Originally posted by Warchild:

Originally posted by Grailoch:

If you don't have any swamps within walking distance you will want to make a Karve before heading towards swamps. Just don't leave it at the shore. Break it down and store it in a chest until you need it again. I just lost my first Karve and have had to get materials to replace it. Thought it would be safe where I left it, but something must have seen it while I was exploring the area.

Ships also like to just randomly die. I've stood there and watched a longship capsize in a calm bay and damage itself until it died. There we no enemies around.

Ships are programmed not to capsize in open water so the only way this could have happened is if it was beached on the side of a tip of a rock and low tide flipped it off the rock. Clearly not a random death, just a bad parking job.