Enshrouded Progression: Springlands to Revelwood

Where

The Plains quest marker in Springlands, or another buildable spot above the Shroud

Before you go

Follow Claim A Spot For Your Base after leaving the starting Cinder Vault. Gather 5 Stone.

Claims a building area for your home and gives you a base fast-travel destination. You do not need to find your permanent home before starting.

1. Track Claim A Spot For Your Base and head to the recommended Plains marker. It is a suggested site, not the only place the quest allows.
2. Pick up 5 Stone and craft a Flame Altar in manual crafting. Use ordinary Stone for this first altar; you do not need to hunt for a later-region stone type.
3. Place the altar on buildable ground above the Shroud. Check its marked boundary before deciding where your shelter and crafting stations will go.
4. Speak to the Flame at the placed altar. The opening quest includes this conversation after placement; do not leave as soon as the altar appears.
5. Keep the first base small: space for a Workbench, a roofed sleeping area and your rescued Blacksmith. Build the larger house later if you want one.

Ingredients

Any StoneCollect loose stone around your starting area. The recipe accepts eligible stone types, not Flintstone.

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Where

Inside your Flame Altar's marked building area

Before you go

Place the altar. Gather 8 Wood Logs and 3 String, or 9 Plant Fiber to make that String manually.

Gives you a repair point, building-block recipes and access to early equipment crafting. Repair here before heading for the Blacksmith.

1. Gather Plant Fiber and make 3 String in manual crafting. The early recipe uses 3 Plant Fiber per String, so reserve 9 Plant Fiber for this Workbench alone.
2. Gather 8 Wood Logs from trees. Do not count Twigs or Shroud Wood toward this starter recipe.
3. Find Workbench in the Essentials category of manual crafting and craft it. You do not need Oswald or a spinning station for this step.
4. Place the crafted Workbench inside the altar boundary, then interact with it. Keeping the item in your backpack does not create a usable station.
5. Use the repair function and inspect your equipment's condition before leaving. The same bench will be useful for your next traversal-tool unlocks.

Ingredients

StringManual crafting uses 3 Plant Fiber per String. Multiply the quantity here by 3 for the fiber cost; later spinning stations use different recipes.

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Any WoodUse an eligible log type, such as Wood Logs from trees. Twigs and Shroud Wood are different ingredients.

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Where

Ancient Vault - Blacksmith in Springlands; track Find the Sleeping Survivor for its marker

Before you go

Talk to the Flame at home, repair your equipment, and bring food and healing supplies. Keep track of your exit when crossing the Shroud.

Rescues Oswald Anders and makes him available to summon. His crafting menu comes after you place him at home, not merely after reaching the vault.

1. Track Find the Sleeping Survivor in your journal. Follow this quest's survivor marker rather than choosing a different Ancient Vault icon on the map.
2. Cross the Shroud while watching the timer. Remember your route back to clear air and leave time to retreat; the marker does not make the fog safe.
3. At Ancient Vault - Blacksmith, enter and find the sleeping survivor. Interact with his Cinder Vessel to awaken Oswald.
4. Check the journal before leaving. The next objective should be to summon the survivor, rather than continuing to search for him.
5. Return to your base for the Summoning Staff step below. You do not have to escort a walking NPC all the way home.

Where

The sheltered part of your claimed base

Before you go

Awaken Oswald in his vault, bring 1 Twigs, and leave space for him and a bed under a roof.

Brings your first craftsperson home so you can inspect his recipes and follow his next quest leads. A rescued survivor is not a substitute for their later crafting stations.

1. After rescuing Oswald, craft the Summoning Staff in manual crafting using 1 Twigs. It is a build tool, not a combat spell or an Alchemist recipe.
2. Equip the staff at your base, select Oswald and place him inside the altar's building area.
3. Provide a bed beneath a roof. Use the staff's bed-assignment interaction to give him that bed, then check the survivor's bed and shelter indicators.
4. Speak to Oswald and inspect his crafting menu and available quests. If a recipe lists another workshop or a material you do not have, that is a further requirement, not a failed rescue.
5. Repair at the Workbench before moving on to the Glider and Grappling Hook stage. Keep following Oswald's new leads as they become available.

Ingredients

TwigsCollect bushes and small vegetation around Springlands. One twig is enough for the Summoning Staff.

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Where

Your Workbench, then the Glider slot on the Character screen

Before you go

Bring a chopping tool for Shroud trees and a weapon for Fell enemies. The full recipe is below; 2 manually crafted String costs 6 Plant Fiber.

Makes high ground useful for travel. It is an equipped tool with a stamina cost, not unlimited flight.

1. Make a short trip into reachable Springlands Shroud. Chop dead trees for 8 Shroud Wood and loot Fell enemies for 2 Shroud Spores; ordinary logs will not replace Shroud Wood.
2. Gather 2 Animal Fur and make 2 String. Keep enough materials for this recipe rather than spending them all on the next crafting job.
3. Return home, open the Workbench and craft the basic Glider. Collecting an ingredient can reveal the recipe, but you still need the complete ingredient list to craft it.
4. Open Character and equip it in the Glider slot. Check the gliding input in your controls, then test from a low, safe ledge with a clear landing.
5. Watch stamina while airborne. Pick your landing before jumping; the basic Glider does not remove the need for a safe route.

Ingredients

Shroud WoodChop dead trees inside the Shroud. Ordinary Wood Logs will not substitute.

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Animal FurLoot animals such as wolves and Fae Deer in Springlands. Bring healing supplies before hunting predators.

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StringManual crafting uses 3 Plant Fiber per String. Multiply the quantity here by 3 for the fiber cost; later spinning stations use different recipes.

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Shroud SporesDefeat and loot Fell enemies in the Springlands Shroud. These are not Shroud Liquid or Shroud Wood.

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Where

Your Workbench, then a designated grapple anchor

Before you go

Gather 4 Metal Scraps, 7 String and 10 Shroud Spores. Making those 7 String manually needs 21 Plant Fiber.

Lets you cross the gaps fitted with grapple anchors. This is the basic tool; the Improved Grappling Hook comes later.

1. Loot Scavengers and breakable objects for scraps, and Fell enemies for Spores. If you also need the Glider, reserve 12 Spores and 9 String for the two tools together.
2. Craft Grappling Hook at the Workbench. You do not need the Carpenter's improved version for this milestone.
3. Equip it in the Grappling Hook slot on the Character screen. Approach a visible grapple anchor until its interaction prompt appears.
4. Let stamina recover, then use the prompted input. Check your controls rather than assuming a keyboard binding applies to your device.

Ingredients

Metal ScrapsLoot Scavenger enemies and breakable objects. Check ruined settlements and camps while following your quests.

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StringManual crafting uses 3 Plant Fiber per String. Multiply the quantity here by 3 for the fiber cost; later spinning stations use different recipes.

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Shroud SporesDefeat and loot Fell enemies in the Springlands Shroud. These are not Shroud Liquid or Shroud Wood.

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Where

An unfinished Springlands Shroud Root or Elixir Well; Oswald's Clear The Elixir Well is an early lead

Before you go

Bring a Felling Axe, repaired combat equipment, food and healing. Rest at home before leaving and plan a route back to clear air.

Adds skill points through exploration. You can work on nearby roots before or after the spire; these stages are a suggested route, not a strict quest lock.

1. Pick an objective you have not already cleared on this character. If following Oswald's quest, track Clear The Elixir Well and use its marker.
2. Enter with time to fight and leave again. Deal with the defenders rather than trying to stand still at the root while enemies attack.
3. Use the Felling Axe to destroy the Shroud Root. Reaching a well or killing its defender alone is not the root-clearing objective.
4. Check the completion marker and your skill points afterward. Spend the points before moving to a harder location; choose a different uncleared root for another first-clear reward.

Where

Ancient Spire - Springlands; use The Ancient Spires quest marker

Before you go

Speak to Oswald about his available quests. Bring equipped travel tools, repaired gear and healing supplies.

Unlocks a high fast-travel point and new regional information, giving you a useful starting point for further exploration.

1. Track The Ancient Spires from Oswald. If it is not available yet, work through his opening quests, including Clear The Elixir Well, and speak to him again.
2. Reach the Springlands tower and use its interior route to ascend. Follow the tower's traversal interactions upward instead of treating arrival at the entrance as completion.
3. Reach the top to unlock its fast-travel point. Speak to the Flame there as well; that conversation completes the quest and reveals surrounding information.
4. Check the map for the unlocked travel destination and newly revealed leads. Choose a nearby unfinished objective before setting off across the region.

Where

Strengthen the Flame in your Flame Altar's interaction menu

Before you go

Collect 1 Spark and 5 each of Resin, Penny Bun, Bones, Shroud Liquid and Animal Fur. Acquisition notes are below.

Advances the world Flame to level 2 and unlocks the following crafting tier's armor recipes in 1.0. It does not give you a free armor set.

1. Collect the Spark at a Flame Shrine or Sanctum while exploring. Keep raw Penny Buns and Animal Fur for the offering instead of spending everything on food or equipment.
2. Bring the listed offerings back to the altar and select Strengthen the Flame. If the screen asks for Shroud Cores and shows building dimensions, leave that menu: it is the base-area upgrade.
3. Check that the screen shows the upgrade from Flame level 1 to 2, supply the offerings and confirm it. Use your in-game list as the final check if your installed version differs.
4. Visit the craftsperson relevant to your equipment and inspect the newly available armor recipes. Make a separate plan for their ingredients and any workshop requirements.

Ingredients

SparkCollect from Flame Shrines and Flame Sanctums. These are exploration rewards, not a crafted material.

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ResinGather from trees; the in-game hint points to stumps and red-leaved trees.

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Penny BunGather the mushrooms in Springlands. Keep the required raw Penny Buns instead of cooking or eating them.

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BonesLoot wolves and other creatures that drop Bones. Bonemeal is a processed material and will not fill this offering.

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Shroud LiquidGather from mushroom growths in the Springlands Shroud. Check that the pickup is Shroud Liquid rather than Shroud Spores, which come from enemies.

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Animal FurLoot animals such as wolves and Fae Deer in Springlands. Bring healing supplies before hunting predators.

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Where

Your journal's available survivor quests, then the marked Ancient Vaults

Before you go

Place Oswald, finish his available conversations and keep your Summoning Staff. Prepare bed and shelter space at home.

Expands the equipment and supplies you can craft. Recruit for what you need next rather than treating every journal entry as equally urgent.

1. Check survivor leads from the Flame and your rescued craftspeople. Track one rescue at a time so you follow the right vault marker.
2. For ranged armor, work toward Athalan Skree, the Hunter; for magic armor, Balthazar, the Alchemist. Oswald handles your early warrior equipment.
3. Awaken the survivor at the marked vault, return home and place them using the Summoning Staff. Check shelter and bed requirements as you did for Oswald.
4. Continue Cade Hawthorn's Carpenter leads for building and storage and Emily Fray's Farmer leads for food. Complete the tool or workshop quest named by the recipe you actually want.

Where

Oswald for warrior gear, Athalan for ranger gear or Balthazar for mage gear

Before you go

Strengthen the Flame to level 2 and summon the craftsperson appropriate to your equipment.

Turns recipe access into an actual equipment upgrade. Choose bonuses for the weapon you use rather than replacing a useful item just because a recipe is new.

1. Open the relevant survivor's armor recipes after the Flame upgrade. In 1.0, raising the Flame opens armor recipes for the following crafting tier.
2. Inspect one useful piece and note its exact ingredients and any missing workshop. Pin an important recipe in the journal if you want to keep its requirements handy.
3. Gather those ingredients or complete the named station quest, then craft the piece. Rescuing additional survivors will not substitute for a station listed by the recipe.
4. Compare its bonuses with your existing equipment, equip the pieces you want and repair before leaving. Looted gear can still be useful; this route does not require replacing every slot at once.

Where

The Skills menu

Before you go

Earn points from leveling or first-time Shroud Root clears. Returning characters should inspect their allocations after the 1.0 reset.

Makes earned progression useful before the next fight. This is a spending check, not a claim that one build suits every weapon or difficulty.

1. Open Skills and check your unspent points. Leveling alone does not mean those points have been assigned.
2. Read nodes relevant to the weapon and resources you use. If stamina or survival is the immediate problem, consider those needs alongside damage.
3. Follow the connected prerequisites to reach the node you want. A point total alone does not bypass a required earlier node.
4. Apply your choices and test them in a familiar encounter. Revisit the tree after the next new root or level rather than leaving points unused through several trips.

Where

Hill of Scavengers, northeast of the Springlands Ancient Spire

Before you go

Repair your gear, eat suitable food and bring healing. Speak to Balthazar about The Alchemist's Rumors for the camp lead.

Supplies the Scavenger Matron Helmet required for Flame level 3. Crafting a decorative trophy is a different use of the same material.

1. Track The Alchemist's Rumors when available and locate Hill of Scavengers. Use the camp marker rather than searching every Scavenger settlement.
2. Deal with surrounding threats before committing to the Matron. Leave room to move and keep healing accessible.
3. Fight with the weapon you have prepared. Community advice consistently warns about poison: keep moving out of the attack area instead of standing still to finish a combo. Do not rely on an old high-ground exploit as the route.
4. After the fight, check the loot for Scavenger Matron Helmet and reserve one for the Flame. The quest also leads toward an Improved Grappling Hook, but crafting that tool is not this offering's requirement.

Where

Strengthen the Flame at your home altar

Before you go

Reach Flame level 2, recruit at least two survivors and reserve the exact offerings below. Bring a pickaxe for gathering Salt, Flintstone and Mycelium.

Prepares the Flame for Revelwood's Shroud progression and opens the following armor tier. It does not make every enemy or Shroud area safe.

1. Collect 5 Sparks and keep 10 each of Wax, Salt, Shroud Wood and Flintstone, plus 25 Mycelium and 1 Scavenger Matron Helmet, for this upgrade.
2. Use the acquisition notes below to split the gathering: beehives for Wax, a Shroud salt deposit for Salt, Shroud trees for wood and mineable deposits for Flintstone and Mycelium. Check each pickup's exact name.
3. Return to the altar and select Strengthen the Flame. Check both the survivor count and the level 2 to 3 offering list before confirming.
4. After the upgrade, check the menu shows Flame level 3, then inspect the new crafting options. Prepare the actual equipment before using the upgrade as a reason to rush deeper.

Ingredients

SparkCollect from Flame Shrines and Flame Sanctums. These are exploration rewards, not a crafted material.

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WaxLook for beehives while exploring. The material is Wax, not Honey.

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SaltMine Salt in the Springlands Shroud. Egerton Salt Mines and Saline Quarry are named reference locations; bring a pickaxe and watch your Shroud timer.

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Shroud WoodChop dead trees inside the Shroud. Ordinary Wood Logs will not substitute.

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FlintstoneMine Flintstone deposits in Springlands with a pickaxe. Loose Stone does not count toward this offering.

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MyceliumMine fungal ground in the Shroud with a pickaxe and check that the pickup says Mycelium, not Active or Acidic Mycelium.

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Scavenger Matron HelmetDefeat a Scavenger Matron and loot the helmet. The Alchemist's Rumors leads to the Hill of Scavengers encounter in Springlands. Reserve one for Flame level 3.

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Where

Your base, followed by a short test trip before the main Revelwood expedition

Before you go

Have Flame level 3 and your equipped Glider and Grappling Hook. This is a practical preparation check, not a fixed character-level gate.

Avoids turning a long trip into a repair run. The right food and functioning equipment matter as well as unlocking a recipe.

1. Repair weapons and tools at the Workbench, then check that your intended armor, Glider and hook are equipped rather than sitting in your backpack.
2. Eat food suited to your build and carry healing you can access during a fight. For bows or spellcasting, check the ammunition or charges your weapon requires.
3. Review unspent skill points and rest at home for the available rest benefits. Make room to collect materials on the next expedition.
4. Try a short encounter before committing to the spire trip. If ordinary enemies consistently overwhelm you, work on useful equipment or uncleared safer roots instead of repeating the same failed approach.

Where

Ancient Spire - Revelwood, north of the Springlands region

Before you go

Finish the readiness check. Emily Fray's Reclaim The Wilderness points to the Revelwood spire when available.

Establishes a repeat-use fast-travel point for the new region so subsequent crafting and exploration trips need not repeat the whole approach.

1. Track Reclaim The Wilderness if Emily has offered it, or use the Ancient Spire - Revelwood location on your map. Choose the Revelwood tower, not a Springlands or Low Meadows tower.
2. Approach with enough supplies to return safely. Do not treat a red or otherwise unsafe Shroud route as harmless just because the destination is marked.
3. Enter the tower and work upward through its traversal route to the summit. Optional loot is secondary to establishing the travel point on this first visit.
4. Speak to the Flame at the top and check the unlocked fast-travel destination on your map. Revisit your survivor workshop quests and gather what your next equipment recipes need.