Ornate jewelry, finely crafted arms and armor, gaming pieces, musical instruments, and even an assortment of animals were entombed with the dead. The graves of Sutton Hoo held impressive trappings of wealth. The barrows turned out to be a collection of remarkable tombs, equipped with stunning artifacts, which remain among the most important examples of Anglo-Saxon craftsmanship ever excavated.
In 1939, wealthy widowed landowner Edith Pretty sponsored the archaeological excavation of a series of mysterious earthen mounds on her property near Woodbridge, Suffolk. It was there, on a small rise above the River Deben, at Sutton Hoo, that the rulers and royal families of the East Angles were laid to rest. The East Angles were among the largest and most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon tribes, ruling from centers located along the coast and river valleys in present-day East Anglia. The name derives from the people known as the Angles, a Germanic tribe that began invading and settling in Britain around the fifth century. Sutton Hoo is located in eastern England in an area known as East Anglia. While the magnificent burials, which date from the sixth and seventh centuries, bring to mind romantic images of warriors such as Beowulf, recent archaeological fieldwork is providing scholars with a new and fuller view of Anglo-Saxon life. Now, some six years later, the investigation is ongoing, and the fields of Rendlesham are helping to fill in our knowledge of the kingdom that the Anglo-Saxon royals of Sutton Hoo once presided over. The renewed attention brought by the looters enabled the Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, working with the landowner and volunteer metal detectorists, to conduct a survey, led by archaeologist Jude Plouviez, to evaluate damage and reassess the site’s archaeological potential. Then, in 2008, a Rendlesham landowner notified authorities that “nighthawks”-metal detectorists who raid archaeological sites in darkness, searching out illicit treasure-had been scouring his fields. Evidence from these studies, though relatively scant, established that it had been an Anglo-Saxon settlement, but not necessarily with a royal connection. Portions of the modern village and its fields had long attracted the notice of archaeologists, and had been investigated during the nineteenth century, in the 1940s, and as recently as 1982. Keep in mind that more points can lead to more rolls on the supply crate, but choosing to fletch all of your roots is a decision only you can make.The small English village of Rendlesham, Suffolk, sits just four miles upriver to the northeast of the famed Anglo-Saxon royal burial site of Sutton Hoo.
After earning 500 points, feel free to burn regular bruma roots for the best experience rate.
The best place to fletch is right where we recommend you started the fight to minimize damage from snow storms. That will let you know that you need 275 more points to get a reward, so you should fletch 11 bruma roots in your next inventory. When you go to chop more bruma roots, subtract 500 and 225 (This can be approximate) and divide by 25. For example: You light the brazier and proceed to chop and burn 20 bruma roots. Also, keep in mind that burning a regular bruma root grants 10 points while burning a bruma kindling grants 25 points. Remember, you only need 500 points to guarantee the experience reward and a supply crate.
Our recommendation for the average player is to chop and burn one inventory of roots, then chop another inventory and only fletch the amount required to reach 500 points before burning them. The latter, who are focused on time efficiency are known to say things like “Why fletch?”, which might be the most annoying thing you will see anyone say while you are fighting the Wintertodt. And on the other, you have regular accounts who just want to be in and out of Wintertodt as fast as possible with that sweet Level 99 Firemaking. One one hand, you have people who want more loot, perhaps ironman accounts who should definitely accumulate those extra points if they can. Whether or not to fletch the Bruma Roots is quite the topic of discussion.