so me and a friend are PROPER noobs lol, and we are on a PvP server(official) we dont want to join any big clans(we havent been asked to to be honest 
) but we do like the base raiding mechanics and do in honesty look forward to getting to the point where we can build explosives, problem is the bigger clans on the server all seem to be allied and have some sort of agreement to grief noobs, they have just joined forces to totally strip our little starter base so the question is, whats the fastest
way to get an explosives factory going, we want a small one really that we can hide somewhere! failing that does anyone fancy delivering a load of explosives to my server pls!!
revenge is a dish best served cold!
Big crocs (mini boss)… you ought to run into at least one while following the river.
There are a lot of secret places on the map, but this will not be your salvation. You need to immerse a bit more your farming options and tools. In any case I will try to guide you a bit.
Sinners Refuge.
This cave is full of brimstone and crafters, the Asuras chosen there are main spawn. Do not farm named fighters from there, they are useless. A bit down (southeast) from this cave you will find another cave full of crocodiles and brimstone again.
Farm all the brimstone you can and hide it the best you can.
Again if you go north from Sinners Refuge cave you will find a main spawn of spider boss. Very easy kill and legendary weapon with much demon blood.
Sepermeru.
Easy steel, thick hide and crystal.
Sepermeru is the town to start a decent gear and weapon set from day one. All you have to do is climb rooftops and open chests, very easy.
Mount of the dead.
Risky farm but epic gear, star metal weapons and dragon bone bows. Other than that steel and others there are popcorn, plus you have main spawn of Cimmerian Berserker fighters.
Try to empty your tannery all the time and throw away the leather. Big stacks of leather are proof for big stacks of tar, so they will bring everything to the ground for this detail only.
Do not lock your chests, do not risk bombs in your house, especially when you are hiding things, let them believe that you are total noobs.
Try to learn jungle, especially the southern part that’s full of ruins, you cannot imagine how many hideouts you will find there.
Use deep waters to travel underwater over encumbered, unnoticed. If by any chance later you farm the riptide you can stay underwater constantly. You can start a journey from noob River and go to jungle underwater only.
Play as nomad in the beginning, one of you full encumbrance and the other fighter stats.
Good luck have fun.
Ps. One really dangerous spot, almost unvisited from pvp players is the frozen lake, try your luck there, but prepare to have the most challenging pve this game has.
The meteors at the frozen lake is why it’s not feasible for a base.
Build small…real small…like 2X2 small. Use the terrain and the build mats to camoflage your base and remember light bleed is a thing that will give you away unless you plan.
yep. I always face my furnaces into a ingame structure. Seems not to bleed out of them.
I hide a lot of times materials there.Most Pvpers just hate pve, the sabers are so many and villain there, most pvp players I met avoid farming these places, except the bold ones 
. Yet it has some really good spots under your nose to hide some chests. I’ve done it in the past a lot of times.
I love going there for scouting because I can see all the rims down there.
Get of PVP your just wasting your time. It`s a now win game unless your in a big clan. Play PVE-C at least you can survive. Good luck