I also have good news, I almost got perfect run on difficult mode just yesterday (i'm serious), I was finally able to get to the crafting table but I couldn't find the other stick to craft the ice pickaxe I had all 3 ice cubes and 1 of the sticks in that one house and I believed that the other stick would be in the same house as the last ice cube so after I finally got to the crafting table I tried to get the other stick i needed but I couldn't get it, do you happen to know where it is, but anyway, what's the good news?
I just found the stick then finally got the ice pickaxe already.
btw just so you know how this happened is because I saw a stick on the roof while testing savestates and was curious, so then in a run, i looked back and saw it on the doorframe, and then I got the pickaxe that same day lol
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I found him