Board Thread:Suggestions Forum/@comment-25619598-20141218205433

While on my travels throughout Middle-Earth, I often find myself far from any habitable building, and creating my own is almost a death sentence with all these foul Orcs roaming the wilds. So I usually just set up a campsite to stay at for the night; you know, setting up my tent in the manner of the Rangers, and placing a spot to sleep in it.

Well, this style can be tedious over time, not to mention the cold of the nights in some regions, so I spoke to the Dúnedain to see if I could learn a thing or two on their lifestyle. I found out a few things from them that could be useful to anybody on the road...

Sleeping Mats: These items, they said, are very efficient for anyone living on the land. They are almost exactly like a bed, but they are made with no wood, and lay flat on the ground like carpet! And after you wake up, you simply (shift-right click) them to pick them up, ready to move onward on your journeys! I believe that the people to use them the most would be the Dúnedain, and they would be found in their supplies and in their tents. They appear like a normal bed-top, but with green blankets rather than red, like the Dúnedain's cloaks. (They only let you sleep, they do not set a new spawn point.)

Campfires: Not like the current campfires you see across Middle-Earth, but rather, more like the Beacons of Gondor. They would be made with 1 Hearth Block (center of Crafting Grid), 1 Piece of Wood (any variety, just above Hearth Block), and 1 Piece of Cobblestone (under Hearth block). They help provide light in the dark, warmth in the cold (you would not imagine how much I wanted one of these in Forodwaith), and can be used to cook food (1 item at a time, cannot smelt ores). They could be easily set up and packed up, but would only provide heat, light, and cooking if they are fueled.

This knowledge proved extremely useful indeed, but while I travelled home, the sun began to set. I was not worried, but instead tried to make the items that the Dúnedain told me about. But I couldn't! I had to sit through the night in a hole, as Trolls passing over where deciding on how they should cook my food, which I forgot to take down with me. Please, Mevans, don't let others know the horror of Trolls stealing their food, bless us with these pieces of camping equipment... 