Enshrouded 1.0: How to Get Saffron in the Kindlewastes

In Enshrouded’s hot desert zones, gather Saffron by hand. This rare herb is a level 25 Common material with a stack limit of 250, and its in-game description reads, “A rare herbal plant that can be found in hot climates. It’s used to create vibrant golden-yellow dyes.” Most plants are concentrated in one region, with a few growing elsewhere.

Quick answer: Search the Kindlewastes, a desert of red rock and sand, and interact with each Saffron plant. A plant yields 1 or 2.

Where to find wild Saffron

The red-rock desert of the Kindlewastes contains nearly all wild Saffron, while a small number of plants appear in the Nomad Highlands.

Use fast travel to reach the Nomad Highlands’ Ancient Spire. Bring up the world map, choose its spire marker, and teleport to it.

map, Ancient Spire Nomad Highlands fast travel — Fast travel to the Ancient Spire in the Nomad Highlands from the world map to start the route into the desert. Shown at 00:04 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

From the spire, take a glider toward the Kindlewastes, where red rock meets sand. Continue your flight down to the dunes.

gliding toward the red rock desert — Glide down from the spire toward the red-rock canyons of the Kindlewastes, where the Saffron grows. Shown at 00:40 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Cross the sand, interacting with every Saffron plant along your path. Its pickup notification shows on the screen’s left, and the plant’s yield goes directly into your bag.

picking Saffron on the sand, pickup Saffron — Picking a Saffron plant on the sand; each plant you interact with drops 1 or 2 into your bag. Shown at 00:58 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Travel over the dunes, collecting every plant you spot. Since each provides 1 or 2 Saffron, search a broad area of sand until you reach the quantity you need.

How to farm Saffron at a Seedbed

Once you have at least one Saffron, you can grow a steady supply at your base instead of walking the desert each time. You will need a Seedbed and some Fertilised Farm Soil.

Build a Seedbed at your base.

Craft Saffron Seedlings at the Seedbed. The recipe takes 1 Saffron and 1 Fertilised Farm Soil and produces 5 Saffron Seedlings in 180 seconds.

Put the seedlings into farm soil, then gather them after they mature. A cultivated plant yields 1 or 2 Saffron, matching the yield from a wild plant.

Flame Altar level 5 to 6 requirements

Raising the Flame Altar from level 5 to 6 takes 30 Saffron alongside a list of other materials. Gather all of them before you start the upgrade.

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

What Saffron is used for

Beyond the Flame Altar, Saffron feeds into fabric, food, dyes, spice, bait, building blocks and decorations. These are the recipes that call for it.

Crafting and cooking recipes

Recipe (station)	Cost	Makes
Yellow Fabric (Hunter)	1 Saffron and 1 Fabric	—
Spiced Tea (Kitchen)	5 Saffron and 2 Spice	5
Strawberry Cake (Kitchen)	5 Saffron, 5 Shortcrust Pastry Base, 10 Strawberry	5
Open Sandwich (Kitchen)	5 Saffron, 5 Grilled Wolf Meat, 5 Flat Bread	5
Spice (Laboratory)	1 Saffron, 15 Shroud Sand, 1 Chamomile, 1 Rooibos, 1 Kindlewastes Flower	10
Dune Armadillo Food Bait (Farmer)	1 Saffron, 1 Yucca Fruit, 1 Flour, 1 Sage Leaves, 1 Aureolin Flower	10
Yellow Luminescent Block (Workbench)	3 Saffron, 3 Glass, 4 Flintstone	100

You can find the full upgrade path on the Flame Altar upgrade requirements page.

Dyes at the Coloring Station

Harvest Festival takes 1 Saffron
Liquid Light takes 1 Saffron
Sediment takes 2 Saffron
Bright Resolve takes 2 Saffron
Golden Leaf takes 2 Saffron

Decorations

The Bard and Hunter have several decorations that use Saffron. Wall Tapestries I–V need 1 or 2 apiece; each painting needs 1; Hollow Halls Banners need either 2 or 5; and the Hunter’s Carpet needs 2 Saffron.