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Creating buildings is essential inEnshrouded. With buildings and various structures, you can have safe, indoor spaces that protect you from any outside threats. Being indoors also provides some helpful resting buffs that boost your health and stamina regeneration. To reap these benefits, you will first need to create a sturdy house.
In this guide, we are going to go over everything you need to know about building. This will cover how to get started, as well as what you can do with the simple Construction Hammer. Building will unlock immediately after you place your first Flame Altar down, so let’s get started!
Enshrouded is currently in Early Access on Steam and as such, the content is subject to change. We will update these articles as required.
How To Start Building
To build, you will first need tomake a Construction Hammer, which only requiresone stone.Prior to having a pickaxe, you may pick up stone from the ground, which typically yields three at a time. The hammer itself can becrafted directly from your manual crafting menu.
When your hammer is crafted, hold it in your toolbar andpress Tab to enter building mode.From here, you will see a lot of stuff, which we will look at next.
Building Mode UI
If you have never entered build mode, you may be unsure of where to start.
At thebottom of the screen,you will see severalbuilding components,which are listed below.
Byscrolling or pressing the associated number,you’re able to select the piece that you want.
There are more building options, which you can see byholding down Alt.This will pull up the"More shapes…" menu.Here, you can cross up or down to pick the shapes you want. This includesdifferent sizes of the pieces mentioned above, as well as roof and terrain items.
To change the building material,you will need tohold Ctrl while scrolling.This will toggle through the materials shown on the right side of the screen. If there is no material here, don’t worry; we will go over that later.
Lastly, the bottom right-hand corner of the screen willshow some useful actions,including shifting a piece forward and back, rotating, and turning off grid snapping.
If you want thein-game tutorialshown again, you canpress F1.
How To Make Building Blocks
Rather than building with raw materials, you will need tocraft the building blocks at a Workbench.The simplest blocks to craft are made fromrough stone and rough wood.Each of these block types will require two of the associated raw materials andcreate 100 blocks.
At a Workbench, you will also need tomake roof blocks.The basic roof is made fromfive plant fiber.This will also create 100 blocks for you to use.
As youdiscover more resources,you will be able to craftnew building blocks.For example, after getting Shroud wood for the first time, you can use ten of it to make 100 Shroud wood blocks.
Having 100 building blocks may seem like a lot, but if you are making a house, then you will burn through this pretty quickly. We suggestmaking around 1,000 blocksto start with. If this is made from rough stone, you will just need 20 stones.
How To Place Building Elements
The first step to building any structure is tocreate a foundation.This is the footprint of a building, where you will build your walls on. Select the foundation size and material of your choice, and then aim at the ground. A four-meter foundation requires 256 blocks, howeverif the foundation overlaps with other pieces, this material will decrease.
If you misplaced the foundation, you can right-click while hovering over it; this removes the foundation butleaves a hold of where it was.Thankfully, you can patch this up with dirt.
From the “More shapes…” menu, you canscroll to the very bottom to see terrain options.With dirt, you can patch any unpleasant holes.
Building components will naturally snap together, but you can alsopress X to turn off this snapping, allowing you to adjust placement.Components that are placed will blend into their surroundings as well.
For example, we’ve placed a wooden wall next to an existing stone house, shown above. You can see thatthe wooden wall is trimmed on the corner where the roof intersects.You won’t have to worry about materials overlapping or clipping in unrealistic ways.
What Is Scaffolding?
Scaffolding is a wooden structure thatlets you build even higher.Due to its cheap building requirement and simple appearance, it’s meant to be temporary, but you can alsoinclude it in your building to make a lookout or deck.
Can You Place Individual Blocks?
Yes, individual blocks can be placed. In the “More shapes…” menu, you can scroll to the very top to seesingle-block options.As their name implies, these just require one block. While you can go for the prefab components, you can also use thesesingle-block options to customize and personalize your builds.
How To Decorate Buildings
Decorating buildings cannot be done with the Construction Hammer. Instead, decorations are made. Simple furniture like beds, tables, and chairs are made from theWorkbench. Unique decorations aremade at NPCs.
You can also makedoors, windows, and fencesat the Workbench.
At the Blacksmith, you can make some decorative metal dishes, while the Alchemist lets you create book decorations.Speak to the NPCs at your baseto see what’s out there!
How To Make A Basement
Basements can be tricky to make, but once you get the hang of it, you can make grand basements for every house. Earlier, we mentioned that foundation blocks leave behind holes. With this in mind, you canhollow out an underground area by repeatedly placing and destroying foundations.
When the basement hole is to your liking,place walls around the edge, as well as a ceiling to create an enclosed room.This can be outside of your house, but you can also have the basement entrancewithin another building for easy access.
Where Can You Build?
Lastly, let’s take a look at buildable area. YourFlame Altar serves as the center of your buildable area;by interacting with it, you can see (and upgrade) the perimeter of your base.
While holding the Construction Hammer, you are also able to see the perimeter highlighted in an orange color. Buildingscannot be placed outside of this border.This means that if you want to create a mini-base in a distant location, you will need toput down another Flame Altar.
Thankfully, you canincrease your Altar Activation Capacity by strengthening the flame.Doing so will also increase your Shroud passage level, time in Shroud, and character attribute bonuses. This is all very helpful, so be sure to interact with the Flame Altar and check out the required materials.
You will be able tofast travel between all active Flame Altars,allowing you to easily traverse the map. To make the Altar, you will just need five pieces of stone.
