confused

[Aelfred Rex]

i'm a little confused by the early part of this game. i just basically walked to the elven quarter and ignored anything that was there. was i supposed to do that. i mean i did the tutorial part, but it felt weird just walking towards my goal so easy? is the elven quarter where the game really starts?

[Chaoslink]

The only things you’re really meant to do in the previous area is collect some iron and coal to craft some better armor and weapons, and possibly collect a small surplus of basic materials like stone and wood for building, ingredients for meals and scraps of metal and cloth for repairing items and crafting new equipment. None of that is exactly essential though. You very much can rush through to the elven quarter and go from there. The only thing I’d recommend doing before that is locating all the little statues to open the chest for the unique shield and helmet.

Technically speaking, every zone is like that where you can basically skip it aside from the couple key objectives you need to accomplish to proceed. That said, much of the game is building and collecting materials. It’s technically not essential, but the game would be much harder if you don’t have effective weapons or armor for the things you have to fight.

[Aelfred Rex]

Originally posted by Chaoslink:

The only things you’re really meant to do in the previous area is collect some iron and coal to craft some better armor and weapons, and possibly collect a small surplus of basic materials like stone and wood for building, ingredients for meals and scraps of metal and cloth for repairing items and crafting new equipment. None of that is exactly essential though. You very much can rush through to the elven quarter and go from there. The only thing I’d recommend doing before that is locating all the little statues to open the chest for the unique shield and helmet.

Technically speaking, every zone is like that where you can basically skip it aside from the couple key objectives you need to accomplish to proceed. That said, much of the game is building and collecting materials. It’s technically not essential, but the game would be much harder if you don’t have effective weapons or armor for the things you have to fight.

thanks that explains it. i did do the basic "tutorial" esc part, i'm used to things like valheim and 7 days.

[william_es]

The elven quarter is just an area with a few unique resources like elven wood, and some herbs and plants that only really grow there.

There's a forge there, guarded by encampments of orcs. And several roaming bears that are best avoided when you're starting out. They will whomp you if you mess with them.

[gerald2]

Originally posted by william_es:

The elven quarter is just an area with a few unique resources like elven wood, and some herbs and plants that only really grow there.

There's a forge there, guarded by encampments of orcs. And several roaming bears that are best avoided when you're starting out. They will whomp you if you mess with them.

bears are slow their attacks are easy to avoid but i agree better not touch em weak weapon make fighting em terribly long and takes alot damage.

[Macdallan]

Originally posted by william_es:

The elven quarter is just an area with a few unique resources like elven wood, and some herbs and plants that only really grow there.

There's a forge there, guarded by encampments of orcs. And several roaming bears that are best avoided when you're starting out. They will whomp you if you mess with them.

I find that it's 100% worth clearing out the forge since you can smelt some ore in it without using any coal as fuel, this lets you save the coal for making the larger hearths and for crafting steel.

Originally posted by gerald2:

bears are slow their attacks are easy to avoid but i agree better not touch em weak weapon make fighting em terribly long and takes alot damage.

Agreed, it's just not worth the effort as they don't seem to drop any unique resources.

[D#]

The forge is a great place to set up a permanent base. You will need to place several hearths to encompass the whole area and then place a couple walls/doors at the entrances.