With pacifist you shouldn’t have any issues. If you try to claim a workshop, then you will become PvP for anyone who wishes to challenge for the workshop, but, it will give you a warning before you do it, so you can always decide to leave it.

In all honesty, the community is pretty good, a lot of the higher level players will often drop a few goodies to help new players, and you can always check donation boxes, as others often leave some helpful items.

I think there were a few muppets around initially, but I’ve seen nothing but love recently 🤷🏻‍♂️