Hunter Vault Chest — What Is Inside and How to Get Both Chests

Players searching for the Hunter Vault chest usually mean one of three different containers. This page separates them so you know which route earns which reward.

Chest 1 — behind the three-button door

This is the main prize. Open the locked door with the three-button puzzle (full walkthrough on our Hunter Vault buttons page) and a large chest waits inside.

Reported contents, cross-checked across walkthroughs:

• A stack of gold coins
• A weapon roll — PC Gamer reports an epic Bronze Sword, while Gaming Ally and other players report a legendary Barbarian Greatsword

Both can be true: chest loot in Enshrouded rolls against your progression and world state, so treat any single “guaranteed drop” claim with suspicion. What is consistent is the tier — this is an early-game epic-or-better roll.

Chest 2 — the Forest Longbow on the roof

From the Hunter’s pod room, head up the stairs close to the room’s door. A grapple point sits at the top; follow the linear path and it takes you out onto the vault roof, where a chest contains the Forest Longbow — one of the better early bows if you are running a ranged setup.

Chest 3 — the hidden room above the Hunter

While in the pod room, look up. You can grapple to a hidden room above: climb up, work your way around by dropping to the outer ledge, and open the small door on the right for one more chest. Easy to miss because most players leave by gliding straight out of the vault.

Which chest should you prioritize?

If your time in the vault is short, the order of value is: Hunter pod (the actual point of the trip), puzzle-door chest, roof longbow, hidden room. The bow and hidden chest are pure loot bonuses — the craftsperson rescue is what permanently changes your base.

Related guides

• Hunter Vault buttons puzzle
• Vault rewards explained
• Beginner route

Sources: PC Gamer, Dot Esports, Game Rant, Gaming Ally, Common Sense Gamer — loot descriptions aggregated where they agree, variance flagged where they do not. Last verified 2026-10-21 for v1.0.