Go beyond your first base
Seeded worlds include plains, forest, marsh, desert, highlands, oceans and beaches. Expanded worlds add Mesa terrain and Uranium. Depth matters for ore, while caves and structures provide new routes and supplies. Old explored terrain is preserved when a supported world is converted.
Know what is hunting you
Crawlers and Cave Crawlers are joined by Spitters, charging Shellbacks, flying Cave Flutters and electrical Scrap Scuttlers. Their attacks have different cues. Keep a clear escape route and use cover; the enemies leave your buildings intact.
Prepare your equipment
Iron and Steel Armour protect against creature hits. A Crossbow fires physical Bolts and needs time to reload. Walls stop shots, and ammunition and equipment wear are real resources. Player-versus-player combat is disabled.
Care for your save
Use Load World to rename, duplicate or open a world’s folder. Deletion moves a complete save to recoverable Trash. Supported legacy conversion keeps a recoverable prior generation and preserves saved builds and progress. Stop a running world before making a manual complete-folder backup.