After creating a new character and playing through the tutorial, you’re then stranded on a sandy beach littered with shipwrecks. However, there are multiple beaches upon which you could find yourself spawning at the start of the game. This means that even though you’ve created a character at the same time as your friends, you could end up miles apart when you spawn in.
Still, distance isn’t too much of a barrier; sprinting across a treacherous map to reunite with your buddies isn’t impossible, even if you run into a grumpy alligator and die once or twice. The real problem is that you are locked in to the starting quests in your zone, so even when you’re reunited with your pals, you won’t have the same quests or be able to progress together – that is, unless you follow this handy tip.
Once you’ve completed the New World tutorial, you spawn at one of the beaches, and are tasked with handing in your quest to the NPC by the watchtower. After you hand in the quest, do not accept another quest from the NPC. Instead, exit the conversation, and you’ll see that you can accept the next quest from any of the watchtowers on any beach. Time to make the perilous trip over to your friends… or you could persuade them to come to you, after all, you’re the one who looked up the solution, you’ve done your part.
