Unrelated questions and not sure where to go

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I’m a solo player at level 25, built a small camp north of the starting river, near some iron deposits that I found. I have a few crafting stations down and made a full set of medium armor, iron tools and iron weapons. I find myself wondering what my next short-term goal is. I know I can build Stonebrick, but I feel like I want to save that for my next, bigger camp. In the meantime, I have a few questions:

  1. Combat is still sort of confusing. Sometimes holding down the L2 button doesn’t raise my shield to block. This usually happens mid-combat. Dodging also isn’t reliable, sometimes I can dodge, and sometimes I press the O button and I have to press it again. Do blocks and dodges need to be timed?

  2. Do truncheons not work when equipped on a thrall? I was roaming around with a thrall and I gave it a truncheon because I found a named enemy I’d like to… recruit, but my thrall ended up killing the enemy. I couldn’t take on the enemy by myself, I just get flattened.

  3. I feel tethered to my camp. I would like to explore places, but I feel like I can’t wander too far from my camp because, well, all my things are there. I find myself always having to run back to my camp once it gets dark, or I would run out of food. I know I can feed myself out there without having to go back to camp, but I guess the psychology of “I have a home” means that eventually my brain feels tethered to it and it’s impeding my exploration. I guess this is why many people never left their childhood home their entire lives!

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  1. Keep trying different weapons and combos, you’ll eventually figure out how it all works.
  2. Equip your thrall with a truncheon and take away their weapon so they use the truncheon instead.
  3. Build a bed at your base and carry a bedroll with you while exploring. You can lay down your bedroll before a dangerous encounter and respawn closer to your body if killed. Also carry torches, food, water and basic tools for harvesting to replenish on the move.
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  1. Are you by chance running out of stamina?

  2. They should work. They worked in the past and I’m not aware of any changes in that respect. Personally I prefer to just do it myself though, so I usually don’t put truncheons on thralls.

  3. Consider building an outpost as you venture further out if you need to. Just a small place where you can cook food or do some crafting or whatever. Doesn’t have to be anything fancy or particularly permanent. Also once you get a horse, this becomes much less of an issue.

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Most of the comments cover what you need, but I’ll just add some tips too in relation to your 3 things

  1. yes they need to be timed. Don’t rely on dodge also just move around. can’t raise shield whilst being hit, back away a little then raise shield and move back in.

  2. exactly as Steeeeve said

  3. What they said lol. Also think of getting a Bearer Thrall, they are handy to carry your needed things as you level up your encumbrance and a good one can develop into strong follower

Have fun exploring further and further each time you go :wink: