The first hour after the intro quests

Kefir's Getting Started section opens with three questions: what to do after the intro quests, where to find weapons, and what you lose when you die. That order is a reasonable sequence for a first session, and it is the sequence this guide follows.

Start with weapons and the first earning loop. The money article names collecting and selling loot as the first route, and the Looting and Robbing section has three articles on heists in Looty Bay, stashing stolen goods and selling them. Read those before committing to a long trip, because the death rule in Looty Bay costs a Criminal the inventory.

Then read the wipe rule, not last. A new player who spends the first hour building a plot without knowing that plots, bases, weapons and cash are wiped every seven days will read the result as a bug. The Federal Raid converts those holdings into jail time and authority, and cosmetics, name, tutorial progress, settings and accumulated jail time carry over.

Finally, decide whether to surrender. In Looty Bay a Criminal can surrender to the Police to keep equipped gear instead of losing it. In the desert there is no such option. That single difference is the most useful thing a new player can memorise.