Fir the veterans, it has long been known (especially on Xan) that the north was 'the meat grinder'. It is the reason some of us took the treacherous walk north on Day 1 on Harmony. Yes, there are lots of mobs up here. Not many domestics. It is the life you choose. Want safety and to farm? Stay south. Want deadly encounters with every step you take, trying to eke out a meager living while your stam bar can only regen halfway because of injuries and no cotton due to the (seemingly) glacial pace crops are growing? (THIS is an issue that perhaps needs to be looked into). Then Come up where the Eskimos play (BTW it isn't a bug, it's an undocumented feature)!!