Swamp is an awful part of this game.

[fondue111]

Everything in the swamp is way too overpowered for that stage of the game. After reading the forums here, it seems that everyone quits at that point in the game because if you die once, you legit cant get your crap back. Swamp needs an overhaul and a nerf. Legit made me hate this game. Garbage.

[fondue111]

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Everything in the swamp is way too overpowered for that stage of the game. After reading the forums here, it seems that everyone quits at that point in the game because if you die once, you legit cant get your crap back. Swamp needs an overhaul and a nerf. Legit made me hate this game. Garbage.

Before you even go in the swamps, if you haven't fought the Elder yet, you should. Gives you access to the crypts in the swamp to progress your items to the next stage.
The swamps can definitely be intimidating if you have no idea what to expect. You would want to go in with poison resist potions (you make from the cauldron to the fermenter which you craft yourself) each last about 8-10 minutes I think. Bronze armor and weapons, although we first just went in with troll skin armor lol. There were definitely a lot of corpse runs, we even lost the karve 1 day and had to find a new way home. You got to learn the enemies mechanics, makes the fights easier. When you know when to block, dodge, parry, or take a swing it cuts down on draugr's wrecking you. Blobs and oozes you want poison potions FOR SURE or you probably WILL die. Wraiths can be avoided by not being around the swamp when the sun sets. OR if you see them before they see you, get that bow sneak attack dmg bonus and if your aim is good, it'll be dead before it reaches your feet. Abominations to be honest used to scare the crap out of me, now I melee them down up close and personal (I've progressed to silver wolf armor and silver weapons). Other wise, I'd either take twiggy tarry on a walk to the plains and let a lox do the work for me, or arrow him down slowly with fire arrows if you don't wanna get too close. If you haven't upgraded your armor and weapons and arrows at your smelter and crafting table, I'd get on that, makes a huge difference.
Valheim is not a game you want to play if you expect it to be easy, or not requiring a lot of work. I am playing with 2 other friends, we are roughly all 150+ hours in and just last week defeated bone mass. Took us 3 in game days, even with iron weapons. Ran out of potions, food, stam, arrows, was down to half health on my sword and we still made it. Was definitely clutch. But SUPER satisfying. (I guess the more people you play with the harder the enemies are) The progression takes work and time. There is a LOT of collecting materials, building, crafting, patience. It is a type of crafting/survival based game after all.
Hope this advice helps a little bit.

it could certainly be because we play with 4 people. I wouldn't mind the swamps as much if the mobs despawned after killed you 600 times. We killed the elder before the swamp, and we all had full bronze Armour, but we all died in the same place and on top of that in the water after getting sniped out of our boat. Hours of time wasted essentially since everything was on out bodies that we grinded so hard for. Just not a game for me. Plus the people I play with don't like meta gaming, so I didn't look in to tips and tricks before entering the biome.

[Nanook]

ZARN: I completely agree with you follow the six P's It is just the six p's ---
proper preparation prevents piss poor performance.

[Mharr]

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If you die to 6 drauger archers you legit can not get your stuff back.

Very situational. With Eikthyr's power and and strategic death to gain the Corpse Run buff you should be able to rescue a grave from any kind of overworld swarm. Archers don't lead their target.

[electricdawn]

1. Build a small hut with a portal in the closest spot a more „friendly“ biome will allow.
2. Eat the best buff food available to you.
3. Have nothing in your inventory!
4. Plop through the portal, sneak as close as you can, activate Eykthir‘s power and…
5. MAKE A RUN FOR IT!

It will work. Oh, yeah. Don’t do this at night.

Edit: I‘m 60 years old. If I can play this game, you can too.

[Mharr]

It does get trickier if you were using Megingjord at the time of death.

[electricdawn]

Tru dat. But you can try! 😏

Edit: Swamps is a big jump in difficulty, IMHO. I now have a little hut set up in a peculiar spot in the Black Forest that borders closely to the swamps, plains and a bit further (still close) mountains.

I had visits from all of them, except mountains. I‘ve now killed four Fuling spear throwers (and got black metal) and have yet to beat Bonemass.

It‘s getting… not easier, but you‘re better prepared for it, I guess.

Edit2: Bronze armor sucks. 😁

[blankitosonic]

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It does get trickier if you were using Megingjord at the time of death.

last update patched that

[Mharr]

"Corpse run gives carry weight bonus to compensate for unequipped belt" - nice, I missed that. So you have a minute to run into cover before you need to re-equip anything?

[sinephase]

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Everything in the swamp is way too overpowered for that stage of the game. After reading the forums here, it seems that everyone quits at that point in the game because if you die once, you legit cant get your crap back. Swamp needs an overhaul and a nerf. Legit made me hate this game. Garbage.

Prepare better. Also, if you think that's hard to solo, the plains and goblin dudes would really make you rage quit LOL

[Cooperal]

Swamp was my favourite part. It wasn't until that point that it felt like the tutorial had finally ended. If anything it's all the stuff that comes before it that discourages me from wanting to start a new run.

[Grailoch]

This thread is still going?

Git Gud.

[Dazzer]

Stay out of the swamp at night, use poison potions, always have a health potion, eat the best food you can get, max your armour, take a shield, a bow and a maxed mace weapon. Use the running power but progress slowly. If in danger run away or hide in a crypt. = Easy.

[electricdawn]

Clearing out spawners is essential to a safe exploration of the swamp. Draugr will still respawn, but not instantly, and not as highlevel (I have a two star elite(!) draugr in my swamp next to Bonemass).

[Zwenkwiel]

oh boy, you're just gonna love the plains XD

[Mharr]

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oh boy, you're just gonna love the plains XD

I mean, at least you can see who's coming to murder you there.