Originally posted by Nefrarya:

Pick up everything, investigate anything that looks 'off', craft everything at least once, process everything at least once, kill everything at least once, run like hell from what you can't kill. ;)

As for updates and changes, if you don't mind spoilers you can check out the patch notes here:
https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Version_History

This is perfect. Thank you. I don't mind spoilers. For games like this I want to be as OP as possible so when I play with friends I wont be the weak link and can help others if that makes sense. Also for a sense of superiority over the creatures that hunt me.