Max out the best Armor you can make, the Leather not the Rags, then max out your Crude bow, make 100 arrows, then max out your Shield and Flint Ax, you should be going good now, learn to block/parry and get good with the bow. Farm Boars and Deer's all day and night if need and like said above stay in the Meadows till all the above is max level, then make sure you are eating Deer/boar meat and Neck tails for your first 2 food slots then the 3rd can be what ever fruit/shrooms you want. should be in good shape also carry a Torch.

Max out as in upgrade them, you will need as lot of leather and Flint to do this, because you will need to make extra crafting upgrades like the tanning rack etc