Originally posted by Requimatic:

Ayy, good replies, thanks all!

I'm not particularly worried about fighting Bonemass that I want Frostner to do so, I was more or less curious if the investment would be worth it for the fight, and then for early Mountain progression. I was honestly more interested in crafting the Wolf Cape or chest armor early so I didn't have to deal with Frost Resistance Meads later. Guess that's kind of a moot point, though, since I need them to explore there anyway, hah.

I actually checked out a couple Mountains on my seed. One was so small it couldn't even spawn Mountain mobs, and the other I went to, which was large enough to do so, gave me a bit of a heads up as to what to expect when I do spend a lot of time there.

Everything went pretty well until I got caught with my pants down at night by a starred Wolf + a non-starred buddy of his. For anyone at this same point that's curious, a fully-upgraded set of Iron Armor + Iron Buckler/Mace (also fully upgraded) is enough to handle non-starred Wolves pretty readily. A hit from one does ~14 damage.

The starred one, though.. 34+ damage. Stagger was also an issue trying to deal with both. :)

I imagine this situation is why the Bonemass power is handy to have when exploring Mountains.

Don't go at night until after you have wolf set. Unless you want to die and take the death penalty. <I am sure some people could do it with no armor but ... to be safe...>