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Enshrouded 1.0: How to Get Hardwood in the Revelwood

Fell the large trees below the Ancient Spire, or grow your own at the Seedbed, then put the logs to work.

Fell the large trees below the Ancient Spire, or grow your own at the Seedbed, then put the logs to work.

Hardwood is the tough timber you pull from the big, thick-trunked trees of the Revelwood. Its item text reads, “This especially tough wood could cause much damage if it hits your head while you fell trees.” You gather it by chopping those large trees with an axe and picking up the logs they drop, and you can set up a renewable supply through farming.

Quick answer: Travel quickly to the Ancient Spire in the Revelwood, then glide to the forest floor and use an axe on a large tree. Pick up its fallen logs to obtain Hardwood.


Harvest Hardwood from Revelwood trees

Use fast travel to reach the Ancient Spire in the Revelwood, then descend by glider to the forest below.
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Gliding down from the Ancient Spire into the Revelwood forest, where the large trees grow. Shown at 00:27 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH
Head to a thick-trunked tree in the Revelwood and approach its base.
Chop the trunk with an axe using the “Cut tree” prompt and keep swinging until the tree falls.
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Chopping a large Revelwood tree at its trunk until it topples. Shown at 00:40 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH
Gather the logs by stepping over them on the ground. The pickup list will display Hardwood, with several pieces available at once.
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Collecting the fallen logs adds Hardwood to your inventory, shown in the pickup notifications. Shown at 00:52 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Grow Hardwood at the Seedbed

Combine 1 Hardwood and 1 Farm Soil to produce 5 Hardwood Ash Tree Seedlings at the Seedbed.


What Hardwood is used for

A total of 66 recipes call for Hardwood. Copper, Bronze, Iron, and Steel Axes at the Blacksmith each require 1 Hardwood, in addition to their other parts.

AxeCost (with 1 Hardwood)
Copper Axe3 String, 4 Copper Bars
Bronze Axe3 Linen, 4 Bronze Bars
Iron Axe3 Linen, 4 Iron Bars
Steel Axe4 Steel Bars
Fenrig’s Axe4 Copper Bars, 3 Charcoal, 3 Hardwood

Beyond axes, Hardwood feeds your production stations and furniture:

  • At the Table Saw, process 1 Hardwood into either 2 Wood Planks or 5 Twigs.
  • At a Kiln, combine 1 Lump of Clay with 1 log, including Hardwood, to produce 1 Fired Bricks.
  • At the Carpenter, the Polished Wooden Bench recipe calls for 4 Wood Planks, 3 Nails, 1 Resin, and 4 Hardwood.
  • Ornate Wooden Bed (Carpenter): 2 Hardwood among its parts.