Blacksmith

Blacksmith

Oswald Anders, the Blacksmith.
Name	Oswald Anders
Location	Ancient Vault - Blacksmith
Quest	Find The Sleeping Survivor
Stations	Charcoal Kiln Forge Smelter Smithing Tools Blast Furnace

The Blacksmith is Oswald Anders, a survivor and craftsperson in Enshrouded. Oswald Anders crafts and upgrades melee armor, weapons and shields, and makes better gathering tools. He is rescued at Ancient Vault - Blacksmith in the Springlands.

Where to Find Blacksmith - Map Location

Oswald Anders waits at Ancient Vault - Blacksmith. The place lies in the Springlands. The rescue is part of the quest Find The Sleeping Survivor.

Survivor	Place	Region	Quest
Oswald Anders	Ancient Vault - Blacksmith	Springlands	Find The Sleeping Survivor

Blacksmith map location:

Map credit by Map Genie.

Rescue

The vault lies a short way north of the Cinder Vault, where the game begins. The route passes the broken Braelyn Bridge and runs through a stretch of the Shroud. Scavengers hold the camp around the vault and must be fought or sneaked past. Oswald sleeps in a pod, a Cinder Vessel, inside the vault; interacting with it rescues him. Rescuing him unlocks the Summoning Staff recipe used to place survivors in a base.

The steps of Find The Sleeping Survivor:

Step	Objective	Location
1	Travel Through The Shroud	-
2	Awaken The Survivor	-
3	Summon The Survivor	-

Crafting

Oswald Anders brings these workshops to your base. He crafts melee armor, weapons and shields. He crafts better axes, pickaxes and rakes for faster gathering. He crafts Nails, lockpicks and other metal parts. Legendary weapons found in the world, such as the Wailing Blade, can be recrafted at his station.

Workshop	Image	Makes
Charcoal Kiln		Burns wood into charcoal and other refined materials such as tar and wood acid.
Forge		Works metal into parts such as metal sheets for better gear.
Smelter		Smelts ore for better equipment; building it needs a Crucible.
Smithing Tools		Unlocks better armor recipes at the Blacksmith.
Blast Furnace		A late workstation for higher-tier metalwork.

Services

Oswald teaches how to salvage unwanted gear and add rune enhancements to a favourite weapon.

Quests

Oswald Anders gives these quests:

Quest	Location	Reward
The Blacksmith Needs A Shop	-	-
Forge Weaponry or Armor	Rookmore	75 XP
Clear The Elixir Well	Elixir Well	Fell Thunderbrute Head, Skill Point, 150 XP
Glider	-	Glider, 75 XP
Grappling Hook	-	Grappling Hook, 75 XP
The Ancient Spires	Ancient Spire - Springlands Fast Travel	150 XP
Salvage And Enhance	-	Runes, 75 XP
Oswald Anders' Chest	Carpentry Camp	Gold Chest, 75 XP
Crucible Needed For A Smelter	-	Crucible, 150 XP
Reach The Capital, Pikemead's Reach	Pikemead's Reach	Fell Wispwyvern Head, 150 XP
The Blacksmith's Request	Trade Outpost "Blazing Rock"	Smithing Tools, 150 XP
The Blacksmith's Family	Fanning Ranch	Blacksmith Assistant, 150 XP
Hearts Of Iron	Ridgeback Mine	Iron Ore, 75 XP
A Blast Furnace For The Blacksmith	Forge of Obsidia	Blast Furnace, 150 XP
A Tool For Underwater Mining	Orville	Mining Sieve, 150 XP

Lore

After his rescue, he will direct you to find other survivors. He asks you to find his daughter Rochelle Anders to act as a Blacksmith Assistant. He forged the Wailing Blade for his daughter before she left him, and lets the Flameborn carry it in her place. His chest of salvage materials went missing while he slept in his pod; the Carpenter later admits he borrowed it. He believes Scavengers took his old Crucible to their mine in the north of the Revelwood. He once received a love letter signed by a Reagan he did not recognise, which starts a search for a lost shipment. He is gruff and blunt, calls the Flameborn "kid", and lives by the idea that fire means hope.

Oswald Anders' family and close ties:

Name	Image	Relation
Rochelle Anders		daughter

Notes

He is the first survivor to rescue, and he then points the way to the others.
He needs a roofed room with a bed before he works properly; a comfortable shelter also raises the base's comfort.
His early quests lead to the Glider, the Grappling Hook and the Ancient Spires.
Finding his old Crucible lets him build the Smelter.

All Survivors

Craftspeople

Survivor	Name	Location
Alchemist	Balthazar	Ancient Vault - Alchemist
Barber	Elio Ricci	Elder's Night Sanctum
Bard	Valory	Sunken Ancient City
Blacksmith	Oswald Anders	Ancient Vault - Blacksmith
Carpenter	Cade Hawthorn	Ancient Vault - Carpenter
Collector	Alden Crowley	Springlands Hollow Halls
Farmer	Emily Fray	Ancient Vault - Farmer
Fisher	Captain Melville Fontane	Ol' Captain's Rest
Hunter	Athalan Skree	Ancient Vault - Hunter
Lunar New Year Trader	Mei-Yin Chen	Ring of Rot

Assistants

Survivor	Name	Location
Alchemist Assistant	Lady LeClair	Glennwood's End
Bard Assistant	Chester “Lucky” Loft	Cromville
Blacksmith Assistant	Rochelle Anders	Fanning Ranch
Carpenter Assistant	Aunt Braelyn	Hidden Temple
Collector Assistant	The Nameless One	Drak'Dal Temple
Farmer Assistant	Fenrig Mills, Jr	Wolf Cave
Hunter Assistant	Galen Yager	Draconian Vulture Nest

Villagers

Survivor	Name	Location
Anton Godwin	Anton Godwin	Gateway Outpost "Drifa"
Gabrielle Fairburn	Gabrielle Fairburn	Surat's Rest
Gunther Galeforth	Gunther Galeforth	Balefire Garrison "Windward"
Hannah Reed	Hannah Reed	Fort Kelvin
Hugo Vanderhall	Hugo Vanderhall	Scatterbone
Kaori Conway	Kaori Conway	East Lapis
Marianne Reed	Marianne Reed	Vukah Ceremony Hill
Oscar Godwin	Oscar Godwin	Rothstep
Ramone Jones	Ramone Jones	Pikemead's Reach
Robert Gibson	Robert Gibson	Lupa's Lair

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