So you've just started playing salt, you spawn in and you see the first island.



Ok so the first thing you want to do is you want to go down to the beach, where you will find a lone traveller who will give you some tips and some items (well he doesnt give the items to you, you just have to loot the crates and the dead body around him... On the body there will be a sword. Good job, you now have your first wepon!

Next you want to search around the island and find the pickaxe, it is generally located close to the centre of the island, leaning up against a tree. Best to go into settings and turn foliage off.

Finally, make sure you have compleatly looted the island, in terms of getting all the wood and cloth and picking up the plants. Now you can go down to the beach and back to the man and get directions to the raft, its a rickety little thing but it gets you from place to place. For now...


Now that you have the raft, you can set sail, and start your adventure!

After you have started sailing on your first raft. All you have to do is go straight. Just let the sail down and grab the rudder, and sail. Your first island will be directly ahead of you, it looks kindof like a U (from above of course).



You will want to go up to the top where a very visible "tree" house is. Walk up to the ladder and climb inside.



Inside there is a crate with 8 arrows and a few other items that you can take. There is also a chest that is locked, but can be unlocked if all of the deer on the island have been hunted. On the wall there is a mount with a bow that you should take. Congrats! You now have a bow!



Now it is time to hunt some deer. Walk around the island, soon enough you will find one, now take out your bow (wich you should put in your hotbar by dragging it from your inventory) hold Left-click, aim and fire (if you hit, it will run so be ready)! You will notice if you look at the ground that the deer leave some very visible tracks behind them. So even if one runs away you can always catch up to it and not loose it. JUST DONT RUN...

Now head back to the spawn island, just so you can get your bearings. I know this guide is titled "Your first day" but if you go through this guide and nightime comes, you can always go up to a campfire and sleep unitl day. I'll let you get back to reading the guide now. You are now going to go into your first battle. In order to get to the island, do a left Uturn from the camps beach, if you dont understand that just refer to the image. The blue arrow is the camp on the spawn island, and the red arrow is the enemy island.


Now that you are there, you can just cruise up to the beach and jump off your raft. In a few seconds, you will run in to your first pirate, make sure you have your sword equipped. An average pirate camp will be a campfire and possibly a pile of logs, always pick up the pile! Most islands have a chest quite like the one on the hunting island and if you kill all the pirates, it will unlock and there is always some good loot waiting for you there!



Once you have wiped out all the pirates on the island, you can continue to scavenge the island for loot. And make sure to look out for hardwood, the more valuable and rare wood. With it you can make your first actual boat! Anyways I hope this guide helped you and made your first day in salt easier!