If you’ve spent any time gathering resources in Enshrouded, you’ve probably noticed how tedious it is to pick up grass, plant fiber, and hay one stalk at a time. The difference between a frustrating 20-minute farming run and a 5-minute haul that lets you get back to building or combat often comes down to having the right tool for the job. That’s why learning how to get the rake enshrouded is one of the best early-game quality of life upgrades you can unlock. I wasted three hours harvesting fiber by hand before I figured out how to get this tool, so I’m breaking down every step you need to skip the frustration and get it as soon as possible.
How to Get the Rake in Enshrouded: Core Pre-Requisites
Before you can craft the rake, you’ll need to check a few small boxes first. None of these require high-level gear or beating tough story bosses, so you can unlock this tool as early as level 12 if you prioritize the right tasks. You don’t need to beat any major story bosses to unlock the rake, which is a huge plus for players who want to focus on base building first. You also won’t need to explore high-level shroud areas that will one-shot you if you’re undergeared.
The most important pre-requisite is unlocking the Farmer NPC, as she is the only character that gives you the rake crafting recipe. You’ll find her trapped in a small vault east of the Springlands Ancient Spire, marked with a small green leaf icon on your map once you reach the eastern edge of the starting biome. The vault only has a handful of basic shroud mobs inside, so you can clear it with a stone sword and basic armor if you’re careful.
Once you’ve rescued the Farmer and placed her in a base of your choice, you’ll need to meet these additional requirements to unlock the recipe:
- Build a level 2 workbench for your base
- Craft a smelter to process copper and tin into bronze
- Have at least 300 XP earned in the gathering skill tree to unlock the recipe
- Place a sawmill at your base to process wood into planks
The Farmer is the only NPC that can give you the rake crafting recipe, so don’t waste time checking the Blacksmith or Hunter’s crafting menus for it. If you’ve rescued the Farmer and still don’t see the recipe, double check that you have a level 2 workbench and at least 300 gathering XP. You can earn gathering XP quickly by chopping down a few pine trees near your base, it only takes 10 minutes of work to hit the 300 XP mark.
Exact Crafting Materials for the Enshrouded Rake
The rake uses super cheap, easy-to-find materials that you can gather in less than 20 minutes once you have the pre-requisites sorted. There’s no rare drops or hidden materials required, so you can craft it the same day you unlock the recipe if you want.
8 Bronze Bars: You make these by smelting 3 copper ore and 1 tin ore per bar, so you’ll need 24 copper ore and 8 tin ore total. You can find both ores in the hills just north of the Farmer’s vault, so you don’t have to travel far once you rescue her. Copper ore has a bright orange tint, and tin ore is a dull silver, so they’re easy to tell apart from regular stone.
12 Wood Planks: These are easy to make by processing regular pine wood at your sawmill. If you don’t have a sawmill yet, you can unlock it with 10 wood and 5 flint at your workbench, so it’s a super low-effort unlock. Pine trees are everywhere in the Springlands biome, so you won’t have any trouble finding enough wood for the planks.
You’ll also need 4 rope, which you can craft from 12 plant fiber total, or find in chests scattered around abandoned camps in the Springlands. I prefer crafting it myself, since you’ll probably have a ton of extra fiber lying around from your hand-harvesting runs before you get the rake.
2 Leather Scraps: Kill a couple of wild boars or wolves near your base, and you’ll have more than enough leather scraps in 5 minutes. You don’t need to process them or anything, just pick them up off the dead animals. If you’re playing co-op, ask a friend who’s out hunting to bring you a couple scraps, it will save you the trip of looking for animals yourself.
I made the mistake of trying to use iron bars for my first rake, but it doesn’t work. The recipe only accepts bronze, so don’t waste your higher-tier metals on this basic tool. It’s durable enough to last for hours of farming even with bronze, so you won’t need an upgraded version for a long time.
Top Uses for the Rake That Make It Worth Unlocking Early
A lot of new players write off the rake as a “farming only” tool that they don’t need if they prefer combat or exploration, but that’s a huge mistake. This tool adds value to every playstyle, no matter what you like to focus on in Enshrouded.
The most obvious use is faster resource gathering. The rake lets you harvest 5-10 grass, plant fiber, or hay stalks in one swing, cutting your farming time by 70% at least. The rake also gives you a 25% higher chance to get double drops from grass and hay, so you’ll end up with way more resources per run than you ever would harvesting by hand. I once farmed enough fiber to make 50 rope, 20 beds, and 30 bandages in less than 10 minutes with the rake. Before that, the same amount of resources would have taken me almost an hour of tedious hand-picking.
It’s also great for clearing land for your base. If you want to build a large farm or a sprawling base, the rake can clear small plants and grass in one swing, so you don’t have to spend time picking each one up individually before you place building pieces. I used mine to clear a 50x50 plot for my base in 2 minutes, which would have taken me 20 minutes if I was picking grass by hand.
Once you reach the Revelwood biome, the rake works perfectly for harvesting cotton, which is used for all kinds of high-tier crafting, from beds to mage robes. Cotton plants are bigger than regular grass, but the rake still harvests them in one hit, so you can farm dozens of cotton bolls in just a few minutes. You don’t take any stamina damage when using the rake on grass or plant fiber, which means you can farm for 10+ minutes straight without stopping to rest. That’s a huge difference from using a sword or axe to harvest plants, which drains your stamina just as fast as fighting enemies.
Even if you’re a combat-focused player who never plans to run a full farm, you’ll still need hundreds of plant fiber for bandages, rope for building, and hay for animal pens as you progress. The rake makes gathering those resources trivial, so you can spend more time exploring shroud areas or fighting bosses, and less time clicking on individual grass stalks.
Common Mistakes to Avoid When Using Your New Rake
Once you’ve crafted your rake, there are a few small mistakes you’ll want to avoid to get the most use out of it, and to not waste resources repairing it unnecessarily.
The rake is designed exclusively for gathering plants, and it does less than 5 damage per hit to even the weakest enemies. Don’t try to fight shroud creatures or wild animals with it, you’ll just waste durability and probably end up dying if you run into a tougher mob. If you’re heading out to farm, bring a sword or bow with you to deal with any unexpected spawns, and switch back to the rake once the enemies are dead.
Don’t forget to repair it between runs. The rake has 200 durability, which lasts for hours of regular farming, but it will break eventually if you use it nonstop. Repairing it only costs 2 bronze bars and 3 wood planks, which is almost nothing, so there’s no reason to let it break mid-farming run. I keep a spare repair kit in my inventory whenever I head out to farm, so I can fix it on the go if I need to.
Avoid using the rake on trees, rocks, or building pieces. It won’t harvest wood or stone, and it will lose durability 3x faster if you hit non-plant objects with it. Stick to grass, hay, plant fiber, and cotton, and you’ll get thousands of uses out of one rake before you need to repair it. I accidentally hit a tree with mine a few times when I first got it, and I lost 20 durability in just 3 hits, so it’s definitely not worth using on anything other than plants.
Finally, don’t bother crafting multiple rakes unless you’re playing with a group. One rake is enough for a single player, and you can repair it infinitely for almost no cost, so you don’t need to stock up spares. I have a friend who crafted 5 rakes when he first unlocked the recipe, and he still hasn’t used the second one 20 hours of playtime later. If you’re playing co-op, assign one player to be the dedicated farmer with the rake while the rest of the group mines or fights enemies. You’ll stockpile resources way faster that way, and no one has to waste time switching between tools constantly.
At the end of the day, the rake is one of those low-effort, high-reward tools that makes every part of your Enshrouded playthrough smoother. You don’t have to grind for hours or beat tough bosses to get it, and it will save you dozens of hours of tedious resource gathering over the course of your game. Even if you’re a combat-focused player who never plans to run a full farm, taking 20 minutes to learn how to get the rake enshrouded will pay off the next time you need 100 plant fiber for bandages or hay for your animal pens. Grab the Farmer, gather the cheap materials, and craft this tool as soon as you can – you won’t regret it.