Enshrouded: Reach the Revelwood and Collect the Hand Spindle (Full Walkthrough)

The Hunter, Athalan Skree, needs the Hand Spindle she dropped years ago while fleeing through the Revelwood. Returning it lets her refine Flax into Linen, which opens up a whole set of new armor recipes. The quest sends you from your base out to the ruined village of Westcott, then north across a Shroud-choked chasm into a web-filled cave.

Quick answer: Accept the quest from Athalan Skree, read the lore notes at Westcott and the Abandoned Hunter Camp to the north, then cross into the Revelwood and clear the spider cave east of the road to grab the Hand Spindle. Place it beside the Hunter at your base to finish.

What you need before setting out

The quest unlocks after you complete Growing Stronger Together for the Hunter. The route itself is the real gate, because it runs through a band of red Shroud that will kill you if your Flame is too weak.

Flame Level 3 lets you cross deeper Shroud areas before your timer expires.
Bring a glider; it provides a safe route over the collapsed bridge north of Willow Crush.
Pack healing food and a weapon to handle wolves and scavengers in the ruins, plus a pickaxe to open the sealed cave.

Flame Shrine activation restores your Shroud timer. If a fight delays you near Willow Crush, stop at any shrine along the way for more time.

Full walkthrough: from Westcott to the Revelwood cave

Speak to Athalan Skree at your base and accept The Hunter’s Hand Spindle. Her dialogue explains she lost the tool near Westcott while resting during her escape through the Revelwood.

Quest Start Map & NPC — Accepting the quest from Athalan Skree at your base. Shown at 00:09 in WoW Quests’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Open your journal and select the quest, then use Show on Map to drop a marker on Westcott, the abandoned settlement to the north-northwest. This sets the first objective, Explore Westcott.

Journal & Waypoint Check — The journal entry and Show on Map option that mark Westcott on your map. Shown at 00:17 in WoW Quests’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Fast travel to Ancient Spire – Springlands and glide northwest toward the marker. The spire gives you the height to cover most of the distance in the air before you touch down near the village.

Gliding to Westcott — Gliding from the Ancient Spire toward Westcott to save time on foot. Shown at 00:41 in WoW Quests’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Go inside Westcott’s biggest stone structure. Smash or chop away the wooden barricades to reach the stairs, then climb to the top room, whose roof has been blown off. Read Martha’s Diary, First Entry of Midyear, 503 D.A. on the table to progress the objective. For additional lore, find another entry in the kitchen downstairs.

Exploring Westcott — Reading Martha's Diary on the upper floor of the ruined house in Westcott. Shown at 02:20 in WoW Quests’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Head north out of the village to the Abandoned Hunter Camp, a lone tent that gets marked on the map. Loot the chest inside, then read the note Leave the Rot Behind on the table. This points the trail further north and updates the objective to Reach The Revelwood.

Retracing Steps to Abandoned Hunter Camp — The Abandoned Hunter Camp tent north of Westcott, where the next lore note waits. Shown at 02:41 in WoW Quests’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Head north through Withered Encampment and continue into Willow Crush’s ruins. Scavengers patrol the buildings, so fight them or slip past. At the northern edge, the stone bridge has collapsed above a gap filled with lethal red Shroud. Step off the broken end and open your glider, steering toward the ledge across the gap. Use the vines and steps on the north wall to get up to Revelwood’s paved road, then continue north.

Journey to the Revelwood — Crossing the broken stone path on the way into the Revelwood. Shown at 03:32 in WoW Quests’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

A fast scavenger clad in green toxin stalks the area past the bridge, and it hits hard. If you get overwhelmed, backtrack and lure enemies off the ledges.

Take the road to the rocky cliffs at the quest waypoint. The entrance is in the cliff face on the road’s east side. Scramble up the rock ledges to reach the sealed cave. Use a pickaxe to clear the rubble, or swing a melee weapon to break the thick cobwebs and open the tunnel.

Locating the Cave Entrance — The cliffside cave entrance east of the Revelwood road, sealed until you break through. Shown at 04:39 in WoW Quests’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Follow the tunnel into the Abandoned Hunter Camp inside the cave. The chamber is crawling with poison-spitting spiders, and more spawn in once you approach the prize. Hold near the entrance torch, trigger the wave, then thin them out before you run for the Spindle. The Hand Spindle glows on the ground beneath the tent shelter beside the barrels. Interact to collect it. Read the nearby note too, as it starts the side quests Lost in the Shroud and A Crucial Investigation.

Clearing Cave & Retrieving Hand Spindle — Picking up the Hand Spindle from the underground camp after clearing the spiders. Shown at 04:58 in WoW Quests’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Provisions to pack for the Revelwood run

This journey crosses enemy ruins and Shroud, so bring health food and avoid anything unsafe to eat along the way. Keep these useful items in your pouch.

Item	Effect	Duration	Source
Grilled Game	Health +80	1500 s	Cooking Station
Grilled Wolf Meat	Health +60	1200 s	Campfire
Prayer of the Flame Scroll	+120 s Shroud time, +20% magic fire damage	1800 s	Consumable
Azure Russula (raw)	Health −40, Stamina −30	180 s	Revelwood, Caves

Grilled Game provides the greatest health recovery and lasts the longest, so prepare a batch at a Cooking Station before setting out. When supplies are low, Grilled Wolf Meat takes less time to cook over a Campfire. Reserve Prayer of the Flame Scroll for crossing the chasm, where its bonus Shroud time is most useful.

Eating Azure Russula mushrooms raw, whether found in the Revelwood or caves, causes food poisoning and lowers your maximum health and stamina. Cook them before eating, or save them until you can.

Placing the Spindle and confirming the quest is done

Collecting the tool shows a SPECIAL ITEM ACQUIRED banner and a RECIPE UNLOCKED notice for the Hand Spindle at the Hunter. The objective changes to Place the Hand Spindle. Fast travel back to base, place the Spindle on the ground near the Hunter, and the quest completes with the Hand Spindle as your reward.

Once placed, you can refine 2 Flax into 1 Linen, with each craft taking 10 seconds. Linen is the material behind the Ranger and Marksman armor sets at the Hunter, the Mage and Healer sets at the Alchemist, new shields at the Blacksmith, and the Medium Backpack upgrade.

Crafting more Hand Spindles later

After the quest, the Hunter can build additional Hand Spindles, though the ingredients do not become available until you reach the Nomad Highlands. Each one is an instant craft.

Station	Output	Ingredients	Craft time
Hunter	1 Hand Spindle	3 Fossilized Bone, 4 Wood Planks	Instant

Fossilized Bone comes from Giant Fossils, while Wood Planks are cut at a Table Saw from any log type. With the Spindle placed and Linen flowing, the Revelwood is now open for its spires, shrines, and the road onward to Pikemead’s Reach.