Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24181952-20160821001615/@comment-28208230-20160823205942

Dude, he won't have all that stuff until he's practically mastered the game already.

And exploration is most of the fun of the game. Don't try to study everything. Just explore and build on what you find and learn.

1) Open the storage contained on your lifepod. Waste not want not!

2) Learn what the Airsack is. It is your water supply for a good while. Then learn which fish provide the best nutrition. This is about survival.

3) Equip yourself. Make a welder first, to make the lifepod fully functional. You won't need the welder again for a while, though. Then go for the scanner, you use this to build up your inventory of craftable items and structures. Then make a knife and a flashlight. The habitat builder is next, but see #4.

4) Stay in the starting area for awhile. The lifepod works just fine as a home base. You can learn the game, get used to the controls, and all the basics without worrying about aggressive fauna.

5) Next make a radiation suit. You will need to wander into the neary Kelp Forests for the supplies. Then search for the fragments to build a Seaglide. Build one. You are now equipped to visit the Aurora, which will provide more supplies. Repair the Aurora so you can discard the radiation suit and start building upgrades.

6) Move out. Explore the rest of the game. Establish a base farther away from the ship. The primary benefits of a base are a larger supply of power for crafting, a fish tank for a self-replicating supply of food, and storage for extra materials.

7) Next after the base are your mobile bases, the Seamoth and then the Cyclops.

8) Keep wandering and discovering!