Various tips for general gameplay
Never sleep at an inn, or in a found bed.
Explore as many nodes, dungeons and caves as you can.
Always help NPC's, always attack Bandits and Steal from Wanderers.
If given the choice always ask for rumours not advice from NPCs.
Collect all mob drops to keep for quests.
Keep all equipment dropped to sell for gold.
Stockpile health potions to heal yourself – Loot and buy them whenever possible.
Let the Sky Eaters shadow just about keep up with you.
When you get a guild services quest go and complete it but backtrack to near the shadow.