Expert Mode Early Progression

Try as you might, crudely made wooden tools are not going to break stone. You'll need to scour the lands for pebbles to mine, to craft your first few pieces of cobblestone. However stone pickaxes aren't great either. You'll need to attain a stronger material to really break stone down neatly.



Log Processing
The same can be said about planks, turning logs into quality blocks is difficult with a mere crafting bench. To craft efficiently, you'll need a sawmill, or as it's called in game, the stone cutter.