Board Thread:Guides/@comment-24108228-20140726220014

Who else thinks that this method of formatting all our guides is terrible? They don't show up in search results, they're ordered by who commented on the guide last, and a lot of them are made with terrible formatting and incorrect information. How silly. =New Map Survival= Ok, rant over, onto the guide. There is a terrible amount of neglect towards our lovely new map, which I feel is far more well done than our old one (sure we have small islands, but chromium isn't harder to find than mithril anymore :D). Here is a guide to getting steel quickly, which will put you in a great position to go make a tribe, get mithril, go climb the second highest mountain in the game (desert mountain FTW), and many other things.

This guide assumes you have the knowledge taught in both my beginner's guides, and you have figured some of your own ways of doing things (everyone is different).

Where am I?
Ok, so you have spawned in and you have two issues: 1. You have no idea where you are. 2. You have no idea where all the ore is. Well, to solve issue one, here is a convenient map showing where all the islands are located. Keep a tab with this image on it open.

Ok, now for issue two (which is one of the main reasons why you're here). Your first objective will be to get to rockshard (and for crying out loud, don't try and swim). A sensible thing to do would be to create a sailboat before you go anywhere, as there is a lot of sailing involved and an increased speed will really help in the long run. Sometimes there will be inhabitants at rockshard, and if your really unlucky, they may be of the kind that hasn't quite realised that being territorial on a spawnpoint hosting island is the most dumb idea ever. >:(

If this is the case, you may want to head to snowpeak. It has similar reasources, with an even better food source, however the iron requires a ladder (which can be built easily using the trees available, mind you) and the travel time between the iron and coal is massive, making it less than optimal. It also is more likely to host a territorial tribe, however it is uncommon that both islands will host tribes full of nublets trying to kill you (in which case your screwed, go join a new server).

Once you have established where your settling at, go collect some wheat and make bread, and do all the boring things you have to do to get the forge requirements. Freshwater resides on both islands, so feel free to drink. If your on snowpeak and your bored, you could also make apple pie, however this is mostly pointless as three bread will last you for ages.

Minin' Da Ore
Ok, so now your perfectly capable of sitting at your island making bread all day. That probably isn't what you joined the server to do however, so you should go hop on your (hopefully) sailboat, and head to the nearest oil spill. If your on snowpeak, go to the one out in the ocean. Rockshard dwellers should head to basin island to collect their oil (and while your at it, go bludgeon some bucks with a battle club and make armour). Now head back to your island, and make a lantern. In the case of snowpeak, your iron doesn't require a lantern, however you need one to get to the stone for your forge inside the coal cave, so no skiving this one.

Using your lantern, mine some iron and make a forge, and an iron pickaxe. Use this to get a steel pickaxe, or multiple if you are able to multi-wield effectively. Collect large amounts of steel, and make assorted steel tools and weapons (and spares). Interestingly, both islands contain chromium, so a smeltery could be a very viable option. If you still want to go further, you can collect moss from jungle, and flax from harbour, to create a woven vest, which is effectively a buffed up leather armour, which also has the added bonus of making crossbows unbelievably great for one on one combat. If your feeling evil, you could also heartlessly murder a kitten to make a quiver. But who would do that?

Now What?
Ok, so you have steel, which makes you surprisingly powerful compared to the rest of the server. Here is some things you could do: Was this/would this be useful if you were new to the second map? Yes No  
 * Go to volcano, and mass produce mithril, explosives, chromium, and make sacrifices to the volcano god.
 * Go to stonewall, and make a mighty tribe, which focuses on food production (and creating explosives), and trades for metals.
 * Go to Farmer's Island, and mass produce pie, giving an unexpected bolt in the head to anyone who plans on stealing anything.
 * Climb snowpeak, becoming the wise old man who gives guidance to those who ask (because lets face it, it's so boring up there you might as well).