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Enshrouded 1.0: How to Get Glow Dust

Set up the Alchemist's Mortar, gather Fire Flies in the Springlands, and craft Glow Dust one-for-one.

Set up the Alchemist’s Mortar, gather Fire Flies in the Springlands, and craft Glow Dust one-for-one.

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Glow Dust is a crafted material made by the Alchemist from Fire Flies. Its description reads, “A magical dust that can glow in the dark, consisting of the crushed remains of a Fire Fly.” Once you have the right setup in your base, you can turn Fire Flies into Glow Dust whenever you need it.

Requirements before you can craft Glow Dust

Before crafting, make sure the Alchemist is rescued and sheltered, and that you have placed the Alchemist’s Mortar in your base. To obtain the Mortar for the quest “The Alchemist’s Mortar“, fetch it from the underground laboratory beneath the Alchemist Tower in Lone Thistle, then bring it back to your base.

Enshrouded Glow Dust recipe card at the Alchemist requiring 'Mortar' and Fire Fly
Glow Dust is made from Fire Fly and requires a ‘Mortar’ and ‘Sheltered Bed’.

You also need Fire Flies. These are small glowing pickups found all over the Springlands. The Fire Fly description reads, “An animal, also blessed by the Flame, that spreads light in the dark.”

How to craft Glow Dust at the Alchemist

Place the Mortar in your base so the Alchemist can craft with it.
Collect Fire Flies across the Springlands. The recipe uses one Fire Fly per Glow Dust.
Fire Fly pickup with Recipe Unlocked Firefly Lamp at Workbench in grass at dusk
Fire Flies we collected in the grass near our base at dusk. The first pickup also unlocked the Firefly Lamp at the Workbench.
Talk to the Alchemist, open the Resources tab, and craft Glow Dust. Each Fire Fly produces one Glow Dust, and it goes to your backpack.
Glow Dust
Glow Dust. Image: Keen Games

What Glow Dust is used for

Glow Dust feeds into spells, wands, arrows, armor, and a few other crafted items across several stations. Here is how much each recipe asks for and where you make it.

RecipeStationGlow Dust
Wisp of LightAlchemist2
Chain Heal IAlchemist1
Ice Bolt IIAlchemist2
Shock Wisp IAlchemist1
Reaper’s WandAlchemist2–4
Cryptic WandAlchemist2
Eternal Chain Lightning IAlchemist8
HailscourgeBlacksmith2–6
Eternal Ember Arrow IHunter20
Armor pieces—1

Wisp of Light takes 3 Bug Dust, 2 Glow Dust, and 1 Resin.

Hailscourge is crafted at the Blacksmith, with its Glow Dust cost varying by tier from 2 to 6. For instance, the Copper Bars version requires 3 Copper Bars, 2 Glow Dust, 1 Brittle Shroud Petals, and 3 Hardwood. For armor, Mage gear, Healer gear, Adventurer gear, Ranger gear, Cutthroat gear, and Tank gear each require one Glow Dust.

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