i did not read everything above. But notise how large a build area the workbench give you. You can always dissasemble it and rebuild it somewhere you cannot reach. ;-)
Also a tip for the game in general.. Listen to the bird that sometimes visit you.
And everytime you defeat a BOSS you have to return to the place you start the game and mount the head of the boss on the stone to be able to progress to the next boss.
And also pickup and build anything you can this will unlock new "technology" and things you can build or do.
Also the game is played best if you visit the biomes in this patern.
fstarting biome, black orrest, swamp, snow, plains ect.
If you visit the biomes in this patern as you level up and defeat the bosses in each biome then your skill level/dificulty will fit to the enemys you meet.
But if you go example form the start area to the snow biome you dont have a chance.