Enshrouded 1.0: How to Get 7 New Building Blocks (Chests and Workbench Recipes)

Enshrouded 1.0 adds a set of building blocks tied to the Ancients and the Cinder’s Cradle region. Some you have to travel for and pull out of chests. The rest show up on the Workbench list once you are carrying the right materials. Here is where each one is and exactly what it takes to obtain it.

Quick answer: Three of the seven blocks come from chests (Ancient Beacon Block, Ancient Gold Block, Weathered Ancient Stone Block), and the other four (Moonstone Block, Ancient Circles Block, Ancient Dungeon Block, Ancient Stone Block) are Workbench recipes that appear once you carry Moonstone and Basalt from Cinder’s Cradle.

Chest blocks you have to travel for

Three blocks are found in chests. Each chest has a specific location; follow the steps below to reach it.

Ancient Beacon Block (Island Ruin, sky islands)

A round design decorates this glowing yellow-orange block. Its chest is inside a tower at Island Ruin, south-west of the Crater Isle area in the north-east of the sky islands.

Fast travel to the Flame Altar near Crater Isle. On the map the area reads “Undiscovered: Crater Isle” until you visit it. Drop a waypoint at the Island Ruin to the south-west so you have a marker to aim for.

Crater Isle map route — The map around Crater Isle, where you set your waypoint toward the Island Ruin to the south-west. Shown at 01:10 in His & Hers Gaming’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

From the high ground, leap and glide south-west over the floating rocks until you reach the Island Ruin tower entrance. Take care of the enemies outside before going in.

Enter the tower chamber through its doorway and loot the chest. It contains Gold Coins x4 and Ancient Beacon Block x265.

Ancient Beacon Block chest at Island Ruin — The Island Ruin tower chest open, with the Ancient Beacon Block haul in the loot menu. Shown at 01:42 in His & Hers Gaming’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Ancient Gold Block (silver chest near the Citadel)

Begin at the Citadel Flame Altar on the highest sky island; the objective is “GET TO HIGHEST SKY ISLAND – CITADEL”. The “Ancient Gold Block” map pin lands in the center of the ruins, not at the chest. Disregard its precise location and make your way to the ruined castle tower.

Glide from the altar past the enemies in the ruins and reach the ornate circular door. Beyond it, a round table has a lore page titled “Into the Flame”.

On the table’s left, exit through the hole in the crumbled wall; descend from there to the gold metal platform below.

Glide across to the neighbouring exterior metal platform, where a silver chest sits. Opening it gives Ancient Gold Block +234. The same chest also holds a staff, the Staff of the Ram (Level 50, Uncommon, Power 42).

Ancient Gold Block chest — The silver chest on the exterior platform below the ruined tower, reached through the hole left of the round table. Shown at 02:36 in His & Hers Gaming’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Weathered Ancient Stone Block (Lost Ancient Temple, Blackmire)

The chest is in the Lost Ancient Temple, shown on the world map as the “Hidden Temple” marker at the Passage to the Blackmire, near Little Lagoon, Starfish Shores and Lake Heartblood.

Bring Spark before you go. Spark comes from Flame Shrines and Flame Sanctums, and the door inside the temple needs some to open.

Once inside the temple, board the ornate circular elevator platform and descend.

At the sealed glowing blue round door, use 10 Spark to open it. The prompt shows your held Spark against the cost (for example, “REQUIRED: Spark 15 / 10”).

Inside the altar room, open the ornate silver chest. It holds Gold Coins x7 and Weathered Ancient Stone Block x297.

Weathered Ancient Stone Block chest — The altar-room chest behind the Spark door, with the Weathered Ancient Stone Block stack and gold coins inside. Shown at 03:58 in His & Hers Gaming’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Workbench recipes: four blocks from Moonstone and Basalt

The other four blocks appear on the Workbench list under Blocks once you are carrying the new materials, Moonstone and Basalt from Cinder’s Cradle. Each recipe makes 100 blocks per craft, and the craft buttons read “Craft” and “Craft x10”. On each recipe line the resource shows your held amount against the amount needed, with its source in brackets.

Block	Materials needed	Makes
Moonstone Block	10 units of Moonstone, 4 of Sparkling Dust, and 3 of Basalt	100
Ancient Circles Block	10 Basalt	100
Ancient Dungeon Block	10 Basalt	100
Ancient Stone Block	10 Moonstone, 10 Basalt	100

The recipe lines list Cinder’s Cradle as the source for both Moonstone and Basalt. Sparkling Dust, required only for the Moonstone Block, is marked Mill on the recipe line. The Moonstone Block has a glowing pattern.

The Moonstone Block recipe on the Workbench, listing its Moonstone, Sparkling Dust and Basalt costs. Shown at 04:12 in His & Hers Gaming’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Workbench recipes, rarity and stack size for the seven blocks

All seven blocks are Common building materials that stack to 5,000. The three chest blocks also have Workbench recipes of their own, so after the chest haul runs out you can make more:

Block	Rarity	Stack	Workbench recipe
Ancient Beacon Block	Common	5,000	Workbench: 3 Magma Gel + 4 Cinder Rock + 3 Celestium Ore → 100
Ancient Gold Block	Common	5,000	Workbench: 5 Gold Bars → 100
Weathered Ancient Stone Block	Common	5,000	Workbench: 5 Blackmire Stone + 100 Ancient Stone Block → 100
Moonstone Block	Common	5,000	Workbench: 3 Basalt + 10 Moonstone + 4 Sparkling Dust → 100
Ancient Circles Block	Common	5,000	Workbench: 10 Basalt → 100
Ancient Dungeon Block	Common	5,000	Workbench: 10 Basalt → 100
Ancient Stone Block	Common	5,000	Workbench: 10 Basalt + 10 Moonstone → 100

Sparkling Dust for the Moonstone Block is ground at a Mill: 1 Diamond + 1 Moonstone + 1 Celestium Ore + 1 Mother-Of-Pearl → 1, 3 min (at default production speed).

The Ancient Beacon Block’s item text: “A glowing block casting a yellow light that’s visible across vast distances.”