Wolfsbane is a purple-flowered herb that only grows in the Albaneve Summits, the snow region you unlock at Flame 6. You need 40 of it for the Flame 7 → 8 upgrade, and the same plant feeds antidotes, poison arrows and three dyes.
Because the Summits open at Flame 6 and the 40 Wolfsbane are not needed until Flame 8, you have a full region of content to collect them in. Most players finish that stretch with more than enough by picking flowers while they quest. If you are short, the Seedbed turns one plant into a farm.
Where Wolfsbane grows
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Biome | Albaneve Summits |
| Region opened at | Flame 6 |
| Item level | 33 |
| Rarity | Common (the wiki text calls it uncommon) |
| Stack size | 250 |
| Looks like | Purple flowers on green stems |
The Albaneve Summits is the snowy region after Kindlewastes. Wolfsbane grows on the open ground rather than in caves, so the reliable method is to sweep the valleys and slopes on the way between quest markers rather than to farm one spot. Snowfall and white terrain make the purple flowers easy to spot from a distance, which is why a lap of the region usually pays better than hunting a single dense patch.
If you have already passed the Summits and need Wolfsbane in a hurry, there is no vendor: the plant is gatherable only, plus whatever you grow yourself.
The 40 for Flame 8
Flame 7 → 8 costs 40 Spark and five materials at 40 each. Wolfsbane is one of them:
| Material | Amount |
|---|---|
| Obsidian | 40 |
| Silver Bars | 40 |
| Mauveine | 40 |
| Wolfsbane | 40 |
| Amethyst | 40 |
The trophy for that step is the Fell Dragon Youngling Head. Full costs for every level are on the Flame levels page.
Two practical notes:
- Obsidian and Silver Bars are the slow part, not Wolfsbane. Silver needs ore plus a Smelter, so start smelting before you start picking.
- Do not sell spare Wolfsbane. The 40 for Flame 8 is not the only use, and the dyes below are the only way to recolour armour.
How to farm Wolfsbane with a Seedbed
Once you have picked a single Wolfsbane, the Farmer’s Seedbed can turn it into a renewable crop.
| Recipe | Ingredients | Station | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfsbane Seedling x5 | 1 Wolfsbane + 1 Fertilised Farm Soil | Seedbed | 3:00 |
Plant the seedlings in farm soil at your base and harvest. Because the recipe returns five seedlings from one plant, a single wild Wolfsbane is enough to start a plot that covers all 40 for Flame 8 and every dye afterwards.
Fertilised Farm Soil is the limiter. It comes from the Farmer’s crafting line, and 1.0 made farm animals and small plants faster, so a small animal pen pays for itself quickly if you plan to farm dyes.
Every recipe that uses Wolfsbane
| Item | Other ingredients | Station |
|---|---|---|
| Greater Antidote | 3 Shroud Vapor, 1 Coal Powder, 1 Poison Sack | Laboratory (Alchemist) |
| Poisoned Steel Arrow x25 | 25 Steel Arrow, 1 Poison Sack | Hunter |
| Lavender Dream (dye) | 5 Shroud Vapor, 2 Stapelia Starflower, 1 Mauveine | Coloring Station |
| Nightshade (dye) | 5 Nightshade, 2 Obsidian Dust, 1 Glimmer Gentian, 1 Shroud Vapor | Coloring Station |
| Pure Amethyst | 5 Shroud Vapor, 2 Amethyst, 1 Mauveine | Coloring Station |
Wolfsbane is a 1-2 unit ingredient in all of them, so the 40 for the Flame upgrade dwarfs everything else. The exception is poison arrows: 2 per 25 arrows adds up if you main a bow.
Note that Mauveine appears in three of those recipes and is also a Flame 8 material at 40 units. If you are collecting for the upgrade anyway, you are collecting for the dyes at the same time.
Common mistakes
- Waiting until Flame 8 to look. You will be in the Summits from Flame 6, so pick as you go.
- Farming before you have Fertilised Farm Soil. The Seedbed recipe needs it; without soil the seedlings are useless.
- Confusing Wolfsbane with Nightshade. Nightshade is the dark-flowered dye plant from a different region and appears in the same recipes. They are separate stacks.
- Selling the stack to a survivor. Survivors trade for Gold Coins, and 40 Wolfsbane is worth more as an upgrade than as coins.
Where to go next
- Materials finder: search any material and see the biome, source and which Flame step needs it.
- Flame levels 1-11: every upgrade cost in one table.
- Where to find Moonstone and Diamond: the Flame 11 materials.
- Survivors: the Farmer unlocks the Seedbed, the Alchemist the Laboratory.
Sources & last checked
Last checked: November 9, 2026 (game version 1.0.1.1).
- Enshrouded Wiki, Wolfsbane - biome, level, stack size, appearance, Seedbed recipe and every recipe that uses it
- Flame Altar levels - the 40 Wolfsbane requirement for Flame 7 → 8, trophy and the other four materials
- Keen Games, 1.0 changelog - farm animal and small plant growth changes