Originally posted by Siegfried67:

Originally posted by Faceplant8:

Your health is also way to low IMO. That's the health level that I start the game with.

Because he's going for stamina. To reach this health when starting the game, you can't have stamina food, and run out after a few strikes.

Of course, but what are you fighting that takes more than a few strikes? You can fight greydwarf in your underwear with a flint axe and the 3-meat combo. Also, the OP is saying he doesn't have enough health to survive...

Bonemass doesn't do a huge amount of damage, but has a huge amount of HP, so it's a battle of attrition. When you start pounding him with that mace, you're going to run out of stamina pretty fast, at which point you're in the same situation as if you had eaten all health foods. You might get an extra 3-hit combo in before you reach that point, but you're going to have at least twice as long to hit him before you have to back off and recover if you have the extra health.

FWIW, serpent stew is not hard to get, and is end-game level food. IMO, you should always have some for boss fights from bonemass on.