to start...
- stay away at night for now
- pay attention. there are hard to see enemy all over.
- avoid monster spawner piles for now
- use poison resist mead the first few times you go in
- blobs have an aoe toxic attack. if you can zerk-smack and kill one after it hops, it won't have time to do it. If you lack the damage to do that, use a bow and do not let them get close. the big ones split into 2 normal ones...
- use the hoe. level the ground until you can walk across safely. Ignore leeches for now. You may want to map-mark your hoe path to reuse.
-Do not get into water deeper than your knees for now. Later farm leeches with a bow, but wait until you upgrade your bow.
- blunt weapons are generally better here
- stay on the edge and try to encounter each enemy 1x1 to see what they do an if you can beat one. Draghr, skeletons, blobs.