Enshrouded 1.0: How to Get Brittle Shroud Flakes in the Kindlewastes

Harvest Brittle Shroud Flakes by chopping the tall Shroud mushroom stalks with an axe in the Shroud of the Kindlewastes; the flakes go directly into your bag. This level 25 Common crafting material has a stack limit of 250.

Quick answer: Use fast travel to reach the Kindlewastes Ancient Spire, enter the Shroud, then swing an axe at its slender mushroom stalks. A stalk yields 1 or 2 flakes.

Where Brittle Shroud Flakes come from

The flakes grow on the tall, thin Shroud mushroom stalks that sprout inside the Kindlewastes Shroud. These stalks grow almost entirely in that region, with a handful also found in the Nomad Highlands.

How to harvest the flakes

Fast travel to the Ancient Spire in the Kindlewastes.

Walk into the Shroud near the spire. The Shroud timer starts running the moment you step inside, so keep an eye on how long you have before you need to leave.

walking into the Kindlewastes Shroud — Stepping into the Kindlewastes Shroud, where the mushroom stalks grow. Shown at 00:20 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Look through the mist for the tall, slender Shroud mushroom stalks.

With an axe equipped, bring down a stalk. Breaking it immediately adds the Brittle Shroud Flakes, with the pickup notification appearing on the left side of the screen.

pickup Brittle Shroud Flakes — The Brittle Shroud Flakes pickup confirms the stalk has dropped its material. Shown at 00:32 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Keep harvesting stalks until you reach your target, and get out of the Shroud while time remains. For tips on staying inside longer, read how the Shroud timer works and how to extend it.

The item itself carries this description in your inventory:

“If these brittle flakes are not handled carefully, they can fall apart and stick to everything, especially clothes. It’s unusable by itself, but can be processed into different materials in crafting.”

Raising the Flame Altar from level 5 to 6

Upgrading the Flame Altar from level 5 to 6 takes 30 Brittle Shroud Flakes alongside a set of other materials. The full cost is below.

Material	Amount
Brittle Shroud Flakes	30
Enshrouded Vulture Talon	30
Saffron	30
Spark	30
Iron Ore	30
Lapislazuli	30
Fell Sicklescythe Head	1

The Kindlewastes also supplies some of these ingredients nearby, so it is worth reading up on where to mine Iron Ore while you are in the region.

Armor that uses Brittle Shroud Flakes

Several trousers and pants recipes each take 15 Brittle Shroud Flakes. They are split across three crafting stations.

Station	Item	Flakes
Blacksmith	Soldier Trousers	15
Blacksmith	Rogue Trousers	15
Blacksmith	Warden Trousers	15
Hunter	Assassin Trousers	15
Hunter	Deerstalker Trousers	15
Hunter	Deadeye Trousers	15
Alchemist	Warlock Pants	15
Alchemist	Sage Pants	15
Alchemist	Archmage Trousers	15

Some of these recipes need other materials too. The Deadeye and Warden Trousers also call for Scales, so stock up on those before crafting them.

Enshrouded Oil and dyes

At the Laboratory, Enshrouded Oil takes 5 Brittle Shroud Flakes, 5 Shroud Particles, 5 Coal Powder and 1 Sulfur, and makes 5. Find where to get Shroud Particles and collect Sulfur in the Kindlewastes for the recipe.

At the Coloring Station, dyes each take 2 Brittle Shroud Flakes and 1 Nitrate and make 5. The dyes that use flakes are listed below with their extra ingredients.

Snowfall and Royal Decree, with Shroud Vapor and Silver Dust
Madly Maroon, with Fossilized Bone Dust and Corrosive Blood
Green-Winged Orchid, Cathedral and Liquid Light, with Lapislazuli
Rust, with Sulfur and Fertilised Farm Soil