Originally posted by Jitatha:

Looks like you are having fun, if you do not like the hoe path method, I recommend a raised platform through the swamp. This take a lot of build time, but is so much faster to run.
2m wide platform with stakes into the ground, if you want to go further stick a roof on.

Yes, platform fits in with how I play. I lucked out in that I found a crypt close to the outpost. My initial path is not the most direct route to it, will make a platform that goes there in shortest route. About 70 meters from crypt, within easy eyesight of the flame, is a geyser. The surtels there can't reach me cause of how the water is pooled. So just picked off 3 with a bow. Too easy really, but I'll take it.