I play this game mostly solo. I played a lot when I first got it. I took a break and when I got back, I friggin lost my boat (1st boat after your raft so not horrible), copper gear and so on. I was a little upset since it did take me a good bit of time to get that.
I like building in games but valheim does feel grindy for one person.
I might get back into it tonight. But there's times I'll just feel kinda clueless what to do. Like I need to find the trader but I have zero clue where to find them on the map. I know where the elder is but idk.
I honestly think my boat and gear is near the elder where I set up a small base to reload if needed. I think my gear is there too but it's too far to travel by the raft to get there.
Idk what are some things I can do to really love this game? Like I think after the elder I go to the swamp? which just sounds awful haha but idk maybe a good challenge is what I need. I don't think the game is crazy hard but it seems time consuming.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/smwtzn/solo_players_how_do_you_do_it/