Originally posted by ObisidianSage:

My advice, for what it's worth.

Find a place near a dwergr base and set up camp. They'll probably get themselves killed, leaving you with a good flat area to build on. Pay attention and you'll find the mists clear sometimes, that's a great time to explore. Build a Galdr table and look at the cape there. Also, chickens.

I hope that helps without taking too much exploration away from you.

honestly that's what we did especially when we came close to the Queen spawn location. We just took a tower for ourselves and made it into a base of sorts. lol