Originally posted by That guy with the Spoon:

Originally posted by Suzaku:

This is why it's always a good idea to have a backup. And a backup for your backup.

do i also need a backup for the backup of the backup?

Only in case of plans, not gear. If you cannot repeat the progress you've made prior to losing your gear, without your gear, you should repeat that progress anyway because you've missed something. Either you found something like free silver vein jutting out from the ground, or cheesed every difficult enemy up until that point, or got new items from a friend instead of making them on your own.

I only have one black metal axe, and it's upgraded to the max, so I certainly don't want to lose it. But I have an iron axe mounted next to my forge tool rack, and plenty of iron in store to make a new one. Both are sufficient in dealing with wolves.