Enshrouded 1.0: How to Get Scales

Scales are a level 25 Common material that comes from the desert wildlife of Enshrouded. The game describes them as “Hardened scales of wild animals. Some say they are as hard as stone.” You gather them by hunting scorpions and Dune Armadillos, searching armadillo remains, or keeping a tamed armadillo on your farm.

Quick answer: Kill desert animals for Scales. Venomous Scorpions and Flaming Scorpions drop 1-2 each; Dune Armadillos and their remains give 3-5.

Where Scales drop

Every source of Scales sits in the hot regions of the map. Scorpions give the smallest amounts, while Dune Armadillos and their carcasses give the most per kill or search.

Source	Region	Scales
Venomous Scorpion (64 locations, with 1 more in the Nomad Highlands)	Kindlewastes	1-2 per kill, with Poison Sack
Flaming Scorpion (50 spots)	Cinder’s Cradle	1-2 per kill
Dune Armadillo	Kindlewastes	3-5 per kill
Dune Armadillo remains (22 carcasses: 20 Kindlewastes, 2 Nomad Highlands)	Kindlewastes / Nomad Highlands	3-5 per search

Scales are not Giant Critter Scales

Giant Critter Scales are a separate, level 13 material dropped by the Fell Critter Queens. They do not substitute for Scales in any recipe, so recipes that call for Scales need the desert-animal drops described above.

Farming route in the Kindlewastes

Use fast travel to reach the Kindlewastes Ancient Spire, then venture into the open desert.

map with the Kindlewastes Ancient Spire — The world map with the Ancient Spire — Kindlewastes fast travel point, your jumping-off spot. Shown at 00:09 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Take down Venomous Scorpions among the dunes and rocks, then collect their Scales and Poison Sacks.

pickups: Scales and Poison Sack — Scales and Poison Sack dropping from a Venomous Scorpion in the open desert. Shown at 00:43 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

On the sand flats, hunt the region’s large, shelled Dune Armadillos; each yields 3-5 Scales.

pickups after the Dune Armadillo — Pickup notifications stack up as you clear animals across the sand flats. Shown at 01:01 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Loot Dune Armadillo remains you come across for 3-5 Scales per carcass. They’re spread throughout the Kindlewastes, and a couple more lie in the Nomad Highlands.

arriving at the Kindlewastes Ancient Spire — Arriving at the Ancient Spire — Kindlewastes, where the desert hunt begins. Shown at 00:24 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Tame a Dune Armadillo for a steady supply

The game notes that “This species constantly regenerates its outer shell, allowing for the collection of scales.” Capturing one and setting it up on your farm takes a few crafted items.

Craft Dune Armadillo Food Bait at the Farmer. One batch uses 1 Saffron, 1 Yucca Fruit, 1 Flour, 1 Sage Leaves and 1 Aureolin Flower, and makes 10 bait in 3.5 minutes.

Crouch as you approach a wild Dune Armadillo, then toss bait close to it to tame it.

Build a Dune Armadillo Feeder at the Farmer using 7 Wood Logs and 1 Nails, then fill it with Dune Armadillo Food. One batch of food uses 1 Saffron, 2 Yucca Fruit and 2 Scarab, and makes 50 food in 3.5 minutes.

Place a Big Farm Animal Pillow, the bed for large farm animals, made at the Farmer from 8 Twigs, 5 Straw, 2 Palm Wood Logs.

What Scales are used for

Scales feed into one weapon and a long list of armor across the Blacksmith, Hunter and Alchemist.

Item (Station)	Scales	Other materials
Riptide (Blacksmith)	2	4 Iron Bars, 3 Palm Wood Logs
Assassin Gloves (Hunter)	4	1 Leather, 2 Fabric, 2 Enshrouded Vulture Talon
Assassin Chest (Hunter)	4	2 Monstrous Ribs, 2 Iron Bars, 1 Padding, 1 Fell Heart
Deerstalker Gloves (Hunter)	4	3 Fabric, 1 Iron Bars, 2 Enshrouded Vulture Talon
Deerstalker Chest (Hunter)	2	4 Green Fabric, 2 Iron Bars, 1 Padding, 1 Fell Heart
Deadeye Vest (Hunter)	6	2 Monstrous Ribs, 1 Iron Bars, 1 Padding, 1 Fell Heart
Deadeye Trousers (Hunter)	6	4 Fabric, 2 Leather, 2 Iron Bars, 15 Brittle Shroud Flakes
Deadeye Gloves (Hunter)	4	1 Fabric, 1 Iron Bars, 2 Enshrouded Vulture Talon
Deadeye Hood (Hunter)	4	2 Fabric, 6 Lapislazuli, 1 Mist of a Fell Sicklescythe
Soldier Gloves (Blacksmith)	4	1 Iron Bars, 1 Padding, 2 Enshrouded Vulture Talon
Rogue Chestplate (Blacksmith)	3	2 Monstrous Ribs, 1 Iron Bars, 1 Padding, 1 Fell Heart
Warden Trousers (Blacksmith)	6	2 Monstrous Ribs, 1 Iron Bars, 4 Shadowbloom, 15 Brittle Shroud Flakes
Warlock Shirt (Alchemist)	6	3 Fossilized Bone Dust, 6 Iron Bars, 1 Padding, 1 Fell Heart
Sage Pants (Alchemist)	3	2 Monstrous Ribs, 1 Green Fabric, 4 Aloe, 15 Brittle Shroud Flakes
Archmage Boots (Alchemist)	4	2 Leather, 4 Shadowbloom, 20 Shroud Sand