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Summary 

In this tutorial, you'll be learning the basics of surviving in Survival 303. You'll learn how to build basic buildings and vehicles.

I moved this year-old guide to the forums to keep it from being deleted.

Introduction 

You've just found yourself plopped into an oceanic area full of lush, and barren, islands. Your first impressions are something like "Wow, this game is '' big!" ''Mine was "Oooh, wheat!" You take in the scenery around you, and realize you have no idea what to do. This game can be confusing, as there's no official beginner's tutorial to get you started.(Hence, this page was created)



Getting Started 

You've taken in your scenery, and now your ready to do something. Depending on where you've spawned, finding food and water is the first priority. Paradise, Ore (Northest corner), and Bento Island all have easily accsessible food. If you don't spawn on, or near, one of these islands, I don't recommend swimming to them. Once you've collected some food, You'll want to build a raft to travel to your desired location. If you've spawned in your desired location, Shut up, stop whining, and build a raft; you'll need it later. To build a raft, you'll need 2 small tree stumps. (Not to be confused with small bush stumps, that's a common beginner mistake.) Select your forage tool, and click on a trunk of a small tree. You should see a green bar getting longer, that's your progress of foraging it. Once you've foraged the tree stumps, Swicth to your backpack tool, and click the tree stumps in your inventory, then palce them anywhere. Switch to your crafting tool and click on both of the tree stumps. Then click "Create item" then click "Hull." Once you've created your hull, place it on the ground, and select it with your crafting tool. Click "Create tool".Sidenote: if your carpenty isn't high enough, collect bush stumps and turn them into seats. Once you have your raft and your food, travel to your desired location. I would choose a location with a lot of trees, as basic buildings are made out of wood.

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Building ShelterEdit
You've guided your raft through the vast ocean and finally arrive on the shore of your desired location. A storm is brewing and you don't have any shelter. Start by making a wooden hut. Collect 4 small tree stumps and turn them into walls the same way you crafted your hull. Collect some large leaves and place them on your ground. Craft both of your walls, that the large leaves then click "Create Tool." Place the hut anywhere. ''Sidenote: it might not be too smart to be next a huge kingdom. They will most liekly burn your precious wooden homes down. If your architechture is higher,  go with the stone huts. They are resistant to fire, and only the roofs of the huts need to be waterproofed''

Weapons and ToolsEdit
You've built up quite the settlement. You have tons of food. You have a city of huts. You're very prosperous. 'You're the perfect target for a raid. 'Pirates attack your village, stealing all of your food, and burning your huts down. Your back right where you sarted. Your'e enraged! You spent a lot of work on that village. Your ready to open a can of butt-kick. One problem: you have no weapons. Start by foraging some small stone. You can find small stone in caves on the mainland, or on Bento, Ore, Spring, and Rockma island. get around 10. Then, get some small tree stumps. You can create handles with one small tree stump. You're going to need medium handles for spears and javelins, and handles for axes and pickaxes. You'll also need cut stone; you can obtain this by crafting two stone together and clicking "Create item". You combine medium hanldles and cut stone to make spears and javelins. Spears are melee wepons, and javelins are ranged. You use handles and cut stone to create axes and pickaxes. You will also need a bucket and a firemaking bow. You will need a handle for the firemaking bow, rope for both bucket and bow, and small bush stump for the bucket.

Getting Metal WeaponaryEdit
You discover that the pirates had iron weaponary. So before you fight them, you need to get an upgrade on weaponary. Go to flax, mainland, spire, plateau, or rockma for iron. Iron is the light-brown ore in little piles of rocks. Mine around 9 bits of iron. Make sure to cook the iron to Iron(r). Then make a thatching out of 2 wheat, and then make 2 stone walls, made of 2 boulders, which are made from 2 small stone each. Once you have aforge, make a Iron spear and javelin using the forge anvil.(Same a stone spear and javelin, only needs anvil.) Make a Iron sword using 2 iron. Then make a Iron pick and dish out you stone pick. You are now ready to kick butt.

Getting ArmorEdit
You need to surive a battle, so you will have to make armor to defend yourself. Go to bento island and kill a buck (a bento with horns). Process the hide when you kill the buck. You will have to wait a bit for it to become leather. Plop out your forge if you retooled it and make Iron Armor using Anvil+Bento Leather+Iron+Iron. Place the armor on the ground and touch it to wear it. You will become slower, but you health raised up a bit. Now you are ready for a battle.

'This concludes the Beginner's Guide to Survival 303. I hoped it helped you out.' 