Best Enshrouded Warrior Build

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

The Warrior build in Enshrouded contains a detailed walkthrough of all the components to enjoy the game: weapon choices, attributes, skill selections, gameplay tips, and gear.

Updated November 2024: The Warrior build has been updated after Patch 4, Version 0.7.4.0. The significant changes are new skills, max level increased to 35, and many more skill points (max of 146). We are in the process of collecting all new gear, weapons, and items, however the skill selection are updated as you progress to the end-game.

Everything You Need To Know about Warrior Build Guide in Enshrouded

The Warrior build in Enshrouded is a marital weapon damage dealer that focuses on damage from multiple weapon types. What makes the Warrior unique is that it can be effective with one hand and shield, two-handed weapons, or a ranged bow. This gives the build a versatile approach to destroying enemies while retaining the tough, rugged, and brutal damage dealer.

Before progressing with our Best Enshrouded Warrior 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.

Warrior Build Features & Mechanics

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

• Primary Attribute: Strength
• Secondary Attribute: Constitution
• Primary Weapon: One-hand and Shield
• Secondary Weapon: Two-handed mace
• Best Armor: Soldier
• Best Skills: Veteran, Swift Attack, Battle Heal, Ranger
• Best Consumable: Meat Wrap, Open Sandwich, Fruit Bowl

Weapon Choices

The Warrior build in Enshrouded uses a one-handed melee mace and a bow for weapon choices. Below is a list of all the weapons we recommend using with this Warrior build, and when you should use them:

• One-Hand and Shield – this combination is optimal for moderate damage but defensive capabilities. The weapons will swing fast, and you can block. However, you won’t have the maximum amount of damage that two-handed or bow possess. Use one hand and shield when you expect pressure or enemy incoming attacks.
• Two-Handed Melee – chose this weapon when wanting to double jump or increase overall damage. You can use the double-jump combo and avoid incoming damage with dodge or blink. However, you won’t have the defensive capability when handling pressure so switch to a weapon with a shield.
• Bow – the best overall damage at range when you sneak up on enemies from the rear to hit backstab. The best part of the bow is the damage can be high without a high investment in dexterity attributes. The downside is, that you won’t have a shield and require constant consumable arrows for optimal damage.
• Unarmed – After you unlock the Begone skill, you can knock enemies back and stun them when unarmed. To do this, simply put a crafting material on one slot on your bar. Swap to that, which will still allow you to block with a shield, and punch to stun an enemy. This is a great crowd-control method with almost zero damage.

Arrows

The best arrows for the Warriror build are Exploding arrows, Shroud arrows, and Stun arrows. Exploding arrows provide area burst fire damage useful for multi-target fights. Shroud arrows do damage over time, though are not effective in the shrouded areas. Stun arrows subdue enemies and allow you to do melee damage.

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.

Survival

The Battle Heal skill is the best ability for surviving with the Warrior build. Battle heal skill rewards you for critical strikes, giving you healing based on your health pool. Thus, constitution and increasing it allows for greater healing within the need for potions or retreating. At max level, you can reach 20 constitution and 18 strength depending on your consumables, gear, and skills. Your overall health pool will be around 1400 or more, giving you a massive amount of health to aid in survival.

Unlike other builds like the Wizard or Ranger, you must continue to attack to trigger Battle Heal for high survivability. We select this skill early in the game, but you can expect a slow start until unlocked. We avoid taking the Merciless Attack skill because of its unreliability and delayed animation. Combine the melee battle heal with high health recovery and potions for great survivability.

Best Warrior Attributes & Combat Stats

The best attribute for a Warrior build is Strength because it increases melee damage by 5% per attribute point.  The secondary most important is the Constitution which gives you 50 health per attribute point.  Lastly, Dexterity will help increase range damage with the bow. However, you can gain a few skills in the Ranger tree that will drastically improve your overall bow damage without the need for high-skill point investment. Thus, we recommend the bulk of your skill points be invested into strength and constitution attributes.

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 – 146 Skill Points

The maximum level in Enshrouded is 35, with some enemies in further regions being level 35. 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 Warrior build in Enshrouded.

Level 1-10 Skills

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

Skill	Tree	Description	Cost
Strength	Athlete	Increases Strength 1	1
Jump Attack	Athlete	Perform a jump attack that deals 50% more weapon damage in a small blast radius	3
Double Jump	Survivor	allows jumping a second time while airborne.	4
Jump Attack II	Survivor	Melee jump attacks do doulbe damage	3
Strength	Athlete	Increases Strength 1	1
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
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
Giant Slayer Hook	Center	Pull yourself towards enemy with grappling hook	5
Arcane Deflection	Tank	On a successful parry, gain 20 mana	3
Blink	Healer	Replaces the Dodge Roll Ability with a Short Range teleport.	4

Level 11-20 Skills

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

Skill	Tree	Description	Cost
Emergency Blink	Healer	you can blink while being stunned.	2
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
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
Strength	Barbarian	Increases Strength 1	1
Heavy Handed	Barbarian	enemey’s stun bar is fille dup faster.	2
Strength	Barbarian	Increases Strength 1	1
Constitution	Barbarian	Increase Health by 1.	1
Relentless	Barbarian	Dealing critical damage with a two-handed weapon increases your critical chance by another 10% for the next hit.	5
Constitution	Barbarian	Increase Health by 1.	1
Heavy Specialization	Barbarian	Allows you to attack faster with two-handed weapons	5

Level 21-25 Skills

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

Skill	Tree	Description	Cost
Barbarian	Barbarian	will gain one strength level for every two levels of the flame	5
Blood Rage	Barbarian	When an enemy is killed within 10 meters with a melee weapon, the damage done with melee weapons is increased by 20% for 10 seconds	5
Breach	Barbarian	When you break a block with melee attacks, the target will suffer 100% more melee damage for 2 seconds.	3
Shockwave	Barbarian	Overpower an enemy to trigger a shockwave that increases nearby enemy’s stun bar and pushes them back.	3
Feast	Barbarian	Meat increases health by 15%	3
Bash	Athlete	Parry bashes deals blunt damage	5
Strength	Warrior	Increases Strength 1	1
Runner	Survivor	sprinting speed increased by 10% and stamina consumption decreased by 10%.	2
Endurance	Survivor	increases your stamina by 10.	1
Wanderlust	Survivor	reduces sprinting cost on road.	3
Good Metabolism	Survivor	Increases strength of resource orbs and potions.	3
Sweet Tooth	Survivor	increases stamina regeneration of sweets.	3
Dexterity	Survivor	increases your dexterity by 1.	1
Dessert Stomach	Survivor	You can have one additional food slot.	4

Level 26-35 Skills

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

Skill	Tree	Description	Cost
Heavy Plate	Heavy Plates	Increases Physical Armor mitigation by 10%	2
Constitution	Constitution	Increase Health by 1.	1
Warden	Tank	3 or more enemies within 20m lowers magical damage by 20%	3
Tower	Tank	3 or more enemies within 20m lowers physical damage by 10%	3
Strength	Tank	Increases Strength 1	1
Earth Aura	Tank	Reduce Incoming damage by 10%	5
Thick Skin	Tank	You will gain one health for every two levels of the Flame.	5
Strength	Tank	Increases Strength 1	1
Rebound	Survivor	Increases base stamina regeneration by 50%	4
Vigorours Deflection	Athlete	Gain 30 stamina when you parry	2
Blood Warrior	Athlete	Spawn a health orb killing with Merciless Attack	3
Strength	Athlete	Increases Strength 1	1

Best Warrior Skills Explained

• Jump Attack & Double Jump – Gives you a method for area-based damage with melee weapons.
• Evasion Attack – Charges forward with a melee weapon doing more damage and acts as a gap closer.
• Battle Heal – Provides healing based on critically striking with a melee weapon. Consider being aggressive after obtaining this skill for passive healing.
• Blink – Increases the distance of roll dodge and Emergency Blink allows you to break free from a stun.
• Multi-Shot – Generates more arrows randomly which equals more damage.
• Ranger – Overall passive boost to attributes and damage and helpful for increasing bow damage.

Utility Skills

Below are recommended utility skills for this Warrior 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.

Warrior Gameplay & Tips

The best tip to play the Warrior build is to use a one-handed shield weapon attacking from the flank to keep damage and healing high while blocking when needing defensive. You can make additional weapon choices for the situation based on your needs. The main emphasis of the Warrior is being excellent at 3 weapons, all with unique pros and cons. Below are some other gameplay tips when playing the best Warrior build in the Enshrouded game:

• Survival – staying alive by having high mobility, attacking with battle heal, and using potions when needing a burst to heal. Always attack from sneak or the flank if possible and avoid front-facing damage. Crowd control enemies with unarmed punches or stun arrows to keep incoming damage low.
• Damage – start combat from the rear with a bow and a high-damage arrow if possible. From this point, swap to aggressive two-handed with area damage via double jump or one-hand and shield for defensive capabilities.
• Range Bow – the bow is helpful because you can do a lot of damage by landing headshots, or backstab from the rear. Use a bow for medium to long-range combat and swap when incoming damage is likely.
• Mobility – use a combination of Blink and Evasion Attack to move in and outside the enemy target range.

Best Warrior Weapons & Armor

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

Slot	Item	Effect
Main Hand Weapon	Twin Soul Mace	+10 crit chance
Shield	Flame Shield	14 Block
Secondary Weapon	Rotblood Mace	+28 Shroud Damage
Range Weapon	Wildwood Bow	+10 Shroud Damage
Head	Soldier Helmet	12% crit chance
Upper Body	Soldier Chestplate	90 health
Arms	Solider Gloves	+12% one-hand damage
Lower Body	Soldier Trousers	90 health
Feet	Soldier Boots	+4 Health Regeneration
Ring 1	Ring of the Ancients	+1 all attributes
Ring 2	Ring of the Ancients	+1 all attributes

• Twin Soul Mace – Found in the chest.
• Rotblood Mace – Random Chest.
• Flame Shield – Quest completion.
• Wildwood Bow – Random Chest.
• Soldier Set – Created by Blacksmith.
• Ring of the Ancients – Found in a random chest.

Alternative Gear Sets

If you are not at the end game, use the Blacksmith Craftsperson to craft melee damage gear throughout your journey until the end game. Here’s what we recommend based on your level:

• Level 5 (Fur Armor Set) – A basic form of armor crafted by the Blacksmith. 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 13 (Adventurer Set) – High damage set emphasizing melee damage. Materials needed to craft Amber, Torn Cloth, Indigo Plant, Linen, and Dried Fur.
  • Guard of the North: this set will be found in the Pike area.
• Level 18 (Mercenary Set) – Upgraded damage set. Materials needed to craft Line, Mint Mushroom Meat, Torn Cloth, Fossilized Bone, and Leather.
• Level 23 (Solider Set) – Best end-game melee damage set. Materials needed to craft Fossilized Bone, Padding, Charcoal, Iron Bars, Yellow Fabric, and Lapislazuli.
• Level 25 (Radiant Paladin Set): unique set found in end-game areas with a chest with similar set bonuses to Soldier.

Best Warrior Consumables

The Warrior build will be able to consume three consumable sources. You want to increase Strength (melee damage), Constitution (health), and health recovery (survival). Below are the best consumables for the Warrior build in the Enshrouded game:

• Open Sandwich (Crafted) – +4 Strength and +2 Constitution. Materials needed to craft are Saffron, Grilled Wolf Meat, and Flat Bread.
• Meat Wrap (Crafted) – +5 Constitution, and +1 Intelligence.  Materials needed to craft are Water, Red Mushroom, Raw Sand Digger Meat, and Flour.
• Fruit Bowl (Crafted) – +6 Health regeneration, and +3 Stamina regeneration. Materials needed to craft are Honey, Strawberry, Purple Berries, and Yucca Fruit
• Elixir (Looted) – +30% Damage Multiplier, -1 minute in the shroud. This gives additional damage and stacks with Pray of the Flame Scrolls.

Healing

In addition, make sure to carry berries (blueberries or strawberries) for health regeneration, water for stamina regeneration, and bandages for healing. As you advance, you can unlock the Alchemist and craft healing potions. This will help you early with survival, then start optimizing for damage with consumables.

Warrior 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 Warrior Build

FAQs about the Warrior Build in Enshrouded

What is the best weapon for Warrior in Enshrouded?

The best weapon combination for a Warrior build in Enshrouded is a one-handed mace or sword in conjunction with a strong shield for defense. Additionally, you’ll want to have a good bow available to equip as well. Although the playstyle for a Warrior is mainly melee, there will be times you need a way to bring down a flying creature.

Is the Warrior effective in Enshrouded?

A Warrior build can be an incredibly effective melee damage-dealer in Enshrouded. Moreover, they can have a versatile build, using two-handed weapons for additional heavy damage, to a sword and shield for more defensive play.

What are alternatives for Warrior in Enshrouded?

The Barbarian build is the best alternative to the Barbarian in Enshrouded because it uses melee but still retains good mobility. Additionally, if you are playing front-line melee in a group then the Tank build would be another viable alternative.

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