User blog comment:Galxis/The Start/@comment-5195161-20121206131857

First I find a tree and cut it down to make a wooden Pickaxe. I then dig down and get enough Stone to make a set of tools. E.g. Sword, Pickaxe, Axe and Shovel. I then find a hill side and dig it out a little to make a temporary home. I collect some more wood to make a few charcoal for torches and ladders. I then make a shaft straight down. I do a lot of shaft mining from there if I don't find a cave to explore. Upgrade my tools to Iron as soon as I can. Then I come back up and begin my small 'township'; fencing off the area, lighting it up, making a farm and decorating the house a little. I then work on upgrading my empire! I don't play with EE equipment usually as I consider a lot of it to make Tekkit too easy; but depending on the server also ;)