What Changed in the Enshrouded 1.0 Skill Tree

Published October 21, 2026 by the Enshrouded Builds team

Enshrouded 1.0 did more to the skill tree than add a few nodes. It reset every character, raised the level cap, added Shroud Roots that pay out extra points, and moved or re-priced a number of existing skills. This post goes through each change with numbers taken from the 1.0 game files (build 1267041) and quotes from Keen Games' 1.0 changelog.

Short version: a fully explored level 50 character now has 212 skill points. The changelog adds at least 28 points to that maximum: 10 from the five new levels and 18 from new Shroud Roots. The whole tree has 231 nodes and costs 675 points to fill, so you can still only afford about 31% of it. Choosing a direction matters as much as before.

Every skill tree was reset

The changelog opens with "a public safety announcement": when you first load an existing save in 1.0, the skill tree is reset and all points come back to you. Your level, gear and bases stay. Spend the points before you head out, because a character with an empty tree is much weaker than the one you left. If you don't have a plan yet, build one in the skill planner first. It costs nothing to try layouts there.

Skill points: level 50 and 18 new Shroud Roots

You still earn skill points in three ways: 2 per level after level 1, 1 per Shroud Root you destroy and 3 per Elixir Well you cleanse. 1.0 changed the first two:

• Level cap 45 → 50. Five more levels are 10 more points, for 98 from levels in total.
• Cinder's Cradle, the new biome in the north, "brings 12 new Shroud Roots" according to the changelog.
• Edge-of-the-world areas. Springlands, Blackmire and the Kindlewastes in particular got new playable areas near the map edge with "6 additional Shroud Roots".

The 1.0 game data lists how many points each biome holds and how many point sources it has. Because a Root is worth 1 point and a Well 3, those two numbers tell you how many of each there are:

That's 60 Roots and 18 Wells for 114 exploration points, plus 98 from levels: 212 in total. Cinder's Cradle has no Elixir Wells in the data, only Roots. Exploration is a big share early on: a level 15 character who has cleared Springlands and Revelwood has 28 points from levels and 37 from those two biomes. Our build guides use exactly these stage budgets (level 15 with 2 biomes, level 35 with 4, level 50 with all 7). For every level and biome combination, see how many skill points you have.

The 1.0 tree in numbers

The 1.0 tree has 231 nodes and 178 different skills, split into three combat areas around a shared Core. Filling every node to max rank would cost 675 points:

Filling the Mage or Ranger area alone would take more than your whole budget, and the Warrior area would eat 86% of it, so every build is a path through an area, not the whole area. Most of our 1.0 builds spend nearly all of their points in one area and reach a few nodes into a neighbour, for example Tank armor nodes for a Warrior. The skill tree guide explains the twelve archetypes inside these areas.

New, moved and re-priced skills

New skills. The changelog names eight new combat skills (Aerial Wand Attack, Wand Evasion Attack, Advanced Necromancy, Totem Mastery, Blast and Cast, Puncture, Barrage, Survival Instinct) and one building skill, Airborne Architect, "at the center of the skill tree". We covered all of them rank by rank in Enshrouded 1.0 new skills.

Dagger skills moved. Keen Games "moved dagger-related skills from the warrior area of the skill tree to the assassin tree, where it makes much more sense." In 1.0 these dagger skills sit in the Ranger area's Assassin group:

For dagger players this is the biggest change in the tree: you no longer split points between the Warrior and Ranger areas. For Warriors it means fewer dagger nodes in the way. More in our Assassin build.

Re-priced and repositioned. The changelog says Keen "reduced the costs and buffed the effects of many skills based on feedback from the community", and "adjusted the position of a few skills such as Veteran, One-Handed Specialization, Inner Fires and Snap". The notes don't list the old values, so we only show where these four are now and what they cost:

Shroud time: weaker stacking, more hourglasses

One change hits skills without touching the tree. Keen Games found that stacking Shroud time bonuses pushed the Shroud timer "very far into the background" in the late game, so the overall effectiveness of stacked Shroud time extensions was reduced. To balance it, hourglass capsules now appear in many more places, add about 70% more time when used, and also drop from large Fell enemies.

In practice, Inner Fires (1 pt × 3) and Survival Instinct (1 pt × 3) are still worth their points, but stacking every timer bonus you can find gives less than it did in Early Access. Pick up hourglasses instead of spending extra points on more Shroud time.

Flame level 11 and attribute points

The Flame also feeds your stats. In the 1.0 data each Flame level above 1 adds +1 to every attribute, and the Flame now goes up to level 11, so a max-Flame character gets +10 to each attribute without spending a skill point. A few "Flame" nodes (Thick Skin, Barbarian, Exalted, Arcane Concentration, Graceful Stride, Endurance of the Flame) add one more point of their attribute for every two Flame levels. They get better as you progress, which makes them good late-game picks. The planner includes the Flame level in its stat totals.

What this means for your build

• Plan first, then spend. With 212 points and a 675-point tree, a layout planned in the skill planner beats spending as you go.
• Explore for points. 114 of your 212 points come from Roots and Wells. Clearing them as you reach each biome keeps you ahead of the level curve.
• Dagger users: rebuild around the Assassin group. Mages: look at the new wand and summon skills in the Battlemage and Necromancer guides.
• Compare builds in the 1.0 tier list and read the full 1.0 patch notes summary for spells and gear.