If you look under "Guides", there's a lot of basic beginner tips & tricks written out by players who have done the work for you - https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/guides/

Survival games rarely hold your hand when it comes to figuring out what you need to do next. The idea is that you're dropped into a world you have limited knowledge of beyond the basics, and need to explore/experiment to find out what you can do and learn how to progress. I totally get this is frustrating for some people, but it's good we have so many helpful people around to write out guides for those who don't want to go through the unguided explore & learn phase of survival games :)