Originally posted by jonnin:

Seems like more work than its worth, but possible.

Yep, the way I see it, the problem lies not in that it would be exceedingly impractical or dangerous, but in that there's considerably less benefit in skipping majority of the game, Forsaken powers and various materials (like wolf pelts or tar for comfort furniture) included, just to get head start on some mistlands things.

You'd also need to explore many more burial chambers or the like to be able to afford megingjörd if you were to skip crypts and entire biomes.

Originally posted by lorifel:

Feather cloak was definitely one of the first obvious choices as it makes travelling in Mistlands so much more comfortable.

Galdr table requires black metal which in turn requires defeating the Moder, so the cape's not available early unless you're somehow going to fell Moder in similar manner (using mead or campfires to stay warm, IDK lol), in which case I wouldn't really call the entire process of being completed "early". Better to just play the game normally haha.