Enshrouded 1.0: How to Get Critter Parts, Critter Glands and Chitin Powder

Critter Parts, Critter Glands and Critter Carapace are all drops from Fell Critters, the bug-like enemies that nest inside the Shroud in Enshrouded. Critter Glands and Critter Carapace are higher-level versions of the same drop. Chitin Powder is the odd one out: no enemy drops it, and you have to grind it yourself.

Quick answer: Kill Fell Critters in the Shroud to loot Critter Parts (from the Springlands on), then Critter Glands and Critter Carapace from higher-level critters (Carapace first in the Albaneve Summits), and grind 3 Critter Parts or 3 Critter Carapace into 3 Chitin Powder at the Grinding Stones.

Where each critter material drops

The three looted materials differ by item level. Critter Parts appear from the very start of the game, while Glands and Carapace only come off higher-level Fell Critters deeper into the map. A single high-level Fell Critter can hand over all three at once, and the exploding variety also leaves Sulfur behind.

Material	Item level	Where it drops
Critter Parts	5	Fell Critters from the Springlands Shroud on; Crabs and Stingers
Critter Glands	18	Higher-level Fell Critters
Critter Carapace	33	Higher-level Fell Critters, first found in the Albaneve Summits

The game describes Critter Carapace as “A carapace that protects the soft critter’s flesh underneath.” Its source line confirms it is dropped by Fell Critters and first turns up in the Albaneve Summits biome.

Critter Carapace item text (dropped by Fell Critter, first found in the Albaneve Summits) — The Critter Carapace entry in your backpack confirms it drops from Fell Critters and is first found in the Albaneve Summits. Shown at 00:13 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Critter Parts also come from a few other creatures. Crabs and Fell Crabs drop 1-3 each, while Stingers and Venomous Stingers drop 2-3. Crabs cluster along the Veilwater Basin water, Fell Crabs sit in the Veilwater Basin Shroud, Venomous Stingers roam the Veilwater Basin and Stingers live in the Blackmire.

Farming Critter Parts, Glands and Carapace

Top up your Shroud survival time and step into the Shroud in the region that matches the material you need. The Springlands Shroud holds the largest swarm of Fell Critters on the map, which makes it the best early source of Critter Parts.

Defeat the Fell Critters, then move over their remains and press E to loot them. The pickup feed on the screen’s left displays the materials from each kill, and Critter Parts are labeled “Remains of the pests that dwell below the Shroud.”

Fell Critter killed in the Shroud — Clear Fell Critters inside the Shroud and step over the remains to loot their drops. Shown at 00:47 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

For Critter Glands and Critter Carapace, repeat the same loop in higher-level Shroud areas. Carapace starts in the Albaneve Summits. Critter Glands show the text “A pair of slippery Glands.”

Making Chitin Powder at the Grinding Stones

Craft it at the Grinding Stones station, where critter drops are ground into “Fine powder made from grinding critter carapaces.” Its recipe becomes available after your first pickup of Critter Carapace or Chitin Powder.

Open the Grinding Stones, select the Chitin Powder recipe and load in your critter drops. Each batch takes 3 Critter Parts or 3 Critter Carapace and returns 3 Chitin Powder, with a grind time of 2 minutes 30 seconds per batch.

Grinding Stones outputs with Chitin Powder (2:30 min, Critter Carapace) — The Grinding Stones menu with Chitin Powder selected, showing the 2:30 grind time per batch. Shown at 01:13 in HeRo Survival Guides’s video. Image: Keen Games GmbH

Finished Chitin Powder waits in the station’s output until you take it.

Critter material reference

Item level, rarity and stack size for the four materials:

Material	Rarity	Level	Stack size
Critter Parts	Common	5	250
Critter Glands	Common	18	250
Critter Carapace	Common	33	250
Chitin Powder	Uncommon	33	250

What the critter materials craft

All four feed crafting rather than sitting in your bag. The uses below cover the recipes that lean on them most.

Critter Parts

Bug Dust at the Alchemist, once the Mortar is placed (1 Critter Parts for 1 Bug Dust)
Simple Fishing Bait by hand (1 Critter Parts plus 4 Plant Fiber or Paper Reed for 5)
Entangle I at the Alchemist (5 Critter Parts plus 2 Bones for 50)
Chitin Powder at the Grinding Stones

Critter Glands

Fell Confusion Pheromones at the Alchemist (10 Critter Glands plus 1 Shroud Sack)
Greater Shroud Survival Flask at the Alchemist (1 Critter Glands, 1 Alchemical Base, 15 Mint Mushroom Meat)
Repair Kit at the Hunter (10 Critter Glands and more)
Armor pieces such as the Herbalist Headwrap, Mercenary Trousers and Plaguebringer Gloves

Critter Carapace

Explosive Crawler at the Alchemist (10 Critter Carapace plus 1 Bones)
Riptide at the Blacksmith (2 Critter Carapace)
Cold-weather chest pieces, including the Alpine Antler and Frostbite Slasher chests
Chitin Powder at the Grinding Stones

Chitin Powder

Cold-weather boots such as Alpine Antler, Hailcaster and Wolf’s Fang (1-2 each)
Shroud Arrow II at the Hunter (5 Twigs, 1 Chitin Powder, 2 Enshrouded Ice for 25)
Entangle III (10 Chitin Powder plus 1 Steel Bars for 50) and Shroud Beam (2 plus 50 Shroud Adhesive for 50)
Shroud Infused Farm Soil at the Farmer (5 Chitin Powder, 10 Shroud Sand, 5 Farm Soil for 10) and the Salon Sink