How to make a bed in Enshrouded
Speed up time and improve your base’s rating from the comfort of your own bed.
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Sleep isn’t strictly necessary for your survival in Enshrouded , but there are still a couple of good reasons why you might want to craft yourself a bed sooner rather than later. For one thing, you can only speed up in-game time by sleeping, so if you find yourself in a position where you can’t do much of anything until the time of day has changed, a bed is a very useful thing to have around.
Placing a bed in your home base also strengthens your Comfort condition when at home. The more comfortable your character is, the quicker you regain buffs like Rested, and furthermore the effects of Rested last longer the more comfortable your base is. Here’s how to craft your first bed in Enshrouded.
How to craft a bed in Enshrouded
You unlock your first bed recipe, the Crude Mattress, along with several other domestic essentials, after crafting your first building blocks at the workbench in your base camp.
To craft a Crude Mattress, you’ll need the following resources:
- Workbench
- Plant Fibre x4
- String x1
- Torn Cloth x4
Plant Fibre is simple enough to forage, while string can be crafted from inside your crafting menu without the need to return to a workbench. For instructions on how to get torn cloth, see our guide here .
The Crude Mattress doesn’t sound like much, but it actually looks pretty cosy, especially when compared to the hard ground your character’s been resting on up until now. When placed from your inventory into your base camp, the Crude Mattress adds +1 to your base’s comfort rating. Place the bed indoors in a structure with a fireplace and a door, you can maximise your Rested buff rate of gain by being Sheltered, Warm, and Comfortable all at the same time.
You can also sleep on camp beds you find in abandoned settlements, which will serve to pass the time, although it won’t offer all the conditions and buff benefits of sleeping in your own base. You’re also far more vulnerable to being attacked when you rest in these places, so think carefully before you settle in for a nap in a mysteriously unpopulated shelter. Things clearly didn’t work out so well for the original occupants, after all.
For more advice on surviving and thriving in Enshrouded’s early game, see our page on how to heal in Enshrouded .
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Enshrouded, the most-played Steam Next Fest demo, enters Early Access in January
Survive build, craft, role-play, fight, destroy, and have fun in the foggy lands.
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Keen Games has announced Enshrouded will go into Early Access on Steam early next year.
The survival ARPG co-op game was first revealed in May and was the most played demo, most wishlisted, and had the most daily active users after Steam Next Fest concluded.
Enshrouded Early Access release date trailer.Watch on YouTube
Enshrouded is Keen Games’ first self-published title, following their previous release, Portal Knights, a game that features survival, combat, and voxel-based building.
Utilizing Portal Knights as the spiritual foundation of Enshrouded, Keen Games took inspiration from survival titles such as Valheim but with a more “relaxed” approach to the survival bits. The game also contains elements inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Minecraft, with the goal to create a more “welcoming” entry into the survival genre.
The game features plenty of freedom and flexibility, with plenty of options for building and terraforming, survival and exploration, and loads of fun to be had with other players.
Enshrouded will go into Early Access on Steam on January 24, 2024, with full launch and console releases planned for the future.
Be sure to wishlist it on Steam now.
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