progression
What to Do After Eikthyr
Your first post-boss route: mine copper and tin, build smelting, and prepare for The Elder.
Field note
Direct answer
After Eikthyr, craft an antler pickaxe, mine copper and tin, build smelting, and start bronze progression before fighting The Elder.
Route card
Fast path before details
Use Hard Antler to craft an antler pickaxe.
Search Black Forest edges for copper deposits.
Collect tin along Black Forest waterlines.
Clear burial chambers for surtling cores.
The first hour after Eikthyr
Do not spend the first post-Eikthyr session wandering deeper than your food and shield can support. Craft the pickaxe, identify a safe Black Forest edge, and make short information runs.
- +Mark copper deposits first; mining can come after you know where the ore and exits are.
- +Look for burial chambers early because surtling cores decide when smelting and portals start.
- +Bring ore home in planned trips instead of slowly crawling overweight through night spawns.
Good stopping point
A successful post-Eikthyr push ends with infrastructure, not a random pile of ore. Once kiln, smelter, forge, bronze axe, and cultivator are online, you have crossed into real Black Forest progression.
Checklist
- +Craft antler pickaxe
- +Find copper
- +Mine tin
- +Collect surtling cores
- +Build smelter
- +Craft bronze axe
Step-by-step plan
- +Use Hard Antler to craft an antler pickaxe.
- +Search Black Forest edges for copper deposits.
- +Collect tin along Black Forest waterlines.
- +Clear burial chambers for surtling cores.
- +Build a kiln, smelter, and bronze production loop.
Common mistakes
- +Mining copper without cart or storage plan.
- +Skipping portals once fine wood is available.