It's my first time makeing it to the mist lands... What do I gotta do to not die

So far I've gotten just far enough to get mushrooms, I've got my wisp, I've set up a little mushroom farm right on the edge of the biome so I don't get mobbed to harvest them.

Gear wise I'm running the padded armour at level 3 and a level 4 back iorn shield and axe, with a level 1 black iorn pick for recorce gathering.

How the hell do I deal with the ticks? I roll to get them off but then they jump on me again.

(A little note, I'm useing a controller as I can't use keyboard and mouse due to carple tunnel, I'm useing the "classic" button lay out option)

(I marked it as spoiler since some people haven't reached here yet)