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Enshrouded 1.0: How to Get Ammonia Gland in the Nomad Highlands

Hunt the Fell Fungal Friend in the Shroud for a steady supply used in Leather, Paper, and the Flame Altar.

Hunt the Fell Fungal Friend in the Shroud for a steady supply used in Leather, Paper, and the Flame Altar.

Ammonia Gland is a crafting material in Enshrouded that drops from the Fell Fungal Friend. It feeds the Tanning Station, the Laboratory, several Alchemist recipes, and a key upgrade for your Flame Altar. In the game’s words, this gland holds “a concentrated substance which can be used to tan furs.”

Quick answer: Kill the Fell Fungal Friend inside the Shroud in the Nomad Highlands. Each one drops 4–6 Ammonia Glands.


Where Ammonia Gland comes from

The Fell Fungal Friend is a large mushroom creature with a red cap, and it lives inside the Shroud in the Nomad Highlands. It is the enemy that drops Ammonia Glands, so you will need to head into the fog to find one.

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Open the world map and fast travel to the Nomad Highlands to start the trip. Shown at 00:05 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH
Enter the Shroud and search for the Fell Fungal Friend, the big red-capped mushroom enemy.
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Push into the foggy Shroud in the Nomad Highlands, where the Fell Fungal Friend spawns. Shown at 01:05 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH
Kill it, then wait for the green cloud it leaves behind to clear before you step in to collect the drops.
Loot the body. Every Fell Fungal Friend gives you 4–6 Ammonia Glands.
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The pickup notification confirms the Ammonia Glands have been added to your inventory. Shown at 01:30 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

What Ammonia Gland is used for

Two uses eat the most Ammonia Gland. Leather at the Tanning Station takes 2 per batch, and the Flame Altar upgrade from level 4 to 5 asks for 20 at once.

Recipe / upgradeAmmonia GlandOutput or notes
Leather (Tanning Station)2With 10 Dried Fur and 20 Salt, makes 10 Leather
Paper (Laboratory)1With 1 log, makes 5 Paper
Flame Altar level 4 to 520Part of a larger material list

To raise the Flame Altar from level 4 to level 5, provide 20 each of Ammonia Gland, Mint Mushroom Meat, Fossilized Bone, Spark, Tin Ore, and Rooibos, along with 1 Fell Monstrosity Head. The Flame Altar upgrade requirements page covers the remaining flame levels too.

Alchemist and armor recipes

The Alchemist uses Ammonia Gland for Acid Bite (2), plus Eternal Ice Bolt II and Eternal Acid Bite I (20 each). Several pieces of gear across the crafting stations call for small amounts too.

  • Guardian Chestplate, Blackguard Chest and Riptide: 2 each (Blacksmith)
  • Magician Chest and Omen Chest: 2 each (Alchemist)
  • Fowler Chest: 2, Hunter Trousers: 3 (Hunter); Mercenary Gloves: 2 (Blacksmith)
  • Coloring Station colors: 1 each

Because the Tanning Station links Ammonia Gland to Leather, it helps to line up the other tanning inputs first. You can read where to find Salt at the Egerton Salt Mines and how to gather Animal Fur, which turns into the Dried Fur the recipe needs.