Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report: Walkthrough, Chest and Braelyn Bridge

The Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report is a short quest from the Carpenter, Cade Hawthorn: you have to find a stash in the middle pillar of Braelyn Bridge in the Springlands. The chest isn't up on the bridge but all the way down in the Shroud, behind a pile of rubble on the north side of the pillar that you break open with a pickaxe.

This guide shows how the Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report starts, which pillar the quest means, why the quest marker sends so many players to the wrong height and what's inside the chest. You also get all 13 Carpenter quests at a glance.

🪵 What is the Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report?

The Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report isn't an item or a note in your inventory. It's a quest. The game data database enshrouded.th.gl lists it under this name and assigns it to the Carpenter. The quest description boils down to this: the Carpenter told you he hid a treasure in the middle pillar of Braelyn Bridge as his signature.

According to th.gl, the quest has a single objective: check the pillars of Braelyn Bridge. The hint tells you to find the middle pillar and clear the rubble to get to the chest. That's the whole Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report. For comparison, the Carpenter quest Helping Hands has four objectives and takes you through several hidden temples.

👷 Where the name Braelyn comes from

Braelyn is also the name of the Carpenter's aunt. In Helping Hands, according to th.gl, you search the Blackmire for Aunt Braelyn, a traveler who explored temples, towers and bridges. At the end you rescue her and can bring her to your base as the Carpenter's assistant. None of the sources we checked says outright that the bridge is named after her, but it's the same name.

📜 How the Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report starts

First you need to rescue the Carpenter and bring him to your base. That happens in the quest Carpentry Assistance, which the Alchemist gives you. Where his Ancient Vault is and why it sits almost entirely in the Shroud is covered in our Enshrouded craftspeople guide.

After that, the community wiki at enshrouded.wiki.gg lists two ways to get the quest:

• Talk to the Carpenter: On the Carpenter's wiki page, the Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report starts through his "Bridge" dialogue option.
• Read a note: The quest page on the wiki names the lore note "Spectacular Progress Is Being Made" as the trigger, followed by a talk with the Carpenter.

We couldn't confirm where that note is. In practice, the dialogue is all you need: talk to the Carpenter in your base and the Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report shows up in your quest log.

🗺️ Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report: where is Braelyn Bridge?

Braelyn Bridge is in the Springlands, the starting region of Embervale. The community wiki mentions the bridge twice on its Springlands page. There's an Elixir Well east of it, and the area right north of the bridge is where you'll likely run into Scavengers for the first time. Below the bridge lies a valley full of Shroud.

Twinfinite describes the bridge as close to where the game starts and suggests gliding down from the Springlands Ancient Spire. All regions with their levels are in our Enshrouded map guide, and every Ancient Spire is in the guide to fast travel.

🧭 Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report walkthrough

Every walkthrough we checked agrees on the core: the chest sits at the base of the middle pillar, on its north side, behind rubble. Here's how to get there:

1. Travel to the bridge: The fastest way is the Springlands Ancient Spire, then glide.
2. Find the middle pillar: According to The Nerd Stash, it's the third of five. Prima Games uses a tent in the middle of the bridge as a landmark, and the pillar you want is directly west of it.
3. Drop into the Shroud: Glide from the pillar down to the valley floor. You don't need to search the top of the bridge.
4. Mine the rubble on the north side: There's a pile of rubble at the bottom of the pillar. Break it with your pickaxe.
5. Open the chest: Behind it is a small compartment with a gold chest. Opening it completes the Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report.

The community wiki also puts the chest on the north side at the bottom of the middle pillar. For Enshrouded 1.0, The Nerd Stash suggests digging horizontally into the area below the pillar base instead of straight down.

⛏️ Pickaxe or bombs?

Other tools and weapons won't clear the rubble. Besides the pickaxe, Twinfinite also mentions bombs. The author says it took about five of them. That's one player's experience, not a game value. Explosives are scarce early on, so the pickaxe is the better choice. A basic pickaxe does the job according to the walkthroughs, and no source names a minimum tier.

⚠️ Common mistake: the marker points up

On the forums, the Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report is mostly known for one problem. At the pillar, the quest marker says "Location Above". The Nerd Stash describes the same thing for version 1.0, even though you're standing in the right spot down below.

One player on the Steam forums described digging into the pillar and climbing small ledges until "objective reached" popped up about two thirds of the way up. There was no chest. Later he found it at the base of the pillar after all and called the message up there a red herring.

The rule: ignore the height hint, stay down in the Shroud and dig on the north side. Searching up top only burns time in the fog.

⏳ Our math: Shroud time and quest payout

The chest is in the fog, so your Shroud timer is running. In Early Access, Flame Level 1 gave you five minutes, and each level added one more. The community wiki lists Flame Level 1 to 2 for the Springlands, so you have five to six minutes. That's plenty for gliding, digging and getting back out. The patch notes don't say whether 1.0 moved those values. Everything about the timer is in our Shroud timer guide.

As for the payout, the community wiki lists 75 XP. Carpentry Assistance, the quest where you rescue the Carpenter, gives 1,000 XP. So the Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report pays only 7.5 percent of that. The real value is the gold chest, not the XP.

🎁 Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report reward

The sources disagree on the reward, so here are both:

• Community wiki enshrouded.wiki.gg: a gold chest and 75 XP.
• Game data database enshrouded.th.gl: the building block Rough Wood Block as the reward, with no amount and no XP.

Both could be true, with th.gl only showing the fixed quest reward from the game data while the chest holds random loot. That isn't confirmed. No developer source describes what's in the gold chest. Prima Games found a ring, other players there report weapons and armor pieces, and Twinfinite talks about rare gear. How rarity and upgrading work is covered in our guide to legendary weapons.

📋 All 13 Carpenter quests

The Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report is one of 13 quests that enshrouded.th.gl assigns to the Carpenter:

• Helping Hands
• Table Saw For The Carpenter
• A Graceful Flight
• Finding Masonry Tools
• Ringing In The New Year
• Carpenter Needs Shelter
• Sun Temple Stories
• Finding Gold Coins
• Colorful Lights
• Contraptions And Mechanisms
• Logistics Management
• Bridge Construction Report
• Vukah Ceremony

The order follows the database and isn't the order you play them in. Carpentry Assistance is left out on purpose, because it comes from the Alchemist.

🔄 What changed with 1.0 and Patch #1

Keen Games' official patch notes for version 1.0.0.0 and hotfixes 1.0.0.1 to 1.0.0.3 don't mention the Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report. In general, the changelog says quests are now split into main quests and side quests and show whether they apply to you or the whole world. The Springlands and Revelwood got more chests, and wooden chests can now hold gear on the level of a silver chest.

Keen also reworked the Springlands terrain. Still, the walkthroughs from early 2024 and The Nerd Stash's 1.0 report describe the same spot at the middle pillar. All the bigger 1.0 changes are in our Enshrouded 1.0 patch notes.

Patch #1 (version 1.0.1.0) from November 2, 2026, and hotfix 1.0.1.1 from November 3 don't touch this quest either. They don't mention the bridge, the Carpenter's quests or quest markers. For survivors, they only fix missing greetings, animations and voice-over volume. The full list is in our Patch 1.0.1 notes.

❓ FAQ: Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report

Where is the chest for the Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report?

Down in the Shroud at the base of the middle pillar of Braelyn Bridge, on the north side behind a pile of rubble.

Why does the marker point up?

At the pillar, the marker shows "Location Above". Players report that the chest is down below anyway. Ignore the height hint.

How do I get the Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report?

From the Carpenter, Cade Hawthorn, after you rescue him in Carpentry Assistance. According to the community wiki, the quest starts through his "Bridge" dialogue option.

What tool do I need?

A pickaxe for the rubble. According to Twinfinite, bombs work too, but you'll need several.

What's the reward for the Enshrouded Bridge Construction Report?

According to the community wiki, a gold chest and 75 XP. According to th.gl, a Rough Wood Block. The chest contents are random.

📌 Status and sources

Checked against Enshrouded 1.0 with Patch #1 (1.0.1.0) and hotfix 1.0.1.1 as of November 2026. Quest name, description, objective, the reward from the game data and all Carpenter quests come from the game data database enshrouded.th.gl. The start, chest location, region and XP come from the community wiki at enshrouded.wiki.gg. The changes in 1.0 and Patch #1 come from Keen Games' official changelogs on enshrouded.com.

Added as player reports: The Nerd Stash (October 17, 2026), Prima Games, Twinfinite and a Steam forum post from December 2024. The Shroud time and XP math is our own.