Crafting and unlocking new recipes in Enshrouded is essential for completing main quests and staying alive during difficult combat encounters. One early-game recipe that’ll unlock a variety of new craftables is Wood Acid.
We’ve detailed how to make Wood Acid in Enshrouded, including what you can craft after making this resource.
How to craft Wood Acid in Enshrouded

Crafting Wood Acid in Enshrouded can be done decently early on in your run. You must complete the following steps:
- Unlock and place the Blacksmith at your base by completing the Sleeping Survivor quest
- Craft and place the Charcoal Kiln at your base. To craft the Charcoal Kiln, you only need 20 Stones, which you can find on the ground or by using your pickaxe on boulders
- Craft your first batch of Charcoal using the Kiln
As soon as you craft Charcoal for the first time, you will unlock the recipe for Wood Acid and be able to make it at the Kiln.

You’ll need to browse your available recipes at the Kiln to switch from making Charcoal to Wood Acid, and these are the necessary ingredients:
Resource | Quantity | Source |
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Wood Logs | 15 | Chopping trees with an axe |
Dirt | Three | Digging in the ground with a pickaxe |
Placing these resources in the Kiln will create 10 lots of Wood Acid, taking seven minutes to finish crafting in total.
Recipes that use Wood Acid in Enshrouded

Now you’ve unlocked the Blacksmith, the Charcoal Kiln, and Wood Acid, you can use your brand new recipe to make a number of valuable tools, resources, and combat items, including these:
Craftable | Requirements | Source |
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Antiseptic | 1 x Aloe 1 x Wood Acid | Alchemy Station |
Nitrate | 1 x Alchemical Base 1 x Wood Acid 5 x Salt 5 x Sand | Laboratory |
Tin Bars | Smelter recipe 15 x Tin Ore 5 x Charcoal 2 x Wood Acid Blast Furnace recipe 20 x Tin Ore 6 x Coal 4 x Wood Acid | Smelter or Blast Furnace |
Shroud Survival Flask | 1 x Wood Acid 1 x Shroud Liquid 1 x Charcoal | Via the Alchemist |
Heal Channel | 1 x Wood Acid 2 x Aureolin Flower 5 x Bonemeal | Via the Alchemist |
Flare Arrow | 1 x Wood Acid 2 x Resin 10 x Flint Arrow | Via the Flare Arrow |
Out of all the recipes listed above, Antiseptic is one of the most valuable items you can craft using Wood Acid. It’s worth creating a few batches of Wood Acid as soon as you get your first base set up in Enshrouded and keeping them in storage.
Published: May 2, 2025 07:40 am