Originally posted by Kursor1:

The harnesk is fine, and you should be carrying a few fire potions anyway to deal with gjalls when they catch you by surprise or the terrain isnt suitable.
Atgeirs are always a good idea however. Plus building a block trainer to get your skill to 100 is recommended also. You can search "valheim blocking trainer" on youtube for a video on how to do that. NB- dont build it in the plains or a lox will stomp it flat sooner or later. Meadows is best if possible, but black forest and mountains will work too.

or just use the elder spawns for it. way less complicated and works aswell. but i found block leveling fully unneeded. perfect blocks is the way to go anyway.

i never once used a fire resist potion in mistlands. gjall attacks are so slow you rarely take one to begin with and even if you do it wont come close to killing you if you play with 2 health 1 stam food combo and some good heavy armor.

i tested the harnesk. i didnt write that out of the blue without testing it myself. its worse than just useing padded/carapace believe me.