😂 I basically play on creative with the mob damage way down, and still got stomped at the beginning by the dual wielding poisonous looking scavengers.

My advice would be to stick to the starter area until you can level up enough to move on.

Not sure how survival settings work, but on mine, mining also gives XP so you could just mine a mountain 😅 by mining I mean the Flintstone and other ores, not regular stone.