Originally posted by jonnin:

trying to take shortcuts to find higher level stuff is a recipe for death.

warning, a crafting shack is seen as a full base and will be raided.

Yes, the raids are my largest concern. I have clearcut the area around my starter base and my only current raid are Greydwarves. I have been able to kite them around that area for the extent of the raid timer pretty easily. I worry about the Draugr and Troll raids though. That is why I am holding off on the Elder for now.

I have make it pretty far into it without getting killed yet, but the zones after black forest are a different story. Very slow is the way I think.