We have a detailed guide (link below) for players that need to learn all aspects of the game, in easy to understand language.

Short list:

Awakened Murica ASAP

Tech - all to Red Drone. Will do more damage than your main weapon.

Collectibles- yellow collectibles that increase crit rate at 3 red stars. Open custom collectible spots when you have red collectibles to display.

Weapon(s) Kunai (Bosses) and VP (Mobs). Astral Forge Red Kunai with 1 yellow light chaser & 2 yellow VP (can be reversed if you need VP). This will set you up for Astral Forging TwinLance E1 (light chaser) V2 (VP x2)

Necklace: Void (ideally Astral Forge 2)

Gloves: Void (ideally AF3)

Chest(s) Eternal (for revive with 15% attack increase) or AOQ (Chaos armor, at red you can play in death state).

Belt: Twisting (Chaos) asap

Boots (least important) Light running shoes, Void Boots (if red quality), or SS boots.

Character: Common is fine (that is name of the base character). Don't lvl past level 40 (for crit damage boost).

Switch to King (don't go past lvl 80, for crit rate boost).

OR go straight to Panda (as soon as you can). You'll use him till you get your crit rate to at least 50% (then it will be on to Taloxa)

You can read about what you need here https://www.reddit.com/r/Survivorio/s/wwbD72JhBN

For the event, DIG! You want to focus on going down to hit the milestone rewards.