Originally posted by blankitosonic:

Originally posted by Mr. Me:

I just managed with upgraded troll and base copper chest.
No pots. Just iron axe and bronze shield along with some fire arrows/finewood bow.
Would call this a pretty close bare minimum if you're not into being extremely sneaky/careful or you like to door cheese a lot. (They don't like going up onto the entrance platform. Can shoot them in the face with arrows outside of fire range)

Good look with that build in a cave without rock stairs vs 6 ulvs and 2-3 cultist
Its like u want to be sneaky in a fuling village , just dont work vs a little/complete army of mobs

The entrance ledge was my safety spot. Nothing climbs. If you're far enough back on it the fire can't even hit you. If all else fails, exit the cave and wait for hp regen. Goes faster if you build a basic camp just outside.
Obviously I didn't run in blindly either. Creep in, take out 1 or 2 at a time. If you mess up, run back to entrance to cheese.
It's not optimal by any stretch, but it's very doable. In the sense that I actually did it.
From a bossless speedrun perspective (which is kinda what I'm doing), it nets you some high tier gear fairly quickly with only a moderate amount of effort/prep time.
A way to skip past the iron tier for the most part. Or at least severely limit it to only the pick and axe (assuming you feel you need the axe. Troll lumberjacks are surprisingly efficient).