Enshrouded: How to Get the Rested Buff (Campfire)

Rested is the stamina buff that sits at the top left of the HUD in Enshrouded, just under the health and stamina bars. When it is active it reads “Rested” with a timer and the line “Increased Stamina Maximum and Regeneration”. An easy way to switch it on early is a hand-crafted Campfire that you sit beside.

Quick answer: Craft a Campfire (Wood Logs 2), place it from the ALT bar, then press E on “E Cook” to sit beside it. Sitting and Warmth tick, and Rested turns on.

The three condition lines Rested tracks

Below the Rested timer, the HUD lists a set of conditions with tick boxes. These are what the buff watches, and each one can tick independently.

Sheltered / Sitting / Sleeping — one line that ticks when you are under a roof, sitting, or sleeping.
Warmth — was already ticked around our base and stayed ticked while sitting at the Campfire.
Comfortable — this line reads “Comfort (Level N)” once nearby comfort furniture counts toward it.

When none of the first line’s options are met, the HUD can read “Rested – Inactive” even if Warmth is already ticked. In our play, Rested switched on once something on that first line was ticked.

Craft a Campfire and sit beside it to get Rested

Open the crafting tab of the main menu with V. Under “SUPPLIES – UTILITY”, pick “Campfire”, listed as “Level 1 Resting” and Common. The recipe needs Wood Logs 2. Press SPACE to craft it.

The Campfire recipe in the Enshrouded Crafting menu, listed as Level 1 Resting and needing Wood Logs — The Campfire under Supplies – Utility in the Crafting menu: Level 1 Resting, Wood Logs 2.

After crafting, the Campfire appears on the ALT action bar. Hold ALT and tap the number for its slot to see a blue placement preview; the side panel displays “Campfire” and a “Flame protected area” readout (the zone around your Flame Altar). Click the left mouse button on “Place” to position it.

Blue Campfire placement hologram positioned on the ground with the Place prompt ready — The Campfire placement preview active in the field, ready for the Place prompt.

Walk up to the lit Campfire. It shows two prompts, “E Cook” and “E Pick up”. Rested still reads “Inactive” while you stand there.

Character standing over a lit fire with E Cook and E Pick up prompts and a Fireplace objective — Standing at the lit Campfire, the E Cook and E Pick up prompts appear with the Building Shelter objective active.

Standing directly over the flames adds a red “Burning” entry beneath the list; stay beside the fire instead of in it.

Press E on “E Cook”. This does not open a cooking menu; your character sits down by the fire. The HUD now shows Rested with a timer and “Increased Stamina Maximum and Regeneration”, with Sitting and Warmth ticked and Comfortable not. While seated the timer climbs, rising through 0:19, 0:56, 1:33, and up to 5:00 shown in green about two minutes after sitting.

Character sitting beside a lit fire with Rested active and the Warmth condition ticked — Sitting beside the lit fire satisfies Sitting and Warmth, turning Rested on.

What happens when you leave the fire

Get up and move away from the fire into the darkness, and the timer keeps running down while a red “Exposed” line appears beneath it. Rested stayed active while that timer was still running.

Raise Comfort with a Fireplace

A Fireplace at your base adds Comfort. Craft it at the Workbench under Comfort Furniture (Basic Comfort), as covered in the Fireplace guide, then place it, and the list’s final entry changes from “Comfortable” to “Comfort (Level 1)”, checked beside Warmth. This counts while you stand near the Fireplace; sitting is not necessary.

Character standing near the base with Rested active and Warmth and Comfort (Level 1) ticked — Near the base Fireplace, Warmth and Comfort (Level 1) are both ticked.

Get Sheltered under a roof

Near the base, enter a ruined stone house and approach the bed, which offers the prompt “E Sleep”. At the bed, Sheltered and Comfort (Level 4) are checked, while Warmth is unchecked and Rested is active. Being inside a roofed building ticks the first condition without sitting. We did not test sleeping in the bed.

Character inside a stone shelter facing a bed with the E Sleep prompt showing — A bed in a ruined stone house shows the E Sleep prompt, with Sheltered and Comfort (Level 4) ticked.

Out in the open near the base, Warmth and Comfort (Level 1) can both tick while “Sheltered / Sitting / Sleeping” stays empty, and the HUD then reads “Rested – Inactive”.

Sitting at the Campfire does not restore health while your character is hungry (“You are hungry”); food is what brings health back, as shown in the low health food guide.