This game does not fight fair, I don't see why I should either.

Partake in whatever helps you enjoy the game- naysayers, purists, and gatekeepers be damned. This game isn't pvp, nor does it have leaderboards of any kind, so the opinions of others only carries what weight you grant to them.

Some people prefer not to progress in the game in favour of building in creative, or even having a "fresh" world without any bosses killed on it, to use as their base of operations.

I use a map generator to locate stuff in this game, and the wiki to plan much of my strategies and crafting, among other shenanigans, and may consider mods in the future. I am having plenty of fun