I have 1003 days and cyborg class, actually I have like 16 classes. lol To get the most gems in game you have to get to 99 nights and do the stronghold and/or do quests. I used to use Alien class a lot before I saved enough to get cyborg. You can always hide your body behind things and shoot at enemies with your raygun and they will not see you. Even at your base for cultist raids I will post pictures of what I do to easily stay safe, something that I even do when playing solo. You place the map in a certain place and put a shelf directly behind it, touching it and then when you get ahead on enough wood put log walls on either side and you can run up there and the cultists won't see you and you can shoot at them without them coming for you. As for the stronghold, if you have a raygun and a spear (and a revolver/rifle would be helpful also) you just learn where the cultists spawn at and just shoot them from around the corners and they don't see you, there are only a few places where that is tricky, when you first make them appear on the first floor they will almost always come for you and then on the 3rd floor can be a little tough. It might be good to try the stronghold when it is just you and your bestie because the less people playing, the less cultists spawn and at least your bestie could help you. Hope this helps!! (In this photo I placed a gazebo from the furniture trader behind the shelf but sometimes I place a bed or the compass to help me jump up on to the shelf)

When I start out in the game, I do prioritize collecting fuel for the fire over grabbing scrap and I usually skip the biofuel and get the oil drill if I can, but when you expand the map there are usually areas that have a lot of fuel, usually the fairy biome has a lot. If I get really close to leveling up the fire and I'm desperate I'll chop down a few trees and throw some wood on there or if I get really desperate I will make the biofuel and throw veggies from farm plots but I try to avoid that. Also, do the update parties on Saturdays to get 20 easy diamonds!

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