Undead Heart is a drop resource in Windrose, obtained from powerful undead enemies. The in-game flavor line describes it as a cold object that "burns your fingers," which fits the game's framing of Blackbeard's undead fleet and the Cursed Swamps plague-family enemies as supernaturally animated. Mechanically the item feeds into Cursed Swamps progression crafting and a small number of high-tier consumables.
Summary
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Category | Resource (undead drop) |
Rarity (data tag) | Common (drops infrequently despite the tag) |
Item level | 2 |
Weight | 0.1 |
Stack size | 40 |
Primary source | Elite undead and Plague enemies |
Primary use | Advanced Plague-family and Mire Metal recipes |
How to Obtain
Undead Heart is not a guaranteed drop from every undead enemy. The per-kill drop rate is low on ordinary Undead mobs and climbs on elite and named variants. The reliable farming paths are:
Cursed Swamps elites: Plague Witches, Plague Halberd-wielding corpses, and other named Plague family enemies drop Undead Heart more consistently than generic zombies.
Blackbeard undead officers: boss encounters such as Israel Hands and elite Blackbeard Lieutenants aboard Boarding Combat targets in Blackbeard Waters list Undead Heart in the higher-rarity loot roll.
The Cursed Swamps as a whole produce Undead Heart at roughly three to five times the rate of the Coastal Jungle and Foothills biomes, because the density of plague-family elites is much higher.
Uses
Undead Heart is an advanced crafting ingredient tied to the Cursed Swamps content layer. It appears in:
Mire Metal Ingot variants that consume Quagmire Powder and Undead Essence. The higher-rarity Mire Metal recipes include Undead Heart as a bottleneck ingredient.
Plague-family consumables that require a supernatural catalyst; Undead Heart substitutes for generic meat or bone components to enable the Plague-aligned effect.
A small number of jewelry and relic recipes that ship with the Cursed Swamps content.
Farming Tips
Target Plague Witch camps for dual farming. A single Plague Witch pull usually drops Quagmire Powder plus a chance of Undead Heart, which lets one session stockpile both of the bottleneck ingredients for Mire Metal.
Carry Plague protection before running deep Cursed Swamps patrols. The plague accumulation rate is what cuts most farming runs short, not enemy damage.
Undead Heart weight is low (0.1 per unit) and stacks to 40, so inventory pressure is minimal and a swamp run can return with a full stack without sacrificing other loot.
Storage and Handling
Undead Heart is a crafting drop, not a trade good, so its worth is measured in how many Mire Metal Ingot and Plague-family recipes it can feed rather than in Piastre. At 0.1 weight and a stack of 40 it costs almost nothing to carry, so bank a buffer in your base chest between Cursed Swamps runs and only craft with it once you also have the paired Undead Essence and Quagmire Powder in stock, since those three gate the same recipes.
See Also
Undead Essence the paired undead drop
Mire Metal Ingot primary consumer recipe
Quagmire Powder sister rare ingredient
Plague Witch top farming target
Cursed Swamps the primary farming biome
Boarding Combat secondary source during Blackbeard raids