First of just want to say Hi im new to the forum and the game for about a week now. I'm an immigrant from Rust, DayZ, stranded deep and conan exiles.
I have played on the singleplayer for over 3 weeks on normal settings to get used to the game. But before I jump into a normal populated official server, I decided to jump into the most quiet one they had which is a No taming No tek server on the official list.
Currently 11 hours in and level 34. Usually the idea of a no tame server would put people off but i want to master the game the hardest way possible and it forces you to really learn the ins and the outs with the world, crafting and teaches you the true meaning of grind and teamwork. That's what I did today.
1st two hours I spent collecting non stop fibers and made over 2-3 thousand fiber hats then I made at least 50 thatch foundations (disgarded them all later).
By my sixth hour I had made 50 wooden foundations and at least 38 stone walls (built then demolished for materials).
By the eighth hour I built a stone raft, aided by a youtube video on the best type to suit my goal. Then ventured to the red woods glitching my way through the swamp trees, collecting 1200 wood as I went, as I had to hack any trees that came inside my raft causing the raft to be stuck.
By the tenth hour of playing I had upgraded my raft to metal using BPs I got from the blue drops and my smithy. Grinding for the metal was a pain. Made a large floorless stone building with ramps where I led many dangerous dinos (including a pack of allos, a trex and an alpha raptor) into and killed for meat, hide and pelt.
I have now found a spot for a base at a mountain not far from the volcano which strangely has no dangerous dinos spawning. It is surrounded by metal nodes, obsidian and a cave a hundred metres west for crystal. Because the server is a No taming no tek, only a dozen play and they all live around beaches due to the fear of grinding or venturing too far into the jungle or becoming a survivalist like me.
You may all say well done but im an Xbox One Peasant lol. Gaming pc broke and later sold in parts