Originally posted by Soondead:

Even knowing I want to reach a swamp before plains, the simple problem is that I have yet to find one next to a black forest... ...I really, really hate them and I'm pretty sure I'll quit playing again because of them.

I feel you. I raged and didn't play for months because of the deathbugs.

We had to leave our starting Island to find a swamp. If you haven't yet, consider sailing around a bit until you find a collision of biomes you are looking for (Meadows+Swamp or Forest+Swamp).

In our early adventure, we did just that. Saw a bit of forest we thought would be a good base camp to explore the swamp from. However, due to my bad driving, took a turn too wide and we were greated by a draugr that punished our ship till it shattered. The leeches got what was leftover.

Then I went to the plains lol.