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Enshrouded: How to Get Back Down to the Fell Thunderbrute in the Elixir Well

The quickest route from the Return Beacon to the boss floor, what the Fell Thunderbrute does, and how to clear the well.

The quickest route from the Return Beacon to the boss floor, what the Fell Thunderbrute does, and how to clear the well.

by AllThingsHow StaffAllThingsHow Staff

If the Fell Thunderbrute kills you in Enshrouded, you don’t return to your base. You respawn at the Return Beacon on the Elixir Well’s upper level, while the boss remains below. Once you know which wall to climb, reaching the bottom takes little time.

Interactive map Elixir Well locations in Enshrouded locations Zoom in and tap a marker for its exact spot.

Quick answer: From the Return Beacon, climb down the grate on the east edge of its platform. Work down the wooden platforms to the lowest ledge, jump, and press Space to glide down to the boss floor.

To reach the well for the first time and open the chest at the top, follow the full Clear The Elixir Well walkthrough.

Return Beacon in the Elixir Well: Where you respawn

The Return Beacon is a round, glowing beacon set on a stone block on the top level of the well. Each death inside the well puts you back next to it. When you stand beside it, the game shows a tutorial line:

“Return Beacons replenish your Time in the Shroud. Stand near them to feel their effect.”

For how the timer itself works, see how the Shroud timer works and how to extend it. Bring a sword for the fight, a felling axe for the Shroud Root, and your Glider for the drops inside the well.

A character stands beside a glowing orange Return Beacon in a dark blue Shroud, with a tutorial tip above it.
A Return Beacon glows on a ledge in the Shroud, with a tip explaining that Return Beacons replenish your Time in the Shroud.

Route from the Return Beacon to the Fell Thunderbrute

From the beacon, head to the platform’s eastern rim. A grate fixed to the wall provides a way down; climb along it.
Character climbing down a metal grate on the wall below the Return Beacon platform in the Elixir Well
Climbing down the grate on the east edge of the Return Beacon platform.
Land on the wooden platform beneath the grate. Continue downward via the well’s wooden platforms and walkways.
Pause at the bottommost ledge. It overlooks a broad cavern lit by a red glow.
Character standing on a rock ledge above a dark cavern with a faint red glow in the Elixir Well
The lowest ledge, looking down into the cavern where the boss waits.
Leap from the ledge and press Space to deploy the Glider. Glide down to the cavern floor and land without losing health.

You know you are in the right place when the “FELL THUNDERBRUTE” health bar appears at the top of the screen as you land. The cavern floor is the boss arena.

Character crossing a dark cavern floor with Rusty Short Sword attack, heavy attack and block controls shown
On the cavern floor with the Rusty Short Sword’s Attack, Heavy Attack and Block/Parry controls on screen.

Fell Thunderbrute attacks and how to fight it

The Fell Thunderbrute, a large Fell brute, waits on the cavern floor beside the Shroud Root. Be ready for the boss’s attacks.

  • It springs upward, then slams into the ground, releasing a blue blast. If the blast catches you, you receive the “Stunned” debuff, shown among your statuses on the left.
  • Wide cleaves when you are at close range.
A blue explosion bursts across the cavern floor after the Fell Thunderbrute ground smash
The blue blast from the Fell Thunderbrute’s leap and ground smash.

Press Tab to lock on, then keep attacking with your sword. Stay close and at the boss’s elevation. If it climbs onto the raised root mound while you are below, your strikes will not connect.

The boss’s health bar resets to full when you die. It also disappears and comes back full if you drift too far away mid-fight, so keep your distance short.

When the boss dies, the game shows “QUEST UPDATED – Clear The Elixir Well” and the quest step changes to “Destroy The Shroud Root”. On Steam, the achievement “Thundering success – Defeat the guardian of the first elixir well” unlocks at the same time.

Press E on the body to loot it. The window includes a Shroud Core (Materials, Level 5, Rare), a Fell Thunderbrute Head and a Tainted Axe. Press F to take everything.

Shroud Core item card, Materials, Level 5, Rare, in the Fell Thunderbrute loot window
The Shroud Core card in the Fell Thunderbrute’s loot window: Materials, Level 5, Rare.

Destroy the Shroud Root to clear the Elixir Well

Walk up to the big red Shroud Root beside the boss floor. The game shows the hint “The Shroud Root is the source of our misery. Destroy it with a felling axe and prosper.” along with the prompt “E Destroy The Shroud Root”. Pressing E has no visible effect.
Character in front of the Shroud Root with the hint text about destroying it with a felling axe
The hint that appears at the Shroud Root.
Equip your felling axe and face the root.
Keep hitting the root until it breaks.
Plain ground in a red-lit chamber where the Shroud Root stood after it was destroyed
Plain ground where the Shroud Root stood, once the root is destroyed.

When the root breaks, “NEW LOCATION CHARTED!” appears with a new map marker (Show on Map), followed by a quest reward and the Steam achievement “Well done! Cleared the first elixir well.” The red root is gone, leaving plain ground where it stood. The chamber is also free of the Shroud, and the Shroud timer box at the top of the screen disappears. At that point, Clear The Elixir Well is complete.

For the other Shroud Roots and wells, see all Shroud Root and Elixir Well locations.

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