Enshrouded Building Blocks: Where to Find Every Block

Building blocks in Enshrouded are crafted at the Workbench, but each recipe has to be unlocked first, either by picking up the material it is made from (Basalt unlocks the Ancient Stone Block, for example) or by finding the block itself at a specific spot in the world, such as the Half-Timbered Block in a silver chest in Diadwyn. Once a block is unlocked, one craft makes 100 blocks, or 50 for roof blocks.

We built this list from the Enshrouded Wiki's Building Materials page, which is marked up to date for version 1.0.0.0, PinDrop's 1.0 block data and Keen Games' official changelogs, checked in November 2026.

How Building Block Recipes Unlock

There are two ways a block recipe appears in your Workbench menu. Common blocks unlock as soon as you collect their main ingredient: chop Wood Logs and the Rough Wood Block appears, pick up Stone and you get the Rough Stone Block, smelt Iron Bars and the Iron Block follows. Decorative and architectural blocks are different. You unlock them by finding a sample of the block at a named location, usually in a chest or lying in a settlement, dungeon or temple.

PinDrop's count of the 1.0 files puts the total at 74 building blocks, 13 of them roof blocks, spread across seven item sets in the journal, from rough wood and stone in Set 1 to ancient stone in Set 7. Item sets were added in Update 8 and reward you for collecting every block in a set, with journal XP rising from 50 in the first set to 200 in the last. Hunting down blocks is therefore not only cosmetic; it is also a small but steady source of experience.

Recipes are cheap once unlocked. Since Wake of the Water, every building block recipe yields 100 blocks and every roof block recipe yields 50, and most blocks need only one to four ingredients. The Rough Wood Block, for instance, costs 2 Wood Logs for 100 blocks, and the Ancient Stone Block costs 2 Moonstone, 5 Basalt and 3 Stone.

Blocks You Unlock by Gathering Materials

These blocks need no exploring beyond collecting the resource, so they arrive naturally as you progress through the biomes. The wiki lists the following as unlocked by obtaining the material named:

• Springlands: Rough Wood Block (Wood Logs), Rough Stone Block (Stone), Rough Flintstone Block (Flintstone), Shroud Wood Block (Shroud Wood), Tarred Wood Block (Tar), Metal Block (Metal Sheets), Blue Luminescent Block (Luminous Growth), White Luminescent Block (White Glowing Substance) and Mycelium Overgrown Block (Mycelium).
• Revelwood: Refined Wood Block (Wood Planks), Fired Bricks Block (Fired Brick), Copper Block (Copper Bar) and Green Luminescent Block (Purified Slime).
• Nomad Highlands: Bronze Block (Bronze Bars) and Refined Stone Block (Masonry Tools).
• Kindlewastes: Rough, Regular and Refined Sandstone Blocks (Sandstone), Palm Wood Block (Palm Wood Logs), Iron Block (Iron Bars) and Yellow Luminescent Block (Saffron).
• Albaneve Summits: Granite Block (Granite) and Conifer Wood Block (Conifer Logs).
• Veilwater Basin: Castle Block and Shell Limestone Block (Shell Limestone), Bamboo Wood Block (Bamboo Logs) and Half-timbered Shell Limestone Block (Tropical Wood).
• Cinder's Cradle: Ancient Dungeon Block and Ancient Stone Block (Basalt), and Moonstone Block (Moonstone).

Blocks Found at Specific Locations

The more distinctive blocks have to be found. This is where most players get stuck, because nothing in the crafting menu tells you where to look. The wiki's 1.0 list names these locations:

Enshrouded building blocks unlocked by finding them (wiki list for 1.0)

Block	Biome set	Where to find it
Roughly Cut Stone Block	Springlands	Netherton
Bone Block	Springlands	Hidden Tomb
Hollow Halls Block	Springlands	Springlands Hollow Halls
Half-Timbered Block	Revelwood	Diadwyn
Brick-Timbered Block	Revelwood	Fort Kelvin
Citywall Block	Revelwood	Fawnsong Frontier
Ornate Wood Block	Revelwood	Glennwood's End
Temple Stones	Revelwood	Vukah Treetop Settlement
Red Marble Block	Revelwood	Revelwood Hollow Halls
Fancy Stone Block	Nomad Highlands	Raven's Keep
Castle Wall Stone Block	Nomad Highlands	Mining Rift
Limestone Block	Nomad Highlands	Surat's Rest
Ectoplasm Block	Nomad Highlands	Nomad Highlands Hollow Halls
Desert Temple Block	Kindlewastes	South-west Sun Temple
Desert City Wall	Kindlewastes	"Far Away Fray" Tavern
Well Block	Kindlewastes	Kindlewastes Elixir Well
Polished Granite Block	Albaneve Summits	Gateway Outpost "Bora"
Midnight Tomb Block	Albaneve Summits	Albaneve Summits Hollow Halls
Starlight Block	Albaneve Summits	Night Sanctum
Drak Temple Block	Veilwater Basin	Drak'Dal Temple
Red Carpet Block	Veilwater Basin	Stillwater Bay
Ancient Circles Block	Cinder's Cradle	Celestium Mining Site
Weathered Ancient Stone Block	Cinder's Cradle	Lost Ancient Temple
Ancient Gold Block	Cinder's Cradle	The Ancient Citadel

Two entries need extra context. The Highly Polished Stone Block in the Kindlewastes is looted from a Scavenger Matron at Ocean's Heart rather than found in a chest, and the Obsidian Block in the Albaneve Summits sits on top of the Forge of Obsidia. The Plaited Block is the hardest to find: the wiki places it in an unmarked, abandoned Vukah village in the Blackmire, southwest of the Vukah Treetop Settlement, reached by crossing to the south side of a fallen hollow tree over a shrouded ravine.

How to Get the Half-Timbered Block

The Half-Timbered Block is the block most players search for, because its white plaster and dark beams define the classic Enshrouded cottage look. The wiki's steps are:

1. Visit the village of Morwenna and talk to the Carpenter, Cade Hawthorn, choosing the "Building Diadwyn" dialogue option. This adds a hint to your item set list.
2. Travel to Diadwyn in the Revelwood.
3. Find the silver chest in the middle of the town and loot the Half-Timbered Block from it.
4. Craft more at the Workbench: 5 Lump of Clay and 5 Wood Logs make 100 blocks.

The Veilwater Basin has a tropical cousin, the Half-timbered Shell Limestone Block, which unlocks simply by picking up Tropical Wood. If you like the timbered style but are building on the coast, it is the easier version to collect.

A Block-Hunting Route Through Embervale

Most location blocks sit somewhere you will visit anyway, so the trick is to grab them on the way rather than making special trips. A sensible order looks like this.

In the Springlands, check Netherton for the Roughly Cut Stone Block early, then pick up the Bone Block when you clear the Hidden Tomb and the Hollow Halls Block during your first Hollow Halls run. Those three give a starter base real variety before you ever leave the first biome.

The Revelwood is the richest stop for builders. Diadwyn, Fort Kelvin, Fawnsong Frontier, Glennwood's End and the Vukah Treetop Settlement each hold a block, and the Revelwood Hollow Halls adds the Red Marble Block. Bring spare inventory space, because these settlements also hand out plenty of loot. Leave the Plaited Block for a dedicated trip, since its village is unmarked.

In the Nomad Highlands and Kindlewastes, the blocks follow the big landmarks: Raven's Keep, the Mining Rift, Surat's Rest, the south-west Sun Temple and the "Far Away Fray" tavern. The Well Block is inside the Kindlewastes Elixir Well, which you will want to clear for its skill points regardless.

From the Albaneve Summits onward, expect blocks behind tougher content: a Night Sanctum, the Albaneve Hollow Halls and Gateway Outpost "Bora". The last two biomes keep that pattern with the Drak'Dal Temple and Stillwater Bay in the Veilwater Basin, then the Celestium Mining Site, the Lost Ancient Temple, an Island Ruin and the Ancient Citadel in Cinder's Cradle.

What Changed for Blocks in 1.0

Version 1.0 made several quiet changes that affect block hunting. Recipes that require stone now use the stone variety found in their own biome instead of relying on Springlands stone, so later blocks pull from later quarries. The Ectoplasm Block moved to tier 2, and new red marble columns and arches unlock when you discover marble. Patch 1 on November 2, 2026 then removed Basalt as loot from several terrain and block materials, because it could unlock recipes too early in the progression. If an Ancient block appeared in your menu before you reached Cinder's Cradle, that is the reason.

One block also has a short history. The wiki lists the Midnight Tomb Block in the Albaneve Summits Hollow Halls, while Keen's April 2026 patch notes mention restoring it to the hidden tomb near the Balefire Stronghold "Lance Point". If one spot comes up empty, try the other.

Building Smarter With Your Block Collection

Recent updates made it easier to use a large block library well:

• Material sampling: since Update 8, you can point at any block or terrain and select that exact material with one button, and a material catalog opens while you hold the Construction Hammer.
• Building from storage: also since Update 8, blocks in magic chests can be placed directly without carrying any. Our guide to getting larger chests covers the storage side.
• Free-flying building: version 1.0 added the Airborne Architect skill at the center of the tree, which lets you build in a free-flying mode instead of standing on scaffolding.
• Explosion resistance: 1.0 rebalanced building blocks to withstand explosions more convincingly and fixed bombs dealing unintended damage to very hard materials.

Block choice also matters for water features. The wiki's testing found that player-built stone blocks absorb no water at all, which makes them the right choice for channels and pools; our guide on adding water to your base explains the rest. Metal blocks such as the Iron Block depend on smelted bars, and our iron ore location guide shows where to mine the ore. If your inventory overflows on a block-collecting trip, a bigger backpack helps, although at 5,000 per stack blocks are rarely the problem. For the wider design side, our existing base building guide covers altars and layouts.

Want Every Block Without the Hunt?

If you would rather start building than tour every settlement for samples, the store sells building blocks at 10,000 each for Enshrouded. The item page lists 10,000 of each block it covers, about 25 block types by its own count, including metal and copper blocks, plus bonuses from the seller. The process on the page is pay, receive complete instructions, wait for the order to be completed in the game, then confirm, with replies usually within 5 to 10 minutes. This item is PC only.

The Enshrouded store page lists the other resource, gear and save options.

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