Linen Scraps sit quietly in your inventory, but they gate a surprising amount of early and mid-game progression in Hytale. They show up in tool recipes, armor sets, Repair Kits, and even key workstations like the Arcanist’s Bench and higher-tier Workbench upgrades. If you try to rush iron or thorium gear, you run into linen requirements almost immediately.
How linen scraps drop in Hytale
Linen Scraps are not a plant or crafting output. They are a combat drop tied to specific enemy types and, occasionally, loot containers.
Two rules matter:
- They come from humanoid enemies such as Skeletons, Goblins, and Trorks – enemies that wear gear and use weapons.
- They can appear in chests found in camps, ruins, forts, and similar points of interest.
Creature-like humanoids that behave more like monsters than people, such as Fen Stalkers, do not drop Linen Scraps. Focusing on armed, tool-using mobs keeps you on the right targets.
Best enemies to kill for linen scraps
Several humanoid enemies can drop Linen Scraps, but they’re not all equal in practice.
- Skeleton Fighter is the most reliable early-game source. It wears a brown chest garb and often carries a torch at night. These skeletons roam biomes and patrol camps.
- Skeleton Archer appears around walled skeleton ruins and smaller camps. It can drop Linen Scraps, but more frequently yields Bone Fragments.
- Trorks (including Trork Brawlers) populate visible surface camps built on dirt. They tend to have a better linen drop rate than basic skeletons.
- Goblins live primarily in caves or within mountain bases and, like Trorks, have a good chance to drop Linen Scraps when defeated.
Some enemies can drop more than one scrap. Skeleton Fighters, for example, can yield one to two Linen Scraps alongside Bone Fragments, but you should still plan to kill a significant number of mobs to build up a comfortable stockpile.
Where to find humanoid mobs (zones and patterns)
You can farm Linen Scraps almost anywhere in Orbis, but a few patterns make the process easier.
- Zone 1: Emerald Wilds is the safest place to start. This starting zone has plentiful undead, Trorks, and goblins with manageable health and damage values, which is useful when you’re still on crude or copper gear.
- Day vs. night matters. Undead spawn in much higher numbers at night, and many humanoids walk around holding torches, which makes them easy to spot at a distance. During the day, you’ll still find Skeleton Fighters wandering and guarding camps, but density is lower.
- POIs and camps concentrate spawns. Skeleton ruins, Trork encampments, goblin cave bases, and larger forts all act as repeatable combat arenas for linen farming.
How to use the map to locate linen scrap farms
The world map is the most powerful tool for turning linen drops from “random bonus” into something you can plan around.
Step 1: Open your map and look for any icons or shapes that break up the natural terrain, such as enclosed structures, walled areas, clustered tents, or irregular dirt patches. These usually represent camps, ruins, or forts.
Step 2: Learn the basic visual language of camps:
- Skeleton ruins are generally enclosed by walls or partial stone structures, sometimes with watchtowers or broken battlements.
- Trork camps sit on dirt platforms, which might appear on hills, flat plains, or mountain slopes. They often look like messy clusters of tents and wooden structures.
- Goblin camps typically exist inside mountains or cave systems, sometimes marked by small entrances in cliff faces.
Step 3: Mark several promising sites in a loop – for example, a skeleton ruin, a nearby Trork camp, and a goblin cave entrance – and plan to rotate among them while enemies respawn.
Efficient linen scrap farming routes
Because humanoid mobs do not respawn instantly, the most efficient way to gather Linen Scraps is to treat your route like a circuit.
Step 1: Pick two to four humanoid-heavy sites within a short travel distance from each other, ideally in or near Zone 1, so that enemy stats stay manageable.
Step 2: Clear each camp thoroughly. Kill every Skeleton, Trork, and Goblin, then sweep the area for dropped items and chests.
Step 3: Loot all chests before leaving. Camps often hide containers with extra Linen Scraps plus other materials, so check behind barricades, inside tents, and in ruined interiors.
Step 4: Move to the next camp in your loop rather than waiting for respawns. By the time you finish the final camp and return to the first, enemies will typically have reappeared.
This loop structure smooths out RNG in individual drops. Even if one wave of skeletons mainly drops Bone Fragments, the combination of multiple camps and chests keeps your average linen gain high over time.
Combat recommendations for farming skeletons and other humanoids
Fighting humanoid mobs for long stretches can be dangerous if you go in under-geared, especially at night when groups spawn more frequently.
Step 1: Upgrade beyond the Crude Sword as soon as possible. A Copper Sword shortens time-to-kill enough that skeleton packs are less likely to overwhelm you.
Step 2: Use block consistently. Most melee weapons let you hold the right mouse button to block incoming attacks. Using block to stagger skeleton swings or Trork hits keeps chip damage under control during extended farming runs.
Step 3: Thin groups from range when you can. A basic bow lets you pick off archers or lone patrols before they join a larger fight.
Step 4: Avoid being surrounded in tight camps. Pull enemies out into open ground or choke them at doorways rather than diving into the middle of a group.
With even modest gear and disciplined blocking, skeletons and other humanoid mobs become relatively low-risk, repeatable targets for linen acquisition.
Chest farming for extra linen scraps
Combat isn’t the only way to stockpile Linen Scraps. Many camps and ruins include lootable chests that can contain scraps alongside other early- and mid-game materials.
- Skeleton archer camps often hide basic-material chests within or behind fortifications.
- Ancient ruins and forts may spawn randomized chests with a chance to include Linen Scraps. These locations are less predictable but can deliver strong one-off hauls.
Chest farming works best in combination with your combat loop. Every time you clear a camp, sweep for chests before moving on. Over a long session, the extra linen from containers can rival or surpass what you get from kills alone.
What linen scraps are used for in Hytale
Linen Scraps are woven into several upgrade paths, especially around Tier 2 equipment and advanced workstations. Treat them as a shared bottleneck for your tools, armor, and support infrastructure.
| Category | Example uses of Linen Scraps | Approximate linen needed |
|---|---|---|
| Tools & weapons | Iron Hatchet, Iron Pickaxe, other Iron and Thorium tools and weapons crafted at the Blacksmith Anvil | 3 scraps per Tier 2 weapon craft |
| Armor & shields | Iron and Thorium armor pieces and shields crafted at the Armorer’s Bench | 3–7 scraps per piece depending on slot and material |
| Workstations | Arcanist’s Bench and higher-tier Workbench upgrades | Arcanist’s Bench requires around 30 scraps |
| Maintenance | Repair Kits to restore gear durability | 2 scraps per Repair Kit |
On top of these specific recipes, Linen Scraps support broader progression:
- Workbench Tier 2 upgrades lean on linen as a requirement, unlocking new craft recipes and systems.
- Iron-tier progression demands a mix of Iron Ingots, Light Leather, and Linen Scraps, so you cannot skip combat if you want to jump directly into higher-tier gear.
The practical implication is simple: before pushing deep into iron or thorium crafting trees, plan a few dedicated linen farming sessions. Going in with a buffer of 40–60 scraps keeps you from stalling out mid-upgrade.
Planning your early-game linen grind
If you want a clean early progression curve, it helps to treat Linen Scraps as a tracked goal rather than an incidental pickup.
Step 1: Decide on your immediate crafting targets. For example, a set of Iron tools, one or two Iron armor pieces, an Arcanist’s Bench, and a handful of Repair Kits.
Step 2: Add up the linen cost of those targets using conservative estimates – for instance, 3 scraps per iron weapon, 3–7 per armor piece, 30 for the Arcanist’s Bench, and a few Repair Kits at 2 each. This quickly pushes your target into the dozens.
Step 3: Schedule dedicated farming windows around nights in Zone 1, using a camp loop that mixes Skeleton ruins with Trork and Goblin camps plus their chests.
By front-loading some of this work, you avoid repeatedly hitting linen roadblocks every time a new recipe calls for it. That keeps the focus on exploration, dungeon delving, and experimenting with Hytale’s systems instead of grinding in short, frustrating bursts whenever equipment breaks or a new bench demands more scraps.
