Enshrouded: Golden Chest Locations by Level

Golden chests in Enshrouded are tied to specific level bands and regions, and the loot they drop scales with the chest's level. The source guide lists chests from level 8 up to level 40, but the level 33 and level 40 entries only point to video links without written directions, so those two cannot be turned into a usable route from this source alone. Everything from level 8 through level 30 does have location notes, loot ranges, and, in several cases, travel tips such as gliding or using the grappling hook. Use the table below as a quick reference, then follow the numbered regional walkthrough for the actual navigation steps.

Golden Chest Loot Ranges by Level

Prerequisites Before You Start

• A pickaxe for the Harvest Farm chest, which is buried in mud.
• A grappling hook for the level 23 Shroud Root mini cave.
• Glide ability and enough stamina to cross shroud gaps, especially for the level 10 Lonely Tomb chest.
• Lockpicks for locked cells referenced in the level 33 section.
• Awareness of red shroud zones: the source notes that for the level 10 chest the shroud should be red, so you jump to the mountain just before the shroud and glide from there, or take the adjacent passage that is free of red shroud.

Level 8 Chests

First Golden Chest, Springlands Shrouded Zone

1. Build your base in the cave in the mountain first.
2. Enter the first shroud zone you visit and find the golden chest with gems.
3. Expect weapons: common 3-6, epic 3-7, legendary 3-8.

Harvest Farm Chest

1. Travel to Harvest Farm.
2. Find the buried golden chest in the mud area; the tip is visible above the surface.
3. Use a pickaxe to dig it out.
4. Loot ranges match the first chest: common 3-6, epic 3-7, legendary 3-8.

Level 10 Chests

Salt Mines Golden Chest with Gems

1. Go to the Salt Mines, at the wooden bridges where the salt cave is.
2. Open the golden chest with gems for a higher chance of legendary gear.
3. Loot: common 5-8, epic 5-9, legendary 5-10.

Lonely Tomb Chest

1. From the Springlands tower, mark the Lonely Tomb point in the mountain.
2. Glide as far as possible and climb the mountain, or use the passage beside it that is free of red shroud.
3. Jump to the mountain just before the shroud and glide from there.
4. Loot: common 5-8, epic 5-9, legendary 5-10.

Level 12 Chest: Low Meadows Ancestral Tower

1. From the tower, fly or travel to the marked point in the forest between the shrouds.
2. Find the structure to climb and go to the base of the tree with the honeycomb.
3. Open the copper golden chest for weapons: common 7-10, epic 7-11, legendary 7-12.

Level 16 Chests

Forest of Delight Tower Chest

1. From the Forest of Delight tower, look east to the forest past the shroud.
2. Go to the mountains in the forest next to the shroud.
3. Find the tomb there for level 13 armor and weapons: common 11-14, epic 11-15, legendary 11-16.

Shroud Root Chest

1. Go to the Shroud Root zone.
2. Open the golden chest with gems; there are also several silver chests in the area.
3. Loot: common 11-14, epic 11-15, legendary 11-16.

Level 18 Chests

Forest of Delight Tower, Second Floor

1. Explore the tower's second floor before opening the four-lights door.
2. Open the golden chest for level 13 armor and gear: common 13-16, epic 13-17, legendary 13-18.

Servant's Song Border, Scavenger Camp

1. From the level 16 Shroud Root chest position, look east to the scavenger camp in the tower past the scavenger matriarch.
2. Defeat the matriarch, then find 4 chests: 3 silver and 1 golden.
3. The silver chest gives the same weapons as the golden one but a lower legendary chance; another silver always gives wall stone building blocks.
4. Loot: common 13-16, epic 13-17, legendary 13-18, armor 13.

Level 21 Chest: Shroud Root

1. Go to the Shroud Root.
2. Find and open the golden chest with gems.

Level 23 Chests

Shroud Root, South of Tower

1. Go south of the tower in the shroud zone.
2. Remove the root and check under one of the bridges.
3. Find the golden chest with gems and several silver chests nearby.
4. Loot: armor 18, common 18-21, epic 18-22, legendary 18-23.

Nomad Highlands Ancestral Tower

1. Reach the top of the tower and go to its south side.
2. Look at the pillars below; the golden chest is on one of them.
3. Loot: armor 18, common 18-21, epic 18-22, legendary 18-23.

Shroud Root Mini Cave

1. Defeat the Shroud Root.
2. Use the grappling hook to enter the mini cave.
3. Open the level 23 chest: armor 18, common 18-21, epic 18-22, legendary 18-23.

Level 25 Chest: Shroud Root

1. Defeat the Shroud Root.
2. Find the chest to one side on a wooden scaffold.
3. Loot: armor 21, common 21-24, epic 21-25, legendary 21-26.

Level 28 and 30 Chests: Light's Refuse Tower

Level 28, North of the Tower

1. Go north of the Light's Refuse tower, where the dam is.
2. Look below the dam for the golden chest.
3. Loot: armor 23, common 25-26, epic 23-27, legendary 23-28.

Level 30, South of the Tower

1. Reach the top of the tower and go to its south side.
2. Find the marked point where the chest is in plain sight.
3. This chest gives the best equipment in the game: armor 25, common 25-28, epic 25-29, legendary 25-30.

Level 33 and Level 40 Chests

The source only provides video links for these levels. The level 33 entry mentions three level 33 weapon chests below the tower where you spawn, plus a fourth silver chest inside a cell requiring lockpicks that is not worth looting, but no written route is given. The level 40 chest and the level 35 dragon-slaying axe are also video-only. Because no textual directions, coordinates, or loot tables are supplied for these, a step-by-step route cannot be written from this source without inventing details.