Enshrouded: How to Get Grandleaf Cabbage in Cinder’s Cradle

Grandleaf Cabbage is a Common vegetable that grows only in Cinder’s Cradle, the lava region added with Enshrouded 1.0. You harvest it by chopping large fan-leaf plants with an axe, and the easiest reliable spot is a cave called Cave Passage in the north of that region.

Quick answer: From the Ancient Gate, head north into the volcanic biome and go inside Cave Passage. Use any axe to fell the large, fan-shaped plants there and collect the Grandleaf Cabbage they drop.

What you need before you go

Cinder’s Cradle sits north of the Veilwater Basin and stays closed until the main quest opens its gates, so you need progression far enough to reach it. Bring an axe and expect a hot, hostile environment on the way in.

Access to Cinder’s Cradle through the Ancient Gate.
Any axe. A higher-tier tool like the Gilded Axe clears the plants faster but is not required.
Optional: the Farmer’s Crops of Cinder’s Cradle quest, which points you to the same Cave Passage location.

Route to Cave Passage and how to harvest

On the world map, identify the Ancient Gate, which lies north of Starfish Shores and Cromwell Hot Spring. Follow the route straight north from the gate to the marker labelled Cave Passage.

Map Route to Cave Passage — The map route north through the Ancient Gate to Cave Passage. Shown at 00:27 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Cross the Ancient Gate into the volcanic biome, then take the rocky trail north. It passes glowing lava veins and leads toward a dark cave mouth in the rock.

Approaching Cave Entrance — The approach to the Cave Passage entrance along the lava trail. Shown at 00:39 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Enter the tunnel and keep going until the interior opens into a chamber lit by blue lanterns and filled with lush greenery. The large, palm-like fan plants standing in that foliage are the ones that hold Grandleaf Cabbage.

Location Overview — The lava-lit terrain of Cinder's Cradle, where Grandleaf Cabbage grows. Shown at 00:08 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Strike the fan plants with your axe until they break apart, then press E to collect the dropped loot. Each plant can give several Grandleaf Cabbage at once, alongside Twigs, Plant Fiber, and the occasional Venom Stinger.

Harvesting Grandleaf Cabbage — Chopping a fan-leaf plant inside Cave Passage drops Grandleaf Cabbage. Shown at 01:02 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

You will know it worked when a “Grandleaf Cabbage +3” (or similar) pickup notification appears and the item lands in your backpack. Picking up your first one also unlocks its cooking and farming recipes in your crafting menus.

Grandleaf Cabbage stats and effects

Eaten raw, Grandleaf Cabbage is a Vegetable-type food that buffs ranged and dagger builds for a long stretch. It stacks to 20.

Property	Value
Rarity	Common
Food type	Vegetable
Dagger Damage	+21%
Ranged Damage	+21%
Duration	1,800 s (30 min)
Stack size	20

What Grandleaf Cabbage cooks into

Collecting the cabbage unlocks two Kitchen dishes, plus a seedling for growing your own and two color palettes. The cooked dishes last an hour and give stronger, more specialised bonuses than the raw plant.

Dish	Rarity	Key stats	Effect
Grandleaf Cabbage Rolls	Uncommon	Health 320, Stamina Regen 12, 3,600 s	Max health increased
Cabbage Mushroom Rice	Rare	Mana 140, Magic Damage 24%, 3,600 s	Magic damage bonus

Both dishes are made at the Kitchen and use 5 Grandleaf Cabbage per batch. If you want a steady supply without returning to Cave Passage, craft a Grandleaf Cabbage Seedling at the Seedbed from 1 Grandleaf Cabbage and 1 Basalt Farm Soil. Each planting makes 5 seedlings, grows in Basalt Farm Soil, and the mature plant can be chopped for 10 cabbage across its drops.

Plant a few seedlings at your base early. Once they mature you never need to run the Cave Passage route again for cooking stock.