Hi, I'm pretty new to the game too but I did the math and to a make a single silver you have to kill about 200 bears (50 iron apiece).
I was informed that you can also build highways and guard towers to earn silver which seems to be the quicker way.  I'm working on a highway and I end up killing about 4 animals a day getting attacked by bears, wolves, crabs, spiders and scorpions so you get some  money and skill that way too.

Okay, finally figured out where I am on the map.  Was way off of where I thought I was.  Anyways, was wondering what does a level highway mean?  Can there be some minor grade?  I'm in a very hilly area and soon as I start getting level I hit rock.  If I went the height of the rock, some areas of the highway would be massively higher than their surrounding area.  I'm thinking 5 grade or something like that?  It will still require some serious buildup of areas but I'm okay with that.  The other option would be to build along the shoreline but I feel like those are areas where people will want to settle the most and having a highway between them and the shore wouldn't be very scenic.

Hello,
I just joined the forum because I'm enjoying the Wurm Server Raven's Rest and thought I would drop a hello.  I was also hoping to find out if anyone else would be joining and wanted to make sure that plan is for the server to stay around.
Thanks,
Bullrog