Originally posted by Zigzag:

Yep, had all the bronze gear, food, potions...you name it, I thought I was ready. Got stomped by two camps? I dont know, my gear is out there and Im making all new stuff now. Not a big deal, I have tons of troll gear I can put together. But the fact of the matter is, I was there for a few minutes and yeah, Im not going back to that, Im not sure its worth it at this point.

The iron is 100% worth it. The entrails you get from draugrs and the bloodbags from leeches are also ingredients for a couple of the best mid-game meals in the game right now. Hell, I still use sausages as one of my main non-boss health providing meals and I'm well into the plains.

Not sure what you mean by you got stomped by two camps. Were you overwhelmed with spawner mobs?

Also for food, just to check you're using cauldron meals right? Stuff like deer stew, minced meat sauce, and turnip stew? You need around 100hp to properly fight draugrs because they hit like a truck.

As suggested above, take a hoe with you and use it to flatten the terrain to where you need to go. Not being forced to wade through water constantly makes moving around easier and safer. Take it slow, snipe draugrs when you see them, and if you start to get overwhelmed then run back in the direction you came from. Panick-running through the swamp will just aggro other swamp denizens.