1.0 tree · Ranger 8 · 27 pts total

Enshrouded Assassin Skill Tree

Updated for Enshrouded 1.0October 17, 2026— still pre-1.0 wiki text: the sub-tree grouping and the lines marked Pre-1.0 wiki

Stealth burst + crit finishers. In 1.0 its skills sit in the Ranger area.

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How to build a Assassin in Enshrouded 1.0

Enshrouded 1.0 has no sub-trees: one skill tree, three class areas (Warrior, Ranger and Mage) around a Core. Assassin is how the pre-1.0 wiki grouped 13 of its skills, and 8 of them are skill nodes on the 1.0 tree: 8 in the Ranger area. In 1.0 the group is Ranger nodes for sneaking, ranged crits and gliding — Silent Stride, Sniper, Vitality Surge, Blessed Arrows, Airborne and Updraft — plus Bounty Bonanza and Shell Shock.

Our Assassin Dual Blades build is mostly dagger and Sneak Attack nodes from outside this group.

Where it sits in 1.0

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8 of the 13 skills the pre-1.0 wiki filed under Assassin are skill nodes on the 1.0 tree; buying every rank of them costs 27 points.

Our builds that play it

The numbers are how many of this page’s nodes each build owns and the points it spends on them.

All Assassin skills (8)

The 1.0 nodes tied to the group’s pre-1.0 skills, cheapest first: cost to buy every rank, the numbers in the 1.0 files, and the pre-1.0 wiki line where there is one.

Attribute entries, attribute pips in 1.0: Dexterity, Endurance, Graceful Stride.
Pre-1.0 skills no 1.0 node is tied to: Ricochets, Chain Reaction.

Other sub-trees in the Ranger family

Quick facts about Assassin

What is the Assassin sub-tree in Enshrouded?

Assassin is how the pre-1.0 wiki grouped 13 of its skills. Enshrouded 1.0 has no sub-trees, only three class areas (Warrior, Ranger and Mage) around a Core. 8 of the group's skills are skill nodes on the 1.0 tree (8 in the Ranger area), and buying every rank of them costs 27 skill points. In 1.0 the group is Ranger nodes for sneaking, ranged crits and gliding — Silent Stride, Sniper, Vitality Surge, Blessed Arrows, Airborne and Updraft — plus Bounty Bonanza and Shell Shock. Our Assassin Dual Blades build is mostly dagger and Sneak Attack nodes from outside this group.

What are the best Assassin skills in Enshrouded?

We don't rank skills. The ones our builds take most: Airborne (4 builds), Silent Stride (1 build) and Sniper (1 build).

What weapons pair best with Assassin?

None of the group's 1.0 nodes is a weapon specialization. The weapon specialization nodes in the Ranger area are Bow Specialization and Dagger Specialization. Our builds that play it — Assassin Dual Blades and Ranger Sniper — list their weapons on their pages.

How does Assassin differ from base Ranger?

In 1.0 there is no base Ranger to differ from: Ranger is one of the tree's class areas, with 57 skills, and 8 of Assassin's 8 1.0 skills are among them.

Sources: game files 1.0 + Keen Games 1.0 patch notes (changelog, combat changes) for the skill list, costs, ranks and numbers (1.0 skill tree) and which of our builds play it; enshrouded.wiki.gg (pre-1.0) for the grouping itself and the lines marked Pre-1.0 wiki.