Carrying the new sword also helps with the mist plus keep dropping wisp torches in front of you as you go. Agreed that even with this, it's very easy to get jumped by a seeker soldier and man do they hit hard. They are also much stronger than a lox. Two of my pet lox died fighting one soldier and it was only half health at the end despite me using arrows on it while the fight was on. I'm hoping they will make the mist a little less dense and the soldiers a bit weaker.