Wooden thing vs. Maxwells door vs. Caves

[Steelwoolsheep]

So, I started a new game and have now arrived at the second winter, having explored the whole map. I've got everything I need set up in my camp and have raised the robot up to 260 hp. I have also assembled all the things needed to be able to activate the wooden thingy. The only problem is, I don't really know what the natural next step is. What are the pros and cons of:

1. Exploring the caves? (are they as large as the regular world? Any good stuff down there? I've never ever gone spellunky)
2. Entering Maxwells door?
3. Entering the wooden thing?

What is the difference between using Maxwells door and using the wooden thing? What is the recommended order to do these three things? I would probably want to play adventure mode at some point, I just don't want to miss out on important stuff like additional gears.

[CupcakeCult]

Maxwell's door transports you into Adventure mode.
The wooden thing, with all the other "things", transports you into a brand new, randomly generated world
Caves are kinda like, it's almost like an entirely new world, because they are usually absolutely frickin huge. There are different plants, different animals... mainly hostile animals, but nonetheless. Personally, I never much cared for cave exploration, but if you've not really done it I'd say go for it.

[Steelwoolsheep]

Thank you for your input. So the wooden thing creates another sandbox world, just like the one I am iat in the beginning (a sort of restart, but with items), while adventure mode helps me progress the story?

[CupcakeCult]

Originally posted by Zyklon-M:

Thank you for your input. So the wooden thing creates another sandbox world, just like the one I am iat in the beginning (a sort of restart, but with items), while adventure mode helps me progress the story?

Yeah pretty much.
I've not really played about with the woodern thing much in sandbox, but as far as I'm aware it just makes you a new world.
Maxwells door will take you into what you could call story mode yeah. You should try out adventure mode, I think it's quite fun. :)

[Steelwoolsheep]

Will do! Thank you for your help :)