Best Enshrouded Assassin Build

Discover how to create the best Enshrouded Assassin Build, with a guide on the best weapons, skills, consumables, armor, and more!

The Assassin build was changed dramatically in patch 4 with the introduction of the Dagger weapons. These weapons scale in effectiveness based on your Dexerity stat, not strength. They offer the poison status effect, therefore, you can play as a burst stealth character and a damage over time build. Below, we showcase the skill selections and how to play this.

Updated January 2025: The Assassin build has been updated after Patch 5, Version 0.8.0.0. The significant changes are from Patch 4, which added new skills, max level increased to 35, and many more skill points (max of 149). We are collecting all new gear, weapons, and items. However, the skill selection is updated as you progress to the end game.

Everything You Need To Know about Assassin Build Guide in Enshrouded

The Assassin build in Enshrouded is a versatile weapon user who focuses on sneak, opportunity damage, and backstabbing. What makes the Assassin unique is using both melee and ranged weapons while emphasizing flanking and surprise attacking the enemy. This build is for those players who enjoy sneak and stealth kills at range or melee.

Before progressing with our Best Enshrouded Assassin Build, your character creation will not impact gameplay. There are no racial passives, ability scores, or attributes to consider. Thus, we advise you to select a character whose appearance resonates with you.

Assassin Build Features & Mechanics

The following list presents all the features and mechanics for the Enshrouded Assassin Build:

• Primary Attribute: Dexterity
• Secondary Attribute: Constitution
• Primary Weapon: Daggers
• Damage Type: Slashing and Piercing
• Ranged Weapon: Longbow
• Best Arrows: Exploding
• Best Armor: Rogue Set
• Best Skills: Sneak Attack, Battle Heal, Dessert Stomach, and Chain Reaction
• Best Consumable: Chicken Soup, Stir-Fried Vegetables, Milkshake, Pumpkin Soup

Weapon Choices

The Assassin build in Enshrouded uses both melee weapons and a range bow for damage. The primary reason is, that you can gain backstab from range or in melee, and with skills, amplify this damage significantly. Additionally, melee weapons feature a skill Battle Heal that gives you a burst heal for critically striking with a melee weapon. Thus, you can use the melee and range method for destroying enemies based on the situation or preferred playstyle.

Initially, use a Double Jump attack for damage while wielding a mace and shield. Mace is chosen because at tend game they are great weapons with improved critical hit damage. For a bow, you want increased critical strike chance and critical hit damage. Lastly, keep a Wand on you in case you need to attack at range and run out of arrows.

Arrows

The Hunter Craftsperson unlocks the ability to craft arrows and special arrows. When you first start, Wooden Arrows are your best option which can be crafted in your manual crafting menu using Twigs. As you explore more areas, and unlock more metals and materials, the Hunter provides better arrows. These typically do more damage or add small amounts of poison damage.

Exploding Arrows come much later in the game but ultimately do the most damage and area multi-kills. These arrows are correlated to the Assassin skill line. Thus, you want to take those skills at level 20 or beyond when you’ve unlocked most of the crafting materials and production furniture.

Below is a list of our favorite arrows in Enshrouded:

• Wooden Arrows – Beginner craftable arrow using the manual crafting section. These are considered basic and do piercing damage.
• Iron Poison Arrow – Iron arrows laced with poison add damage over time element to the arrow.  Materials needed to craft are the copper arrow and poison sack.
• Stun Arrow – Deals no damage, but stuns targets depending on size.  Materials needed to craft Twigs, Goo, Alchemical Base, and Bug Dust.
• Exploding Arrows – 41 damage that explodes on impact with fire.  Materials needed to craft Flint Arrow, Feather, and Black Powder.

Backstab & Opportunity

To trigger backstab damage in Enshrouded, you must be directly behind an enemy. A small popup will display in a light blue outline to the right of the health bar when triggered. This does additional damage based on your attributes, gear, and stats, and will be significant at the end game. You can trigger backstab damage through melee or range attacks and always want to start attacking from the back.

Opportunity attack in Enshrouded is attacking an unsuspecting enemy. Essentially, you want to start combat crouched, ideally behind a bush. While this isn’t always possible, you can increase damage using both of these features and burst damage enemies with an opening shock at range or melee. Therefore, take the time to sneak around and find the optimal stealth attack!

Sneak Attack

To do a sneak attack in Enshrouded, you must unlock the skill in the yellow skill try, sneak behind an enemy, and press the interact button undetected. Moreover, this is a melee-based skill and will do over 1,000% more damage than a simple melee attack. While difficult to execute, look for windows to sneak behind enemies. The NPCs in Enshrouded have a distinct walking path that can be memorized. Sneak behind them when they turn around and press the interact key [E] to trigger this powerful sneak attack.

Best Assassin Attributes & Combat Stats

The best attributes and stats for the Enshrouded Assassin build are Dexterity, and Constitution. Dexterity determines your ranged bow damage, as well as daggers NOT strength. Additionally, the Constitution attribute determines health but also influences your healing with the Battle Heal skill. Thus, having a large health pool (over 1,000) will help keep your survivability high.

The secondary priority for your Assassin build in the Enshrouded game is Backstab damage, Sneak Attack damage, and Ambush damage. These can “stack” on top of each other, providing some of the highest bursts in the game. Thus, having a balanced stat and attribute distribution will keep your damage and survivability high. Lastly, your Flame Altar level will increase your attribute bonus. This is a priority for improving your Enshrouded Assassin build power level. 

Skill Selections

In Enshrouded, you earn skill points from leveling and completing Elixir Wells. We have broken down the skill sections based on level range and listed the best skills to select at every level for this build. While your skill points totals may change depending on your overall level, and Elixir Well completions, save up skill points if you cannot afford one at your current level. Below is what our skill points were at various levels in Enshrouded:

• Level 10 – 36 Skill Points
• Level 20 – 72 Skill Points
• Level 25 – 114 Skill Points
• Level 35 – 149 Skill Points

The maximum level in Enshrouded is 35 with the furthest region being Albaneve Summits. The general skill selections below are geared towards combat performance specifically, and we will list and explain the most critical of all the skills. Moreover, look to the utility skill section if you prefer more utility, crafting, and less combat emphasis. Lastly, you can always respec your skill points with Runes at the Flame Altar so feel free to experiment. However, we feel the below selections are the best overall for combat power and enjoyment for the best Assassin build in Enshrouded.

Levels 1-10 Skills

Below is a list, in order, of the skills for the Best Assassin Build for Enshrouded from levels 1 to 10:

Skill Name	Tree	Description	Cost
Endurance	Survivor	increases your stamina by 10.	1
Runner			2
Double Jump	Survivor	allows jumping a second time while airborne.	4
Jump Attack	Athlete	Perform a jump attack that deals 50% more weapon damage in a small blast radius	3
Jump Attack II	Survivor	Melee jump attacks do doulbe damage	3
Merciless Attack	Center	Perform a Merciless attack by pressing [E] to deal massive damage to an enemy you’ve overpowered. To overpower an enemy, fill their stun bar by attacking while they block or by parrying their attacks.	2
Sneak Attack	Center	Unlocks sneak attack skill	3
Constitution	Tank	Increases Constitution by 1.	1
Shiny Plates	Tank	Physical Armor gains 10% more armor points.	2
Evasion Attack	Tank	When equipped with a melee weapon, you can perform an evade attack, which dashes towards the enemy and deals more weapon damage with (LMB).	4
Battle Heal	Tank	When dealing critical damage with a melee weapon, you will heal 5% of your maximum health.	3
Arcane Deflection	Tank	On a successful parry, gain 20 mana	3
Blink	Healer	Replaces the Dodge Roll Ability with a Short Range teleport.	4
Backstab Damage	Center	Increases backstab damage by 25%	2

Level 11-20 Skills

Below is a list, in order, of the skills for the Best Assassin Build for Enshrouded from levels 11 to 20:

Skill Name	Tree	Description	Cost
Endurance	Beast Master	increases your stamina by 10.	1
Snake Eater	Beast Master	Increases Poison Resistance	2
Mithridatist	Beast Master	Increases Poison Resistance	3
Endurance	Beast Master	increases your stamina by 10.	1
Dagger Master	Beast Master	Increases damage dealt with daggers by 15%	3
Poisoned Blades	Beast Master	Increase Posion change by 25%	3
Poison Mastery	Beast Master	Increases damage dealt by Poisoned blades by 100%	4
Slice and Dice	Beast Master	Increase the damage fo your next bow attack by 50% aftera dagger crit	3
Dexterity	Assassin	Increases ranged damage by 5%.	1
Airborne	Assassin	Gliders consume 30% less stamina.	2
Endurance	Assassin	increases your stamina by 10.	1
Sniper	Assassin	when attacking with a ranged weapon your critical hit chance is increased by 10%.	2
Vitality Surge	Assassin	dealing a critical strike with a ranged weapon restores 5 stamina.	3
Dexterity	Assassin	Increases ranged damage by 5%.	1
Shell Shock	Assassin	infused your ranged explosives with mana, they now stun enemies for 1 second.	3
Dexterity	Ranger	Increases ranged damage by 5%.	1
Marksman	Ranger	All damage dealt with ranged weapons is increased by 10%.	2

Levels 21-25 Skills

Below is a list, in order, of the skills for the Best Assassin Build for Enshrouded from levels 21 to 25:

Skill Name	Tree	Description	Cost
Sharpshooter	Ranger	all ranged damage is increased by an additional 20%.	2
Skill Shot	Ranger	all damage dealt to an enemy’s head is increased by 20%.	3
Ranger	Ranger	adds +2 endurance, + 2 dexterity, +5 stamina recharge, and +5% critical damage.	4
Multi Shot	Ranger	adds a 20% chance to spawn a flurry of arrows that spread slightly.	3
Endurance	Survivor	increases your stamina by 10.	1
Wanderlust	Survivor	reduces sprinting cost on road.	3
Swiftshot Sustenance	Survivor	30% chance to spawn a stamina orb when defeating an enemy with a bow.	2
Arachnoid	Survivor	stamina consumption while climbing reduced by 50%	3
Dexterity	Survivor	increases your dexterity by 1.	1
Dessert Stomach	Survivor	You can have one additional food slot.	4
Silent Strider	Assassin	Increases sneak movement speed	3
Backstab Mastery	Survivor	Increases damage from back by 30%	4
Bounty Bonanza	Assassin	Headshots give EXP	3
Ricochets	Assassin	Explosive Arrows do 1% DMG	4

Level 26-35 Skills

Below is a list, in order, of the skills for the Best Assassin Build for Enshrouded from levels 26 to 35:

Skill Name	Tree	Description	Cost
Graceful Stride	Assassin	Gain Dex related to Flame	5
Updraft	Assassin	Pressing the jump button while gliding will give you a small height boost. This skill can be used once per flight and costs 120 mana.	4
Constitution	Warrior	Increase Health by 1.	1
The Warrior’s Path	Warrior	when attacking with a melee weapon, the damage is increased by 10%.	2
Feast	Barbarian	Meat Increase health 15%	3
Strength	Warrior	Increases Strength 1	1
Slasher	Warrior	All melee cutting damage is increased by an additional 10%.	2
Butcher	Warrior	All melee cutting damage is increased by an additional 20%.	3
Veteran	Warrior	When attacking with a melee weapon, your critical hit chance is increased by 10%	4
Swift Blades	Warrior	Allows you to attack faster with one-handed swords and axes.	5
Emergency Blink	Healer	you can blink while being stunned.	2
Thrust	Warrior	Increases piercing by 10%	2
Pierce	Warrior	Increases piercing by 20%	3
Well Rested	Center	Increases rested by	1
Dexterity	Beastmaster	Increase DEX by 1.	1

Best Assassin Skills Explained

• Battle Heal – This skill triggers healing while critically striking with a melee weapon. This helps you survive while in melee and keeps you aggressive doing damage.
• Blink – The Blink skill is the best for mobility, allowing you to create large distances with a dodge. Additionally, Evasion Attack lets you charge into combat with extra damage.
• Sneak Attack – One must take a sneak attack to be a true assassin and do extra damage!
• Dessert Stomach – This skill allows for one extra consumable slot, allowing you to have multiple high-stat bonuses and health regeneration.
• Shell Shock – For crowd control with arrows, Shell shock and explosive arrows can control an entire battlefield. This skill allows you to stop using stun arrows only, and do damage while stunning enemies.
• Chain Reaction – This skill triggers secondary explosions, and when paired with Shell Shock can produce area-based damage and stuns.

Utility Skills

Below are recommended utility skills for this Assassin Build, if you wish to sacrifice some combat performance:

• Mason (Core) – The pickaxe deals 30% more damage against stone objects including resource veins.
• Miner (Core) – When you mine resources, you have a 10% chance to get additional resources.
• Lumberjack (Core) – Felling axes do 30% more damage against wooden objects including trees.
• Relentless Flame (Survivor) – maximum shroud time increased by 5 minutes allowing you to explore for longer.
• Inner Fires (Survivor) – maximum Shroud time increased by 2 minutes, allowing you to explore for longer.

Assassin Gameplay & Tips

The best tip to play the Assassin is to start combat off from stealth and opening with a sneak or backstab. Your positioning and starting combat off with a burst attack are critical. Below are some other gameplay tips when playing the best Assassin build in Enshrouded game:

• Survival – use a combination of potions, and recovery food with battle-heal melee attacks for survival.
• Damage – attempt to trigger a sneak attack and potentially one-shot enemies. However, if this isn’t possible start combat from range using stun or explosive arrows to keep enemies away from you.
• Melee vs. Range – you should use melee when sneaking is possible or need to heal passively with one-handed attacks. Range is best when multiple enemies threaten you and you need to create space. Always aim for the head with range if possible.

Best Assassin Weapons & Armor

Crystal Knives, Frostbie Slasher set, and Gemini Ring are the best gear for the Assassin in Enshrouded. Look to increase dagger and backstab damage as well as weapons with health leach. For the level 33 items, look to create them with craftspeople. For level 35 weapons, you can farm them at these two chest locations here.

Below is a list of the best Assassin Build Armor and Weapons for Enshrouded:

Slot	Item	Effect
Main Hand Weapon	Crystal Knives	Health Leach
Range Weapon	Avalanche Starter	Health Leach
Head	Frostbite Slasher Hood	22% backstab damage
Upper Body	Mountain’s Shadow Chest	+300 Health
Arms	Frostbite Slasher Gloves	+23% dagger damage
Lower Body	Trailblazer Trousers	+5 Stam Reg
Feet	Alpine Antler Boots	+5 Stam Reg
Ring 1	Gemini Ring	+1 all attributes
Ring 2	Gemini Ring	+30 mana, +30 health

• Crystal Knives: level 35 chest found here here.
• Avalanche Starter Bow: same level 35 chest area
• Frostbite Slasher Hood: level 33 item crafted by Hunter.
• Mountain’s Shadow Chest: level 33 item crafted by Blacksmith.
• Frostbite Slasher Gloves: level 33 item crafted by Hunter.
• Trailblazer Trousers: level 33 item crafted by Hunter.
• Alpine Antler Boots: level 33 item crafted by Hunter.
• Gemini Ring: found in the early game here.

Alternative Gear Sets

Depending on your preferred playstyle, use the Blacksmith NPC for melee-focused gear, and the Hunter for Range bow builds. Here’s what we recommend based on your level:

• Level 5 (Fur Armor Set) – Crafted by the Blacksmith and a starter gear set until you unlock the Hunter. Materials needed to craft are torn cloth, animal fur, string, and metal scraps.
• Level 8 (Rising Fighter Set) – First set with melee damage bonuses. Materials needed to craft are Bonemeal, Torn Cloth, String, Metal Scraps, and Resin.
• Level 8 (Scout Set) – First set with ranged damage bonuses. Materials needed to craft are String, Dried Fur, Bones, and Resin.
• Level 13 (Adventurer Set) – High damage set emphasizing melee damage. Materials needed to craft Amber, Torn Cloth, Indigo Plant, Linen, and Dried Fur.
• Level 13 (Ranger Set) – High damage set emphasizing ranged damage. Materials needed to craft Linen, Dried Fur, Bones, Copper Bar, Charcoal, and Amber.
• Level 18 (Mercenary Set) – Upgraded damage set. Materials needed to craft Line, Mint Mushroom Meat, Torn Cloth, Fossilized Bone, and Leather.
• Level 18 (Hunter Set) – Upgraded range bow user damage set. Materials needed to craft Fossilized Bone Dust, Leather, Resin, Mint Mushroom Meat, Leather, Resin, Amber, and Linen.
• Level 23 (Rogue Set) – Both sets are balanced for range damage. Materials needed to craft Padding, Yellow Fabric, Scales, Lapislazuli, and Leather.
• Level 25 (Eagle Eye Set): Unique set found in end-game areas with chest more for range builds.

Best Assassin Consumables

The Assassin build will be able to consume four consumable foods rather than three due to Dessert Stomach skill. This allows you to increase Dexterity (bow), Strength (melee), Constitution (health), and recovery. Below are the best consumables for the Assassin build in Enshrouded game:

• Chicken Soup (con food): +4 Con, +1 Dex
• Stir-Fried Vegetables (dex food): +5 Dex
• Milkshake (endurance food): +5 Endurance, +5 Stam Recharge, + Dex
• Pumpkin Soup: (healing food)

Healing

Health regeneration and healing come in three forms: berries, bandages, and potions. Each can be used to gain health back slowly or instantly. You can craft these items at the Alchemist or find them throughout the world. Additional buffs like elixirs can help with damage or Ectoplasm when playing the Hollows. Below is our recommendation for buffs and healing food:

• Flask of Fell: +20 Stamina for 20 minutes
• Superior Mana Potion: +250 Mana
• Superior Health Potion: +1000 Health
• Improved Bandage: 8% healing per second
• Elixir: +30% damage multiplier
• Greater Ectoplasm Soup: -100 health, +12% damage against hollow, +9% chance of life leach in hollows

Assassin Changes in Patch 4 Enshrouded

Patch #4 introduces the Albaneve Summits area, new quests, and a significant addition: the dual-wield weapon type, accompanied by new gear, enemies, and decorative items for your house. Alongside new skills, the update brings numerous adjustments to existing skill trees and playstyles. Here are the Top 10 Combat Changes in Enshrouded Patch #4:

1. Mage Class:
   • New Skill: Eternal Spark (20% chance to not consume durability).
   • Water Aura: Reworked as a non-stackable buff.
   • Unity Skill: Buffed, increasing mana regeneration to 4%.
   • Blood Magic Exploit Fix: Introduced a 120-second cooldown to prevent infinite mana.
   • Defensive Nerfs: Reduced staff damage contribution by 50% and addressed wand issues.
2. Dual-Wielded Daggers: New dexterity-based melee combat weapon.
3. Warrior Class:
   • New Skills: Opportunity (enhances Merciless Strike and Sneak Attack) and Finesse (reduces durability loss).
   • Two-Handed Weapons: Improved mechanics with varied attack chains and better parrying.
   • Merciless Strike: Increased base damage (+500%).
4. Ranger Class:
   • Daggers: Now available as loot, scaling with dexterity.
   • Dagger Master: Increases dagger damage by 15%.
   • Magic Arrow: Consumes Mana, dealing slightly less damage than regular arrows.
   • Explosive Arrows: Now found in Revelwood, with reduced crafting costs.
5. Multi Shot Skill Upgrades:
   • New Skill: Multi Shot Trigger (all arrows, including special ones, can activate Multi Shot).
   • New Skill: Multi Shot Spread (25% chance to create an additional projectile).
6. Stun Arrow: Reworked.
7. Warrior Special Attacks: Enhanced breach, shockwave, and jump attacks.
8. Ranger Skills: Fixes and adjustments implemented.

This update enriches the game with substantial content and adjustments, particularly for spellcasters and wizards, ensuring a more balanced and engaging gameplay experience.

Build Summary – Best Enshrouded Assassin Build

FAQs about the Assassin Build in Enshrouded

What is the best weapon for Assassin in Enshrouded?

The best weapon for an Assassin build in Enshrouded are the dual-wielding daggers because this gives you the best burst back-stab damage from stealth.

Is the Assassin build effective in Enshrouded?

The Assassin build for Enshrouded is an effective playstyle for those who love stealth type of gameplay, sniping from afar with an arrow or back-stabbing from the shadows.

What are alternatives for Assassin in Enshrouded?

If you like ranged gameplay then the best alternatives for the Assassin would be the Ranger or Arcane Archer builds. On the other hand, if you prefer very mobile melee combat, then the Barbarian build may interest you.

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