Those Leeches are suss. What’s the best way to protect your ship in the swamp to move Iron?

[Lycan Wolf]

I’m ready now to farm some Iron and bring some copper to my swamp base to make a forge, so I can smelt some Iron in my base and finally make some new stuff. What would be the best way to protect my boat from being destroyed by all creatures of the swamp?

[Cougarific]

Just clear the area before leaving - nothing will touch your boat once you enter a crypt.

Also, leeches aren't gonna attack your boat if you're not in it - they're trying to attack *you* - the boat is just in the way.

[Weaver]

Clear the area. Only specific mobs, generally "humanoids" go after your ship if you aren't in it. Also if you aren't close enough for the area to be loaded, included being inside a crypt, everything is paused. Finally you can always place a work bench (or any other anti-spam object) to create a 20m no spawn zone.

[Nerd.Gamer.Dave]

Build a tiny dock and even a small house. Wear troll armor for the +25% sneak bonus, crouch and make sure you are hidden. Then build the small dock house so you can park your boat.

If there is a Black Forest touching the swamp, park in the water there and just run into the swamp.

Most creatures will leave your boat alone if it's not touching the actual terrain

[WhiteDwarf]

first whats must do its to kill everything around your ship, dont leave a single mob, only than you can leave your ship and be confident that is safe.
Just take a time , dont rush. when you kill them all wait a little, if nothing spawn you can go

[BGratz]

Wuff wuff are good guards

[ska.one]

My first swamps I would run to from another biome, and make that my swamp departure point (like a forest or meadow). You could also build chests by the shoreline, throw up a palisade (it just feels better), and stash non-portal loot in the shoreline chests, including boat mats. When the chests are full and it's time to bounce, craft the boat and load it, and set off.

[Lycan Wolf]

Originally posted by Cougarific:

Just clear the area before leaving - nothing will touch your boat once you enter a crypt.

Also, leeches aren't gonna attack your boat if you're not in it - they're trying to attack *you* - the boat is just in the way.

Oh ok so they won’t attack unless I’m on the boss I would be max 5 minutes just to haul my ass to the boat with the metal.

What would destroy my boat then? Draugr and Skeletons I take it.

[Cougarific]

As Weaver says yes the humanoid mobs (and Boars) will attack your boat when you're not around. But "not around" means still within render distance. If you're more than say, 100m (?) away (or inside an instanced dungeon like tombs & crypts) the mobs will despawn and nothing will attack your boat.

[Lycan Wolf]

Ok thanks guys I shall slaughter all humanoid enemies around my boat. Not risking it, even though it would take me a minute to dock and undock.

[BGratz]

Not 100% doable in vanilla (delete trees and make the underwater surface reallyy leveled)
But alone these 4 one star wolves keep the area clean
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2448869322

[Cockroach]

Kill them.
Wait in the boat for 20 seconds and see if any come. They will come if any around.
Clear area.

[Lycan Wolf]

Originally posted by BGratz:

Not 100% doable in vanilla (delete trees and make the underwater surface reallyy leveled)
But alone these 4 one star wolves keep the area clean
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2448869322

Oh hey that’s quite a unique set up you have there, nice job.

[Cougarific]

Okay that's four "clear the areas" so far - how many more times do you think someone will post that - I say.... five more.

[Cake for Mumm-Ra]

Originally posted by Ildryn:

If you kill stuff before deploying your boat, the stuff won't be there to attack it.

This is a wild strategy that I'm going to recommend to close friends and allies.

[trackslaid]

Take 20 wood with you, make workbench and chest outside the crypt, break down your boat and store in chest. Rebuild when ready... I usually take more wood and build steps up the side of entrance and put multiple chests on top so npc's can't get to them.