The oil in Enshrouded 1.0 is called Enshrouded Oil. You make it at the Laboratory, which turns 5 Shroud Particles, 5 Coal Powder, 5 Brittle Shroud Flakes and 1 Sulfur into 5 Enshrouded Oil. Even its own item text doesn’t oversell it: “Its uses are unknown even to the creator itself, but it definitely didn’t help the skin of the Fell!” It still ends up in gliders, chests, spells and weapons.
Quick answer: Build a Laboratory, pick up Coal Powder to reveal the recipe, then craft 5 Enshrouded Oil from 5 Shroud Particles, 5 Coal Powder, 5 Brittle Shroud Flakes and 1 Sulfur.
How to make Enshrouded Oil
The recipe stays hidden until two conditions are met. You need a Laboratory, and you need to have picked up Coal Powder. Once both are true, the oil appears in the Laboratory’s recipe list.
How to build the Laboratory
The Alchemist crafts the Laboratory. Bring these materials:
- 1 Scientific Instruments
- 1 Athanor
- 40 Fired Bricks
- 10 Copper Bars
- 3 Glass
Set the Laboratory beside the Alchemist’s workstations at your base.
Where to get the ingredients
Two of the four ingredients come from the Shroud, so expect to spend time inside it. The Kindlewastes Shroud is the one place for Brittle Shroud Flakes.
| Ingredient | How to get it |
|---|---|
| Shroud Particles | Fell enemies; the Shroud in the Nomad Highlands, Kindlewastes and Albaneve Summits |
| Coal Powder | Ground from coal at Grinding Stones |
| Brittle Shroud Flakes | The Kindlewastes Shroud |
| Sulfur | Mined (see materials by region) |
Fell enemies are where Shroud Particles drop, so clearing them while you’re in the Kindlewastes Shroud lets you collect Particles and Flakes on the same trip.
What Enshrouded Oil is used for
Enshrouded Oil goes into recipes at the Carpenter, Alchemist and Blacksmith, plus the in-place Huge Magic Chest upgrade.
| Item | Made at | Enshrouded Oil | Other materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Glider | Carpenter | 4 | 3 Shroud Wood, 2 Fabric, 1 Sulfur, 1 String |
| Huge Magic Chest | Carpenter (from a Huge Chest) or in-place chest upgrade | 3 | 1 Shroud Nexus |
| Arc Lightning (makes 20) | Alchemist | 5 | 1 Iron Bars, 1 Copper Bars, 5 Charcoal |
| Blizzard II (makes 20) | Alchemist | 1 | 10 Lapislazuli |
| Eternal Ice Totem I | Alchemist | 5 | 5 Iron Bars, 15 Lapislazuli |
| Dreadbane (item level 21) | Blacksmith | 2 | 5 Iron Bars, 4 Palm Wood Logs |
| Dreadbane (item level 26) | Blacksmith | 3 | 4 Conifer Logs, 2 Silver Bars, 1 Steel Bars |
A five-oil batch from the Laboratory leaves 1 after you make a Ghost Glider, or 2 after crafting a Huge Magic Chest.
