Without the corpse runs, I don't think I would have developed the land much. I don't think I would have had much incentive to build my whole network of cabins, outposts, lodges, little fortresses, and ports if things like corpse recovery and resource collection were trivial. My world would be much poorer as a result.

Nothing is a better teacher than a corpse run. It requires me to think, dig deep, and problem solve like no other experience in Valheim.

Without the corpse runs, I'd never be rafting across a sea to the next continent in my undies, relying on tasty mead and neck tails.

Without corpse runs, I'd never would have the thrill of sneaking up behind a 1-star Fueling to grab my stuff behind his back.

It was stressful at the time. Now, looking back on it, those are the memories that stick with me the most.