Talk:Guides/Character guide - Wigfrid, The Performance Artist/@comment-49.149.183.142-20150829141515

Early game as Wigfrid is like this:

Pick up twigs, flint and grass, find gold, cut trees, plop down science machine, shovel and backpack, the whole thing, same as every other character but you don't have to harvest berries. First few days as Wigfrid should be spent "mobile". When you need to eat, plop down a camp fire, cook meat and run again immediately. Use torches at night and keep running. I always like to get the outline of the island as fast as possible during this.

While doing this it's highly likely that you will come across some mobs you can kill for food. They would also serve to replenish sanity, which would be going down from all the night time running. Molerats can be lured just by placing a rock or flint on the ground, buzzards can be lured with meat, spiders and Tallbirds can be easily kited, smaller herds of beefalo can be tanked and killed easily if you add a log suit to your arsenal. Frogs are a little more dangerous if there are too many, but can also be kited with timing. Volt Goats are like Beefalos, but better as they won't mob you if you attack one of them, just don't go near when raining. You can also find some tracks and hunt the Koalefant and get its trunk to craft a breezy vest for winter. If you're really desperate, making traps lured with berries for rabbits will do in a pinch. Not one of these can necessarily put you at risk if you maintain your helm, armor and spear. You can do this up to around day 10, at which time you would already need to prepare a base for winter.

This is the best way to start as Wigfrid, because you can reveal your map this way(which in turn lets you decide a location for a base later) in addition to collecting food. You won't have to worry about food as Wigfrid at all. There are tons of meat on the island, you just have to find that sweet spot where you can get it most efficiently, like a cluster of ponds or spider dens. Nearby pig villages(manual labor for cutting down trees/meat source) and a Pig King(Wigfrid uses alot of gold and the pig king gives you that in exchange for meats) is a great boon too. I also like to pick up flowers and carrots and let them rot in my inventory so that I can use the rot instead of manure to fertilize replanted grass tufts later. Unlike the other characters, Wigfrid has no particular use for Beefalos aside from their meat so you don't have waste time trying to find them.