If you’ve spent your first few hours in Enshrouded running from Shroud creatures and scrambling to build your first base, you’ve probably already hit a wall when you go to craft better tools or stone building parts: you don’t have nearly enough flintstone. Learning how to get flintstone in Enshrouded is one of the first critical hurdles new players clear to move past the basic wooden gear phase, and it’s way easier than you might think once you know where to look and what to do. I’ve spent over 80 hours in the game testing different farming routes, so I’ve put together everything you need to know to stock up fast, no unnecessary detours required.
Where to Find Flintstone in Enshrouded: Top 3 Reliable Locations
Flintstone is far more common than most new players realize, but it’s easy to miss if you’re only looking for large, obvious ore nodes embedded in cliff faces. It spawns both as loose, hand-pickable chunks on the surface and as mineable nodes in rocky areas, so you can start farming it almost immediately after spawning for the first time. These three locations have the highest spawn density I’ve found across all my playthroughs.
First, Western Grasslands near the Starting Spire is the best spot for brand new players with no tools. The rocky ridges and small hills surrounding the first spire are littered with loose flintstone chunks you can pick up by hand, no pickaxe required. You can easily get 30+ chunks in 10 minutes just running in a small loop around the spire perimeter, which is enough to craft your first set of stone tools and a small stone base. The area has almost no hostile creatures, so you don’t have to worry about getting attacked mid-farm.
Once you have a stone pickaxe and glider, head to the Eastern Plateau Rocky Bluffs for bulk farming. The exposed cliff edges here have hundreds of embedded flintstone nodes that drop 2-3 pieces per hit with a basic pickaxe, or 4-5 with a bronze pickaxe. The bluffs are high enough that you can glide between different sections of the cliff to cut down on travel time, and there are only a few scattered wolf packs to watch out for. I usually get 80+ flintstone per 15 minute run here when I need to stock up for base builds.
If you want to farm two resources at once, the Northern Low-Shroud Foothills are ideal. Flintstone nodes here spawn side by side with small coal nodes, so you can get both materials you need for smelting and crafting fire arrows in the same run. Just stay close to the edge of the Shroud, as deeper areas spawn higher level creatures that aren’t worth fighting for flintstone. You won’t find flintstone in dense forest or swamp areas, so don’t waste time searching those zones.
Fastest Way to Farm Flintstone in Enshrouded: Optimized Route
Randomly running around looking for flintstone wastes a ton of time, so I tested 7 different farming routes to find the most efficient one for bulk stockpiles. This route takes roughly 15 minutes to complete, and yields 120+ flintstone per loop, plus extra coal if you stop at the foothills. You only need a stone pickaxe and glider to run it, though a bronze pickaxe will make the mining part go twice as fast.
Start by spawning at the Starting Spire, then run west along the rocky ridge picking up all loose flintstone chunks along the way until you reach the abandoned small camp at the end of the ridge. Glide down from the ridge to the Eastern Plateau Bluffs, and mine all embedded flintstone nodes along the upper cliff edge until you reach the northern end of the bluffs. Run north from the bluff edge to the Low-Shroud Foothills, mine any mixed flint and coal nodes along the Shroud edge, then fast travel back to the Starting Spire to reset all spawns.
Pro tip: Flintstone nodes respawn every 10 minutes of in-game time, so you can loop this route as many times as you want without waiting around for spawns to refresh. If you have unlocked the resource yield boost perk for your pickaxe, equip it before you start farming – it gives you up to 30% extra flintstone per node, which adds up really fast for bulk runs.
Before you head out on a long farming run, make sure you pack these essential items to make the process as smooth as possible:
- A stone or better pickaxe (bronze is ideal for 2x faster mining)
- One stack of stamina-restoring food to avoid stopping to catch your breath every few minutes
- Your glider to cut down travel time between the ridge and bluff locations
- A torch if you plan to farm near Shroud edges to ward off low-level Shroud stalkers
Common Mistakes to Avoid When Farming Flintstone
Most new players make a few simple mistakes that turn flintstone farming into a frustrating grind, but they’re really easy to avoid once you know what to look for. I’ve seen players waste hours doing these things in my own playthroughs and in community threads, so steer clear of these errors.
Don’t use your axe to hit flintstone nodes – it takes 3x longer to mine them, and you’ll only get half the yield you would get with a pickaxe. It’s tempting to just use whatever tool you have equipped when you see a node, but it’s worth the two seconds it takes to switch to your pickaxe every time. Even a basic stone pickaxe will get you way more flint per minute than a high tier axe.
Don’t ignore loose flintstone chunks when you’re out doing other quests. I always pick up any loose flint I pass while I’m hunting for NPCs or completing side missions, and I end up with 20-30 extra flint per play session without even intentionally farming it. It adds up really fast, and you’ll rarely have to set aside dedicated farming time if you make a habit of grabbing loose chunks as you go.
Don’t go deep into the Shroud looking for flintstone. Higher level Shroud zones have iron and tin nodes, but flintstone is almost exclusively found in non-Shroud or low-Shroud edge areas. You’re just putting yourself at risk of strong, high-damage creatures for no extra reward, so stick to the open rocky zones outside the Shroud for all your flint farming runs. Also, don’t sell your extra flintstone early game – it might seem useless once you unlock iron, but you’ll need hundreds of it later to craft mid-game building materials and repair tools for your base NPCs.
What to Do Once You Know How to Get Flintstone in Enshrouded
Now that you can stock up on as much flintstone as you need whenever you want, you can unlock a ton of useful early game upgrades that make the rest of the game way easier. Flintstone is the foundation of all early to mid game crafting, so having a steady supply removes a huge amount of stress from your first 20 hours of play.
First, you can craft full stone tools that are 2x more durable than wooden ones, so you won’t have to stop mid-mining or building run to craft a new axe every 10 minutes. You can also unlock the flint arrow recipe, which deals 3x more damage than wooden arrows, making hunting animals and fighting low-level Shroud creatures a complete breeze. I usually craft 200 flint arrows as soon as I have enough flint, and they last me until I unlock iron arrows 10+ hours later.
You can also build stone walls and floors for your base that are completely immune to fire damage, so you don’t have to worry about random wildfires or enemy fire attacks destroying your storage chests and crafting stations. Flintstone is also required to build the stone furnace, which lets you smelt copper and tin to make bronze gear, the next tier of equipment above stone. I usually keep a dedicated storage chest with at least 100 flintstone at my base at all times, so I never run out when I need to repair tools or build a new base extension.
At the end of the day, learning how to get flintstone in Enshrouded doesn’t have to be a frustrating grind. Once you know the right locations and optimized route, you can stock up on as much as you need in just a few minutes of play time. Don’t overcomplicate it – start with the loose chunks near the starting spire when you’re new, then move to the faster bulk farming routes once you have a glider and better pickaxe. You’ll be crafting stone gear and building fireproof bases before you know it, no unnecessary detours required.