Flame Altar

How to obtain

The Flame Altar is crafted by Manual Crafting. The crafting recipe requires accepting the quest Claim A Spot For Your Base to unlock.

Overview

At present, only 16 Flame Altars can be placed simultaneously in the world.

Functionality

The Flame Altar is the key to any base and serves multiple important functions:

Allows permanent building of a base and reshaping of terrain, including Base Area upgrades.

Allows players to increase their "Strengthen The Flame" upgrades.

Allows players to reset their skill tree at a cost of 1 Runes

per spent skill point.

Acts as a Fast Travel point, and a heat source for resting buffs.

Upgrade Altar

Upgrading the Flame increases the maximum area size the Flame Altar covers.

Altar Level	Maximum Size	Materials Required	Required Flame Level
Level 1	40x40x40	None	1
Level 2	80x80x80	1 Shroud Core	1
Level 3	120x120x120	5 Shroud Core	2
Level 4	160x160x160	5 Shroud Nexus	3

Strengthen the Flame

Strengthen the Flame is the most important upgrade in the game, and increases the following:

Increases all attributes by 1 (from Flame level 2 onward).

Increases maximum Shroud Time by 1 minute.

Increases Shroud Passage Level, gaining entry to previous red Deadly Shroud locations.

Flame Level 2
Altar Activation Capacity	4
Water Source Capacity	1
Shroud Passage Level	2
Character Attribute Bonus	1
Time in the Shroud	6 Minutes
Ingredients	Quantity
Survivors	0
Spark	1
Resin	5
Penny Bun	5
Bones	5
Shroud Liquid	5
Animal Fur	5

Flame Level 3
Altar Activation Capacity	6
Water Source Capacity	1
Shroud Passage Level	3
Character Attribute Bonus	2
Time in the Shroud	7 Minutes
Ingredients	Quantity
Survivors	2
Spark	5
Wax	10
Salt	10
Shroud Wood	10
Flintstone	10
Mycelium (Material)	25
Scavenger Matron Helmet	1

Flame Level 4
Altar Activation Capacity	7
Water Source Capacity	5
Shroud Passage Level	4
Character Attribute Bonus	3
Time in the Shroud	8 Minutes
Ingredients	Quantity
Survivors	4
Spark	10
Goo	15
Corrupted Boar Tusk	15
Indigo Plant	15
Amber	15
Copper Ore	15
Fell Wispwyvern Head	1

Flame Level 5
Altar Activation Capacity	8
Water Source Capacity	10
Shroud Passage Level	5
Character Attribute Bonus	4
Time in the Shroud	9 Minutes
Ingredients	Quantity
Survivors	6
Spark	20
Mint Mushroom Meat	20
Fossilized Bone	20
Ammonia Gland	20
Tin Ore	20
Rooibos	20
Fell Monstrosity Head	1

Flame Level 6
Altar Activation Capacity	9
Water Source Capacity	20
Shroud Passage Level	6
Character Attribute Bonus	5
Time in the Shroud	10 Minutes
Ingredients	Quantity
Survivors	8
Spark	40
Enshrouded Vulture Talon	40
Saffron	40
Iron Ore	40
Lapislazuli	40
Brittle Shroud Flakes	40
Fell Sicklescythe Head	1

Flame Level 7
Altar Activation Capacity	10
Water Source Capacity	30
Shroud Passage Level	7
Character Attribute Bonus	6
Time in the Shroud	11 Minutes
Ingredients	Quantity
Survivors	10
Spark	40
Wool	40
Gentian	40
Ice	40
Granite	40
Flammable Goo	40
Fell Cyclops Head	1

Flame Level 8
Altar Activation Capacity	11
Water Source Capacity	40
Shroud Passage Level	8
Character Attribute Bonus	7
Time in the Shroud	12 Minutes
Ingredients	Quantity
Survivors	12
Spark	50
Obsidian	50
Silver Bars	50
Mauveine	50
Wolfsbane	50
Amethyst	50
Fell Dragon Youngling Head	1

Flame Level 9
Altar Activation Capacity	12
Water Source Capacity	50
Shroud Passage Level	9
Character Attribute Bonus	8
Time in the Shroud	13 Minutes
Ingredients	Quantity
Survivors	14
Spark	60
Gold Ore	60
Green Vitriol Dust	60
Passionflower	30
Aquamarine	60
Pearl	30
Hydrak'Dal Head	1

Flame Level 10
Altar Activation Capacity	13
Water Source Capacity	-
Shroud Passage Level	-
Character Attribute Bonus	-
Time in the Shroud	-
Ingredients	Quantity
Survivors	16
Spark	60
Broken Guard Of The North Crown	1
Gleam Root Dust	15
Piscine Ivory Dust	10
Drak Blood	30
Shroud Sludge	10
Daylily	30

Flame Level 11
Altar Activation Capacity	16
Water Source Capacity	-
Shroud Passage Level	-
Character Attribute Bonus	-
Time in the Shroud	-
Ingredients	Quantity
Survivors	18
Spark	20
Celestium Bars	10
Moonstone	15
Diamond Dust	20
Ember Carapace	15
Vorgoth's Bound Essence	1
Vorgoth's Eye	1

Removal

To remove a Flame Altar, interact with it, select the "Deactivate Altar" option, and confirm. This starts a 30-second timer, during which the removal can be cancelled. After the timer expires, the Flame Altar disappears. Built structures, placed items, and terrain changes within the Altar's boundaries will remain in place until the area resets, which occurs after 30 minutes or upon a server restart. Placing a new Flame Altar before the reset will restore protection to the area, but the new Altar will not inherit any size upgrades from its predecessor. Note that the Flame Level remains a global constant, even if all Flame Altars are extinguished. The Flame Level can never decrease.

Renaming

To rename a Flame Altar, interact with the Flame Altar, press R, and enter a new name for that specific Altar.