I'm getting frustrated by the progression

[PenderBloodfart]

I don't know who decided it would be a good idea for the "endgame" to be basic crafting materials... I'm traversing places where everything two shot me to get something so i can craft linen or be able to cook ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ food?

Also how am i supposed to go through deadly shroud to get them? I don't get it.

[LudwigVH]

Since you are looking for items to make linen, that's more mid game and not basic crafting materials.

Once you have found Flax plants in the wild, they can be turned into Flax seeds to grow yourself. The flax plants that you harvest can be turned into linen. The linen can be turned into fabric. Fabric can be turned into padding.

As for getting through the deadly shroud, since you are in the mid game range of available content, need to upgrade your flame, likely need level 4.

[Migromul]

You can plant several plants. One of them is needed for linen. Your first goal should be to free all 5 survivors. They will give you quests to get several workstations. And also to get to some bosses. Those bosses are needed to upgrade the FLAME (not to confused with ALTAR) -level. If have higher flamelevel, you will be able to survive more deadly shroud. (and even surviv longer) It also will you let set additional altars, which surf as fast-travel points. You can "extinguish" the flame, This will delete the altar after 30 seconds. (while this countdown you have the opportunity to re-establish the flame.) But extinghuishing will be nessecary, if you want fast-travel points to quest-locations. Often your backpack will get full, your rested-buff will cease or it will get dard or any other reasons to get home temporary.

Also: kill shroud-roots. (use a wood-axe) every new kill will give you additional 3 skillpoints. The tree has several skills to easy the surviving in the srhoud (for example extending your time for killing mobs with a magic-weapon. Or even direct extended time.)

"Elixier-Wells" will have guaranteed shroud-roots at the bottom and provide you with full shroud time at the top (look for a flame-altar as you find them in the world). You might need to kill one or several mini-bosses, thouigh. (and be prepared for LOTS of brutlings.)
But you can also find some roots directly in the shroud. These will also give you 3 skillpoints after chopping them.

Meat will provide you with a relative huge life-buff. (the better the meat, the better the buff, but the shorter the time... For example: Boar-meat will give 150 life-points, but only lasts 10 minutes. while rabbit-flesh will only give 50 life-points, but lasts 30 minutes.) Of course, you need to grill it fiirst. Later you will be able to automatically grill your meat. (at the beginning you need to sit on a campfire and grill the meat manually. This won't take very long, but must be done for every piece of meat individually.)

I think the best way in this game to surviva against mobs is to not get hit at all... So a ranged fighter will probably have an easier life than a melee-one. Staff-spells do the biggest damage (depending on resistance) but need to charge up, e. g. is the slowes attack.
Wands are good against singular mobs (or slow ones.) Staff and bows have significant higher range, though, but need projectils or charges. (except of eternal spells) and mana.

And use your shield! it's one of the best surviving-equipments you have.

[Vela Darney]

Get a shield and use it. Shields will block a LOT of attacks, in fact, in my experience, only attacks they won't block are either magic attacks (the shrieking flying things - but there's special shields for magic attacks) or boss mob attacks. Time your attacks when you're fighting stronger mobs. Shield up, let them hit you and once they take a break, you take a swing. Not too many, though, get your shield up again immediately. Might take longer to take them out but it's also the safer way to take them out. And get the Alchemist so you can have him craft you healing potions.

[JS]

Originally posted by Pender:

I don't know who decided it would be a good idea for the "endgame" to be basic crafting materials... I'm traversing places where everything two shot me to get something so i can craft linen or be able to cook ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ food?

Also how am i supposed to go through deadly shroud to get them? I don't get it.

if you get 2 shoted in the endgame you have done everything wrong or not gaming at all. By the 'end-game(there isn't one sense they only released 28% of the game) you should have opened up a ton of skills. I have Barb/warrior maxed out, several in tank,trickster,survivalist etc.......How you gonna get over deadly shroud? hint; fly over it and use the terrain......

[GustavoM]

This game isn't a "Dark souls clone" that you can just rush through content and beat the game by using only npc drops -- you've got to spend the most of your time crafting stuff.

[JS]

Originally posted by JS:

Originally posted by Pender:

I don't know who decided it would be a good idea for the "endgame" to be basic crafting materials... I'm traversing places where everything two shot me to get something so i can craft linen or be able to cook ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ food?

Also how am i supposed to go through deadly shroud to get them? I don't get it.

if you get 2 shoted in the endgame you have done everything wrong or not gaming at all. By the 'end-game(there isn't one sense they only released 28% of the game) you should have opened up a ton of skills and max upgraded the alter(which removed deadly shroud/pushes it back).... I have Barb/warrior maxed out, several in tank,trickster,survivalist etc so start gaming.......How you gonna get over deadly shroud? hint; fly over it and use the terrain...... Also, you haven't even started a farm yet, and you say your in endgame?

[Dagmar]

Originally posted by Pender:

I don't know who decided it would be a good idea for the "endgame" to be basic crafting materials... I'm traversing places where everything two shot me to get something so i can craft linen or be able to cook ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ food?

Also how am i supposed to go through deadly shroud to get them? I don't get it.

Asking these questions shows that you are nowhere near the endgame. Troll less.