Relaxing in your home also gives you aRested buff, which is helpful in combat.

For this reason, one of Enshrouded’s first quests tasks you with building a base.

Your first step will becrafting a Flame Altar.

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This is a placeable item that creates a protected zone where you’re free to build a base.

Once the Flame Altar has been crafted, put it in your hotbar to place it on the ground.

The next step is tomake a Workbench.

The player-character stands on a clifftop, with a stone Flame Altar emitting purple flames next to him.

This requires x3 String and x8 Wood Logs, and can also be made in the manual crafting menu.

Once crafted, put the Workbench in your hotbar to place it on the ground.

With your Flame Altar and Workbench now placed, the next step is tomake a Construction Hammer.

The player-character holds a hammer and stands next to a wooden Workbench.

This can be crafted at the Workbench, and requires only x1 Stone.

Before it’s possible for you to start building, you will first need tocraft some Building Blocks.

Enshrouded requires players to convert raw materials into blocks before they can be placed as buildings.

Enshrouded’s in-game menu listing the different types of Building Blocks, and their crafting recipes.

These are usually crafted at the Workbench.

For example, x2 Stone can be converted into x100 Rough Stone Blocks.

You will need to use the same method to craft Roof Blocks.

Enshrouded’s building system menu, which allows the player to scroll between different build shapes and materials, and preview the piece as a glowing shape.

Now that you’ve crafted a Construction Hammer and Building Blocks, you are ready to start building.

Equip the hammer and use it to enter the building menu by pressing the Tab key.

There is also an option to toggle ‘snapping’ on or off.

The player-character stands in front of a line of small blocks, showing how individual bricks can be placed or deleted to create battlement-style crenellations.

If you want pieces to align easily and look neat, then keep the snapping option on.

To create fine details on your buildings, you could also place blocks individually.

Remember you’re able to also use the building system to delete individual blocks using right-click.

Enshrouded’s in-game menu for Flame Altars, which allows players to upgrade an Altar, strengthen The Flame, reset their skill points or extinguish the Altar.

Later Flame Altar upgrades will require your world to have a higher Flame Level.

The highest possible upgrade level for your Flame Altar is Level 4.

You will initially be allowed to build two different Flame Altars.

The player-character, clad in armour and holding a pickaxe, stands in front of an orange cliff filled with clay.

At Flame Level Two, you will be able to place four Flame Altars.

At the maximum Flame Level, you will be able to place eight Altars.

Walls of iron, glowing blue bricks and bone partitions are among the available options.

A demonstration of the Bone building block, which consists almost entirely of whitened bones and skulls.

you’re free to unlock new Building Block recipes in a number of different ways.

The first is by collecting a new resource, which is often done by mining.

Crafting a new material at your base, such as wooden planks, can also unlock Block options.

A demonstration of the Castle Wall building block, made of slightly uneven but smooth stone bricks with some green moss in the cracks between them.

All Building Blocks listed

Here is atable of all the Building Blocksin Enshrouded.

Time to put that down - there’s an easier way of doing things.

Enshrouded has a very flexible terraforming system, allowing you to dig up anything from dirt to limestone.

A demonstration of the Citywall block, a mixture of stone bricks and roots.

This will remove that section of terrain, in the shape of the selected block.

Although this terrain removal method is useful for base-building, it’s not a viable option for resource mining.

These can be mined with a Pickaxe from the many paths and roads found in Embervale.

A demonstration of the Copper building block, a rusty-looking metal block with diagonal patterns and a slightly green tinge.

Once active, the Rested buff will increase your total Stamina, and improve your health regeneration.

To increase the duration of this buff, you will need to improve the Comfort level of your home.

A Comfort level of 24, for instance, will net you a hefty 34 minutes of buff time.

A demonstration of the Desert City Wall block, which has an uneven yellow stone pattern.

This can be done by placing hearths, beds, and other decorative items in your home.

Pick a run-down building in Enshrouded’s world, and see if you could patch it up.

Fancy some magical floating candles?

A demonstration of the Desert Temple Block, which has yellow stone and fancy feathered columns.

it’s possible for you to even make an entire floating base.

Good luck building in Enshrouded!

A demonstration of the Fancy Stone Block, made of smooth grey stone and dark wooden beams.

A demonstration of the Fired Bricks Block, made of bright orange and evenly-placed clay bricks.

A demonstration of the Half-Timbered Block, a medieval-style block with cream-brown plaster and wood panelling.

A demonstration of the Highly Polished Stone Block, which is cream-coloured and smooth. The flooring has a diagonal pattern.

A demonstration of the Limestone Block, which has very smooth and yellowed bricks.

A demonstration of the Luminescent Block, which glows bright blue. Its bricks are rounded and appear squishy.

A demonstration of the Metal Block, made of a dark metal with small spikes as part of the pattern.

A demonstration of the Mycelium Overgrown Block, which has a mouldy and decaying mushroom look to it.

A demonstration of the Palm Wood Block, a warm chestnut-coloured wood with elaborate carved patterns.

A demonstration of the Refined Sandstone Block, which has yellow and orange smoothed stone bricks.

A demonstration of the Refined Stone Block, made of fairly even grey stone bricks, with some fancy carvings above the doors and windows.

A demonstration of the Refined Wood Block, made of fairly dark wood panels. It has a rustic vibe.

A demonstration of the Regular Sandstone Block, with yellow stone bricks and a slightly worn-down look.

A demonstration of the Regular Stone Block, which has fairly even grey stone bricks and details above the doors and windows.

A demonstration of the Roughly Cut Stone Block, with uneven grey stone bricks.

A demonstration of the Rough Flintstone Block, which is made of dozens of small stones.

A demonstration of the Rough Sandstone Block, made of uneven red-brown stones.

A demonstration of the Rough Wood Block, made of branches and sticks banded together.

A demonstration of the Shroud Wood Block, made of dark grey wood panels.

A demonstration of the Tarred Wood Block, made of large dark logs.

A demonstration of the Weathered Stone Block, made of large stone bricks bearing marks and signs of age.

A demonstration of the Well Block, which is made of green-coloured stone and bears elaborate temple-style patterns.

A demonstration of the Roof Tiles Block, which is made of regular orange brick tiles.

A demonstration of the Tarred Shingle Roof Block, which is made of weathered and old-looking grey tiles, with Viking-style wooden details on the ends.

A demonstration of the Stone Shingle Roof Block, which is made of large and flat slate pieces.

A demonstration of the Plant Fiber Roof Block, made of dark brown thatch.

A demonstration of the Straw Roof Block, made of a light orange-yellow thatch.

A demonstration of the Tarred Straw Block, made of a dark grey-blue thatch.

A hobbit-hole style house that has been built down into the earth, with a small window, a firefly light and a vintage wooden door.

The player-character, using Enshrouded’s building system, deletes terrain in the shape of a lumpy block. The building system shows a preview of this as a glowing outline.

The player-character looks at a dirt road in the grass.

The player-character stands on top of scaffolding, carving some windows into the top of a high sandstone building.

The player-character looks up at the two types of scaffolding, both made of wood with ladders and platforms to support the player.

A kitchen inside a cosy hobbit hole, complete with kettles, pots and pans, candles and a roaring brick fireplace.

A fancy-looking room in a high tower with a balcony, with a copper bathtub, washbasin and bronze vases.

A wooden staircase leads down into an underground room. At the side of the staircase are tufts of grass and flowers, with firefly lamps placed on the floor to create a magical fairy theme.