If you’ve spent even an hour playing Enshrouded, you’ve probably hit that frustrating wall where you run out of twigs right when you need to craft a new axe, a stack of arrows, or build the first wall of your base. It’s one of the most common early-game pain points for new players, since twigs are used in dozens of basic recipes but feel hard to come by if you don’t know where to look. I’ve put 80+ hours into Enshrouded across three playthroughs, and I’ve tested every possible way to gather this resource to find the fastest, most consistent methods. Figuring out how to get twigs enshrouded doesn’t have to be a mind-numbing grind, and the tricks I’ll share below will cut your farming time in half.
How to Get Twigs in Enshrouded: 3 Most Reliable Sources
There are lots of ways to get twigs scattered across the game world, but these three sources are the only ones I use regularly, since they give the highest return for the least effort. You don’t need any high-level gear or unlocked skills to access any of them, even on your first day of play.
- Harvesting small bushes and saplings across the open world
- Chopping down small trees and low-hanging tree branches with any axe
- Looting abandoned camps, crates, and destructible storage in low-level zones
Small bushes are the fastest early-game source of twigs, and you don’t even need a tool to harvest them. Just walk up to the knee-high, leafy green bushes (not the taller berry bushes that give fruit) and punch them once. Each bush drops 1 to 2 twigs, and they respawn every 10 in-game minutes, so you can loop a small patch of bushes near your base nonstop if you need a lot of twigs fast. For a bit more effort, small trees give 4-6 twigs plus regular wood once you craft a basic stone axe. These are the thin, short trees that are shorter than your character, with no thick trunk, so you can chop them down in 2 hits. It’s a great way to farm two critical resources at once. If you’d rather fight than gather, camps near the starting spire often have 10-20 twigs per run hidden in wooden crates and sacks. You’ll also get extra loot like food, cloth, and scrap metal while you clear the camp, so it’s a good option if you’re also working on gearing up early on.
Pro Farming Tricks to Cut Your Twig Grind Time in Half
Once you know the basic sources, there are a few small tweaks you can make to your farming routine that will drastically reduce how much time you spend chasing twigs. None of these require you to progress very far in the game, so you can start using them within your first hour of play. First, don’t waste time running all over the map looking for bushes. Pick a 200x200 foot zone near your base that has a mix of small bushes and small trees, and loop it in a circle every 15 minutes. The respawn rate is fast enough that the first bushes you harvested will be ready to pick again by the time you finish the loop, so you can farm nonstop without traveling. Equipping the Forager skill early doubles your twig drop rate from all plant sources, and it’s one of the first skills you can unlock at level 2. I always pick this skill first on new playthroughs, and it’s made my early game grind so much less frustrating. If you’re past the early game and need hundreds of twigs for building or crafting large stacks of arrows, you can plant saplings in your base’s farm plot. They take 30 in-game minutes to grow into small trees, and you can chop them down for twigs and wood without ever leaving your base. But don’t waste your time chopping big mature trees for twigs, by the way. They only drop 1 or 2 twigs per tree, and most of their drop is regular wood, so you’re wasting axe durability for almost no return.
What to Do If You Can’t Find Enough Twigs in Early Game
Sometimes you’ll spawn in a more barren zone, or all the bushes near your base get picked clean right when you need twigs to make a new torch to explore the Shroud. If that happens, there are a few backup options that will get you the twigs you need in 10 minutes or less. First, head to the nearest riverbank. River edges are packed with small saplings and low bushes, since the soil is wetter and supports more small plant life. I’ve gotten 60+ twigs in 10 minutes just running along the shore of the starting river, no tools required. If there’s no river nearby, look for abandoned villages or burnt-out homesteads in the low-level zones. Destructible wooden furniture like chairs, tables, and broken fences also drop twigs when you hit them with any tool, so smash everything you see while you explore. You’ll get plenty of twigs plus scrap wood and even the occasional piece of metal scrap for your trouble. Once you rescue the Hunter NPC early in the game, you can also trade 5 pieces of raw meat for 20 twigs. That’s a great trade if you have extra meat from hunting rabbits or deer, and you need twigs right away to repair a tool or craft a healing item. It’s not the most efficient long-term method, but it’s a perfect stopgap when you’re in a pinch.
Common Twig Usage Mistakes to Avoid Wasting Your Stock
Even if you farm tons of twigs, it’s easy to burn through your entire stock in 10 minutes if you’re not careful about how you use them. Twigs are used in so many basic recipes that it’s easy to waste them on things you don’t actually need, and end up having to farm again right away. First, don’t craft 50 torches at once to stock up. A single torch lasts 10 in-game minutes, and you only need 2 or 3 on you at a time to explore the Shroud. Crafting more than that just wastes twigs you could use for tools or arrows. Don’t use twigs as fuel for your campfire or furnace, either. That’s one of the most common mistakes new players make, and it’s a huge waste of resources. Regular wood or coal are way cheaper and more abundant for fuel, and twigs are far more valuable for crafting. I made this mistake my first playthrough, when I threw 30 twigs into my furnace to smelt iron ore, and then realized I had no twigs left to craft the iron pickaxe I needed to keep mining. I had to spend an hour running around farming twigs while my ore sat unused. Also, don’t craft 10 spare stone tools just to have them in your chest. Only craft a replacement when your current tool is at 10% durability or lower, so you don’t waste twigs on tools you won’t use for hours. It’s a small change, but it will keep your twig stock full for when you actually need it.
At the end of the day, learning how to get twigs enshrouded is one of the first basic skills you’ll master that makes the rest of the game way less frustrating. You don’t need any fancy gear or high-level skills to stock up, just follow the tips we covered, prioritize the right sources, and avoid wasting your stock on unnecessary crafts. Next time you log in, test out the riverbank farming route or unlock the Forager skill first, and you’ll be surprised how quickly your twig stack fills up. You’ll never have to pause your base build or Shroud exploration again because you ran out of this basic resource.