Originally posted by Faceplant8:

Originally posted by <#80f>N <#00f>o <#f00>v <#000>a:

I've really just been destroying the whole villages, blackmetal is required once i get linen anyways

That is true, but, 5 villages is quite a bit, since you don't really need that much BM. It is useful for recovering some iron from chests, though, and iron is required for the padded armor if you go that route.