Enshrouded: How to Find All New Ornate & Exceptional Instruments

Enshrouded features a small set of instruments that you can play to help boost your comfort levels, but did you know that there are better versions of them out in the world? In the latest update, epic versions of instruments were added to the game, and in this guide, we will be showing you how to get both the ornate and exceptional variants of these items to help you maximize your bonuses!

How to Find All New Ornate & Exceptional Instruments

Before we begin, it should be noted that ornate and exceptional instruments are basically just higher tier versions of the ones that already exist in the game. Apart from having more refined aesthetics, they provide better bonuses depending on the rarity.

Ornate instruments provide a +2 bonus, while the exceptional ones give +3, making the latter worth getting if you’re trying to minmax. If you’re just collecting them, we’ll be going through the ornate ones first, starting with:

Item #1 – Ornate Hand Drum

The Ornate Hand Drum is found within an underground tomb somewhat near the cavepassage that is directly to the west of the Nomad Highlands ancient spire. Check the map image below for reference on the exact location.

When you get there, descend to the tombs below and simply navigate your way past all of the traps and staircases leading deeper underground. Eventually, you will stumble into an enemy who will drop the Ornate Hand Drum on death.

Item #2 – Ornate Flute

Next up, the Ornate Flute can be found at Surat’s Rest, which is just to the east of Low Meadows ancient spire. Check the map image below for reference.

Entering the town, proceed straight to the south until you walk past an archway with a rusty shield in the middle. Eventually, you will stumble across two staircases. Take the one on your left and proceed up another flight of stairs straight after that.

Enter the building on the right and then go straight up the stairs until you reach a large gaping hole on the wall, which gives you access to the adjacent rooftops. Jump onto the rooftops to your left.

Just past a few barrels and between other wooden support structures, you will find a plate on top of a crate. Approach it and claim your very own ornate flute, which should be easy to spot as it is glowing on top of the aforementioned plate.

Item #3 – Ornate Harp

The Ornate Harp can be found at the Vukah Outpost, which can be found directly south of the Umber Hollow. The most convenient ancient spire to start from will likely be the one at the Nomad Highlands.

Ascend through the large building in this area until you cross a narrow wooden beam, and then proceed up the stairs that come right after it. Rather than proceeding up the next flight of stairs, destroy the wooden barricade right under it.

Upon breaking it, simply enter the small “hidden” room and claim the Ornate Harp, which is lodged in between some rubble on the ground. You can now leave the outpost to find the next item.

Item #4 – Ornate Lute

For this last ornate piece, we will be traveling back to the Nomad Highlands ancient shrine. This time, you will have to travel directly to the south of the shrine, at around the general location of the highlighted part of the map below. This is where the scavenger outpost is.

Enter the ground floor of the tower (largest structure) in the outpost and then immediately turn to the left. Behind two small barrels is a bunch of wooden boards on the floor. Break through this barricade to reveal a ladder going down.

Climb down the ladder and you will be in a room that is ominously glowing red. There, the Ornate Lute can be spotted on the floor, leaning on a chair. Pick it up and we can move on to the epic instruments!

Item #5 – Exceptional Hand Drum

For our first exceptional instrument, we will be going for the Exceptional Hand Drum. To find it, we will first need to travel to the hidden temple to the southeast of the Nomad Highlands ancient shrine. The entrance to this place can be found near a flame shrine.

One way to get here is by navigating your way through the two cave passages that are south of the location marked in the map below. Once you reach the highlighted spot, you should see a sealed door that you can enter.

Go through the doors and then just follow the path straight ahead, opening any gates or doors along the way. At the very end of the hallway will be a sarcophagus. Open it to receive your very own Exceptional Hand Drum.

Item #6 – Exceptional Flute

Next up, for the Exceptional Flute, you will want to head to the hidden temple that is found to the northeast of the Kindlewastes ancient spire. Just like the previous one, there will be a set of doors around the marked location, which is in an enshrouded zone.

Once inside, you will need to do a bit of parkouring in order to avoid falling into the lava below. Along the way, you need to push buttons found under a set of glowing yellow runes.

Upon pushing the two buttons, a door will open on the ledge opposite of where you first entered the temple. This will lead to another sarcophagus, which contains the Exceptional Flute.

Item #7 – Exceptional Lute

Same as the last two epic instruments, the Exceptional Lute can be found inside yet another hidden temple. This time, you need to head the south of the same ancient spire as the previous one. Check the general area of the marked location in the map below:

Upon entering the hidden temple, descend the stairs past the entrance and then turn right. At the corner, you will see another of those yellow runes like the ones found in the previous temple. Shoot above the rune to activate it, and then proceed deeper into the temple.

Through the staircase to the right, you will find yourself in a hallway with a lit brazier in the middle. Behind this brazier is another button that you must push.

Next, as you exit out of the other end of the hallway, you should see another button to shoot at on one of the pillars supporting the bridge you will be crossing in a bit. Activate that button just like the first one and then proceed through the bridge.

Cross the bridge and then turn to the left, where you will find one final button above a glowing yellow rune. Upon pushing it, you can now backtrack through the bridge once more, where you can now access the sarcophagus at the other end. This contains the Exceptional Lute.

Item #8 – Exceptional Harp

Finally, the Exceptional Harp is the easiest instrument of its rarity to find. Just head over to the Ocean’s Heart encampment to the northeast of the Kindlewastes ancient spire. Be ready to fight when you get here, as there will be lots of hostiles around!

Once there, head over to the rooftop of the building to the left, which is marked in the image below. Enter that building and climb the ladder. The Exceptional Harp will be leaning on the chair up there. That’s it, the harp is completely out in the open and impossible to miss.

Once you grab it, congratulations! You now have all of the new instruments added to the game, including the (currently) highest tier ones that were introduced with the huge patch that was released this month. Now bring them back to your base and start playing some tunes!