Mana to cast it with a Staff.” A regular spell: “Depletes one charge per use. Equip the spell and use Mana to cast it with a Staff.” Channel spells are the third kind: you hold the input to keep casting them.

Of the 102 player spells in the 1.0 files, 41 are Eternal, 43 use charges and 18 are channel spells. The Eternal ones run from level 5 to level 45 and cover 10 schools, from fire and ice to healing and summons.

Eternal Spells are made by survivors in your base. The Alchemist (Balthazar) crafts 37 of them; the Collector (Alden Crowley) crafts the 4 bone and summon ones: Eternal Hollow Wretch I, Eternal Bonestorm I, Eternal Bonestorm II, Eternal Hollow Wretch II. If you have not rescued them yet, the quest order for crafting says which quest brings each. The Alchemist page lists everything he makes.

The Alchemist's recipes also ask you to stand beside a station when you craft. Of his 37: 1 need nothing extra (level 5); 2 need a Mortar (level 10–45); 3 need an Alchemy Station (level 15); 31 need a Laboratory (level 20–45). So upgrading his workshop is part of getting the spells.

Each Eternal Spell is one craft that gives one spell, and it is not used up. 6 of them also eat a regular spell as an ingredient: Eternal Chain Lightning I takes 40 × Chain Lightning I; Eternal Bonestorm I takes 200 × Bonestorm V; Eternal Chain Lightning III takes 20 × Chain Lightning II; Eternal Fireball III takes 20 × Fireball IV; Eternal Heal Cascade II takes 40 × Heal Cascade II; Eternal Ice Bolt IV takes 20 × Ice Bolt IV. Make or collect those first.

Everything else is raw material, and the amounts rise with the level. At the bottom, Eternal Ice Bolt I is 5× Shroud Wood, 10× Salt; at the top, Eternal Protective Barrier is 2× Archaic Infusion, 2× Archaic Core, 10× Sparkling Dust.

Start with the lowest-level Eternal Spell of the school you cast. This is the first one in each school, with its level and what the Alchemist asks for.

Two quests from the Alchemist send you to tombs.

Equip a Staff, equip the spell, and cast with Mana. How much Mana a cast costs is not in the files, and neither is the damage the game shows; the files hold a number printed on the item card, which the spell database lists for every spell without calling it damage. Compare spells within one family (Fireball I to IV) rather than across schools.

Choosing the staff, the skills and the build around it is the builds part of the site; for Eternal bows see Eternal Arrows.

Mana per cast, the damage number, how many charges a regular spell holds, and how each recipe unlocks are not in the files. None of the 41 sits in a fixed loot table, so we do not say they drop from chests or enemies. If you find one in the world, tell us.