Originally posted by Isaac_Clark:

Replace your pigskin clothing with deer-hide to prepare for the first boss. Also I recommend making a bow and arrows (wood arrows are fine). The boss' ranged attack doesn't hurt very much if you stay far away from him so the bow is a good bet before you've worked out the finer details of blocking, managing stamina, etc.

Yeah, I had plenty of deer hide before I went travelling north west of the stone circle. I see, I got to kill a lot pigs to make a bow. I know about stamina but I don't know about blocking.