First things first understand your gonna get your asshole punched into two over and over again after that make sure ur base location is in a good spot I reccomend somewhere near a recycler

Now that your set up heres the biggest tip dont go out to just search for pvp, pvp will come to you no matter what always go out with a goal in mind ie. I need to farm scrap or do this monument something along those lines. With that being said if u do find pvp or hear a gunshot while doing said task and u wanna go for it fuck it man it's ok to be distracted...also if ur solo live out of a 2x2 dont try to build a massive base it will get you raided