If you’ve spent any time building in Enshrouded, you’ve probably run into the annoying wall where regular wood and mud brick structures just don’t cut it. They get chewed through by raiding monsters in minutes, and you can’t build the high-tier crafting stations you need for endgame gear with basic materials. That’s where knowing how to make fired bricks enshrouded becomes a total game changer for your playthrough. This guide is based on 40+ hours of testing crafting mechanics, so we’ve cut out all the fluff and unnecessary steps to get you set up with as little hassle as possible.
Core Requirements for How to Make Fired Bricks Enshrouded
Before you start cranking out stacks of fired bricks, you’ll need to tick a few pre-requisite boxes first. None of these are locked behind late game content, so you can unlock everything you need within the first 5 hours of a fresh playthrough if you stick to the main quest line. Don’t make the mistake I did of trying to find a workaround for the Kiln, there’s no other way to process wet bricks into usable fired bricks in the game right now. Here’s the full list of what you’ll need:
- Unlocked Carpenter NPC: You’ll get this NPC early by completing the “Rescue the Carpenter” main quest in the Springlands biome.
- Built Kiln crafting station: Crafted at the Carpenter for 10 stone, 5 wood, and 2 iron bars, no fancy materials required.
- At least 8 clay per 4 fired bricks: You can find clay deposits along riverbanks and lake shores across all non-Shrouded biomes.
- 1 unit of fuel (coal or hardwood) per 4 wet bricks processed into fired bricks.
- Access to water: Either filled water bottles from any lake or river, or water buckets from the Farmer NPC once unlocked.
You don’t need any special tools to gather clay, but a tier 2 iron pickaxe will get you 2x more clay per deposit than a basic stone pickaxe, so it’s worth upgrading first if you plan to farm large batches. If you’re playing with friends, split the work: one person can farm clay, another can gather coal, and you’ll have enough bricks for a full base in an hour or less.
Step-by-Step Process to Craft Fired Bricks
Once you have all your pre-requisites sorted, the actual crafting process is super straightforward, no weird hidden steps required. First, head to the nearest river or lake to gather clay, you’ll see the deposits as soft, light brown patches of dirt right along the water’s edge. Prioritize clay farming near your main base if you can, because you’ll need thousands of these bricks for late game builds and stations, and running back and forth across the map gets old fast.
Once you have your clay, head to your Kiln and pull up the recipe list. First, craft wet bricks: you’ll need 2 clay and 1 unit of water per wet brick. If you have the Farmer NPC unlocked, you can use water buckets instead of individual water bottles, which saves you a ton of time filling containers at the river. Add the wet bricks to the Kiln’s input slot along with your coal or hardwood in the fuel slot, and the Kiln will automatically start processing them into fired bricks.
Each batch of 4 wet bricks takes about 30 seconds to process into fired bricks, so you can do other base tasks while you wait. I usually set my Kiln to run a batch of 50 bricks, then go tidy up my storage or farm some fiber while I wait, so I’m not wasting time staring at the progress bar. If you have multiple Kilns set up, you can cut down processing time even more by running batches in parallel.
Common Mistakes to Avoid When Making Fired Bricks
Even though the process is simple, I’ve seen a ton of new players make easily avoidable mistakes that waste hours of time and stacks of resources. The first and most common mistake is using regular wood as fuel for your Kiln. Coal is 3x more efficient than regular wood for Kiln fuel, so you’ll burn through 3 full stacks of wood for the same number of bricks you can make with one stack of coal. You can find coal in every cave system across the map, so it’s worth spending 10 minutes mining a stack before you start crafting bricks.
Another common mistake is farming clay in low-level Shroud areas. While there are clay deposits in the Shroud, you only have a limited time to gather before your flame meter runs out, and you’re at risk of running into high-level enemies you can’t take down early game. Stick to above-ground river deposits until you have a flame level of at least 3, and you’ll save yourself a ton of frustrating deaths.
Never craft single fired brick batches, it’s a huge waste of fuel and time. The Kiln uses the same amount of fuel to process 1 brick as it does to process 4, so always make sure you’re crafting in multiples of 4 to get the most out of your resources. I usually make batches of 40 at a time, which is enough for one full wall of a base or a new high-tier crafting station. If you accidentally make less than a full batch, just save the wet bricks for your next run instead of running the Kiln half empty.
Best Uses for Fired Bricks in Your Enshrouded Playthrough
A lot of new players assume fired bricks are only for decorative base builds, but they’re actually one of the most versatile mid-game resources you can get. The first use most players will need them for is building raid-resistant bases. Fired brick structures take 75% less damage from regular raiding monsters than mud or wood structures, so you won’t come back from a mining trip to find half your base destroyed by goblins. They also don’t take damage from weather effects like rain or snow, so you won’t have to repair them every few days.
You’ll also need fired bricks to craft almost every high-tier crafting station in the game. The Advanced Smelter, Masonry Bench, Glass Furnace, and even the upgraded Forge all require between 20 and 50 fired bricks to craft, so you can’t progress to endgame metal gear without them. If you’re playing on a server with other players, having a steady supply of fired bricks will make you super popular, since almost everyone will need them at some point. I’ve traded stacks of fired bricks for rare weapons and armor on public servers more times than I can count.
If you’re into decorative builds, fired bricks are perfect for making castles, fortresses, or even medieval-style towns. You can dye them with different pigments you find across the map to get red, gray, or brown variants, so you can match your base to the surrounding biome. I built a full castle out of red dyed fired bricks in my last playthrough, and it withstood 3 consecutive boss raids without taking any major damage. You can also combine them with stone and glass to make really unique, detailed builds that stand out on public servers.
Once you know how to make fired bricks enshrouded, you’ll wonder how you ever played the game without them. They open up so many new building and crafting options, and they make your playthrough way less frustrating by removing the constant need to repair your base after raids. Don’t put off crafting them just because you think they’re a late game resource, you can unlock everything you need to make them within the first few hours of a new save. If you have any other tricks for farming clay or crafting bricks faster, drop them in the comments below.