Originally posted by Wut....:

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

The swamp key opens up the crypts. Not all swamps have crypts. Why not get the food upgrades first? Scout out swamps and mark the crypts on your map. Upgrade your food and put a portal on top of an iron crypt in a swamp you have cleared the spawners and such out of so it is safe. Make a lighted path etc.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2581887950

Then kill the elder, portal over to the crypt and start to mine right away. Typically I will set up a base to refine the ore and craft it close by even before I kill the elder. Run the iron out and start it processing while you teleport back to get more.

It's all about the preparation.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2594576221

my peanut brain does not comprehend
cant I just use eikthyr and eat a bunch of stamina foods to outrun most of his attacks?

Well sure.

In fact if you set the fight up right you don't need to eat or wear any armor.

I was just suggesting that there is no rush. By the time you are able to beat the elder you should be able to enter the swamp. The game is kind of designed that way... just pointing that out.