New Adventurer but Im totally Broke (f2p path)

1. Your 1st 4 days SHOULD be only doing MAIN Story Quests
Yes I know it sounds so boring BUT ! BUT ! As you finish your 1st main story quests, you will be REWARDED by TONS and TONS of items you will be needing from start to Finish. ( D I mention that PA (PearlAbyss) deced to give New Players an EASY LIFE ? by having a COMPLETE Red Gears and Some PINK grade gears as you progress your story ? YES THEY HAVE THAT NOW ON THE EVENT TABS for new players ! ) Also Main Quest gives you tons of EXP in the process. Usually the whole Questline will take you about 1 - 2 days if you do it DEDICATEDLY or 4 days if you do it Casually. BUT YOU WILL NOT GONNA BE DOING THE MAIN QUEST AGAIN IF YOU CREATE NEW CLASS CHARACTER . Quest Books will be purchasable up to the last quest you finished on your Previous characters. 
    I swear as one of the Global Release player ? This is HEAVEN. 1 - 4 days and having FULL SET of RED gears?  way back 2019. Red Equipments can only be gained thru MASSIVE LUCK with shakatu rolling or Months later patches gave us the ability to gain World Boss Fragments to craft Red Gear by ourselves but 1 Red gear that time TAKES 6 -8 WEEKS to Craft JUST ONE ! yes only 1 piece of that RED GEAR. So imagine the difference. It is NEVER BAD TO START BDM as a NEW PLAYER even at this stage. 

My PERSONAL insight : by playing BDM for 10 - 12 hrs a day you can land yourself to 26-28k cp in 3 - 4 weeks time or even less !! And playing casually like 2-4hrs of dedicated playing and then doing BSM more due to work or schools or other stuffs you will land that CP in 6 - 7 weeks.

2. As you finished your 1st week (Consering you finished the Main Quest) but since you are BROKE and no money to spend. As a New player wanting to be with the regular players. Here are the KEY THINGS you should Always conser to reach the Low Average to M average CP as fast as you can (maybe a month later or EVEN LESS ? I bet you will be already on a GUILD already with average CP doing regular players things and enjoying the game more).

a. Boss Rush Stamps /Ancient Tablets

b. Camp upgrades to Merchantry Path

c. Lightstone Fragments

d. NPC Amity

e. Upgrading your gears on a THRIFT yet SMART way

f. HOARDING ITEMS !!!    ( To be continued.. )