Originally posted by Grailoch:

So, I have started a permadeath, no portals run this weekend. I am on iteration 3. Grevk III has a decent newbie isle. I have found two elder locations and am making bronze/troll gear on starter Meadows base. I think I want to stay here until I max upgrade what I can. I am making a full run around the shore of the isle currently. I was not able to do it 100% because there is a northern peninsula that had some swamps and even some slivers of plains biomes. It is mostly black forest up north with a couple smaller mountain areas in middle of peninsula.

Regarding no portals. Would you relocate your whole base to a new area, making multiple trips if needed or just farm that new area to build up workstation/forge from scratch? I can see advantages and disadvantages both ways. Should I abandon my newbie Isle or delve into the swamp areas on it in search of crypts? Should I go off and kill elder (probably geared up enough currently to drop him) or use cheese clipping in any sunken crypts and maybe even go to mountain areas with stagbreaker in search of some silver?

It is so difficult to decide. If I make a wrong choice, then I will likely need to re-roll and start over. So far I have just been dropping trolls with copper knife to max upgrade that gear and exploring newbie isle.

What would you do?

Hoe for a dirt road plus cart. Main on the Shore of a bay with an Ocean connection. Loading and unloading the Karve as needs be. I wouldn't try to cheese it. Food first, keep hp up. Potions second, have poison, frost, medium healing, and minor stamina on hotkeys. Max out a tall shield, be ready to block. Training. If no deaths is the most important part, then it's training time. Race track for running and jumping. A safe pool for swimming laps with the shore right there. Find a few geeks and pull out the shield. It's blocking time. With running, jumping, swimming, blocking at 90-100% most enemies can't catch you. Most tall shields can block all of their attack. Most shores are within swimming distance. Watch out for falling trees and build safe to fall from homes