How to Get Hewn Stone in Windrose? Step-By-Step Guide

Hewn Stone is one of the most important mid-game crafting materials in Windrose, acting as a gateway to more advanced base upgrades and crafting stations. However, acquiring it is not a simple task. Unlike other basic resources (such as clay, sulfur, etc), Hewn Stone doesn’t exist naturally in the world; you can’t just pick it up while exploring.

Instead, obtaining it is a process, and a fairly long one at that. It involves exploration, unlocking a recipe, upgrading your crafting setup, and gathering materials before you can produce even a single piece.

Step-by-Step Process to Craft Hewn Stone in Windrose

To get Hewn Stone, you’ll need to follow a specific progression path:

1. Travel to the Cursed Swamp: This area is dangerous, often filled with infected zones and tougher enemies, so make sure you’re properly geared before heading in.
2. Locate Ancient Digging Sites: Within the swamp, search for Ancient Digging Sites. These are the only places where you can find the key item needed to unlock Hewn Stone.
3. Collect Ancient Scraps: Once you find a digging site, gather Ancient Scraps. Simply picking up these scraps will automatically unlock the Hewn Stone recipe. You don’t need to process them further.

After this simple process, the Hewn Stone recipe is unlocked in Windrose. However, the grind doesn’t stop there. You still won’t be able to craft Hewn Stone unless your Workbench meets specific requirements:

• Upgrade it to Level 3
• Install the Sawhorse upgrade
• Install the Toolbox upgrade

Missing any of these will keep the recipe unavailable. Next, collect Stones across the map. These are very common and can be found across almost all regions in the game, so this step is straightforward. To make 1 Hewn Stone, you need 3 stones.

Best Uses for Hewn Stone and Crafting Tips

No Workbench Level 3 = no Hewn Stone. | Credits: Kraken Express

Now that we know how to get Hewn Stone in Windrose, it’s time to learn what it is essential for. It is a key material required in various crafting stations that push your progression forward. These include:

1. Bellows
2. Large Smelting Furnace
3. Enchanting Table

Among these, the Enchanting Table is the most important, as it unlocks more advanced gear upgrades and significantly improves your overall power. Before you start farming the stone, here are a few tips you should know:

1. Don’t delay the swamp trip: Unlocking the recipe early speeds up your progression
2. Fully upgrade your Workbench first: It not only helps unlock other recipes, but also the recipe for Hewn Stone won’t show otherwise.
3. Farm Stones in bulk: They’re easy to gather, so craft multiple Hewn Stones in one go.
4. Be cautious in the swamp: Infected areas can quickly overwhelm unprepared players (it also depends on which difficulty you are playing).

By following this process efficiently, you can secure a steady supply of Hewn Stone and unlock some of the most important upgrades in Windrose.

Have you upgraded your Workbench to max yet, or is that what’s holding you back? Comment below to let us know.