Enshrouded
ByYurii Luzhko

Partly updated for Enshrouded 1.0— 1.0: stack size, rarity and level; the rest is pre-1.0 wiki data

Tar
Tar item icon — Enshrouded Materials

How to Make Tar in Enshrouded

CommonMaterialsLv 5Stack 250

Not very pretty, but useful when it comes to creating protection from the elements.

Tar in Enshrouded is a common crafting material gathered across multiple biomes from Level 5+ areas. Used to craft 14 items.

  • Densest areas of the 6 in the 1.0 files6

Where to find it

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At a glance

Type
Materials
Rarity
Common
Stack Size
250
Level
Lv 5

Where to find Tar

There are three ways to obtain Tar: Crafting, a burnt out Campfire or burning Food. A burnt out campfire will yield 1 Tar per 2 Wood required to craft the Campfire, whilst crafting will yield 1 Tar per 1.5 Wood + 0.3 Dirt. Burning food will yield 1 Tar.

For exact node spawn coordinates, open the interactive Enshrouded map.

6 placements of Tar in the 1.0 world

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From: pickups on the ground (6).

Counts placed objects from the 1.0 game files. Ore and stone veins in the terrain are not objects and are not counted.

How to craft Tar

Workshop
Charcoal Kiln
Output
1 × Tar
Craft time
6:00

Ingredients

  • Any Wood×30
  • Any Dirt×6
× Tar → need 1 craft of:
  • Any Wood30
  • Any Dirt6

Calculator rounds up to the nearest full craft. Each craft yields 1 Tar.

What Tar is used to make

14 recipes use Tar as an ingredient.

Materials often used with Tar

Most-frequent co-ingredients across the 14 recipes that include Tar.

Quick facts

How do you get Tar in Enshrouded?
Tar is a common crafting material in Enshrouded. Wiki sources list it without a specific biome — explore the Embervale Embervale regions during regular play to find it.
What level do you need for Tar in Enshrouded?
Tar is gated to level 5 content. You can technically pick it up earlier, but the surrounding Embervale enemies are tuned for that level — bring appropriate gear.
What is Tar used for in Enshrouded?
Tar is a common materials ingredient. It feeds into recipes at crafting stations such as the Alchemist, Hunter, and Smelter workshops. See the wiki for the full list of products it goes into.
Which biome has Tar in Enshrouded?
The wiki does not list a specific biome for Tar. Try gathering during Embervale exploration runs.
Can you farm Tar in Enshrouded?
Tar can be gathered while exploring Embervale; quantity per visit varies.
What's the stack size for Tar?
Tar stacks up to 250 per inventory slot.

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Enshrouded crafting materials

Resource data from Enshrouded Wiki, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Data refreshed 2026-06-27. Stack size, rarity and level checked against the Enshrouded 1.0 game files (server build 1267041, 2026-10-15); everything else is the wiki's pre-1.0 data. PinDrop FAQs are editorial. Not affiliated with Keen Games.