Sorry if this is a repeat I just didn't want to search all posts and google didn't turn up anything.

Couple friends and I found the cave in the swamp last night and we got a ways in but just before getting to the giant mushroom pond and that fork in the path, we started getting hurt just standing there. Didn't seem like creatures glitched in the floor like we saw a bit in the dungeon. Wondering if that whole area is poisonous and slowly hurts you? If so how do we go about getting through without continually taking damage. Would suck if there isn't a counter to it as fighting level 600+ scorps, spiders, and bugs is hard enough.

Thanks!