Diamond is a Cinder’s Cradle material. You mine it from veins in cave and cliff walls inside the Shroud pockets of the new biome, and the open lava plains have none. Use your best pickaxe. Each vein also gives some Basalt. Grind Diamonds at a Mill (1 Diamond makes 1 Diamond Dust in 3:00). The Flame 10 to 11 upgrade needs 20 Diamond Dust, and a lot of endgame gear needs raw Diamonds, so keep some unground.
Where Diamond comes from
| Source | Details | Reliability |
|---|---|---|
| Shroud veins in Cinder’s Cradle | Ore veins in cave and cliff walls inside Shroud pockets. Allthings.how: “Diamond only forms inside these Shroud zones” | Several 1.0 guides agree |
| Chests | Wooden, Locked, Silver and Golden Chests, and Sarcophagi | Allthings.how, no drop rates |
| Urns, pots, shelves | Occasional, especially in the six Beacon dungeons | One guide (PowerUp Gaming), no rates |
Our materials finder used to show a disagreement between sources: some said the Shroud, others urns and ruins. Now that more 1.0 guides are out, the answer is clear. Mining Shroud veins is the main source, and containers are a bonus.
Diamond is a level 45 common material and stacks to 250. Your first Diamond unlocks the Diamond Dust recipe, and from that the Sparkling Dust recipe (allthings.how).
Farming spots
These come from a single community guide (PowerUp Gaming, October 17, 2026). They match the “Shroud pockets” rule, but we haven’t walked them ourselves:
- Near the entrance. Go through the Ancient Gate (between Cromville Hot Spring and Lake Luma, north of Veilwater Basin). Mine the rock walls and mountainsides north of the gate, past the Battlegrounds.
- Northwest tunnel. Follow the road through a tunnel into a Shroud area with a Shroud Root. The guide reports two large diamond veins there, and Scarabs. Clear the root while you’re there for a skill point.
- Proto Vessel Bay (Sky Islands). Mine the walls and nearby cave entrances, including an elevated cave above the clouds. You need the Cinder’s Ascent teleporter, so this is for after the Beacon dungeons.
The same guide says one Northwest Tunnel run can give “several hundred diamonds” and that nodes respawn after “about 1 hour”. Neither figure has a stated test method, so we don’t rely on them. Diamond veins are inside the Shroud, so the Shroud timer limits each run. Bring Shroud Survival Flasks and keep an eye on the timer.
Mining tips
- Pickaxe tier matters. Keen raised pickaxe damage at higher tiers in 1.0. Allthings.how recommends at least a Gilded Pickaxe. The Celestium Pickaxe from Cinder’s Cradle ore is the next step.
- Mining skills and helmet. PowerUp Gaming says the Miner and Mason skills and the Miner Helmet give “much better yields”. The amount isn’t given. If you’re respeccing for a farming session anyway, see how respec works.
- Basalt as a by-product. Allthings.how says each vein also gives Basalt. Patch 1.0.1.0 removed Basalt “as loot from several terrain and block materials”, so you may get less Basalt from veins than older guides say.
- Don’t build over a vein. Resources inside a Flame Altar’s radius don’t respawn.
Diamond Dust and Sparkling Dust
| Recipe | Station | Input | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Dust ×1 | Mill | 1 Diamond | 3:00 |
| Sparkling Dust ×1 | Mill | 1 Diamond, 1 Moonstone, 1 Celestium Ore, 1 Mother-of-Pearl | 3:00 |
A Mill needs windmill sails or a water wheel nearby for power. Twenty Diamond Dust takes an hour on one Mill. Moonstone and Celestium Ore also come from Cinder’s Cradle. Allthings.how says Mother-of-Pearl comes from underwater.
Diamond Dust uses: the Flame 10 to 11 upgrade (20), the Infusion Altar (1), Guard of the North Sword (3), Fireball IV (1 per 20 charges), Astrodome and Emberguard shields (1 each), and Flame Arcanist and Lifelock boots (1 each). Diamond Dust also unlocks Eternal Ball Lightning I, Eternal Shock Wisp II and Eternal Heal Beam II (allthings.how).
Raw Diamond: every recipe amount
From the Enshrouded Wiki’s Diamond page. That revision may not reflect every 1.0 patch:
| Item | Diamonds | Station |
|---|---|---|
| Eternal Fire Totem II | 20 | Alchemist / Laboratory |
| Greater Golden Twinflame Sword | 7 | Blacksmith |
| Shroud Vessel’s Greatsword | 6 | Ancient Researcher |
| Lifelock Boots, Lifelock Pants | 6 each | Alchemist |
| Valor Heart Daggers | 6 | Hunter |
| Flame Arcanist Boots | 5 | Alchemist |
| Golden War Hero Axe | 5 | Blacksmith |
| Jezmina’s Apotheosis | 5 | Blacksmith |
| Chain Lightning II (×20) | 5 | Alchemist / Laboratory |
| Flame Arcanist Gloves | 4 | Alchemist |
| Fire Bolt VIII (×20) | 4 | Hand crafting |
| Crestflame Boots, Emberguard Boots | 3 each | Blacksmith |
| Lesser Golden Twinflame Sword | 3 | Blacksmith |
| Vorgoth’s Soulbound Boots | 3 | Ancient Researcher |
| Sky Specter Gloves | 2 | Hunter |
| Ashwind Strider Boots and Pants, Crestflame Pants, Emberguard Pants, Incredible Ward, Sparkling Dust | 1 each | Various |
A naming catch: Patch 1.0.1.0 fixed “a name and description switcheroo” between the Ashwind Strider and Sky Specter armor sets. Recipe lists written before November 2 may have those two names swapped. Check the item in game before crafting.
How many to farm: 20 for the Flame (as dust). Armor varies a lot by set: Crestflame boots and pants take 4 raw Diamonds, while Lifelock boots and pants take 12. A fire build that crafts Eternal Fire Totem II needs 20 more. That’s a big part of why fire matters for the Vorgoth fight, since Vorgoth takes 120% fire damage.
Related materials
Cinder’s Cradle’s other Flame 11 materials are Celestium Bars, Moonstone and Ember Carapace. See the materials finder and the Cinder’s Cradle guide. The full upgrade path is in every Flame Altar level.
Sources & last checked
Last checked: November 4, 2026 (game version 1.0.1.1). The pickaxe change, Basalt change and set-name fix are confirmed by Keen. Locations and recipe amounts come from community sources.
- Keen Games, 1.0 changelog and Patch 1.0.1.0
- Allthings.how, How to get Diamond Dust in Cinder’s Cradle (updated Oct 16, 2026)
- Enshrouded Wiki, Diamond
- PowerUp Gaming, best diamond farming locations (spots and respawn claim, single source)