Originally posted by Happyfunball:

Originally posted by bigguy80:

I just finished a nice place in the Meadows and have not killed Eikthyr yet. I did find the black forest though. So I was thinking I can go in get copper and tin, find some cores, make some better weapons and then go after Eikthyr. I am playing by myself. I can kill the first boss, I have done it before. I was just wondering if this plan of mine will work ?? Thanks for all the comments people.

Is there a way to create a pickaxe prior to killing Eikthyr that I'm not aware of?

Have trolls smash copper nodes trying to get you. Really tedious, time consuming and seemingly quite pointless, just like rolling trees into birch to get fine wood early. I am 100% sure I could kill Eikthyr within 10 minutes of starting the game, and have basic bronze tools within 30 minutes. I could understand trying to skip the elder if that were possible because his power sucks, but I personally would never want to be without the Eikthyr power just to avoid a 2 minute invasion once in awhile.