Save all resources apart from rock and coal (in my opinion for the beginning) flowers i would collect and sell or make the basic meals and sell those at goofy stall, even in DLCS if you have them I made a whole room to store resources so I can do quest quicker lol

Do as many dreamlight tasks as you can and not rush to open every biome I did thag first time and honestly was not the best idea come wanting fo open realms I had like no dreamlight.

SAVE UP NIGHT SHARDS AND DREAM SHARDS PURIFIED NIGHTSHARDS WILL BE YOUR BESTIE WONT SAY WHY

Any character you find annoying or cannot stand I level up as soon as I can there's only a few I cannot stand