My only death so far has been in the plains, and it was my fault thinking I could fight a two star spear fulling with my gear only upgraded twice. Portals, outposts with a spawn point, and never get rid of your old gear is vital to retrieving your stuff. Also there really is no rush to get it. I waited about five days in game to make sure I was well prepared before I got most my stuff, and left some ore in the tombstone, and basically use it as an indestructible loot box until I could sail over to get the ore.

This game is all about preparation, if you want to run face first into a new area with level one gear thats your head on the line, bring good food, good weapons, and a good boat and you'll be just fine

If i'm online and anyone needs help getting their things back, please let me know. I can help

shesh

Swamp mountains or Plains? You forgot the dangers of the Black Forest:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2582791144

lol...bronze waste of time. Upgraded troll hide is better overall.

I died last night in the plains to a 2 star fuling..........my fault, i forgot to eat.

I like how well this game rewards personal experience over in game xp or gear. I felt perfectly comfortable going into black forest with a fresh character, and looking for skeletons to kill. Granted that only goes so far.

If you are desperate, you can simply alt tab out of the game, and restart your computer and when you reload the game it goes back to your previous "world save".

Also, fully upgrade your weapons and armor before heading to the next biome and learn what weapons are most effective against certain enemies. And always place a portal down on any new biome you visit. Dying is less painful if you don't have to sail for 10 minutes straight just to get your stuff back.

Dying is fun:

https://youtu.be/pk_EwsSBH0g

Originally posted by FluffyBob:

Dying sucks but thats the point. You screwed up somehow and there are consequences.

Ive been doing a new playthrough really pushing with the troll armor. Trying to play light and fast and not get hit. Died a couple times more than I did with heavier armor, but there would be no point if there weren't consequences. Chopped up a couple squitos and even a minor Fuling or two in the plains, haven't tried to melee a golem in the mountains yet, probably just stupid but Ill give it a try when I've got the silver shield upgraded..

I used to suit all up with old gear for my corpse run. Lately I just eat some good food and streak to the grave with Eikthyr power up. Seems to work pretty good.

It's amazing how much experience in this game makes a difference. I've been doing a no-boss run as my second and to minimize farming time i decided to roll with Troll armor and very basic equip (flint spear, a club for blobs, finewood bow) until I got enough silver to get the "final" set (since blackmetal is gated) and i died "only" twice due to bad awareness (drake hit me with all the balls without frost resistance) and poor execution (got squashed by a lox after not healing from a first hit).
And i absolutely respect the fact that it's personal experience, not the character's skill levels, that play into it.

Game too hard, me no like.

LISTEN TO GRANDPA!

Even with your skills at 100, and a full padded set, you can still find yourself dead. Certain things line up (hunger, stamina loss, maybe you've run out of arrows) then suddenly goblins spawn at night and 2 of them are 2 stars! Suddenly you realize you haven't eaten, you're at the end of a long run (out of stamina) and you're out of arrows!

Dying sucks but thats the point. You screwed up somehow and there are consequences.

Ive been doing a new playthrough really pushing with the troll armor. Trying to play light and fast and not get hit. Died a couple times more than I did with heavier armor, but there would be no point if there weren't consequences. Chopped up a couple squitos and even a minor Fuling or two in the plains, haven't tried to melee a golem in the mountains yet, probably just stupid but Ill give it a try when I've got the silver shield upgraded..

I used to suit all up with old gear for my corpse run. Lately I just eat some good food and streak to the grave with Eikthyr power up. Seems to work pretty good.

Originally posted by grandpa:

after you get a set of hide armor, head to the black forest, after you get a bronze set, head to the swamp, after you get a set of iron, head to the mountains, and after you get the silver set head to the plains, understanding the leveling system in this game isn't hard just don't try to force yourself into a place you really shouldn't be in especially early game.

You don't need bronze armor at any point.

handled the swamp with upgraded troll hide armor tbh

Oh I like the "I LOST ALL MY STUFF HOW TO GET IT BACK", When you started the game you had nothing, if you die you have nothing. Either get it back or farm it up and store extra for moments like this. This is a "Brutal" survival game, per game developers. This game isn't the standard MMO or RPG in regards to hand holding.