Enshrouded: How to Get Nitrate

A guide on how to obtain Nitrate in Enshrouded

Enshrouded Nitrate cover

Nitrate is a crafting material in Enshrouded used for explosives and creating fertile soil. Read ahead as we share how to create Nitrate in Enshrouded.

Complete the Scientific Instruments for a Laboratory quest

Enshrouded Complete the Scientific Instruments for a Laboratory quest map location
Scientific Instrument Location: Within the Eldermere Dam Excavation Camp (mapgenie.io)

In order to craft Nitrate, you must first complete the Scientific Instruments for a Laboratory quest from the Alchemist which will require you to retrieve the Scientific Instruments from the Eldermere Dam Excavation Camp to unlock the Laboratory. Nitrate can then be crafted within the Laboratory and its recipe can be unlocked upon obtaining its ingredients.

Nitrate Recipe

Enshrouded Nitrate Recipe

Nitrate can be created in a Laboratory using the following materials:

  • x5 Sand
  • x5 Salt
  • x1 Wood Acid
  • x1 Alchemical Base

A batch of 5 Nitrate can be created from one recipe and the process takes 3:30 minutes to complete.

Nitrate Uses

ItemTypeMaterials needed
MortarWorkshopx5 Sand
x10 Lump of Clay
x3 Sulfur
x2 Nitrate
x5 Charcoal
Shroud MeteorSpell Chargex2 Alchemical Base
x20 Nitrate
x20 Coal Powder
x20 Stone
x20 Sulfur
Fertilized Farm SoilSoilx10 Sand
x2 Fossilized Bone Dust
x3 Nitrate
Aloe SeedlingSeedlingx1 Sand
x1 Aloe
x1 Nitrate
x1 Water
Black PowderExplosivex7 Nitrate
x1 Sulfur
x2 Coal Powder