Enshrouded: Tips on How to Build an Underground Base

Players have been having a blast making different types of bases in Enshrouded. One of the more interesting base builds is the Underground Bases. If you’re playing as a dwarf, or just like the idea of having a mine, you’ll love this.

Building an Underground Base the normal way can be exhausting and boring. Spending hours mining with the basic pickaxe is not the most enjoyable way to go about building this base. With our tips on building an Underground Base, you should be able to get this done way faster!

Tips on How to Build an Underground Base

We will be going over some ways to build Underground Bases using some of the resources available in the game. By making creative use of these resources and the construction hammer to cut through the walls, you’ll have your Underground Base in no time!

Necessary Tools & Resources

For our guide, you need to have the following resources: 

Construction Hammer:

You should have one Construction Hammer ready to go. 

Flame Altar:

Make sure to have two Flame Altars in your inventory. 

Work Bench: 

Having a Workbench is necessary for these methods. The Level 1 Workbench will suffice.

Rough Wood:

We’re going to be going through a lot of rough wood while building this base, so be sure to get your hands on a ton. Having around 1800 should be enough. 

Torches:

Having a couple of Torches is recommended. You can use regular ones or standing ones, both are fine.

Building the Base:

To start, place a Flame Altar as close to a wall as possible. We will be using this to cut through the wall. 

The following step might seem a bit unorthodox, but we assure you it works perfectly. Equip your Construction Hammer through the Hotbar, and select the 6th Terrain option. It is a rectangular structure.

Next, just build the Shape while aiming inside the wall. This is known as “Terraforming”. It will cut the shape of the Terrain we just selected inside the wall. This is faster than using any pickaxes. The Construction Hammer will cut through any normal materials, such as Stone and Dirt. Resources like Flint won’t be cut. 

After only a few minutes of doing this, you can make yourself a nice and well-shaped corridor or room. You can cut out any kind of room you’d like. If you want to make more precise adjustments, you should use the Pickaxe and cut smaller parts out. 

More investment in building materials

A more costly but faster and prettier way of doing this is by using Wood. In Enshrouded, by placing Wooden Shapes with the Hammer, you can essentially overwrite existing Materials. This means that if you place a wooden structure inside a cave wall, it will cut that part and place wood there instead. 

You can make a much nicer-looking area by selecting the different Wooden shapes available to you. Your creativity is the only limit!

Also, as you head deeper into your cave, put some torches down. It can make working and cutting there a lot easier. Plus, it makes your base look more homely.

Eventually, as you build deeper, you will find yourself unable to build more. The placing indicator becomes red, and you see an error. This just means that you are now too far from the Flame Altar we just placed. 

Go back to the previous Flame Altar and extinguish it. Then, put your other Flame Altar right at the wall where it says “Needs building area”. If you’re making a particularly big base, you might just need several Flame Altars instead of just a couple. 

At this point, you’re free to use whatever shapes with whatever materials you want to expand your base area. You can build lower, longer, or wider as you please. You can make it as pretty as you want, or as rough as you want! Using prettier resources such as Fancy Stones can make your base look a lot nicer. 

While a bit of an unconventional method, this should really help you out while making Underground Bases. The process isn’t too difficult but yields massive rewards in a very short amount of time. Anything beats mining tiny bits with a pickaxe, honestly. 

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