I find this to be one of the lesser grindy survival games. There's obviously a lot of farming to do for mats, it's the travel I would bring as a heads up point. Much like Wind Waker, the primary mode of transportation is sailing and that can take up a lot of time if you aren't into that. The entire map is comprised of islands with different biomes. I love the game and I highly recommend it to anyone. The coolest feature is that you can bring your toon and any items they have to other servers. So I have a world just for resources and I can bring them back to my main world to drop them off. Wonderful mechanic.