Ingot Arborum

Ingot Arborum is the highest-tier enchanted ingot in Windrose's Early Access launch. It is crafted at the Enchanting Table from 2 Mire Metal Ingot, 2 Essence Arborum, and 1 Tainted Bile. Ingot Arborum is required for the most advanced endgame weapons, jewelry, and armor enchantments in the launch build, making it the gating resource for fully optimized late-game builds.

Overview

Recipe

Uses

Ingot Arborum is consumed by endgame crafting recipes including:

• Enchanted weapon variants (specific named weapons gated by reputation and dungeon completion)

• High-tier accessories at the Jewellery Table (rings and necklaces with multiple supernatural buffs)

• Endgame armor enchantments that boost specific stats beyond standard upgrade levels

• Specific late-game ship gear (cannon enchantments, hull bracing variants)

The full list of Ingot Arborum recipe consumers continues to be community-documented during Early Access. Check the in-game Curios menu and the Enchanting Table interface for the current recipe list as you discover new materials.

Production Pipeline

Each Ingot Arborum requires gathering and processing materials from across the Cursed Swamps:

1. Mire Metal Ingot: Smelt 2 Ancient Scraps + 1 Quagmire Powder at the Large Smelting Furnace. Quagmire Powder drops from Plague enemies (witches, hunters, warriors)

2. Essence Arborum: Smelt plague-wood (gathered from corrupted Cursed Swamps trees) at the Smelting Furnace. Drop rate of 2 per Ingot Arborum

3. Tainted Bile: Drop from Plague Crocodiles in the deep Cursed Swamps. 2 per kill; 1 required per Ingot Arborum

Plan farming runs around all three resources simultaneously to minimize travel time. A typical Cursed Swamps run yields enough materials for 3 to 5 Ingot Arborum per session.

Endgame Position

Ingot Arborum is the launch's highest-tier crafting material. With Legendary and Mythic rarity tiers existing in the rarity system but having no items at launch, Ingot Arborum-enabled gear is the practical ceiling for current Early Access builds. As Kraken Express adds Legendary and Mythic items in later Early Access updates, additional materials may be added above Ingot Arborum, but at launch Ingot Arborum is the top of the crafting tree.

Lore

Ingot Arborum (Latin: "ingot of trees") combines three corrupted Cursed Swamps materials into a single refined product. The metallurgy is alchemical rather than purely physical: Mire Metal provides the structural base, Essence Arborum the supernatural binding, and Tainted Bile the active catalyst. The result is an ingot that channels the swamps' supernatural corruption into a constructive form, suitable for forging weapons that can stand against Blackbeard's undead fleet and the older powers behind it.

Thematically, Ingot Arborum represents the player's mastery of turning corruption into capability. Where Blackbeard pacted with dark powers for raw strength, the player learns to refine the same supernatural forces into measured, controlled tools.

Salvaged by Disassembly

Ingot Arborum is not reliably recovered through the Disassembly Table. The weapons that use Ingot Arborum as a craft input (Plague Halberd, Plague Pistol, Rapier of Devastation, Arboris Saber, Swamp Creature's Tooth) list the ingredient as x5 per craft, but the Disassembly Table does not refund Ingot Arborum on these items (consistent with Tumbaga Ingot, which is also non-refundable). Plan your Ingot Arborum budget as a one-way cost rather than a reservoir.

Complete Crafting Uses

Ingot Arborum is an ingredient in the following recipes.

See Also

• Enchanting Table - the crafting station

• Mire Metal Ingot - structural base material

• Essence Arborum - supernatural binding component

• Tainted Bile - active catalyst component

• Cursed Swamps - source biome for all three components

Farming the Plague Crocodile

The Tainted Bile drop is the hardest part of each Ingot Arborum craft because it only comes from Plague Crocodiles (sometimes called Infected Crocodiles or Black Crocodiles). These are large, fast swamp reptiles that tend to lurk around disease-corrupted points of interest in the Cursed Swamps. Each kill yields 2 Tainted Bile at a guaranteed rate, so a single Plague Crocodile kill is enough for two Ingot Arborum crafts.

Most players prefer ranged weapons against Plague Crocodiles because the reptile's lunge closes distance fast and interrupts melee blocks. A Musket or Bow softens it from a safe distance before closing in for finishing melee strikes. Approaching with only a sword is workable with patience and good stamina management, but ranged openers reduce the odds of taking a big hit during the first engagement.

Efficient Farming Route

• Enter the Cursed Swamps with an iron or higher-tier axe for plague-wood gathering and a ranged weapon loaded for crocodile kills.

• Pick a route that links plague-wood groves, disease points of interest with Plague Crocodiles, and chests or caches you have already marked.

• Smelt plague-wood for Essence Arborum on the same trip so each expedition feeds two of the three Ingot Arborum inputs.

• Return to base, refill the Smelting Furnace and Enchanting Table, and craft before heading out again.

Details

Properties

Crafted By

Crafted at: Enchanting Table

Unlocked By

• DISCOVERY Enchanted Items

• Cursed Swamps

• Essence Arborum