First IRL day is done. I'm on day 9 and am trying to reach the Elder (last time I killed Elder on day 9 so I'm likely going to be a day behind). I need a raft to get to his island and I'm contemplating just biting the bullet and making the karve in case there's no swamp on his island.

I've got lvl 3 troll gear, a bronze axe, a lvl 2 bone shield, my first batch of carrots for deer stew so I'm feeling pretty strong.

Base wise I've got 3 kilns and 2 smelters, 1 portal with mats for another in my inventory, a fermentor making poison mead and a ton of fine wood and coal ready for when it's needed. My base is situated in a meadow forest on the edge of the black forest, so all the types of wood I'll need are there. It is, unfortunately, not near the coast, so I'll probably have to build a 2nd base for smelting iron as transporting it would take too long.