[2021] what do you guys do when you first spawn ?

Originally posted by Idris: i feel like i'm playing the game in the wrong way

In my humble opinion, that’s because the starting quest teaches you some bad lessons.

• Put down a bedroll before anything else, so that if your character dies they can respawn... in the middle of nowhere, that you haven’t made any better than respawning somewhere else.
  
• Make some plant fiber clothes to protect you from the elements... from which you’re already completely protected until you level up.
  
• Start a base before you know where the trader is.

The starting quest needs an overhaul. It teaches the player some mechanics, but it misleads them on strategy, and it leaves out important things, like how to access the journal.