Enshrouded Linen: Flax, Spinning Wheel and All 54 Recipes
- ๐พ Enshrouded Linen at a Glance
- ๐ฟ Where to Find Flax: Revelwood and Your Own Farm
- ๐งต The Three Spinning Stations Compared
- ๐งถ Loom and Fabric: The Biggest Linen Sink
- ๐ All 54 Enshrouded Linen Recipes
- ๐งฎ Our Math: Which Station Pays Off When
- ๐ก Tips for Enshrouded Linen
- โ Enshrouded Linen FAQ
Enshrouded linen is spun from Flax, which you pick in the Revelwood or grow on your own farm. Depending on the station, one piece costs 2 Flax, 1 Flax or just two thirds of one, and the Hand Spindle, Spinning Wheel and Spinning Machine are all built at the Hunter.
According to the game data, Enshrouded linen goes straight into 54 recipes, from the Loom and Water Wells to gliders, backpacks and Mage armor. On top of that it feeds Fabric, which is used in another 52 items. Below you get every recipe plus our own math on which station burns the least Flax at which amount.
๐พ Enshrouded Linen at a Glance
| Stat | Raw material | Processed |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Flax | Linen |
| Item level | 13 | 13 |
| Source | Revelwood, 312 spots, farming | Hand Spindle, Spinning Wheel, Spinning Machine, rare Vukah drop |
| Stack size | 250 | 250 |
| Direct recipes | 3 | 54 |
Names, levels, spawn counts and recipes come from the game data database enshrouded.th.gl, which reads its values from the game files. Crafting times, stack size and unlock paths come from the community wiki enshrouded.wiki.gg, whose material page was last edited on October 29, 2026. The official changelogs for Patch #1 and Hotfixes #4 and #5 don't touch this production chain.
๐ฟ Where to Find Flax: Revelwood and Your Own Farm
Flax grows wild in the Revelwood, the second region after the Springlands. The database describes it as "a popular plant due to its strong fibers" and counts 312 spots. Our Enshrouded map guide shows where the region sits and which flame level you need to get there. No source lists the yield per plant.
The community wiki says picking Flax for the first time unlocks the Flax Seedling at the Seedbed. One Farm Soil and one Flax turn into 10 seedlings there, which takes three minutes according to the wiki. The database says each grown plant can be harvested exactly once, so you have to replant afterwards.
Soil makes a big difference. On Farm Soil, Flax grows three times as fast as on Springlands Dirt, and on Fertilised Farm Soil six times as fast. According to the wiki it doesn't grow at all on Sand, Albaneve Summits Dirt or Shroud Infused Farm Soil. Seedbed and watering basics are covered in our Enshrouded farming guide.
Only the database lists a third source: some Vukah variants drop finished Enshrouded linen with a 50 percent chance, 1 to 2 pieces at a time. That's a nice bonus, but not something to farm on purpose.
๐งต The Three Spinning Stations Compared
You build all three Enshrouded linen stations at the Hunter. They differ in Flax cost and speed:
| Station | Flax | Linen | Flax per linen | Time (wiki) | Build cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand Spindle | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 s | 3 Fossilized Bone, 4 Wood Planks |
| Spinning Wheel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 s | 2 Wood Logs, 2 Wood Planks, 3 Fossilized Bone, 2 Bronze Bars, 5 Nails |
| Spinning Machine | 10 | 15 | 0.67 | 4 min | 3 Conifer Logs, 5 Metal Scraps, 1 Linen, 1 Spinning Wheel |
๐ชก Hand Spindle: The Hunter's Quest
Your first Hand Spindle comes from the quest "The Hunter's Hand Spindle". The Hunter lost it near Westcott, and the community wiki places it at an abandoned hunter camp in the Revelwood. Our Enshrouded craftspeople guide covers how to rescue her first. You can build more spindles later, but according to the wiki the Fossilized Bone for them only shows up in the Nomad Highlands.
โ๏ธ Spinning Wheel and Spinning Machine
The wiki says the Spinning Wheel unlocks once you've built a Table Saw and picked up the Loom. It needs Bronze Bars, and our guides to Enshrouded tin ore and copper bars explain where the ingredients come from. The Spinning Machine comes much later. According to the wiki its recipe appears when you collect your first Raw Wool during the yak quest "Gathering Wool In The Albaneve Summits". More on that in our Enshrouded wool guide.
๐งถ Loom and Fabric: The Biggest Linen Sink
You get your first Loom during the quest "Loom For The Hunter", which sends you to the Weaver's Cottage in the Nomad Highlands. Every extra Loom costs 5 Wood Logs, 10 Wood Planks, 5 Fossilized Bone, 1 Bronze Bar, 10 Nails and 30 Linen at the Hunter. No other recipe asks for more Enshrouded linen than that.
At the Loom, 2 Linen become 1 Fabric, which takes two minutes according to the wiki. Fabric is item level 25 and, per the database, goes into 52 items: beds, tarps, awnings, rugs plus Assassin and Warlock armor. You dye it at the Loom too, for example Saffron turns it into Yellow Fabric. Details are in our Enshrouded saffron guide.
One intermediate is worth a closer look. Padding is made at the Hunter from 3 Fabric, 1 Leather, 2 Resin and 2 Linen, so every Padding eats 8 Enshrouded linen in total. It's used in 21 items, including Soldier and Rogue armor as well as several shields and thrones.
๐ All 54 Enshrouded Linen Recipes
The list and amounts come from the recipe pages on enshrouded.th.gl. Identical recipes are grouped together.
| Item | Crafter | Linen | Other ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loom | Hunter | 30 | Wood, Fossilized Bone, Bronze, Nails |
| Water Well | Carpenter | 20 | 100 Revelwood Stone, 1 Wooden Bucket |
| Improved Water Well | Carpenter | 20 | 100 Limestone, 1 Wooden Bucket, 2 Bronze Bars |
| Trampoline (High Jump) | Carpenter | 15 | 10 Hardwood, 5 Leather |
| Trampoline (Medium Jump) | Carpenter | 10 | 10 Hardwood, 3 Leather |
| Medium Backpack | Bard | 6 | 6 Reptile Leather |
| Valiant Shield | Blacksmith | 6 | 6 Charcoal, 7 Metal Sheets |
| Large Backpack (+32 slots) | Bard | 5 | 5 Leather |
| Bellows | Blacksmith | 5 | 10 Conifer Logs, 10 Leather, 1 Iron Bar |
| Hero's Shield | Blacksmith | 5 | 5 Copper Bars, 5 Charcoal |
| Plaguebringer Trousers | Hunter | 5 | 2 Rooibos, 2 Feather, 3 Leather, 2 Bronze Bars |
| Advanced Glider | Carpenter | 4 | 6 Shroud Wood, 4 String, 8 Shroud Sack |
| Bronze Axe, Iron Axe | Blacksmith | 3 each | 4 Bronze or Iron Bars, 1 Hardwood |
| Explosive Powder Ball Net | Alchemist | 3 | 3 Explosive Powder Ball |
| Extraordinary Glider | Carpenter | 2 | 4 Shroud Wood, 2 Leather, 15 Shroud Adhesive |
| Fabric | Loom | 2 | โ |
| Padding | Hunter | 2 | 3 Fabric, 1 Leather, 2 Resin |
| Leather Crate, Big Leather Crate | Decoration Workbench | 2 each | 4 or 6 Leather, 1 Metal Scraps |
| Leather Bag | Decoration Workbench | 2 | 2 Leather |
| Pulley | Decoration Workbench | 2 | 2 Iron Bars, 3 Charcoal |
| Coloring Station | Alchemist | 2 | 8 Wood Planks, 10 Fired Brick, 2 Metal Sheets |
| Big Fur Rug | Hunter | 2 | 4 Dried Fur |
| Mage Hat, Mage Gloves | Alchemist | 2 each | Torn Cloth, Shroud Mushroom, Goo or Indigo Plant, Goo, Shroud Sack |
| Healer Headwrap, Healer Gloves | Alchemist | 2 each | Glow Dust plus Shroud Mushroom and Bones or Indigo Plant and Shroud Sack |
| Tank Trousers | Blacksmith | 2 | 2 Resin, 1 Bug Dust, 2 Charcoal, 2 Corrupted Boar Tusk |
| Cutthroat Trousers | Hunter | 2 | 1 Reptile Leather, 4 Bones, 2 Goo, 2 Corrupted Boar Tusk |
| Magician Chest, Omen Chest | Alchemist | 1 each | 2 Ammonia Gland, 2 Bronze Bars, 4 Corrosive Blood, 2 Monstrous Ribs |
| Magician Trousers, Omen Trousers | Alchemist | 1 each | 15 Mint Mushroom Meat, 3 Critter Glands, 1 Bronze Bar, Calla Luna or Indigo Plant |
| Ranger Vest, Ranger Trousers | Hunter | 1 each | Reptile Leather plus Copper and Amber or Torn Cloth and Resin |
| Herbalist Boots, Herbalist Pants | Alchemist | 1 each | Shroud Adhesive and Acidic Mycelium or Rooibos and Mint Mushroom Meat |
| Explorer Helmet, Coat, Gloves, Pants, Boots | Bard | 1 each | 1 each of Metal Scraps, String, Hardwood, Animal Fur, Dried Fur |
| Harp, Lute | Bard | 1 each | Metal Scraps, String, Animal Fur, Dried Fur plus Copper or Hardwood |
| Decorative Bells I, II, III | Bard | 1 each (makes 2) | 1 Copper Bar, 2 Twigs, 1 Red Fabric |
| Cyan, Yellow, Violet Party Hat | Bard | 1 each | Torn Cloth and Indigo Plant or Yellow or Violet Fabric |
| Improved Bandage, Ultimate Bandage | Hunter | 1 each (makes 5) | 1 Fabric plus Wound Ointment and Moss or Thyme and Moonstone Dust |
| Spinning Machine | Hunter | 1 | 3 Conifer Logs, 5 Metal Scraps, 1 Spinning Wheel |
After the Loom, the two wells are the biggest items on the list. If you plan several water sources, you'll need 60 or 80 Enshrouded linen fast. How wells actually work is explained in our Enshrouded water well guide.
๐งฎ Our Math: Which Station Pays Off When
The Spinning Machine only runs in batches of 10 Flax for 15 Linen, so it wastes material on small Enshrouded linen orders. We ran the numbers in Python for common goals.
| Goal | Linen needed | Hand Spindle | Spinning Wheel | Spinning Machine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Fabric | 2 | 4 Flax | 2 Flax | 10 Flax (13 left over) |
| Explorer set, 5 pieces | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 (10 left over) |
| 1 Padding | 8 | 16 | 8 | 10 (7 left over) |
| Both backpacks | 11 | 22 | 11 | 10 (4 left over) |
| Water Well | 20 | 40 | 20 | 20 (10 left over) |
| Loom | 30 | 60 | 30 | 20 (0 left over) |
| All 54 recipes once | 194 | 388 | 194 | 130 (1 left over) |
The takeaway: the Hand Spindle always costs twice as much Flax as the Spinning Wheel, so it only makes sense when you're in a hurry. The machine beats the wheel at 11 to 15 linen and from 21 linen up. In between it costs the same or more. Crafting all 54 Enshrouded linen recipes once saves you 64 Flax over the wheel and 258 over the spindle.
Speed follows the same pattern. 194 Enshrouded linen take 52 minutes on the machine and a bit over 97 minutes on the wheel.
๐ก Tips for Enshrouded Linen
- Stockpile Flax early: The Loom alone eats 60 Flax if you spin with the Hand Spindle.
- Plant seedlings on Farm Soil: They grow three times as fast there as on Springlands Dirt.
- Keep the machine running: Plan in steps of 15 linen and almost nothing goes to waste.
โ Enshrouded Linen FAQ
How do I get linen in Enshrouded?
You spin Enshrouded linen from Flax at the Hunter's Hand Spindle, Spinning Wheel or Spinning Machine. According to the database, some Vukah also drop it with a 50 percent chance.
Where do I find Flax?
It grows wild in the Revelwood, and the database counts 312 spots. After your first harvest you can grow it yourself with Flax Seedlings from the Seedbed.
Which station uses the least Flax?
The Spinning Machine, with 10 Flax for 15 Enshrouded linen. Up to 10 linen and between 16 and 20 linen, the Spinning Wheel is at least as efficient.
How much Enshrouded linen does the Loom need?
30 linen. That's 60 Flax on the Hand Spindle, 30 on the Spinning Wheel or 20 on the Spinning Machine.
Checked against Enshrouded 1.0 with Patch #1 (1.0.1.0) from November 2 plus Hotfix #4 (1.0.1.1) and Hotfix #5 (1.0.1.2) from November 3 and 4, as of November 2026. Sources: game data database enshrouded.th.gl (names, levels, spawn counts, Vukah drop, quests, all recipes and uses), community wiki enshrouded.wiki.gg (crafting times, stack size, unlocks for the Hand Spindle, Spinning Wheel, Spinning Machine and Loom, seedling growth, partly edited before 1.0) and the official changelogs from Keen Games. The Flax math is our own.
