Originally posted by Krosis:

Was the first boss, I had already made myself leather armor and some decent weapons, thought I could fight pretty well, decided to go for it. I didn't realise that a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ deer can run at supercar speeds and shoot lightning.

So, what now? He's literally camping at where I previously died, if I try to recover my gear of course I die if he farts in my general direction. It's also near water, and somehow swimming for more than a few seconds starts killing me (?????????).

Is there something I'm missing, or am I actually expected to start collecting branches from scratch and spend another 2-3 hours chasing deer with an axe to craft the gear I had? If yes, the answer is ♥♥♥♥ off because I enjoyed the game a lot so far, but I have zero tolerance for games that punish you for things you had no way to see coming, especially early on.

Are you on the official Valheim Discord? You could get much quicker response and help there, just fyi. And....yes, there's lots you're missing if you were doing what you were describing. In fact, that would be an example of how not to play the game. Don't worry, like all games, once you figure them out you'll look back and won't believe how bad you were when you first started.