There was a certain amount of whiners last days, so i want to share somewhat positive story.

It happened month ot two ago. I have cleared 12 crypts on a swamp far from my base. This gave me about 1300+ iron. I've decided to make only one haul. I've built two carts, loaded them with iron and... stuck near the outpost. The cart fully loaded with iron just can't go anywhere, but a nice straight road. Any hole, slight ups - you stuck.

Ok. But carry 40+ stacks of iron just in inventory one by one - it's a massive waste of time. So i pressed button "1", where my axe binded and started gathering wood. I've got enough to build a one-level wood road on a cliffside. Road was built without any adventures. Just a few dead draugrs. I've already had a docking point, where was my long ship. Three short trips on a new road - longships trunk is fully loaded and two carts with iron on a board.

Yeah, here is the thing - you can't drop anything into a vessel, but you can drive a cart on board. Good news - you can haul carts in boats. Bad news - boat gonna be VEEEERY slow. And carts cannot be fixed, so they will move from side to side on every wave. Good news again - even fully loaded with heaviest ore cart won't drown.

So, I've got Moder power and started a run. Nothing special in the beginning. Then night came. And yes - serpent spawned. Not one, but two. Well, they are pretty weak and easy to kill. Also serpent are slow and boat can outrun green guys on a third speed. But not heavy loaded boat. Serpents scratched vessel a lot. Of course, i've killed both and even got some meat. But travel further was pretty risky - a region of ocean, which i call Serpent Sea, was ahead.

Luckily, there was a small outpost on a way. Not really a perfect place to stop - it were Plains. But I've had a workbench there, some resources and a bed, if something goes wrong. I've repaired a ship, made some arrows and continued.

Night, full darkness, fog. My ship barely moving on a rudder. Wind is against me, Moder power on cooldown. I need to traverse one swampy cape with a slow turning ship. Boom! I hit the reef and stuck. A few degrees to the right and i would pass, but now I need to deal with a classic swamp welcoming commitee - pack of draugrs, skeletons and leeches. I've have a Frostner. But not a Bonemass power! I'm with sailing buff! I have died on a shore near my ship under a heavy attack.

Respawned at my main base. Ok. It's 1 AM in the real world, so it's better to sleep and think calm and fresh in the morning.

Next day. I know, the game doesn't compute anything far from the character, so unless i'm close to accident site - my vessel and goods are safe. Now I need to plan a rescue operation. I have in chests - full iron set, iron mace, spare Draugr Fang. Swamp, where my ship stuck, is familiar to me. Also I have an outpost with a portal not far from northern side of that swamp. So the plan is to wear best spare gear i have, jump through portal and get to the ship while hugging the seashore to avoid heavy resistance. And this time I can use Bonemass buff.

This went just according to plan. No troubles on a way to ship. Fast aggro of a shipgrazers on me. Quick fight. Site cleared, gear retrieved, ship repaired. Carts are still on board with all the goods. Now I can finish my trip.

After 10 or 15 minutes I have crossed the Serpent Sea. This time zero snakes. Gods of Valheim were mercyful for me. I have docked my ship and started boring part of melting and gathering coal.