Originally posted by Grampi McSnoresalot:

I tried the raft....and I died using it too....lol
hard to play this game.

:) I'm curious how you died using the raft? If you fall off the only way back on is via the ladder which if I remember is at the back of it.

I take it you are eating food. If you are just entering the Black Forest biome then you should have cooked deer, boar and neck meat along with berries, mushrooms and maybe honey at least. 2 meats and one of the other 3 should help you stay alive.

Hmm what wizard_of_woz said will help too. I was assuming you died swimming across a wide river but if you were heading out to sea then yeah not a good idea this early on. It is doable but not usually necessary.