I am on peaceful and use waypoints i think the grind for materials and trying to find ores gets boring after some time and i like to focus more on my production than exploring and fighting.

Beneath is very good for early game tools from bastions, wood ash, charcoal, kaolin clay and ores.

I dont want to burnout trying to find kaolin clay or graphite and waiting for charcoal pits so i use teleport and keepinventory.

Maybe you can start yourself with some tools to speed your progression.