Originally posted by He Who Has No Name:

So far on the world my wife and I are playing we've combed a BIG swamp biome and there wasn't a single Crypt in the entire thing. Now we're trying to find another one with a meadow or forest biome bordering it so we can base there and foray into the swamp instead of trying to go all Saving Private Bjornson on the swamp shore and getting chewed up by swarming mobs.

I'm all in on the 'base on the border' technique. That 1st crypt adventure for me was a decent base on the edge of the Black Forest and just kept creeping in until I found the crypts (and 2 surtling fountains). I built a portal on top of the crypts and cut the travel and recovery time in half. Good luck!