Originally posted by Beckelhimer:

Thanks everyone!
I think I am just going to have to take a break or just create another world.
It is just getting too stressful for me now and that is something I don't need right now.
I LOVE the crafting and farming the mats but I just can't handle the stress right now.

New world is good idea. You should already have the swamp key. As long as you don't kill Elder you won't get troll raids in new world. Also, after you come back from a break. Take in game breaks too. What I mean is quit the iron mining slog for awhile and just do in game what is most relaxing. There are no deadlines here. My relaxers are sailing (safe routes) that border meadows, then a day or 2 of just hunting deer/boar and saplings for resin, lol.

Even is the sea gets rough, I can find a large rock and just wait it out, as long as I'm not near swamp/plains shoreline, perhaps forest too cause of trolls. But meadows is safe for you, still have to safeguard your boat from boars and necks.

I also find smelting very relaxing in this game for some unknown reason. MY base is also very safe from raids at the moment. I like to just sit up in a tower and wait for next raid when I want to chill.

Making your base as safe as possible is big, cause that gives you no stress unwind time. I honestly don't like the undead. Just find the swamp creapy as hell. Even though I am doing fine in crypts, don't like being in them and all the dreary water dripping. That is partly why 1st thing I did with iron is get 2 more forge upgrades and I plan on upgrading my bronze armour as high as it will go before I get iron. I'll probably be on the edges of mountain biomes before I finish smelting all my iron.