EMSpara Posted May 11, 2019 Report Share Posted May 11, 2019 I was wondering if there is some place other than the wiki that has a more detailed explanation on surviving your first couple of days. I can't seem to build anything without some extensive tools (can't even make planks without a saw) to make a door or build walls to make a hut or shack to keep the monsters at bay. Any tips for a first time player or places to visit that explain things a bit better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redram Posted May 11, 2019 Report Share Posted May 11, 2019 On 5/10/2019 at 9:39 PM, EMSpara said: Any tips for a first time player or places to visit that explain things a bit better? A common tactic pre-copper, is to wall yourself off a small area. Even better if you happen to find a ruin with the walls mostly made. Make the walls 2 blocks high, so no mobs can climb them, then make a jumping platform outside the wall, 2 blocks away. 2 blocks away because wolves are 2 blocks long and if you only leave a 1 block gap, they will just walk over it. Make the enclosure small enough to light with torches or fat bowls fairly easily. This gives you a save space to work at night. Dirt, logs, cobble, they all work. A 2 block high wall is all you really need. If you want you can dig a moat around it to catch drifters so you can work outside in the morning, but if you're going to be traveling they're easy enough to outrun anyway. You can mine cobble with just your bare hands, so it's not a bad idea to spend a night dismantling a ruin an re-assembling it into a walled enclosure. Also remember that 'monsters' like drifters don't appear until 4 days in (hostile animals like wolves will be there from the start though). That's assuming single player of course. If you're on a multiplayer server the monsters will probably be there from the start. Drifters can climb ladders, so that's another reason to use a jumping platform, as opposed to ladders. The game doesn't have any enemies that can climb walls yet (such as spiders in minecraft) so you don't really need a roof, and in fact it's nice to not have a roof so you can easily check moon and sun progress. Hope that helps some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakko Posted May 11, 2019 Report Share Posted May 11, 2019 Another approach is to build on top of a small hill. Rather than try to describe it, I'll point you to a recent video where Ashantin is finessing her new spot with an eye towards safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMSpara Posted May 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2019 Thanks so much. this is a huge help as it explains a sort of...how to stay safe....until I can make more stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saraty Posted May 12, 2019 Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 Cob is a cheap building material for starters, it consists of cut grass and dirt (the crafting recipe should be in wiki). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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