[Just discovered this game - questions!]

War awareness wasn't my explicit intent, but it does follow me a lot these days. In consideration of yours and others' feelings, I'll change my avatar. But gaming forum or not, I hope we can all remember that war is real and present. War never changes.

[Just discovered this game - questions!]

Many great tips here, thanks everyone! I can see that this game has a great community.

 

As for the forum avatar, you may not be old enough to remember this classic photo from the Vietnam war era, but it was iconic then and even more relevant now. War never changes.

[Just discovered this game - questions!]

My wife and I just discovered this game and are having a blast playing it on our LAN. But we're struggling with a lot of questions. We're on Day 5 and just finished setting up our cobblestone fortress for the first horde invasion, with big plans for future base building.

 

1) What's the best way to get food and drink going initially? We keep getting told we don't have tools to cook and don't know how to make them. Which foods should we focus on at this stage, should we start farm plots and grow our own?

2) When and how will we be able to make better armor and weapons? We're still wearing plant fiber stuff, even though we've been collecting a lot of cotton. Should we try and kill animals for leather? Should we make a forge? Can we at this stage? Best progression path?

3) Is there a way to respec skill points? We started off putting in points without a lot of thought, and didn't even realize initially that there were tabs for other skill lines so we have a lot of points in perception and now want to redistribute our points. Is that possible, or should we just re-roll at this point. Where do folks recommend putting the initial points in, and is there another way to get skill points other than one small point every level?

 

Thanks for any insights or suggestions, I think we're going to have a great time growing with this game!