Talk:Crafting/@comment-4679397-20111213194433/@comment-4674838-20111213200431

First of all, you need more hearts! So keep exploring. Once you have gold armor / weapons, you should also get yourself some good movement-enhancing accessories such as the Grappling Hook, Cloud in a Bottle and/or the Shiny Red Balloon, as well as the Lucky Horseshoe. This will require exploring skyislands and underground, but these items will help you immensely in your future adventures/boss fights/etc. Beyond that, I don't want to spoil the game too much for you. What I will say is that better armors than gold require exploring other parts of the world to obtain the necessary resources.