Gaming How-To

Enshrouded: How to Place Map Markers and Waypoints

Right-click the world map to drop a named, colour-coded marker or a waypoint that shows on your compass with its distance.

Right-click the world map to drop a named, colour-coded marker or a waypoint that shows on your compass with its distance.

Enshrouded handles both markers and waypoints from the world map, through a single right-click menu. A marker is a labelled icon that stays on the map. A waypoint is a destination that also appears on your compass while you play.

Quick answer: Press M, then right-click a spot. Choose Create Marker to name it and pick a colour and icon, or choose Set Waypoint to put it on your compass with its distance.


Enshrouded world map controls

The footer of the WORLD map lists the map controls; the rest are in our full controls list.

InputFooter label
R“R Fast Travel to last visited Altar”
Right mouse button“Set Waypoint”
F“Locate Waypoint”
C“C Recenter”
Mouse wheel“Zoom”
ESC“ESC Close”

Locate Waypoint stays grey until you have a waypoint set. Two tabs sit at the top of the map, “1 People & Places” and “2 Filter Mapmarker”, and the filter tab shows “Hidden types: 0” when no marker types are hidden.


How to create a marker and set a waypoint in Enshrouded

Press M to open the WORLD map. Check the footer, where Locate Waypoint is greyed out until a waypoint exists.
Enshrouded world map near Braelyn Bridge with 'Set Waypoint' and a grey 'Locate Waypoint' in the footer
The world map near Braelyn Bridge, with fast travel, waypoint, recenter, zoom and close controls.
Right-click the spot you want to mark. A “(Waypoint)” menu opens with three options: “Send Ping”, “Create Marker” and “Set Waypoint”.
Enshrouded world map right-click menu labelled '(Waypoint)' with 'Send Ping', 'Create Marker' and 'Set Waypoint'
Right-clicking the world map opens the ‘(Waypoint)’ menu with three options.
Select Create Marker. The “CREATE CUSTOM MARKER” panel opens with a name field reading “Custom Marker” with a 0/1024 counter, plus a row of 8 colours, a row of 10 icons, and Cancel and Create buttons.
Enshrouded 'CREATE CUSTOM MARKER' panel with name field, eight colours, ten icons, and Cancel and Create buttons
The ‘CREATE CUSTOM MARKER’ panel lets you name the marker and pick a colour and icon.
Pick a colour and an icon, then press Create. We picked green and the chest, and our marker stayed on the map west of our Flame Altar.
Enshrouded world map showing a new green chest custom marker placed west of the Flame Altar
A green chest custom marker now sits on the map west of the Flame Altar.
To add a waypoint, right-click another spot on the map. Choose Set Waypoint from the same “(Waypoint)” menu.
Enshrouded world map with the '(Waypoint)' menu open on a new spot and the green chest marker visible
Right-clicking another spot opens the same ‘(Waypoint)’ menu while the chest marker stays in place.
Check the map for the waypoint diamond at that spot. “F Locate Waypoint” in the footer is no longer grey, which confirms the waypoint is set.
Enshrouded world map with a waypoint diamond north-east of the altar and 'Locate Waypoint' now active
A waypoint diamond is set north-east of the altar, and ‘Locate Waypoint’ is no longer grey.
Press ESC to leave the map. The waypoint appears on the compass along the screen’s top edge, with its distance above it (ours read 64m).
Enshrouded compass at the top of the screen showing the waypoint diamond with '64m' above it
Out in the field, the compass shows the waypoint diamond with ’64m’ above it.