I have farmed a lot of tin and copper, made bronze armor/weapons, better bow and got plenty of fire arrows but it is more to do with the fact I can't save, in case things goes south. And have plenty of food. I farmed boars and necks, although just fruit, like cranberries and blueberries, not jam. No idea how to make that.

This games requires a lot of time gathering resources and the thought of loosing all that gear would be quite demoralizing. That and the fact that you can only carry like 24-25 ores at the time, makes this even a greater loss if I should die so far from a saving point.

One of the challenges with the black forest is the very steep terrain covered in bushes and things that will trap you within the trolls range. I really don't see how I could traverse all the way up to the boss site without having some temporary save point nearby.