Enshrouded Plant Fiber: Bushes, String and All 42 Recipes
- ๐ฑ Enshrouded Plant Fiber at a Glance
- ๐ฟ Where to Find Enshrouded Plant Fiber
- ๐งต String: Where Most of Your Enshrouded Plant Fiber Goes
- ๐ All 42 Enshrouded Plant Fiber Recipes
- ๐งฎ Our Math: Enshrouded Plant Fiber Cost per Spinning Station
- ๐ก Tips for Enshrouded Plant Fiber
- โ Enshrouded Plant Fiber FAQ
Enshrouded Plant Fiber drops from bushes, trees, cacti and wild plants, so you start collecting it from your very first steps in the Springlands. It's an item level 1 material, and the game data lists it in 42 recipes, from String, Torch and Wax all the way to beds, pillows and animal feed.
Because so many of those recipes also ask for String, this common material turns into a real bottleneck surprisingly fast. This guide covers where Enshrouded Plant Fiber comes from, how to farm it yourself with Shrub Seedlings, all 42 recipes, and which spinning station wastes the least fiber.
๐ฑ Enshrouded Plant Fiber at a Glance
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Plant Fiber |
| Item level | 1 |
| Sources | Trees, bushes, cacti, wild plants, Shrub Seedling |
| Stack size | 250 (per the community wiki) |
| Direct recipes | 42 |
| Most important product | String |
Name, level, sources and the list of 42 uses come from the game data database enshrouded.th.gl, which reads its values straight from the game files. The in-game description already hints at the main use: turning the fibers into string. Stack size, crafting times and the String output of each spinning station come from the community wiki enshrouded.wiki.gg, checked on October 29, 2026.
๐ฟ Where to Find Enshrouded Plant Fiber
The database names four sources: trees, bushes, cacti and wild plants. The community wiki adds that bushes grow all over Embervale and that you can also pick up loose fiber lying on the ground. In practice you'll find Enshrouded Plant Fiber in every region, starting in the Springlands right after the intro. Our Enshrouded map guide shows which region opens up when.
Neither the database nor the wiki gives a yield per bush. Twinfinite mentions two to three pieces per plant, harvested with the interact key, plus some Twigs. That number isn't confirmed by game data. None of the sources says you need a specific tool.
๐ชด Shrub Seedling: Farm Enshrouded Plant Fiber at Your Base
According to the database, picking up Plant Fiber for the first time unlocks the Shrub Seedling at the Seedbed. One Plant Fiber plus one Farm Soil gives you 5 seedlings, and the wiki lists a crafting time of three minutes. Each fully grown bush can be harvested once and drops Plant Fiber and Twigs.
Soil makes a big difference here. The wiki lists these growth times:
| Soil | Growth time (wiki) | Speed vs. Springlands Dirt |
|---|---|---|
| Springlands Dirt, Revelwood Dirt | 30:00 | 1ร |
| Nomad Highlands Dirt | 60:00 | 0.5ร |
| Flower Soil | 15:00 | 2ร |
| Farm Soil | 7:30 | 4ร |
| Fertilised Farm Soil | 3:45 | 8ร |
| Sand, Albaneve Summits Dirt, Shroud Infused Farm Soil | won't grow | โ |
The wiki doesn't state a unit, but the ratios are clear. For beds, soil and watering, check our Enshrouded farming guide.
๐งต String: Where Most of Your Enshrouded Plant Fiber Goes
String is an item level 5 material, and the database lists it in more than 200 items. You can spin it at three places. The amounts come from the community wiki:
| Station | Fiber | String | Fiber per String | Time (wiki) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manual Crafting | 3 | 1 | 3 | instant |
| Spinning Wheel | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 s |
| Spinning Machine | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1:30 min |
The database confirms the Spinning Wheel recipe with 2 fiber and lists the Spinning Machine as an alternative recipe. Spiders also drop 1 to 3 String, according to the database. You build the Spinning Wheel and Spinning Machine through the Hunter. Our Enshrouded Linen guide explains how to unlock them, since the same stations turn Flax into Linen.
Plenty of recipes accept Paper Reed instead of Enshrouded Plant Fiber. The database shows these as "Plant Fiber / Paper Reed", for example for String, Torch, Simple Fishing Bait and Crude Mattress. According to the changelog, Patch #1 (1.0.1.0) makes sure factories use the material you picked for these recipes.
๐ All 42 Enshrouded Plant Fiber Recipes
The list comes from enshrouded.th.gl, the amounts from the database's recipe pages. Where those were missing, we used the community wiki. Identical recipes are grouped together.
| Item | Station | Fiber | Other ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Straw Mat | Hunter | 20 | โ |
| Straw Mat | Hunter | 10 | โ |
| Wooden Bed | Carpenter | 10 | 4 Nails, 6 Wood Logs, 6 Dried Fur, 10 Torn Cloth, 4 String |
| Ornate Wooden Bed | Carpenter | 10 | 5 Nails, 4 Wood Planks, 6 Dried Fur, 10 Torn Cloth, 2 String, 2 Hardwood |
| Room Divider "Dragon", "Fish", "Flower", "Snake" | Lunar New Year Trader | 10 each | 8 Hardwood |
| Farm Animal Pillow | Farmer | 5 | 3 Twigs |
| Plant Fiber Roof Block | Workbench | 5 | โ |
| Firefly Chandelier | Carpenter | 5 | 5 Fire Fly |
| Firefly Lamp, Firefly Standing Lamp, Firefly Wall Lamp | Workbench or Carpenter | 3 each | 5 Fire Fly, plus Twigs or Wood Logs for the standing and wall lamp |
| Dog Pillow | Farmer | 4 | 2 Wood Logs, 2 Torn Cloth |
| Simple Fishing Bait | Manual Crafting | 4 | Critter Parts |
| Crude Mattress | Workbench | 4 | 3 String, 4 Torn Cloth |
| Goat Food, Fae Deer Food | Farmer | 4 each | 1 Corncob or 1 Forest Beet |
| Wax | Honey Beehive | 3 | โ |
| Goat Food Bait | Farmer | 3 | 1 Corncob, Honey |
| Paper Lantern II | Lunar New Year Trader | 3 | Metal Scraps, Charcoal, Torn Cloth, Candle |
| Lantern Garden Gnome | Farmer | 3 | 3 Shroud Wood, 3 Fire Fly |
| Sword Garden Gnome, Shovel Garden Gnome | Farmer | 3 each | 3 Shroud Wood |
| String | Spinning Wheel | 2 | โ |
| Mining Sieve | Blacksmith | 2 | 3 Steel Bars, 2 Palm Wood Logs, 1 Wax |
| Explosive Barrel | Alchemist | 2 | 4 Black Powder, 2 Wood Planks, Nails |
| Bembel Pitcher | Decoration Workbench | 2 | 2 Lump of Clay, 2 Indigo Plant |
| Cat Pillow | Farmer | 2 | 1 Wood Logs, 1 Torn Cloth |
| Heart, Hophare, Flightless Redtail, Fae Deer and Cylindrical Pillow | Bard | 2 each | 5 Feather, 1 String, colored fabric |
| Paper Lantern I | Lunar New Year Trader | 2 | Metal Scraps, Torn Cloth |
| Torch | Manual Crafting | 1 | 1 Twigs |
| Shrub Seedling | Seedbed | 1 | Farm Soil (makes 5) |
| Roof Tiles Block | Workbench | 1 | 4 Fired Bricks, 1 Lump of Clay (makes 50) |
| Black Powder Ball | Alchemist | 1 | Iron Bars, Black Powder, Lump of Clay |
| Explosive Powder Ball | Manual Crafting | 1 | Metal Scraps, Charcoal, Tar |
| Fae Deer Food Bait | Farmer | 1 | Milk, Corncob, Forest Beet, Penny Bun |
The amounts for the Firefly lamps, the Bard pillows, animal feed, Bembel Pitcher and both powder balls come from the community wiki. For Goat Food Bait the database contradicts itself: the ingredient list includes Honey, the crafting step doesn't.
One more mismatch: the community wiki also lists Marksman Boots and Marksman Gloves with 2 Plant Fiber each at the Hunter. Both are missing from the database's usage list, so we left them out of the 42. The four room dividers and both paper lanterns are only available from the Lunar New Year Trader through the quest "Ringing In The New Year".
๐ก Best Early Uses for Enshrouded Plant Fiber
The mats are worth a closer look. According to the database, Straw Mat and Big Straw Mat both give +1 comfort, but the big one costs twice the fiber. For base comfort the small mat does the job, the big one is purely cosmetic. More on comfort in our Enshrouded base building guide.
The Sword and Shovel Garden Gnome are tied to the Lantern Garden Gnome in the database. The Enshrouded Garden Gnome guide covers the details.
If you fish, Simple Fishing Bait is a cheap early use. According to the database it catches Lakehopper 67 percent and Shimmerfin 33 percent of the time. Rods and bait are covered in Enshrouded fishing.
๐งฎ Our Math: Enshrouded Plant Fiber Cost per Spinning Station
A lot of recipes need Enshrouded Plant Fiber directly and again in the form of String. We ran the numbers in Python to see how much fiber an item really costs. Keep in mind that the Spinning Machine works in batches of 10, so small orders leave leftovers.
| Target | Direct | String | Manual | Spinning Wheel | Spinning Machine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooden Bed | 10 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 20 (6 String left) |
| Ornate Wooden Bed | 10 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 20 (8 String left) |
| Crude Mattress | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 14 (7 String left) |
| Mining Sieve (incl. Wax) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 100 String in stock | 0 | 100 | 300 | 200 | 100 |
| All 42 recipes once, direct fiber only | 180 | โ | 180 | 180 | 180 |
The takeaway: for a single bed or mattress, the Spinning Wheel is the most efficient station. The Spinning Machine only pulls ahead from 10 String, but then it's a big gap. 100 String cost 100 fiber instead of 200 and take 15 minutes instead of a little over 33, based on the wiki times.
Spinning by hand always burns three times as much Enshrouded Plant Fiber and is only worth it on the road. And if you farm with Shrub Seedlings, one fiber gives you 5 seedlings, so a single harvested bush already pays it back.
๐ก Tips for Enshrouded Plant Fiber
- Grab every bush: Each bush along the way gives you fiber plus Twigs for Torches.
- Plant seedlings on Farm Soil: According to the wiki, bushes grow four times faster there than on Springlands Dirt.
- Use Paper Reed: Whenever a recipe shows "Plant Fiber / Paper Reed", spend reed and save your fiber.
- Spin in tens: Once the Spinning Machine is up, always run full batches.
โ Enshrouded Plant Fiber FAQ
Where do I find Plant Fiber in Enshrouded?
On bushes, trees, cacti and wild plants in every region, and according to the wiki also lying loose on the ground. Later you can grow it yourself with Shrub Seedlings from the Seedbed.
How much Plant Fiber does one String take?
According to the community wiki, 3 by hand, 2 at the Spinning Wheel and 1 at the Spinning Machine, which always spins 10 String at once.
Can I use Paper Reed instead of Plant Fiber?
For many recipes, yes, including String, Torch, Simple Fishing Bait and Crude Mattress. The database shows these recipes as "Plant Fiber / Paper Reed".
Which soil makes Shrub Seedlings grow fastest?
Fertilised Farm Soil, at 3:45 per the wiki. Regular Farm Soil takes 7:30, Springlands Dirt 30:00. Sand and Shroud Infused Farm Soil don't work at all.
How many recipes use Enshrouded Plant Fiber?
According to enshrouded.th.gl, 42 recipes use it directly. Through String, more than 200 other items depend on it.
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, level, sources, all 42 uses, most recipe amounts, String drops from spiders), community wiki enshrouded.wiki.gg (stack size, String amounts and times per station, Shrub Seedling, growth times, extra recipe amounts, Marksman items), Twinfinite (yield per bush, unconfirmed) and the official Keen Games changelog for Patch #1. The fiber math is our own.
