Originally Posted by
Gum
So uh I just got this. Pretty bad at it tbh. Collecting stuff im good enough at, and crafting too. But the whole staying alive and eating not so much. Same with avoiding hungry dinos and hungry megalodons. I do have a pet meg in my singleplayer game though. They are massive.
Hehe, thats the issue everyone runs into at first. It's probably an issue with your spawn point. Where are you on the map? Best place I've found is east coast or south-east coast, where the biggest predator is a raptor. If you spawned anywhere up north or inland, you're probably surrounded by strong dinos all day long, meaning that you will die a lot more.
As for eating, just kill dodos, cook their meat and eat it. Or eat raw meat if you can't cook it. You also want to get a hide armor to insulate yourself properly.