Originally posted by Religion LOL:

I cheat to enjoy this game. I have death penalty disabled, unlimited weight, and unlimited stamina. Death penalty is just too extreme when you get to end game. I am not naked running/sailing for 40 real life minutes to get back to my gear. Just not fun at all.

Originally posted by Religion LOL:

I turn cheats on to improve QOL features. I am not dragging that stupid cart around and taking several hours of real life time just to make a run for ore.

2 things come to mind here.... Portals and outposts

without ANY cheats, it's simple enough to actually carry portal parts with you, any time you go out to explore, especially far away from home or across ocean etc, and simply set a portal BEFORE you head into dangerous area.... No 40 minute run/sail to get your gear back...

As Mining is concerned, portals again, can save the day, by digging down under and into a copper node and setting up an outpost for smelting ores and build a forge to craft the ore into tools/ weapons and gear, and of course place a portal, fire, even a bed, and also a smelter, coal kiln, forge etc... Carrying resources across the map is the hard way to do it.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2858959032

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2858960285

Thinking outside the box and using the tools which the devs gave us, it's quite easy to use portals and outposts to get the job done without needing to cheat, or spending HOURS running back and forth... just saying