How hard is Shadow Of the Erdtree without Scadutree fragments?

Hey guys, I hope you all are having a fantastic summer! I know it's been a long time since I last uploaded and I do apologize for that. I will be getting a new apartment soon so that should hopefully help with the video schedule! This is basically a video of me playing through the DLC before I used any of the Scadutree fragments and it proved to be quite challenging!