New Player Guide

This article serves as a short and to the point guide for new players with the most important tips and tricks that any prospector should know.

Tools
A list of useful wiki tools for new players.
 * The Interactive Map helps you find the best places to search for items, Dead Drops, keycards, and more.
 * The Progress Tracker helps you track which and how many items you need to collect to finish your Missions and Personal Quarters upgrades.
 * There are more tools, all of which can be found here, but those are the most important ones.

Key articles
A list of useful wiki articles for new players.
 * Loot: quickly see if an item is worth to sell or to keep.
 * Campaigns: an overview of all campaign missions, making it easy to look ahead for what is to come.
 * Personal Quarters: an overview of all quarter upgrades.
 * The Forge: an article dedicated to explaining the ins and outs of the Forge.

Tips and tricks
A list of simple but useful tips and tricks.
 * Be Patient.
 * Sprint less, keep your stamina above 50%. This will mean you play slower and be able to hear enemies more often.
 * Hear a player? Stop to listen and observe.
 * You can kill Striders in a single Melee strike. Sneak up to them and stab them to stay silent.
 * Prioritize your Missions, you will earn a lot of K-Marks and Items that way.
 * Only do Jobs you do not have to go out of your way for, otherwise they are not worth it.
 * Bring a for a safer Evac.
 * Hold a Melee weapon, or a Tool, Pistol, SMG, or the to sprint without being slowed down.
 * Weapons of have expensive Ammo which cuts into your K-Marks quickly at the start. Only use those weapons if you can afford the ammo.