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How to get Wood Acid in Enshrouded

Wood Acid is an early-game resource in Enshrouded that unlocks new recipes.

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.

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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

Screenshot of Enshrouded player at their base looking at a Charcoal Kiln.
You’ll need to make a Charcoal Kiln to create Wood Acid. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Crafting Wood Acid in Enshrouded can be done decently early on in your run. You must complete the following steps:

  1. Unlock and place the Blacksmith at your base by completing the Sleeping Survivor quest
  2. 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
  3. 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.

Screenshot of Enshrouded crafting menu for a kiln making Wood Acid.
Wood Acid is a cheap and easy recipe to make. Screenshot by Dot Esports

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:

ResourceQuantitySource
Wood Logs15Chopping trees with an axe
DirtThreeDigging 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

Crafting scene showing different arrows being made in Enshrouded.
Flare Arrows can be valuable while exploring Enshrouded‘s world. Screenshot by Dot Esports

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:

CraftableRequirementsSource
Antiseptic1 x Aloe
1 x Wood Acid
Alchemy Station
Nitrate1 x Alchemical Base
1 x Wood Acid
5 x Salt
5 x Sand
Laboratory
Tin BarsSmelter 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 Flask1 x Wood Acid
1 x Shroud Liquid
1 x Charcoal
Via the Alchemist
Heal Channel1 x Wood Acid
2 x Aureolin Flower
5 x Bonemeal
Via the Alchemist
Flare Arrow1 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.


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