Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-14.161.39.24-20150830020658/@comment-26335978-20151027135335

I had no problem at all in the Shire.

Try this: do not sprint, get stone tools as soon as you can, mine, find a cave, mine two cobwebs, make a fishing pole, make a bucket, make a hoe, make a farm, slaughter rabbits, make a furnace, trade with hobbit bartenders, do hobbit miniquests, look for orchards (no, they are not actually that griefed), make armor (if you're evil, kill hobbitses), find a cow, find another cow, start a farm, ask other players for aid, and much, much more.

I myself primarily survived on apples and bunnies when I first joined.