Originally posted by MythN7:

Originally posted by Zep Tepi:

The devs intend that you will have to continue making foraging trips to keep everything stocked up. The only way around that is with a mod. But it doesn't really factor into where you put your base for other reasons.

Raspberries and blueberries aren't a big issue later on, but you will want to mark every nearby mushroom patch you find on your map. There is a high quality food recipe later in the game that uses a lot of them.

Hmm...if you have the materials to make a fermenter and a cauldron you should be starting your own farm by now. Look at your forge recipes. Maybe chop down a tall pine tree.

ya i do, but it takes 10 berrys to make 6 potions, and i use them almost every single battle in the swamp it seems.

Sounds like you need to rethink your swamp battles. You shouldn't need to guzzle health potions to get through the swamp, maybe just use them occasionally if you draw more than you intended.

What I do is to go slowly and look around carefully. I use the bow to snipe anything I can, and if I don't kill it outright, then I control where the battle happens when they come to me. Other advantage of making them come to you is that if you die, your tombstone won't be sitting right next to their spawning area. When in doubt, run.

Don't face tank things with a shield(buckler) unless you know how to parry. I'm not good at parrying so I only use my tower shield for archers, and that's just until I get behind a tree. The rest of the time I use an atgeir's spin attack to stun skellies and draugr, or just try to quickly smash things with a mace. Simply walking around like those annoying greydwarves also makes you harder to hit and gives you a chance to recharge stamina. (If poison is the problem, chug that poison resist before you need it, it does no good after.)