Ah right, i haven't upgraded my Atgeir.........BECAUSE APPARENTLY I HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF FINDING THE ARK OF THE COVENANT THAN FINDING FLAX!!!

Seriously in the past 2 nights i've discovered and systematically raided 4 fuling villages, each of which had well over a dozen of the bastards including berzerkers. All i got was blackmetal, which at this point is as rare as wood to me, and barley.