Flame Altar upgrades as essential inEnshrouded. By upgrading, or ‘strengthening the flame’, you can unlock a variety of new benefits that will help you explore and survive in Embervale. Strengthening the flame takes a lot of materials though, so it can be a long process.

Here, we are going to go over how to fully upgrade your Flame Altar. This will include the required materials for each level, as well as the rewards along the way. It’s a good idea to stash these materials ahead of time so you can quickly upgrade your flame once you get the more difficult items.

enshrouded flame altar crafting menu

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How To Make A Flame Altar

Flame Altars are incredibly simple to make;you just need five stone,which can be gathered directly off the ground.

From your crafting inventory, you can build a Flame Altar and then place it down wherever you want. The first altar that you put down will bewithin the tutorial section of the game.This can serve as your main Flame Altar, butfeel free to settle somewhere else.

enshrouded player standing at flame altar

Do You Need To Upgrade Every Altar?

Thankfully, all the altars work together in terms of the flame’s strength. For example,upgrading an altar to level two will apply this to every altar.This means that if you are far from home, you’re able to still strengthen the flame if you are near an altar.

Every Flame Altar Upgrade

Now, let’s go over every upgrade you can make for the Flame Altar. In total,your altar can reach level six,which is five separate upgrades.

An un-upgraded flame will have an altar capacity of two, a level one Shroud passage level, no character attribute bonuses, and a total time of five minutes in the Shroud.

enshrouded player at flame altar to strengthen flame

2

Altar Capacity of 4

Able to be in Shroud for 6 minutes

5x Resin

1x Spark

3

Altar Capacity of 6

Able to be in Shroud for 7 minutes

10x Wax

10x Salt

5x Spark

10x Flintstone

10x Charcoal

4

Altar Capacity of 7

Able to be in Shroud for 8 minutes

15x Goo

15x Mycelium

10x Spark

15x Amber

5

Altar Capacity of 8

​​​​​​​Able to be in Shroud for 9 minutes

20x Spark

20x Rooibos

6

​​​​​​​Able to be in Shroud for 10 minutes

40x Sulfur

40x Saffron

40x Spark