You’ve just spent your first hour in Enshrouded chopping wood, scavenging for berries, and slapping together a tiny starter shelter to hide from Shroud mobs when the sun goes down. But if you’ve had random wolves or raiders wander straight through your open entryway to steal your stored loot while you’re out looting, you’re not alone. If you’re wondering how to make a door in Enshrouded, this guide walks you through every step, from gathering materials to upgrading to high-security variants for late-game bases. Even total beginners can get a door set up in less than five minutes, with no rare materials or high-level unlocks required.
What You Need to Make a Door in Enshrouded
The basic wooden door, which works for all early-game bases in low-risk areas, uses extremely common materials you can find within minutes of spawning. You don’t need a workbench or any advanced crafting stations to make it, either, so you can set it up as soon as you finish building your first wall. The full list of required items is:
- 8 regular Wood Logs, harvested from any non-Shrouded tree in the starting meadow area
- A basic Crafting Hammer, which you unlock within the first 10 minutes of gameplay after collecting your first 3 wood logs
- A flat, 2-block wide empty space on an existing, non-decaying wall of your base
- Optional: 4 Iron Ingots for a Reinforced Door that resists Shroud mob damage and corrosion
That means you don’t have to grind for rare resources just to keep your base safe on your first day. You can't place a door on a wall made of Shroud-infused materials, though, so make sure all your base walls are built with regular wood, stone, or metal before you try to add a door. Shroud-infused materials decay quickly even without extra damage, and any door placed on them will fall off within 24 in-game hours.
Step-by-Step Process to Craft and Place Your Door
Once you have all your materials gathered, crafting and placing your door takes less than a minute total. First, open your personal crafting menu by pressing the default C key, then navigate to the Base Building tab and select the Doors submenu. The basic Wooden Door option will be grayed out until you have enough wood logs in your inventory, so double check you have all 8 before you get started. When it’s available, click to craft it, and it will appear in your inventory instantly with no waiting time.
Equip your Crafting Hammer, then look at the wall where you want to place your door. You'll see a faint blue outline if the space is valid, red if you need to adjust your wall first. If the outline is red, check that you have a full 2-block wide, 3-block tall empty space on a solid wall with no gaps or partial blocks. I made the mistake early on of trying to place a door on a 1-block wide gap, and spent 10 minutes confused why it wouldn’t work, so don’t skip this quick check. Click to place the door, and you’re done: you can open and close it with the default E interact key, and it will automatically lock behind you so mobs can’t open it on their own.
Common Mistakes to Avoid When Building Enshrouded Doors
Even though making a door is simple, there are a few common mistakes most new players make that end up costing them loot or extra resources later. First, don’t place doors too close to Shroud areas: if your door is within 10 blocks of an active Shroud root, the mist will slowly corrode the wood, and it will break after 3 in-game days. If you’re building near the edge of the Shroud, use a Reinforced Metal Door instead, since it’s immune to Shroud corrosion.
Second, don’t forget to add doors to all secondary entrances. A lot of new players build a front door, but leave a gap in the back of their base for easy access to their farm or mining spot, and mobs will sneak in that way every single time. You can add a latch to secondary doors so only you can open them, even if other players join your co-op world, so you don’t have to worry about friends accidentally leaving a back door open. Third, don’t use regular wood doors if you’re building in rainy mountain biomes: regular wood warps from constant rain, and will break after a week of in-game time. Use dried wood, which you make by putting regular logs in a Drying Rack for 10 minutes, for weather-resistant doors that last far longer.
Upgrading Your Door for Extra Security and Functionality
Once you get past the early game, you can upgrade your basic wooden door to add extra security, especially if you’re playing in PvP worlds or building near high-level Shroud zones. The first upgrade most players go for is the Reinforced Metal Door, which uses 4 Iron Ingots and 8 Wood Logs to craft. It can’t be broken by regular mobs, only by boss enemies or other players with high-tier weapons, so it’s perfect for bases in high-risk areas.
You can also add a Keypad Lock to metal doors if you’re playing with friends, so only people you share the 4-digit code with can enter your private storage areas. If you’re in a PvP world, you can add a Door Trap that triggers spikes or arrow traps when an uninvited player or mob tries to force the door open. It’s a small addition that has saved my base from raiders more than once. You can also customize the look of your door with dye made from wild flowers, or add decorative carvings to match your base’s aesthetic, whether you’re building a medieval castle or a rustic hunting cabin. I paint all my base doors bright blue so I can spot my base easily from far away when I’m coming back from a long looting run, it’s a small trick that saves me a lot of time getting lost in the forest.
At the end of the day, learning how to make a door in Enshrouded is one of the simplest but most impactful things you can do to improve your base’s security and quality of life early on. You don’t need fancy materials or high-level unlocks to get a basic door set up, and it will save you countless hours of replacing stolen loot and repairing damage from wandering mobs. I’ve had bases where I skipped the door in the first few days, and I lost all my rare healing herbs to a random Shroud wolf that wandered in overnight, so I never skip this step now, no matter how small my temporary shelter is. If you’re still struggling to get your door placed, double check that your wall is the right size and that you have all required materials in your inventory, and you’ll be good to go.