Enshrouded 1.0: How to Get Shroud Wood

Shroud Wood is a crafting material you harvest from inside the Shroud, the toxic fog that blankets parts of Enshrouded. The dead, grey trees standing in that fog drop it when felled.

Quick answer: Step into the Shroud, chop a bare, leafless grey tree with an axe, and collect the fallen logs. The pickup reads Shroud Wood.

Where Shroud Wood comes from

The green trees outside the fog give Wood Logs, not Shroud Wood. Its item text describes the change: “The wood of Shroud infested trees. Its structure and properties are changed forever.”

Fast travel is blocked while you are inside the Shroud, so you cannot teleport out with your haul. Leave on foot or by gliding before the Shroud timer runs low.

How to harvest Shroud Wood

Find the boundary of a Shroud area, then cross into the fog. A Shroud timer shows up at the screen’s top as soon as you enter.

Look for a dead, grey, leafless tree inside the fog. These are the ones that hold Shroud Wood.

Equip an axe and use the “Cut tree” prompt to chop it down.

Chopping the dead tree with an axe — Chopping one of the dead grey trees inside the Shroud, the source of Shroud Wood. Shown at 00:30 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Once the tree falls, collect the logs on the ground. The pickup reads Shroud Wood.

Head back out of the Shroud on foot or by gliding. The map will tell you fast travel is not possible while you remain in the fog.

What Shroud Wood is used for

Shroud Wood is used in 27 recipes total, among them crypt furnishings from the Collector. Here are some of the crafts that require it.

Recipe	Station	Shroud Wood
Glider	Workbench	8
Advanced Glider	Carpenter	6
Flame Altar level 2 to 3	—	10
Scrappy Pickaxe	Blacksmith	1
Scrappy Axe	Blacksmith	1
Eternal Ice Bolt I	Alchemist	5
Shroud Wood Block (makes 100)	Workbench	2

The full ingredient lists vary by recipe. The Glider needs 8 Shroud Wood alongside 2 Animal Fur, 2 String and 2 Shroud Spores. The Advanced Glider calls for 6 Shroud Wood with 4 Linen, 4 String and 8 Shroud Sack.

Upgrading the Flame Altar from level 2 to 3 takes 10 Shroud Wood together with 10 Wax, 10 Salt, 5 Spark, 10 Flintstone, 25 Mycelium and 1 Scavenger Matron Helmet.

For tools at the Blacksmith, the Scrappy Pickaxe needs 8 Metal Scraps and 1 Shroud Wood, while the Scrappy Axe takes 3 String, 4 Metal Scraps and 1 Shroud Wood. For building, 2 Shroud Wood converts into 100 Shroud Wood Blocks at the Workbench.