How to get Bonemeal in Enshrouded

Are you trying to be a plant parent in Enshrouded? You’re going to need Farm Soil for the job—but first, you need plenty of Bonemeal.

This ingredient is used in several crafting projects, but the most common is for farming recipes. Unlike other resources, like Stinging Nettle or Flax, Bonemeal can’t just be found out in the wilderness around Embervale. If you’re lucky, you might find it by destroying random objects in barns and houses, but that’s an inefficient way to farm it. Instead, you’re going to have to craft it with plenty of Bones and a Grinding Stone.

Before you go about crafting it, though, you’ll need to have met a few key requirements. Here’s what you need to know about how to get Bonemeal in Enshrouded.

Where to find Bonemeal in Enshrouded

The first step to crafting Bonemeal is to unlock the Alchemist, one of the many survivors in Enshrouded. The Alchemist appears west of the Ancient Spire – Springlands fast travel point, beyond the Egerton Salt Mines. You and your party have to complete the ancient vault to reach the Alchemist and bring them back to your base. After you’ve unlocked him, summoned him to your base, and completed a couple of his quests, you’ll be able to craft a Grinding Stone by speaking to him.

To craft a Grinding Stone in Enshrouded, you need the following ingredients:

Once you craft a Grinding Stone, you can place it in your base. Interact with it and you’ll be able to add Bones to its inventory. This resource appears in multiple locations in Enshrouded, with the most notable sources being hunted animals or skeletons in the Shroud. Chances are, if you’ve reached the part of the game where you need Bonemeal, you already have plenty of Bones at your disposal.

Best places to farm Bones in Enshrouded

If you’re struggling to find Bones, though, the best way I’ve discovered to find bone is by hunting the animals you can find in Enshrouded, such as rabbits, wolves, boars, or deer. The boars and wolves are rather aggressive, so they will attack you, but the rabbits and deer will run away. I personally prefer to use a bow to take down the rabbits and deer, which yield decent items, like meat and Animal Furs, and there’s a good chance for them to drop bones. You will probably need a lot of Animal Fur if you’re working to get Dried Furs, too.

The other, more difficult way to acquire bones is by defeating the skeletons in the Shroud. I’ve only found it a handful of times after fighting them, or they might also drop Bonemeal, which makes it much easier to track down. After you have enough bonemeal, speak with the Farmer so you can begin setting up ideas of where to place your farm to cultivate multiple resources.