One of the reasons for even trying this mission is so that I can progress the main story enough to get good gear. I cannot find ironwood nor mithril anywhere. I will try bringing Zephyra though, maybe it will help. Thanks!
(Edit: it did not work. Even her wind wall ability didn't seem to do anything. Oh well. Thanks anyway.)
Mostly because I enjoy the dungeon crawling element. I have multiple characters where I haven't even become mayor yet and managed to farm legendary tier tools, gear and over 5m cash. I set someone to purchase 100 of each dungeon at the start, including rebel redoubts, bandit den/forts, goblin caves and crypts. Mainly because I wanna get the initial lira meetup to get access to the elven kingdom, but my 3 grove completions didn't yield any lira events yet. So I'm farming dungeons until I get a grove with her event. Then I'll progress. And having to contend with a lich that has 2000hp isn't easy lmao. Especially now that I'm getting spider lair and goblin strongholds sometimes in magical events in dungeons.
Re: Ironwood etc, I was getting it as a slow trickle via manor upgrades. With a forge you can mostly ladder your way up through them.
But the strategy element was more important. Getting her into the open so I could land stun and blinds made a big difference.
Also, per the other comment, are you pushing your gear quality up to epic? You can use cheap materials for the upgrade pieces, and it adds quite an edge.
