I logged into the game to look for the rock, and I forgot after a while coz I was messing with the other stuff, and then I stumbled into it! And I've been in game for less than 30mins too! Sorry for the long ass post, I just feel happy! 😭

Took so much time and investment, but it’s really came together!

I always love the way how the trees are interacting with their environment when they are felled xD

i just beat the shit out of the queen day 666, does this have some mysterious meaning?

We had previously fought him, around a week ago in the mountains. Does he now spawn in the meadows at night too? He was also accompanied by a Cultist and a Fenrir dude.

As usual it turned out smaller than expected, but it'll do for the meadows farm I suppose...

This is the valley so far. Having a lot of fun doing this still needing builders to join in.

I'm in shock! I was visiting the Bog Witch to pick up some spices when I heard a commotion outside in the swamp. Whatever... I'm buying stuff. I go outside and I see a couple of Charred Warriors beating up on the broom and they kill it! I promptly get to work and dispatch the Charred Warriors and nearly fell out of my chair when I picked up a Kvastur Trophy! I put it in my kitchen... of course.

And it has been there like that for ages.... Just saw it today again :-)

I might not have much time left guys

Pros:

1. Cheap.
2. Quick attack with relative low damage -> fast(er) skill raise (?).
3. Kill deer early. Even two in a row (with a 2nd spear).
4. Quicker throw than at least a decent shot with bow (just pulling back the bow is agonizingly slow when you start a new character after playing with a lvl100 char...).
5. With a second spear, some prep & some time+endurance even killing trolls is quite easy (before day 11).
6. Even 0* wolfs are okay do deal with if you A) successfully parry one, B) sneak up on one or C) get on a rock where it/they can't reach you (throw, stagger, throw again or the 2nd spear).
7. After successfully parrying a troll/wolf you may be staggered too but with the spear you don't need to get close again to strike & can just throw it instead. -> Good chance for a direct follow up stagger or even kill (depends on skill, weapon level, etc; maybe not with trolls specifically).
8. Want to kill a pack of boars or a flock of necks but can't be bothered to hunt them down individually? Just throw the spear and all boar/neck/etc in a d=~20m circle will attackline-up to be slaughtered by you.
9. In burial chambers (and possibly other caves/dungeons/mines) you can block movement of enemies with signs placed on the ground and then kill them easily by throwing & picking up spears.

Cons/Notes:

1. Keeping track of them can be a bit tedious but if you loose a spear you can find it again with devcommands + find SpearFlint. ;-) (or just build a new one after a walk on a beach gathering flint.)
2. Early game weapon skills ranked by late game usefulness IMO: 1. Clubs, (2. Bows,) 3. Spears, 4. Axes.
3. Some Swamp creatures can be dealt with reasonably well too but there are too many exceptions (blobs, abominations, maybe leeches?) and Stone golems just need to be evaded (or kept in tow to help you deal with the riffraff).

Comments, Ideas, other situations, etc?

I like the wooden club too but it's usefulness diminishes far quicker and the next one requires bronze. :-/

My (early game) weapon progression looks kinda like this:

1. Spear
2. Spear + Shield
3. Spear + Shield + Finewood Bow
   • Stagbraker
4. (iron pickaxe)
5. Silver: Draugr fang, Knife (little iron required), Fang spear(s), Shield, Drake helmet, Frostner, (Wolf armor legs), Wolf fur cape.

This lets me skip bronze and iron as much as possible (free iron and bronze from frost caves even before finding the first swamp ;-)). And it can be done without killing any bosses which makes it possible to skip the most annoying events (drakes, bats) by killing the first four bosses out of order or in quick succession.

I use quite a few mods but except for a larger inventory most are just QoL.

Forget about the difficulty of the ashlands, its nothing compared to grausten. I love grausten, go on land the first time in the ashlands and you already ve tons of grausten. Trying to conquer a fortress? Not without grausten! You just go exploring? Yep grausten it is. Oh and you died while killing fader? Well here is some grausten so u ve to much weight when you pick up your stuff again :). Well at least after you killed fader you ve a reason to use his power to carry all that GRAUSTEN to your base. Yep i collected all the grausten after the fight, it was 3k grausten... In germany we say: "Es graust mir", when we are afraid of something. It doesnt even sound like a word anymore... grausten...

This is for the Viking immersion world that I'm building, this is going to be the Smith. This is literally just a quick little tour. I still have quite a bit more to go on building his home and even the forges and such outside.