Question:Advice for a corpse run?

[virtualperson]

I died in a swamp, and having trouble recovering my corpse... This was my first trip into the swamp with fully upgraded troll armor, fine bow, bronze sword and shield... I placed my portal in a black forest across a small gap of water (too wide to swim though)... Then I took my Carve across. As I began boating arrows kept hitting my boat, so I jumped out, swam to the swamp, and then got killed by Drugar on the banks of the swamp...

I tried eating some food and running back (I have to swim to my boat, rest, and then swim the rest the way across) but I keep getting killed and don't have time to pick up my stuff.

Any tips for retrieving stuff? I was thinking of trying going with a bunch of stone and trying to quickly raise the terrain to form a safe spot, but I'm concerned with creating too many corpses. Is there a limit where I could lose my original corpse?

[Trakehner]

Mark where your first corpse is on the map because if you die again it will show only the most recent death on the map.

Also why it's important to have a backup set of armor, weapons, food, & potions.

[Humpenstilzchen]

No your stuff won´t despawn though the gravemarker on your map disappears when you die again ,which is why you should mark the spot just in case.

Other than that, take your time, use a bow & poison restance mead and avoid swimming.

[luponix]

make a crude bow and a bunch of arrows and get some food
also bring the materials for a float and slowly close in on your corpse location while clearing everything with the bow. prioritize targets on land and place a workbench there in order to be able to constantly repair your float and carve

[GunsForBucks]

Next time you should wait until you have fully upgraded bronze armor. You should have tin and the ability to make a cooking pot to make better food as well as poison resistance potions. Don't go into the swamp until you beat the black forest boss and get the key for the crypts to get iron gear.

Worry about your corpse later and finish getting your bronze gear up and make better food.
Pull drauger from a distance to farm up some of their entrails for making sausages, one of the better early foods. Properly fooded up with decent bronze armor and you shouldn't have too much difficulty dealing with swamp mobs.

[virtualperson]

I actually feel like my equipment wasn't too bad, and it would take too long to build all new stuff. There's some pesky archer hanging out there. I just spent 15 minutes building a raft and tried to go back over, but just made it to my corpse when I was killed with an arrow...

Think I will have to try Luponix's approach. I wouldn't be having such a problem if this swamp wasn't so far of a swim/boat from the shores of the nearby biome.. This is very challenging.

[Flare |UKCS|]

Odd , I just tend to run in and grab my shizzle, a naked run and grab.
I do keep my stam as high as I can, get near my corpse and then check the area, and if it aint camped I run and grab else I wait a bit lure the enemy away from the grave and then circle back and grab.
Touch wood its worked for me so far, I try not get stuff in my inventory as it will slow the grab.
Grab and make space, then take food, then equip armour... occasionally I need to fight so I go very careful, parry and kill.
I have done this in swamps, even in a crypt.
Dont forget you get a corpse run buff, so you are a little tougher than you think.

[virtualperson]

Damn... Motored out in my raft, killed 3 of those swimming worm things, and Managed to kill a couple Drugar, but there was 2 blobs jumping around, and then the arrows started... Never even saw what was shooting them. Rage quit lol.

[Mharr]

The contrast between the determination here and all the other 'game unfair tho' threads is inspiring. (Well it was until captainamaziiing borked it!)

[Combat Wombat]

If you are wasting hours trying to reclaim low level gear probably best to leave it.

I had a similar problem early on and abandoned my grave, made new armour, better armour and learnt a lesson. Then i went back a bit later with much better gear and food to seek my revenge :)

[virtualperson]

Originally posted by captainamaziiing:

I don't often die, but when I do- I go godmode and fly to my corpse. The corpse run in this game is unplayable.

Yeah it was an interesting challenge... But I got frustrated and used god mode... Now I'm embarrassed because I got complemented on determination while I was off enabling cheat mode =-P

Oh well, god mode off, and I won't be visiting any swamps unless they're close enough to land that I can walk in and out. Also with god-mode on I was able to find the hidden sniper.. He was under the water.

[RasaNova]

Originally posted by virtualperson:

I actually feel like my equipment wasn't too bad, and it would take too long to build all new stuff. There's some pesky archer hanging out there. I just spent 15 minutes building a raft and tried to go back over, but just made it to my corpse when I was killed with an arrow...

Think I will have to try Luponix's approach. I wouldn't be having such a problem if this swamp wasn't so far of a swim/boat from the shores of the nearby biome.. This is very challenging.

Short of sailing off the edge of the world, there's always a way. Depends on the situation.

Troll armor and bronze mace are fine for swamp. What I would suggest (without knowing your map setup) would be to make your portal in meadows/forest next to the swamp, hopefully not far from where you died. Throw down a raft if needed and paddle along the coast til you find a good spot.

Then, enter the swamp during the DAY (Don't attempt this at night, sleep in a bed if needed) and sneak. Stay on land as much as possible, make a hoe to raise it as you go, avoid all enemies til you're close to your original corpse marker. If the area is clear, grab your stuff and get out. If it's NOT clear, try to stay hidden while you get close enough to reach it.

If the enemy spots you, run for your corpse marker. If your inventory isn't empty you might not get everything, just do a quick "take all" and get out of there with as much as you can. That gives you the corpse run buff which offers massive resistances so you can get away, and then plan on the best way to get the rest of your stuff.

(If all else fails, you can always cheat with devcommands. But there's always a way.)

[fastforward]

You shouldn't try to land at the same spot where you died, just sail a few meters further and land where no enemies are around, or if you cant find such a spot, be quick and set a workbench + portal as soon as you hit the shore.
Also when sailing towards the shore don't worry about your boat, ram it into the shoreline.
The boats are quite sturdy. If there are enemies ahead, just set full sail and leave the rudder, that way you can dodge and block incoming projectiles.
i always carry around with me a portal that has no tag as emergency portal. it is easiest to place and does not require to give it any name to turn it on. It is connected to my main base.

[Aiing-Tii]

Dont play alone

[Mharr]

Originally posted by virtualperson:

Also with god-mode on I was able to find the hidden sniper.. He was under the water.

Well fair enough then. Undead sneaking around underwater are legit, firing arrows from down there at full force... Less so. :D

[The Fool]

So frustrated. I went exploring pretty far out looking what to do with my swamp key, didn't even think to bring enough to make a portal, found a plains biome. Somehow snuck into a deathsquito spawn point or something. So now I have about 20 corpses littering that mass of land, surrounded by a new swamp biome, the ocean, and a horde of deathsquitos. I guess I need to travel all the way home and slowly work my way up to good armor again?

The biggest problem is my corpse has the swamp key I got from beating a boss. No clue if that's a unique item, but I was assuming I'd need it.