After that, your character will create their first tool, which is usually a pickaxe. This newly acquired pickaxe will open up the wide world of mining and gathering raw materials. These raw materials may be crafted into a wide variety of useful items. Gathering items and materials is one of the most time consuming and rewarding aspects of the game. Monsters often drop the rarest and greatest materials for crafting, so questing and battling mobs is a big part of the game. Survival mode does have a definitive ending, but the game doesn't stop there. You may continue playing the game in this mode even after the core objectives have been met.