Tips for day 1?

[Kamekono]

With the new world just few days away, I was wondering if the forum could provide some much needed tips to avoid noobish mistakes on day 1.

What are your go-to tactics for the very first day ingame?

[magnet]

Steal from anyone more noobish than yourself (universally respected tradition)

[Halbertz]

Pick a deep cavern and build inside keeping distance from entrance. Don't shit up around to avoid being found. If you have biome with moles focus on them for skins. Your goal is to put racks asap, after that just focus on gaining few stats. Getting 10 ua is good idea, so even if you get agroed several hours in, you can easily defend yourself.

[Hingle_McCringle]

Pick a deep cavern and build inside keeping distance from entrance. Don't shit up around to avoid being found. If you have biome with moles focus on them for skins. Your goal is to put racks asap, after that just focus on gaining few stats. Getting 10 ua is good idea, so even if you get agroed several hours in, you can easily defend yourself.

Is a deep cave enought???? like people will be exploring to the end of every cave looking for High Q gems for tools. puting a HF inside and blocking the entrance with a PClaim to me is the only viable option. you have to get that setup then go find moles and get the leather ASAP for a palisade

[Dawidio123]

Pick a deep cavern and build inside keeping distance from entrance. Don't shit up around to avoid being found. If you have biome with moles focus on them for skins. Your goal is to put racks asap, after that just focus on gaining few stats. Getting 10 ua is good idea, so even if you get agroed several hours in, you can easily defend yourself.

Is a deep cave enought???? like people will be exploring to the end of every cave looking for High Q gems for tools. puting a HF inside and blocking the entrance with a PClaim to me is the only viable option. you have to get that setup then go find moles and get the leather ASAP for a palisade

Tbf if you can setup a claim without it being bashed by a nearby group you are probably fine hidden deep in a cave as long as nobody sees you going in and out. The claim is more secure for sure but it also marks your cave as inhabited so y'know, pros and cons. If you have a claim in that cave and fence around your stuff it's about as secure as any base outside (need vandal) with the added bonus of being somewhat sneaky.

[Jenno]

Don't play on the first day. First week even.

[Kamekono]

I usually look for a cave too. Is there a way to stop someone from breaking the claim while it's new?

How do I even catch moles without a horse? They just vanish

Any other tips? Resources I should keep an eye out other than the usual curios and nettles?

[vipes]

I usually look for a cave too. Is there a way to stop someone from breaking the claim while it's new?

How do I even catch moles without a horse? They just vanish

Any other tips? Resources I should keep an eye out other than the usual curios and nettles?

Pretty sure they only vanish a few times then they give up and you can catch them.

[vatas]

Depends if this will be a thing or not: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=76525&hilit=unraidable

If that will be doable, there's still a non-"absolute zero" amount of counter-play. Of course if you manage to pull that 'exploit' off before anyone else even enters the cave (and the cave only has one entrance OR you manage to pull the trick on all of them) you're almost perfectly safe.* But I've heard of case(s) where someone was able to sneak an alt into the cave before it was blocked off. By simply logging out in a suitable spot, they were able to later log back and wreak havoc in a mostly unclaimed cave. Probably hearthing out with an inventory full of valuables and a cart loaded with 6 tanning tubs close to finishing leather.

*Main threat vector becomes if someone can mine their way in, which will generally be hard with low STR and no mine supports. But depending on map generation, it can be easy or even trivial.

[Kamekono]

How do I even catch moles without a horse? They just vanish

Pretty sure they only vanish a few times then they give up and you can catch them.

Oh, good to know! I guess I always gave up before they did

Depends if this will be a thing or not: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=76525&hilit=unraidable

If that will be doable, there's still a non-"absolute zero" amount of counter-play. Of course if you manage to pull that 'exploit' off before anyone else even enters the cave (and the cave only has one entrance OR you manage to pull the trick on all of them) you're almost perfectly safe.* But I've heard of case(s) where someone was able to sneak an alt into the cave before it was blocked off. By simply logging out in a suitable spot, they were able to later log back and wreak havoc in a mostly unclaimed cave. Probably hearthing out with an inventory full of valuables and a cart loaded with 6 tanning tubs close to finishing leather.

*Main threat vector becomes if someone can mine their way in, which will generally be hard with low STR and no mine supports. But depending on map generation, it can be easy or even trivial.

That exploit looks really awful... I really hope we'll spawn on several different continents then, or caves will be a battleground.