Enshrouded 1.0: How to Get Bug Dust (Alchemist Recipe)

In Enshrouded, Bug Dust is a common crafting resource. Item text: “A protein rich ingredient created from crushed critter shells.” Bug Dust is crafted by the Alchemist from Critter Parts. Bring raw Critter Parts to the Alchemist to make it; bug-like enemies living in the Shroud drop those parts.

Quick answer: Craft Bug Dust at the Alchemist using the Mortar. Each craft turns 1 Critter Parts into 1 Bug Dust, so gather Critter Parts from Fell Critters in the Shroud first.

What you need before you can craft Bug Dust

The recipe sits with the Alchemist, so three things have to be in place first.

The Alchemist, rescued and sheltered under a roof at your base.
The Alchemist’s Mortar, placed at your base. You find it in the Alchemist’s underground laboratory inside the Alchemist Tower at Lone Thistle, as part of the quest “The Alchemist’s Mortar”.
Critter Parts in your inventory, one per Bug Dust you want to make.

Bug Dust itself is a level 13 common material with a stack size of 250.

How to craft Bug Dust at the Alchemist

Rescue the Alchemist and complete “The Alchemist’s Mortar”. The Mortar is hidden in the Alchemist Tower at Lone Thistle, down in his laboratory. Carry it back and place it at your base.

Gather Critter Parts. In the Shroud, hunt Fell Critters and Fell Critter Hatchlings, then collect the Critter Parts they drop. Most are found in the Springlands Shroud. The Springlands map also marks a Critter Nest camp.

Return to base and talk to the Alchemist to open the crafting menu. Open the Resources category and select Bug Dust.

Alchemist crafting menu — The Alchemist's Resources list is where Bug Dust lives. Shown at 00:24 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Confirm the craft. One Critter Parts becomes one Bug Dust. Craft x10 works when you have the parts.

Bug Dust recipe (Alchemist, Mortar, Critter Parts) — The recipe panel confirms you need the Alchemist, the Mortar, and one Critter Parts per unit. Shown at 00:34 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Where to farm Critter Parts

Fell Critters in the Shroud are the primary source of Critter Parts. Critter Parts item text: “Remains of the pests that dwell below the Shroud.” Crabs and Stingers also drop them at every kill.

Enemy	Critter Parts	Where
Crab	1-3 (plus 1-2 Crab Meat)	Veilwater Basin
Fell Crab	1-3	Veilwater Basin
Stinger	2-3	Blackmire
Venomous Stinger	2-3	Veilwater Basin

What Bug Dust is used for

Bug Dust feeds into another material, several spells and ammo types, a dye, and a set of early armor pieces. The most important early use is Goo, which the Flame Altar needs to go from Flame Level 3 to 4.

Product	Bug Dust needed	Station
Goo	1 (with 1 Springlands Dirt, 2 Shroud Mushroom)	Alchemist
Wisp of Light	3 (with 2 Glow Dust, 1 Resin)	Alchemist
Shock Wisp I (x50)	1 (with 1 Glow Dust, 2 Brittle Shroud Petals)	Alchemist
Mana Drain III	2 (with 4 Gloomberry)	Manual Crafting
Stun Arrow (x25)	10 (using 1 Alchemical Base, 2 Goo, and 5 Twigs)	Hunter
Eternal Frost Arrow I	15 (with 20 Brittle Shroud Petals, 15 Goo)	Hunter
Icy Brook dye (x5)	1 (with 1 Goo, 2 Moth, 2 Mycelium)	Coloring Station

Seven armor pieces also use one Bug Dust each: the Adventurer Helmet, Cutthroat Helmet, Ranger Hood, Healer Pants, Tank Trousers, Mage Trousers and Mage Boots.