Originally posted by Megahurts:

Originally posted by ec928:

btw: I agree you can do it with fully upgraded bronze armor as well, but it's a bit less efficient and uses up lots of bronze. If you hate mining, going from troll to iron armour is faster. And bronze is weaker than iron, so just be a bit more careful.

Aye bronze is not as good as iron, but it can be more plentiful and easier to come by than iron. IMO, and because 'reasons', skipping iron is ultimately more efficient. At swamp level, just use iron to make (and upgrade) a pick, forge upgrades and some nails for comfort items.

I think skipping bronze is considered far more normal. As it's much quicker to get large quantities of iron than large quantities of bronze which takes a long time to dig out.

Fully upgraded bronze is about the same as regular iron IIRC.