How to craft and use the grappling hook in Enshrouded

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You'll need to craft the Enshrouded grappling hook as this essential tool will help you cross broken roads and bridges, and allow you to climb certain buildings. It's basically essential once you're clear of the early game and, if you want Enshrouded clay, you'll need the route this unlocks over the bridge. However, the grappling hook only works in specific locations, which make it a bit tricky to figure out on your own and it isn't immediately obvious how it functions. To help you get up and running with this indispensable tool, here’s how to craft the grappling hook in Enshrouded, and how to use it to get around once you have it.

Enshrouded grappling hook crafting recipe

The grappling hook crafting recipe is fairly simple to assemble and craft once you know where to find all the materials you need. Here’s what you need and where to get it:

Metal scraps x4: You can loot metal scraps from old settlements outside of the shroud. You can also fight the humanoid enemies within these settlements, as they may drop metal scraps upon defeat. For more details, take a look at our Enshrouded metal scraps for more info on how to get them.
String x7: You can craft Enshrouded string by collecting plant fiber from the large bushes commonly found in the wild. As it takes three pieces of plant fiber to craft one string (in your manual crafting menu), you’ll need 21 plant fibers in total to craft a grappling hook.
Shrouded spores x10: Shrouded spores are dropped by enemies in the shroud; the misty, bluish areas with the undead creatures. You can look for small patches of shroud in the wilds, or head north from the first teleport waypoint (Cinder Vault) until you see the large valley full of shroud mist below.

With those materials you can then craft the grappling hook at the workbench. It's an easy item to get fairly early in the game and a useful one because it not only make certain routes quicker, but it also opens up paths you couldn't otherwise reach.

How to use the grappling hook in Enshrouded

Once you’ve created your Enshrouded grappling hook, open your inventory, right-click on the grappling hook, and choose ‘equip’ to be able to use it. The grappling hook won’t take up a spot in your inventory as your character has a dedicated grappling hook equipment slot you can see on the ‘character’ page.

Now comes the hard part: how to use the grappling hook? Unlike other tools in Enshrouded, such as the glider, you can’t use the grappling hook whenever you want. Instead, you can only use it if you see a specific interaction prompt - you can’t use the grappling hook to climb any mountain or building, just the ones with an attachment point. These prompts are usually in a higher-situated location and appear as the default ‘E’ for PC players and ‘Y’ or ‘Triangle’ for console players when you look at it.

If you’ve spotted an attachment point for your grappling hook, you either need to press the interaction button to pull you up at once or press the button to perform a swinging motion (holding on to the rope attached to the grappling hook). The latter is a bit more difficult, as you’ll typically need to press the jump button at the end of the swinging motion to reach the other side.

Find the first grappling hook location in Enshrouded

One of the most important grappling hook locations at the start of Enshrouded is the Braelyn Bridge, north of the initial spawning point called the Cinder Vault (see picture above). You’ll have to use your grappling hook twice to reach the mountains on the other side of the bridge: first to pull you up, and then to swing across the gap. This highlights the importance of the tool as it access a whole new area for you to explore.

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