That was a fun read. I haven't tried a permadeath run yet but I rarely die and when I do it is usually due to rushing around, not being cautious enough when first entering a new biome, etc. (or, 'I can make that swim across!', nope ;) ). Patience and the proper weapons/armor as those above talk about pretty much does it, plus health&stam always on the action bar!

I laughed at the comment of going on after a rolling log death, that is the #1 way to die early on, haha.

I'll add that feel free to do a hasty retreat. You can run away so easily (usually), regrp and finish off mobs or bosses in far better shape. The first 2 bosses are s8 forward with typical gear. Can skip bonemass if you want until you have a silver shield and other silver gear, makes it pretty easy. But iron shield and mace ranked up makes it pretty standard. Moder is patience. So far Yagluth has always felt hard and I hope it stays that way.