Originally posted by `MoNK:

welcome to survival. built more huts with portals, leave some equipment in a save place, and dont worry about your stuff. worry about the skill level you lose when dying ;)

Everything in this game is time, lost skill points = more time, lost equipment = more time, bad choices with where you are spawning instead of choosing a local spawn point during a fight = more time.

You pay for your mistakes by having to repeat your efforts. Hopefully you learn from them.

Challenging games are good games. If it was a walk in the park you would be board already.

OP should work on their combat skills though cause in all iron gear 8 swamp npc's should be a cake walk unless they are all 1 and two stars. Single swing from a upgraded iron mace kills the skellies, 2 hits for basic drauger 3 for elites, 1 for blobs...

Make sure you have potions ready to go and always eat before getting back in the fight after recovering your body.