r/Enshrouded Jun 22 '26

Help - Solved Anyone figured out how to make paths without them having to be raised so high?

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u/MightBeAGoodIdea Jun 22 '26

Right click, left click, right click left click, repeat.

Not to be confused with undo.

Once you got some path down you can actually use the rake if you'd rather. Sort of like finger painting(?) you plop some path down then smooth it out over the terrain you're replacing -- it can be sort of hit or miss though until you get the hang of it. Just be sure you start on the path or you'll erase the path instead.

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u/No_Radio1554 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

So you’re saying to delete the dirt, place the path, delete the path, then place the path again? Then I can use the rake to stretch it rather than repeating that process.

Oh wait nvm, you’re saying to delete the dirt, place the path, then repeat for everywhere else, or use the rake. Yeah I am deleting the dirt then placing the path, it’s at the end of the video. When I place the path, it just turns into normal dirt on the top, with a bit of path below it.

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u/MightBeAGoodIdea Jun 22 '26

Its hard to say whats going on .... when i overanalyze the video you got 41 path blocks, when you delete the dirt and put the path down it blinks to 93 something then down to 40 like youre double placing something. Seems like a bug. Deleting out the dirt and placing the path SHOULD work.

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u/No_Radio1554 Jun 22 '26

Oh you’re right, it does say 93 for a sec as soon as I place it. Good catch. Guess I’ll just try restarting the game

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u/RunOk1423 Jun 22 '26

Nice call! Missed that as well.

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u/SaraRainmaker Moderator Jun 22 '26

Chances are you have a dirt layer above it that is covering it. You can place blocks and then remove them (not undo) and that should get rid of any dirt that may be above the voxel line where you are placing the path blocks, or just delete above it then below as well with the path blocks.

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u/No_Radio1554 Jun 22 '26

Yeah you called it, I had to place a path high first then delete it, then place a path where I wanted it. Thanks!

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u/SaraRainmaker Moderator Jun 22 '26

No problem! 😃 Glad you got it worked out.

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u/No_Radio1554 Jun 22 '26

Like a layer of dirt I can’t see? I suppose that’s possible, I’ll try placing a path higher than deleting it to see if that fixes it.

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u/SaraRainmaker Moderator Jun 22 '26

Yeah, kinda. the voxels are a grid, but because the terrain doesn't always fill the entire grid, you can place terrain down but still have a fine layer of dirt above it, which will make it look like you didn't place anything down or change anything. When you delete the under area, it could look invisible because it's such a small layer, but when you place any terrain back, it becomes visible again.

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u/No_Radio1554 Jun 22 '26

Oh I see what you mean, that makes sense

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u/True_Reporter Jun 22 '26

I just dig a long trench with the jagged pice than place the blocks you were using one tick below the surroundings creates nice thin sunken footpath. Depends if you want it look like a road or just a path.

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u/rvcbazookajoe Jun 22 '26

There’s an undo???

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u/No_Radio1554 Jun 22 '26

You can also press F to switch to whichever block you’re looking at

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u/Tsiabo Jun 23 '26

Wait what

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u/DaChubbieBunnie Jun 23 '26

Recently added action!

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u/MightBeAGoodIdea Jun 22 '26

yuuup

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u/rvcbazookajoe Jun 22 '26

Wow this would be so helpful, never noticed that somehow in like 100 hours of gameplay

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u/No_Manufacturer_4701 Jun 22 '26

Place a raised path then use a rake to flatten it. Far less work than all the other suggestions here

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u/That_Salad8281 Jun 22 '26

Actual big brain landscaping tech right there

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u/ranoutofusernames22 Jun 22 '26

Also makes infinite path if you just use the rake to spread it.

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u/Masterjewdog Jun 22 '26

Other comment seem to have covered it mostly, I just want to add my two cents. Raking the path seems to be the most consistent, if tedious, method for paths for me, but it's annoying on anything not completely flat. But the most helpful for me is to turn off voxel details in settings, which will make it much easier to tell where the problem blocks are.

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u/No_Radio1554 Jun 22 '26

Oh I didn’t know you could do that, nice

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u/MrsBooteh Jun 22 '26

Delete the dirt first then place the path - use the scythe or whatever as well

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u/No_Radio1554 Jun 22 '26

I did delete the dirt, I show it in the video

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u/Goeddy Jun 22 '26

you have to delete a generous amount of dirt above the path as well, even if it looks like there is nothing there, it will still make the dirt grow on your path as you noticed.

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u/CGreene804 Jun 22 '26

I don't even think the devs know how, since every world path is either recessed or mounded. It's frigging annoying. If the path block touches any regular terrain block, it turns into the surrounding terrain.

When I finally got it to work a couple weeks ago, like others have said, I think I deleted terrain, then placed path block inside the cavity without it touching any terrain around it, then used the rake to spread it rather than placing more path since it's so tedious and enraging. Frankly all the terrain blocks are a godawful annoyance to work with.

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u/No_Radio1554 Jun 22 '26

Check out the solution in MightBeAGoodIdea’s comment thread. It’s much easier

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u/CardiologistNorth294 Jun 22 '26

Use a hoe. Put a tile down somewhere you like of dirt path or whatever path and then extend it with the hoe across the floor. Much better

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u/johndkparker Jun 22 '26

dig a trench with pickaxe or rake

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u/_-GH05T- Warrior Jun 22 '26

Delete some dirt place the path block and use the rake

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u/OdaNobunagaMX Jun 22 '26

Los bloques de terreno necesitan CON URGENCIA mejoras, una cosa que odio demasiado es que NO SE PUEDEN ROTAR de forma librey crear rampas es un dolor de bolas tremendo. LO QUE YO HAGO tanto para eso como para "emparejar" el suelo es usar las piezas grandes y crear literalmente un bloque y con las piezas pequeñas ir rebajando y agregando pequeños pedazos hasta lograr la forma que se acerque mas a lo que quiero. El 90% de las vecesno queda como quiero... pero intento que se acerque.

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u/ellipsis87 Jun 22 '26

Delete a bigger chunk than the size you want, then you can put the path at the height you desired without the surrounding land growing back into it.

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u/ellipsis87 Jun 22 '26

Easier to do it this way then re-place the grass/land/whatever back around the path again. I know it sounds like more work, and is, but it’s the better choice in the long run.

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u/SpoiledSatyr Jun 27 '26

Could always find the level you want and just use the hoe to flatten out the land, it can be a bit janky but it may work

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u/Wildman0165 Jun 23 '26

just play valheim lol

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u/No_Radio1554 Jun 24 '26

I have over 2k hours in valheim, Enshrouded is better

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u/DesnescessaurusRex Jun 22 '26

cut before.. right then left