If you've got the money to spend then you can survive, other wise you're just wasting time. Everything breaks so fast, and you use a lot of resources trying to repair or replace broken items. All your time is spent gathering items just to see it all gone in no time at all. Just spend 7 days gathering materials to make 1 bow, bow broke in 20 minutes after trying to fight off Bobcats and wolf and still didnt complete the mission.