Also, I found that I reach level 4 very quickly in most of my playthroughs
You can be level 3 by meeting all the companions and doing the dungeon with the talkative skeleton in it. Takes about 5-10 minutes. I do this every run now since going to the grove at level 1-2 is suicidal. Getting to level 4 takes a little longer for me though, what route do you use for that?
