ok to be honest It is a hard slog when you start out you will find you will die.. ALOT but joining a town gives you some protection.. Also i cant stress enough Nothing come easy In Herocraft, So get out there and MINE, it may look like there is no gold or anything left but i still pull large amounts of gold when i mine, Gold can be sold for around 8.5c at the TradeDistrict, It also gains you crafter XP.. When you hit 30 crafter you can decide what profession you would like, the wiki has all details on the diffrent professions,
If your the war type Go start killing mobs, the give good XP and also pay Coin out every once and a while. Once you hit 30 choose what speciality you will take,
And while doing this remember to talk to others, some will help others will back stab you, That's HC nothing is easy and it a jungle out there!